Palmieri scores twice as Islanders edge Canucks 3-2

Kyle Palmieri broke a 2-2 tie at 5:38 of the third period to give the New York Islanders a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks at UBS Arena on Tuesday, Oct. 13. Both Islanders goals by Palmieri were his first of the season.

New York improved to 3-3-0. Vancouver fell to 2-6-0 with its fifth consecutive defeat.

Palmieri put New York ahead at 14:57 of the first, redirecting a Matthew Kessel shot. Matias Maccelli scored 53 seconds later after Matthew Schaefer set him up, sending the Islanders into the intermission with a two-goal lead. It was Maccelli’s first goal for New York.

Vancouver erased that advantage in the second period. Max Sasson scored at 7:52, and Brock Boeser converted an Elias Pettersson pass on the power play at 18:55.

Maccelli then supplied the pass for Palmieri’s winning shot from the slot. He finished with a goal and an assist, while Schaefer had two assists. Coach Pete DeBoer moved Maccelli from the fourth line to the top line alongside Palmieri and Bo Horvat during the game. Maccelli led the Islanders with six shots.

Ilya Sorokin stopped 24 of Vancouver’s 26 shots, according to the NHL boxscore. Leevi Merilainen made 35 saves for the Canucks.