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Schenn helps Islanders beat Kings 5-2 to end winless streak at 4

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Greenspan, D. (2026, November 13). Schenn helps Islanders beat Kings 5-2 to end winless streak at 4. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/schenn-helps-islanders-beat-kings-5-2-to-end-winless-streak-at-4/article_cef87ae6-583e-5d08-a394-0dee4cd48014.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-11-13 · by Dan Greenspan

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The New York Islanders defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Thursday night to end a four-game losing streak. Brayden Schenn recorded a goal and two assists, while rookie Matthew Schaefer scored his 29th career goal in his 100th NHL game and Victor Eklund scored for the fourth straight game. The report highlights the contributions of the Islanders' young core and notes that the Kings lost their third consecutive game despite Kevin Fiala making his season debut.
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Toronto StarThis outlet13 Nov

The New York Islanders defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Thursday night to end a four-game losing streak. Brayden Schenn recorded a goal and two assists, while rookie Matthew Schaefer scored his 29th career goal in his 100th NHL game and Victor Eklund scored for the fourth straight game. The report highlights the contributions of the Islanders' young core and notes that the Kings lost their third consecutive…

Schenn helps Islanders beat Kings 5-2 to end winless streak at 4 (this article)
New York Post13 Nov

The New York Islanders defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 to end a four-game losing streak despite a makeshift lineup caused by Jean-Gabriel Pageau’s lower-body injury. Key highlights included Ryan Pulock recording two secondary assists in his first game back from a shoulder injury and rookie Victor Eklund extending his scoring streak to four games. The report frames the victory as a necessary, albeit "ugly" win…

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Dan Greenspan
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Fiala played for the first time since breaking his left leg at the Milan Cortina Olympics in February, but the offensive-minded winger’s presence could not enough to get the Kings back on track.
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Islanders Kings LOS ANGELES New York the New York Islanders

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Islanders ORG · 3× Kings ORG · 3× Schaefer PERSON · 3× Eklund PERSON · 2× Fiala PERSON · 2× New York GPE · 2× Brayden Schenn PERSON · 1× LOS ANGELES GPE · 1× Victor Eklund PERSON · 1× the New York Islanders ORG · 1×

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Brayden Schenn had a goal and two assists, Victor Eklund scored for the fourth straight game, and the New York Islanders snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-13
Fiala played for the first time since breaking his left leg at the Milan Cortina Olympics in February, but the offensive-minded winger’s presence could not enough to get the Kings back on track.
2026-11-13 · Toronto Star
Schenn helps Islanders beat Kings 5-2 to end winless streak at 4 · assertive framing

Claims (12 extracted, 1 hedged)

Brayden Schenn had a goal and two assists, Victor Eklund scored for the fourth straight game, and the New York Islanders snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. asserted
Islanders → have → night
Matthew Schaefer scored in his 100th NHL game, Simon Holmstrom had a goal and an assist, Bo Horvat scored a late empty-netter, and the Islanders picked up at least a point for the third straight game. asserted
Islanders → score → game
Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves. asserted
Sorokin → make → saves
Trevor Moore and Quinton Byfield scored, and Kevin Fiala had an assist in his season debut as the Kings lost their third straight game. asserted
Kings → score → game
Playing in his 500th career game, Darcy Kuemper made 16 saves. asserted
Kuemper → play → saves
Schaefer and Eklund, two of the Islanders’ young cornerstones, came up with key contributions while each picking up a point for the fourth straight game. asserted
each → come → game
Schaefer had a power-play goal to put New York back up 2-1 midway through the first period, his 29th career goal and 77th point at the century mark of games played. asserted
Schaefer → have → games
Schaefer moved up to fourth in career points by a teenage defenseman, behind Hall of Famers Phil Housley (132) and Ray Bourque (79) and Buffalo Sabres star Rasmus Dahlin (84). asserted
Schaefer → move → Housley
Eklund made it 3-1 early in the second period, becoming the third New York rookie to score in four straight games in the past 20 years and 11th overall. asserted
it → make → years
Fiala played for the first time since breaking his left leg at the Milan Cortina Olympics in February, but the offensive-minded winger’s presence could not enough to get the Kings back on track. uncertain
presence → play → track
Fiala did have the secondary assist on Byfield’s power-play goal, which marked the 300th helper of his career. asserted
which → have → career
Kings: Host Calgary on Saturday. asserted
Kings → host → Saturday
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