Vancouver Canucks at New York Islanders

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Vancouver Canucks

2-6-0

Final
2 - 3

New York Islanders

3-3-0

Kyle Palmieri scores twice as Islanders beat Canucks 3-2

Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves for the Islanders, who have alternated losses and wins over their first six games, with all three wins coming at UBS Arena.

Brock Boeser and Max Sasson scored for Vancouver, which has lost five straight since opening the season 2-1. Leevi Merilainen stopped 35 shots.

Maccelli assisted on Palmieri's goal at 5:38 of the third period, which broke a 2-2 tie.

Signed as a free agent after playing for Toronto last season, Maccelli freed up space with a stutter-step move and beat Merilainen late in the first period to make it 2-0. Palmieri had opened the scoring 53 seconds earlier.

Boeser's power-play goal with 1:05 left in the second period tied the game at 2-all. It was the 80th of his career with the man advantage, fifth most in franchise history.

Up next Canucks: At Florida on Thursday.

Islanders: At Ottawa on Thursday.

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Regular Season Series

NYI lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 14:57	Kyle Palmieri Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Matthew Kessel (1), Bo Horvat (3)
Goal	1st Period 15:50	Matias Maccelli Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Matthew Schaefer (5)
Goal	2nd Period 7:52	Max Sasson Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Arshdeep Bains (2), Jamie Oleksiak (3)
Goal	2nd Period 18:55	Brock Boeser Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Elias Pettersson (7), Filip Hronek (6)
Goal	3rd Period 5:38	Kyle Palmieri Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Matias Maccelli (4), Matthew Schaefer (6)

Statistics

VAN		NYI
12	Blocked Shots	13
33	Hits	18
4	Takeaways	2
26	Shots	38
1	Power Play Goals	0
4	Power Play Opportunities	3
25.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
20	Faceoffs Won	30
40.0	Faceoff Win Percent	60.0
12	Giveaways	9
4	Total Penalties	6
8	Penalty Minutes	12

New York Islanders Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Calum Ritchie, C	Day-To-Day	Oct 17
Matias Maccelli, LW	Day-To-Day	Oct 17
Mathew Barzal, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 15
Alexander Romanov, D	Out	Oct 7

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Marco Rossi, C	Out	Oct 17
Jack Thompson, D	Injured Reserve	Sep 29
Akil Thomas, C	Injured Reserve	Sep 29
Mackenzie MacEachern, LW	Injured Reserve	Sep 29
Thatcher Demko, G	Injured Reserve	Sep 28