Panthers vs Islanders Live Score, Box Score, Rosters, Stats

Panthers vs Islanders Live Score (28 Mar, 2026)

Final

Saturday, March 28, 2026

2 : 5

Score by Period

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
FLA	2	0	0	2
NYI	0	5	0	5

Play-by-Play

3rd Period 20:00

Game End

2–5

3rd Period 20:00

End of 3rd Period

2–5

3rd Period 19:56

Mathew Barzal Snap Shot Wide Right

2–5

3rd Period 19:55

Giveaway by Mackie Samoskevich

2–5

3rd Period 19:43

Carter Verhaeghe Tip-In Wide Right

2–5

3rd Period 19:36

Matthew Tkachuk Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin

2–5

3rd Period 19:32

Eetu Luostarinen faceoff won against Brayden Schenn

2–5

3rd Period 19:32

Icing

2–5

3rd Period 19:00

Eetu Luostarinen faceoff won against Brayden Schenn

2–5

3rd Period 19:00

Icing

2–5

3rd Period 18:56

Mathew Barzal Wrist Shot Wide Right

2–5

3rd Period 18:53

Mackie Samoskevich Slap Shot Short

2–5

3rd Period 18:49

Giveaway by Matthew Schaefer

2–5

3rd Period 18:43

Carson Soucy hit Vinnie Hinostroza

2–5

3rd Period 18:30

Mike Benning shot blocked by Emil Heineman

2–5

3rd Period 18:24

Jesper Boqvist Wrist Shot Wide Left

2–5

3rd Period 18:23

Noah Gregor Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin

2–5

3rd Period 18:22

Gustav Forsling shot blocked by Adam Pelech

2–5

3rd Period 18:01

Mike Benning shot blocked by Emil Heineman

2–5

3rd Period 17:34

Giveaway by Aaron Ekblad

2–5

3rd Period 17:06

Seth Jones Wrist Shot Wide Left

2–5

3rd Period 17:04

Jean-Gabriel Pageau hit Matthew Tkachuk

2–5

3rd Period 17:01

Matthew Tkachuk shot blocked by Jean-Gabriel Pageau

2–5

3rd Period 16:56

Aaron Ekblad Slap Shot Off Crossbar

2–5

Scoring Summary

1st Period

8:06

Matthew Tkachuk

Assists: Seth Jones

Matthew Tkachuk Goal (11) Backhand, assists: Seth Jones (20)

1 - 0

14:03

Matthew Tkachuk

Matthew Tkachuk Goal (12) Between Legs, assists: none

2 - 0

2nd Period

5:28

Marc Gatcomb

Assists: Adam Pelech, Scott Mayfield

Marc Gatcomb Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Adam Pelech (11), Scott Mayfield (11)

2 - 1

12:09

Brayden Schenn

Assists: Calum Ritchie, Matthew Schaefer

Brayden Schenn Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Calum Ritchie (13), Matthew Schaefer (33)

2 - 2

14:52

Simon Holmstrom

Assists: Matthew Schaefer, Brayden Schenn

Simon Holmstrom Goal (19) Snap Shot, assists: Matthew Schaefer (34), Brayden Schenn (19)

2 - 3

17:00

Emil Heineman

Assists: Anders Lee, Brayden Schenn

Emil Heineman Goal (21) Snap Shot, assists: Anders Lee (23), Brayden Schenn (20)

2 - 4

17:57

Casey Cizikas

Assists: Carson Soucy, Marc Gatcomb

Casey Cizikas Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Carson Soucy (7), Marc Gatcomb (4)

2 - 5

Team Stats

FLA

NYI

10 Blocked Shots 18

21 Hits 13

4 Takeaways 3

17 Giveaways 17

0 Power Play Goals 1

1 Power Play Opportunities 3

21 Total Shots 40

6 Penalty Minutes 2

0.0 Power Play % 33.3

0 Short Handed Goals 0

0 Shootout Goals 0

18 Faceoffs Won 34

34.6 Faceoff Percent 65.4

3 Penalties 1

Game Leaders

FLA

NYI

Matthew Tkachuk#19 · LW

Goals

Brayden Schenn#10 · C

Seth Jones#3 · D

Assists

Brayden Schenn#10 · C

Matthew Tkachuk#19 · LW

Points

Brayden Schenn#10 · C

Player Box Score

Panthers

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Jesper Boqvist#70 · C	0	2	0	-1	14:50	0:00	1:27	13:23	23	0	3	1	1	1	7	12.5	2	0	0
Nolan Foote#25 · LW	0	2	0	-1	10:56	0:00	0:00	10:56	16	0	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Noah Gregor#18 · LW	0	1	0	-2	12:49	0:00	0:17	12:32	21	0	2	2	2	0	2	0.0	0	0	0
Vinnie Hinostroza#24 · C	0	0	0	-1	12:29	0:00	0:00	12:29	16	0	5	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Luke Kunin#71 · C	1	1	0	-1	11:27	0:00	2:24	9:03	14	0	2	0	0	6	6	50.0	0	0	0
Eetu Luostarinen#27 · C	0	0	0	1	23:06	2:00	1:34	19:32	25	0	9	1	2	7	11	38.9	1	0	0
Tomas Nosek#92 · LW	0	2	0	-1	13:47	0:00	2:54	10:53	19	0	0	0	2	4	6	40.0	0	0	0
Cole Reinhardt#29 · LW	0	3	0	0	11:12	0:00	0:00	11:12	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Mackie Samoskevich#11 · RW	1	2	1	-2	16:51	2:00	0:00	14:51	21	0	6	1	2	0	0	0.0	4	0	0
Jack Studnicka#53 · C	0	0	1	0	7:32	0:00	0:00	7:32	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Matthew Tkachuk#19 · LW	0	1	1	1	23:43	2:00	1:48	19:55	25	2	12	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Carter Verhaeghe#23 · C	1	0	0	1	21:11	2:00	0:00	19:11	23	0	21	4	1	0	2	0.0	2	0	0

Islanders

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV
Mathew Barzal#13 · C	0	0	1	1	17:52	2:56	0:00	14:56	20	0	18	0	2	5	1	1	50.0	0
Casey Cizikas#53 · C	1	2	0	2	10:50	0:01	0:55	9:54	14	1	9	0	4	1	7	4	63.6	0
Marc Gatcomb#16 · C	0	3	0	2	9:44	0:00	0:00	9:44	14	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Emil Heineman#51 · LW	2	0	0	0	17:56	1:46	0:00	16:10	20	1	21	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	2
Simon Holmstrom#92 · RW	0	0	0	-1	15:33	2:16	1:05	12:12	20	1	19	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
Bo Horvat#14 · C	0	0	2	0	20:18	3:10	0:57	16:11	23	0	30	0	4	0	12	6	66.7	0
Anders Lee#27 · LW	2	0	0	0	18:17	2:08	0:00	16:09	20	0	16	1	2	4	0	0	0.0	1
Kyle MacLean#32 · C	0	2	0	1	9:47	0:00	0:00	9:47	13	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0.0	1
Jean-Gabriel Pageau#44 · C	1	1	0	-1	14:25	2:01	1:03	11:21	18	0	15	0	0	1	12	2	85.7	0
Ondrej Palat#81 · LW	1	0	0	0	10:47	0:00	0:00	10:47	14	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1
Calum Ritchie#64 · C	0	0	0	1	17:43	3:04	0:00	14:39	20	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
Brayden Schenn#10 · C	3	2	0	1	19:22	3:10	0:00	16:12	21	1	15	2	5	1	2	4	33.3	1

Panthers

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Mike Benning#20 · D	1	0	1	-3	14:30	0:00	0:00	14:30	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Aaron Ekblad#5 · D	1	1	0	0	24:07	2:00	3:19	18:48	26	4	0	2	1	3	0	0
Gustav Forsling#42 · D	3	1	0	0	21:25	0:00	2:00	19:25	26	2	0	3	2	0	1	2
Seth Jones#3 · D	1	1	0	1	25:21	2:00	1:55	21:26	25	6	1	0	3	1	0	0
Dmitry Kulikov#7 · D	1	1	0	1	20:18	0:00	1:56	18:22	23	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Donovan Sebrango#6 · D	0	3	0	-3	14:29	0:00	1:14	13:15	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	2

Islanders

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Adam Boqvist#34 · D	1	0	-1	12:07	0:53	0:00	11:14	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Scott Mayfield#24 · D	0	0	-1	11:54	0:05	0:33	11:16	15	2	1	0	0	2	0	0
Adam Pelech#3 · D	1	1	2	22:04	0:06	1:27	20:31	27	4	1	4	2	2	0	0
Ryan Pulock#6 · D	4	0	-1	21:15	0:00	1:27	19:48	28	3	0	4	1	3	0	0
Matthew Schaefer#48 · D	1	1	3	27:51	4:24	0:33	22:54	30	22	2	5	2	1	0	0
Carson Soucy#4 · D	1	1	2	20:15	0:00	0:00	20:15	29	5	1	1	0	2	1	2

Panthers

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Daniil Tarasov#40 · G	5	40	0	0	35	.875	33	2	0	54:45	0	0

Islanders

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Ilya Sorokin#30 · G	2	21	0	0	19	.905	17	1	1	60:00	0	0

Injury Report

Panthers

G · Array

#23 · C · Array

#9 · C · Array

#42 · D · Array

#3 · D · Array

#26 · D · Array

#12 · LW · Array

#7 · D · Array

#7 · D · Array

#63 · LW · Array

#77 · D · Array

Islanders

Mathew Barzal

#13 · C · out

Head-to-Head

FLA

Last 5 Games

NYI

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Mar 1, 2026

▸5

4◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Dec 7, 2025

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Mar 16, 2025

▸4

6◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Feb 2, 2025

6◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Oct 26, 2024

Last 5 Games

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/15/26	vs DET	W8-1	NHL Regular Season
4/13/26	vs NYR	W3-2	NHL Regular Season
4/11/26	@ TOR	W6-2	NHL Regular Season
4/9/26	@ OTT	L1-5	NHL Regular Season
4/7/26	@ MTL	L3-4	NHL Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/14/26	vs CAR	L1-2	NHL Regular Season
4/12/26	vs MTL	L1-4	NHL Regular Season
4/11/26	vs OTT	L0-3	NHL Regular Season
4/9/26	vs TOR	W5-3	NHL Regular Season
4/4/26	@ CAR	L3-4	NHL Regular Season

Division Standings

Eastern Conference — Atlantic Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Sabres	82	50	23	9	—	109	+47	L1
Lightning	82	50	26	6	—	106	+59	L1
Canadiens	82	48	24	10	—	106	+27	L1
Bruins	82	45	27	10	—	100	+22	W2
Senators	82	44	27	11	—	99	+32	W1
Red Wings	82	41	31	10	—	92	-17	L3
Panthers	82	40	38	4	—	84	-25	W3
Maple Leafs	82	32	36	14	—	78	-46	L7

Eastern Conference — Metropolitan Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Hurricanes	82	53	22	7	—	113	+56	W1
Penguins	82	41	25	16	—	98	+25	L3
Flyers	82	43	27	12	—	98	+7	W3
Capitals	82	43	30	9	—	95	+19	W4
Blue Jackets	82	40	30	12	—	92	0	L2
Islanders	82	43	34	5	—	91	-8	L3
Devils	82	42	37	3	—	87	-24	L1
Rangers	82	34	39	9	—	77	-12	W1

Game Information

Stage Regular Season

Season 2026

Puck Drop Sat, Mar 28, 1:00 PM

Venue UBS Arena

Location Elmont, NY

Broadcast ESPN+, Scripps Sports

Attendance 17,225

Officials Frederick L'Ecuyer · Referee, Matt MacPherson · Linesman, Jesse Marquis · Linesman, Corey Syvret · Referee

About the Game

The Florida Panthers vs New York Islanders game is final on March 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT at UBS Arena in Elmont, NY. The final score is Florida Panthers 2, New York Islanders 5.

The game was broadcast on ESPN+, Scripps Sports. Period scoring, team statistics, game leaders, penalties and play-by-play are followed here.

Track Panthers vs Islanders throughout the game, from the opening faceoff to the final horn. NHL scores and schedule page covers additional NHL games, schedules and completed results.

Panthers

7th in Atlantic Division

Islanders

6th in Metropolitan Division

Goaltenders

#31

Cooper Black G 25 6' 8" 240 lbs

Jacob Markstrom G 36 6' 6" 207 lbs

#40

Akira Schmid G 26 6' 5" 190 lbs

Defensemen

#26

Uvis Balinskis D 30 6' 0" 196 lbs

#20

Mike Benning D 24 5' 9" 180 lbs

Tobias Bjornfot D 25 6' 0" 200 lbs

Aaron Ekblad D 30 6' 4" 220 lbs

#42

Gustav Forsling D 30 6' 1" 199 lbs

Radko Gudas D 36 6' 0" 208 lbs

#96

Mikulas Hovorka D 25 6' 6" 229 lbs

Seth Jones D 31 6' 4" 213 lbs

Dmitry Kulikov D 35 6' 1" 212 lbs

#77

Niko Mikkola D 30 6' 6" 204 lbs

Alexander Petrovic D 34 6' 5" 211 lbs

#79

Emil Pieniniemi D 21 6' 2" 170 lbs

Donovan Sebrango D 24 6' 2" 223 lbs

Left Wings

Angus Crookshank LW 26 5' 10" 181 lbs

#12

Jonah Gadjovich LW 27 6' 3" 211 lbs

Bokondji Imama LW 30 6' 1" 221 lbs

#63

Brad Marchand LW 38 5' 9" 180 lbs

#92

Tomas Nosek LW 34 6' 3" 199 lbs

#29

Cole Reinhardt LW 26 6' 1" 207 lbs

Brady Tkachuk LW 26 6' 4" 226 lbs

#19

Matthew Tkachuk LW 28 6' 2" 202 lbs

#95

Sandis Vilmanis LW 22 6' 1" 192 lbs

Centers

#16

Aleksander Barkov C 31 6' 3" 214 lbs

John Beecher C 25 6' 3" 220 lbs

Sam Bennett C 30 6' 1" 193 lbs

Lars Eller C 37 6' 2" 207 lbs

#71

Luke Kunin C 28 6' 0" 197 lbs

Sam Lafferty C 31 6' 2" 205 lbs

#15

Anton Lundell C 24 6' 1" 196 lbs

#27

Eetu Luostarinen C 28 6' 3" 191 lbs

#13

Sam Reinhart C 30 6' 1" 196 lbs

#23

Carter Verhaeghe C 31 6' 2" 183 lbs

Right Wings

Garnet Hathaway RW 34 6' 2" 212 lbs

#79

Cole Schwindt RW 25 6' 2" 210 lbs

Goaltenders

#30

Ilya Sorokin G 31 6' 3" 189 lbs

Vitek Vanecek G 30 6' 2" 184 lbs

#40

Semyon Varlamov G 38 6' 2" 201 lbs

Defensemen

#74

Ethan Bear D 29 5' 11" 219 lbs

#34

Adam Boqvist D 26 6' 0" 195 lbs

#77

Tony DeAngelo D 30 6' 0" 190 lbs

#36

Isaiah George D 22 6' 0" 196 lbs

Matthew Kessel D 26 6' 2" 205 lbs

#24

Scott Mayfield D 33 6' 4" 215 lbs

Adam Pelech D 32 6' 3" 212 lbs

Ryan Pulock D 31 6' 1" 219 lbs

#28

Alexander Romanov D 26 6' 1" 220 lbs

#48

Matthew Schaefer D 19 6' 2" 186 lbs

Carson Soucy D 32 6' 5" 208 lbs

Left Wings

#11

Anthony Duclair LW 31 6' 0" 198 lbs

#73

Victor Eklund LW 19 5' 11" 170 lbs

#51

Emil Heineman LW 24 6' 2" 204 lbs

#45

Alex Jefferies LW 24 6' 1" 190 lbs

Matias Maccelli LW 25 5' 11" 185 lbs

#81

Ondrej Palat LW 35 6' 0" 194 lbs

Centers

#13

Mathew Barzal C 29 6' 1" 186 lbs

#53

Casey Cizikas C 35 5' 11" 191 lbs

#43

Liam Foudy C 26 6' 2" 188 lbs

#14

Bo Horvat C 31 6' 1" 225 lbs

#32

Kyle MacLean C 27 6' 1" 190 lbs

#44

Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 33 5' 11" 180 lbs

#21

Kyle Palmieri C 35 6' 0" 192 lbs

#64

Calum Ritchie C 21 6' 2" 200 lbs

#10

Brayden Schenn C 35 6' 1" 199 lbs

Right Wings

Mitchell Chaffee RW 28 6' 1" 197 lbs

Quinn Finley RW 22 5' 11" 168 lbs

#92

Simon Holmstrom RW 25 6' 1" 208 lbs

#39

Matt Luff RW 29 6' 2" 196 lbs

Panthers

7th in Atlantic Division

Islanders

6th in Metropolitan Division

Season Overview

Games Played

Wins

Losses

OT Losses

Points