The Islanders fired 32 shots, but score just once in their season-opening loss to the Panthers on Thursday night. Isles
Hornqvist gave the Panthers a 2-1 lead at 3:43 of the third, just 30 seconds after Dobson had tied the score with a power-play goal. The Swedish forward for Florida banked a wraparound off the skate of Sorokin.Luostarinen opened the scoring with a deflection with 7:15 left in the second period. Radko Gudas tossed a soft wrist shot from the point and the Finnish forward was able to redirect the puck past Sorokin.
One of the best Islanders scoring chances came when Casey Cizikas set up Nikita Soshnikov midway through the second for a short-handed chance. However, Bobrovsky played the 2-on-1 aggressively and denied the opportunity. Cizikas created another short-handed chance for himself in the third period but batted a puck wide of the net.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau kept the game at 0-0 with a masterful defensive play when he cleared a puck that fluttered past Sorokin early in the second period. The Islanders generated several scoring chances following the goal-saving play but were unable to solve Bobrovsky.Tkachuk scored and recorded 22:43 of ice time in his debut with the Panthers after being acquired in a blockbuster trade this summer.
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