Islanders left wing Anthony Beauvillier has his first career, multi-point postseason performance with two goals in the first period of Friday’s Game 4 of the best-of-five qualifying series against the Panthers.
He now has at least one point in all four games in the series with three goals and two assists overall.
Beauvillier surprised Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky with a backhander from the right that deflected in off the netminder’s right pad to give the Islanders a 1-0 lead at 11:32 of the first period. He then took a feed from Mathew Barzal to take advantage of a poor Panthers line change to give the Islanders a 2-0 lead at 15:10 of the first period.