SUNRISE, Fla. — Devon Toews and Mathew Barzal had power-plays goals in a 3:51 span early in the second period and Thomas Griess made 32 saves to help the Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night.
The Islanders swept the three-game, regular-season series with the Panthers for the first time since 2013.
Anders Lee added an empty-net goal for Islanders.
Mike Hoffman scored for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves.
Toews opened the scoring 49 seconds into the second period, beating the partially screened Bobrovsky to the glove side off a feed from Jordan Eberle.