New York Islanders at Vancouver Canucks

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New York Islanders

7-6-4

Final
5 - 2

Vancouver Canucks

8-4-3

Semyon Varlamov makes 24 saves to help the Islanders beat the Canucks 5-2

New York Islanders vs. Vancouver Canucks: Game Highlights

Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Scott Mayfield, Pierre Engvall and Noah Dobson — into an empty net — also scored for New York. The Islanders were coming off consecutive 4-3 overtime losses, at home against New Jersey on Saturday and at Edmonton on Tuesday night.

Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored his first NHL goal early in the first period for Vancouver, and Tyler Myers finished the scoring late in the third.

Dakota Joshua returned to action for Vancouver after surgery for testicular cancer. . He skated on the fourth line with Nils Hoglander and Aatu Raty.

Takeaways Islanders: Mayfield, Engvall and Dobson scored their first goals of the season.

Canucks: Vancouver fell to 2-3-3 at home and 8-4-3 overall.

Key moment The Islanders put it away with their first two shots of the second period. Just 14 seconds in, a harmless-looking point shot from Mayfield hit two Canucks players’ sticks before beating a surprised Kevin Lankinen. Less than two minutes later, Engvall banged home a rebound from in tight.

Key stat Vancouver had just three shots in each of the first two periods.

Up next The Islanders are at Seattle on Saturday for the third stop on a five-game trip. The Canucks have a weekend back-to-back, hosting Chicago on Saturday night and Nashville on Sunday night.

Regular Season Series

NYI lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 2:40	Jonathan Lekkerimaki Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: J.T. Miller (9), Filip Hronek (5)
Goal	1st Period 17:23	Jean-Gabriel Pageau Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Anders Lee (6), Oliver Wahlstrom (1)
Goal	2nd Period 0:14	Scott Mayfield Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Bo Horvat (8)
Goal	2nd Period 2:10	Pierre Engvall Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Simon Holmstrom (6), Grant Hutton (1)
Goal	3rd Period 11:42	Anders Lee Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Bo Horvat (9)
Goal	3rd Period 17:54	Noah Dobson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Grant Hutton (2), Kyle Palmieri (8)
Goal	3rd Period 18:34	Tyler Myers Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Teddy Blueger (6)

Statistics

NYI		VAN
16	Blocked Shots	14
14	Hits	26
6	Takeaways	6
32	Shots	26
1	Power Play Goals	0
5	Power Play Opportunities	1
20.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
32	Faceoffs Won	22
59.3	Faceoff Win Percent	40.7
14	Giveaways	16
2	Total Penalties	6
7	Penalty Minutes	15

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Filip Chytil, C	Day-To-Day	Feb 5
Nils Hoglander, LW	Day-To-Day	Feb 5
Marco Rossi, C	Injured Reserve	Jan 27
Zeev Buium, D	Injured Reserve	Jan 27
Brock Boeser, RW	Injured Reserve	Jan 27