Aatu Raty scores in NHL debut, leads Islanders previous Panthers 5-1

Aatu Raty scored in his NHL debut, Anthony Beauvillier added two targets and Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves, main the New York Islanders to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday evening.

Ryan Pulock additionally scored and Zach Parise added his eleventh purpose of the season and the 419th of his profession for the Islanders.

Raty, a 20-year-old Finnish rookie recalled from AHL Bridgeport earlier within the day, beat Bobrovsky at 7:10 of the third. A second-round choose by the Islanders in 2021, Raty changed injured middle Casey Cizikas within the lineup. Anders Lee and Beauvilier assisted on Raty’s purpose.

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“This entire day felt surreal,″ Raty stated. “So particular and so particular having an amazing recreation like this.”

Islanders coach Lane Lambert was happy with the rookie’s first recreation after Raty had 5 targets and 12 factors in 23 video games with Bridgeport.

“I assumed we he was actually good,″ the coach stated. “Defensively he was sound.”

Matthew Tkachuk scored his fifteenth purpose of the season for Florida, which had gained its two earlier conferences in opposition to the Islanders this season. Sergei Bobrovsky made 38 saves.

Beauvillier opened the scoring for the Islanders and closed out the scoring with an empty-net purpose at 15:50 for his eighth purpose of the season.

“Tonight we performed a robust recreation,’’ stated Beauvillier, whose first purpose was the one centesimal of his profession. “The blokes did a very good job for 60 minutes.”

The inconsistent Panthers are 2-6-0 of their final eight video games and 15-16-4 total. They have been coming off a 4-2 residence loss to New Jersey on Wednesday after a 7-3 highway loss at Boston on Monday.

“We had no legs tonight,’’ Panthers coach Paul Maurice stated. “We couldn’t get pucks in deep. We simply didn’t give sufficient tonight.”

Brock Nelson, who picked up an help on Beauvillier’s first purpose, left the sport halfway via the second after he was hit within the helmet by a clearing cross by defenseman Alexander Romanov. Rookie ahead Simon Holmstrom additionally appeared to endure a knee harm when he collided with Florida’s Sam Bennett late within the second.

Lambert had no replace on Nelson or Holmstrom after the sport.

Lambert stated he was happy together with his crew’s home-ice effort earlier than the three-day vacation break.

“I assumed we performed effectively. We didn’t give them an entire bunch,’’ he stated. “We would have liked to get rewarded and we did.”

Tkachuk stated the Panthers want the hiatus for an opportunity to regroup and enhance on their mediocre document.

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“Each particular person has to discover a option to make a distinction,’’ Tkachuk stated. “We have now all of the items right here. We have now to search out methods to play the best way we will.”