Old nemesis Thomas Greiss made 37 saves to help the streaking New York Islanders tame the Florida Panthers by a 2-1 count in a tense matinee affair from Brooklyn.
New York led much of the game thanks to a goal 5:40 into first period from Mathew Barzal.
The Islanders center roofed a backhander after taking a cross-ice pass from Brock Nelson. Former Panther Derick Brassard drew the second helper on Barzal’s seventh.
Florida finally got on the board 6:12 into the third period when Aleksander Barkov rapped a loose puck past Greiss with the Panthers enjoying a man advantage,
The power-play tally, with the assists going to Jonathan Huberdeau and Keith Yandle, gave the Cats captain goals in four-straight games.