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New York Islanders at Tampa Bay Lightning

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DeAngelo's overtime goal lifts Islanders to 3-2 win over Lightning

New York Islanders vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Game Highlights

Kyle Palmieri and Adam Boqvist, in his Islanders’ debut, also scored for New York while Ilya Sorokin finished with 28 saves.

Nikita Kucherov tied the game with 46.1 seconds left in regulation while Jake Guentzel also scored for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots for Tampa Bay.

The Lightning opened the scoring when Guentzel tipped a shot by Erik Cernak at 5:39 of the second period.

But Boqvist, in his first game since being claimed off waivers from Florida on Friday, followed up Mat Barzal's breakaway chance that was stopped by Vasilevskiy at 18:16 of the second.

Palmieri put New York ahead at 6:41 of the third period before Kucherov tied the game.

Takeaways Islanders: Barzal registered his 328th career assist to tie Pat Flatley for eighth in franchise history. Barzal left the game in the final minute after taking a shot by Darren Raddysh off his left leg.

Lightning: Tampa Bay scored less than three goals for the fourth time in its past six games. Guentzel’s 26 goals through 50 games played is the second most in franchise history for a player in their first season with Tampa Bay.

Key moment Tampa Bay was on the power play with 4:31 left in the second period when Kucherov hit the crossbar, Brayden Point was denied from the slot and two rebound chances by Guentzel were denied. Boqvist tied the game with 1:44 left in the second.

Key stat Tampa Bay fell to 0-14-3 this season when scoring two or fewer goals.

Up Next The Islanders are at Florida on Sunday and the Lightning host Ottawa on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

NYI lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 5:39 Jake Guentzel Goal (26) Tip-In, assists: Erik Cernak (11), Gage Goncalves (3)
Goal 2nd Period 18:16 Adam Boqvist Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Mathew Barzal (14), Simon Holmstrom (15)
Goal 3rd Period 6:41 Kyle Palmieri Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Maxim Tsyplakov (14)
Goal 3rd Period 19:13 Nikita Kucherov Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: Darren Raddysh (19), Brayden Point (25)
Goal 4th Period 0:33 Anthony DeAngelo Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Bo Horvat (21), Simon Holmstrom (16)

Statistics

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20 Blocked Shots 13
25 Hits 25
4 Takeaways 4
36 Shots 31
0 Power Play Goals 0
1 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 29
48.2 Faceoff Win Percent 51.8
10 Giveaways 14
5 Total Penalties 3
13 Penalty Minutes 9
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Brayden Point, C Injured Reserve Feb 3
Anthony Cirelli, C Out Feb 3
Nick Paul, LW Out Feb 3
Charle-Edouard D'Astous, D Injured Reserve Jan 25
New York Islanders New York Islanders Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Calum Ritchie, C Out Jan 31
Kyle Palmieri, C Injured Reserve Nov 30

Game Information

Benchmark International Arena

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 35 15 76 6
Pittsburgh 28 15 68 12
NY Islanders 31 21 67 5
Columbus 29 20 65 7
Washington 28 23 63 7
Philadelphia 25 20 60 10
New Jersey 28 26 58 2
NY Rangers 22 28 50 6

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Tampa Bay 36 14 76 4
Montreal 32 17 72 8
Detroit 33 19 72 6
Buffalo 32 18 70 6
Boston 32 20 69 5
Toronto 27 21 63 9
Florida 29 24 61 3
Ottawa 27 22 61 7
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