Islanders return to identity after getting called out by Pete DeBoer

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Sears, E. (2026, October 28). Islanders return to identity after getting called out by Pete DeBoer. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/28/sports/islanders-return-to-identity-after-getting-called-out-by-pete-deboer/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-28 · by Ethan Sears

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In Nashville, the Islanders beat the Predators 4-3 in a shootout after coach Pete DeBoer challenged his team following their poor performance against the Stars. The Islanders responded with better hockey, playing up ice and being physical, despite nearly squandering a 3-0 lead. Brayden Schenn noted that they returned to their gritty defensive identity. Despite some turnovers late in the game, the Islanders managed to secure an extra point through strong overtime play and successful shootout goals from Kyle Palmieri and Bo Horvat.
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“The articles discuss different games: one is about a game against the Stars, while the other is about a victory over the Predators.”
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“The articles discuss different aspects of the Islanders' performance and strategies, one focusing on the ongoing issue with scoring three goals per game and the other on a specific match against the Predators where they won in a shootout despite falling behind.”
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🔮 The Islanders were on their heels late in regulation, requiring a few scrambling defensive shifts to get the game to overtime, but they would eventually earn the extra point.
🔮 And second, while it might be true that three goals gives you a good chance every night, it leaves little margin for error.
🔮 To the extent there’s a worry, it’s less about the here and now and more that the mileage Schaefer accumulates as a teenager could affect him in the future.
🔮 The suggestion that Scott Mayfield may soon ask for a trade was shot down earlier this week by Islanders general manager Mathieu Darche.
🔮 DALLAS — The day before a game in which he’s set to be the main character, Islanders head coach Pete DeBoer was typically understated regarding his own return here.
🔮 Since the Islanders’ 3-2 defeat to the Kings in overtime was Eklund’s 10th game with the club this year, the Swede — who scored a power play goal in the loss— will officially burn a year of his entry-level contract.
🔮 Artemi Panarin pondered the question of whether it would feel like a homecoming of sorts to play on Long Island, and in the moment, he never really answered it.
🔮 The last scene similar to that, which greeted Brady Tkachuk in his return to the Canadian Tire Center following an unhappy divorce with the Senators, might be as far back as eight seasons ago when John Tavares was greeted with sheer hostility by the crowd at Nassau Coliseum on Feb. 28, 2019.
🔮 Do all of that and the players who are missing from the lineup will not be so front of mind.
🔮 Maybe they’ll both emerge for practice Monday no worse for wear and the whole episode can be forgotten.
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Dallas Islanders NASHVILLE Predators Tenn.

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Islanders ORG · 9× Predators ORG · 5× Schaefer PERSON · 4× Bo Horvat PERSON · 2× DeBoer PERSON · 2× NASHVILLE GPE · 2× Dallas GPE · 1× Pete DeBoer PERSON · 1× Tenn. GPE · 1× the Semyon Varlamov PERSON · 1×

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Just over three minutes later, off a rare Matthew Schaefer turnover when the defenseman got crossed up with Ondrej Palat trying to exit the zone, Alexander Kerfoot got the Predators within 3-2. When the Islanders’ fourth power play of the night went nowhere — just as their first three had — the Predators wasted no time in making them pay.
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🔮 The Islanders were on their heels late in regulation, requiring a few scrambling defensive shifts to get the game to overtime, but they would eventually earn the extra point.
2026-10-28 · New York Post
Islanders return to identity after getting called out by Pete DeBoer · assertive framing

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Once you got past the Semyon Varlamov of it all on Tuesday, there was the matter of the hockey the Islanders played in beating the Predators 4-3 in a shootout. asserted
Islanders → get → shootout
After coach Pete DeBoer went with 11 forwards and seven defensemen and essentially challenged his team following a loss in Dallas he said was their first poor performance all season, the Islanders responded in kind. asserted
Islanders → go → kind
It wasn’t perfect — actually, it was nearly disastrous, as the Islanders fumbled a 3-0 lead, then failed to score with nearly four minutes at 4-on-3 in overtime — but DeBoer’s side had the qualities they’d lacked against the Stars. asserted
they → fumble → Stars
The best example all night came at the start of the second period, when the Islanders passed the puck around the zone for nearly a minute without pause before Matthew Schaefer’s feed across gave Bo Horvat a one-timer to rocket past Juuse Saros and make it 3-0. asserted
it → come → Saros
“We got back to our identity tonight,” Brayden Schenn said. asserted
Schenn → get → identity
“We know we have to play that way in order to be successful. asserted
we → know → ?
It’s a gritty, hard-nosed game. asserted
It → ’ → ?
Of course, that alone didn’t mean this was easy. asserted
this → mean → ?
The Islanders let the Predators back in on Filip Forsberg’s power-play goal at 9:42 of the second, making it 3-1, and from there, things got hairy. asserted
things → let → second
Just over three minutes later, off a rare Matthew Schaefer turnover when the defenseman got crossed up with Ondrej Palat trying to exit the zone, Alexander Kerfoot got the Predators within 3-2. When the Islanders’ fourth power play of the night went nowhere — just as their first three had — the Predators wasted no time in making them pay. asserted
them → cross → time
Daemon Hunt’s initial shot trickled through Varlamov’s pads before Ryan O’Reilly stuffed it in to tie the game at 4:16 of the third. asserted
O’Reilly → trickle → third
The Islanders were on their heels late in regulation, requiring a few scrambling defensive shifts to get the game to overtime, but they would eventually earn the extra point. asserted
they → require → point
After Schaefer was tripped at the start of overtime, the Islanders exhausted the Predators for a ridiculous 1:45 on a delayed call before Nashville finally got a touch. asserted
Nashville → trip → touch
Still, somehow, the Islanders — opting to leave Schaefer, Bo Horvat and Simon Holmstrom out for well over four minutes of overtime, and Schaefer for all five — couldn’t convert on the power play itself. asserted
Schaefer → opt → play
(Schaefer, who finished with a career-high 32:16 of ice, is the first player to go all five minutes of overtime in the post-lockout era.) asserted
who → finish → era
Shootout goals from Kyle Palmieri and Horvat sealed it anyway. asserted
goals → seal → it
“I thought it was a great response, and I knew we would get that response,” DeBoer said. asserted
DeBoer → think → response
“I think the guys knew and came out and played great.” asserted
guys → think → ?
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