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Islanders score 3 1st-period goals, beat Ducks 3-2 for 2nd straight win

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Charles, S. (2026, October 21). Islanders score 3 1st-period goals, beat Ducks 3-2 for 2nd straight win. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/islanders-score-3-1st-period-goals-beat-ducks-3-2-for-2nd-straight-win/article_5c5270e3-c6fc-5d99-becc-d09852972304.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-21 · by Scott Charles

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Ondrej Palat, Viktor Eklund, and Simon Holmstrom scored for the New York Islanders in the first period as they defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday night. Ilya Sorokin made 15 saves for the Islanders, who improved to a 3-0-1 record in their last four games. The Ducks, meanwhile, lost their fourth consecutive game despite Frank Vatrano and Alex Killorn scoring goals late in regulation.
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The New York Islanders beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday night, securing their second straight victory and improving to 5-3-1 for the season. Ondrej Palat, Viktor Eklund, and Simon Holmstrom scored first-period goals for New York, while Ilya Sorokin made 15 saves. The Ducks, who lost their fourth consecutive game, received two goals from Frank Vatrano and strong goaltending with Lukas Dostal making 22 saves. This win highlighted the Islanders' ability to play a tight, territorial style of hockey despite ongoing injuries to key players like Mat Barzal, Calum Ritchie, and Matias Maccelli.

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Anaheim Ducks Islanders NEW YORK the New York Islanders

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Anaheim ORG · 2× Dostal PERSON · 2× Ducks ORG · 2× Eklund PERSON · 2× Islanders ORG · 2× Palat PERSON · 2× NEW YORK GPE · 1× Ondrej Palat PERSON · 1× Simon Holmstrom PERSON · 1× Viktor Eklund PERSON · 1×

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Ondrej Palat, Viktor Eklund and Simon Holmstrom scored first-period goals and the New York Islanders beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday night for their second straight victory.
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Islanders score 3 1st-period goals, beat Ducks 3-2 for 2nd straight win · assertive framing

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Ondrej Palat, Viktor Eklund and Simon Holmstrom scored first-period goals and the New York Islanders beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday night for their second straight victory. asserted
Islanders → score → victory
Ilya Sorokin made 15 saves to help the Islanders improve to 3-0-1 in their last four games. asserted
Islanders → make → games
Frank Vatrano and Alex Killorn scored for Anaheim, which lost its fourth straight game. asserted
which → score → game
Lukas Dostal finished with 22 saves. asserted
Dostal → finish → saves
Palat opened the scoring with 6:21 left in the first period. asserted
Palat → open → period
Jean-Gabriel Pageau found Palat streaking toward the net, and the forward fired a wrist shot past Dostal. asserted
forward → find → Dostal
Eklund doubled the lead less than three minutes later. asserted
Eklund → double → lead
Emil Heineman floated a wrist shot from the blue line, and Eklund corralled the loose puck and buried it for his second goal of the season. asserted
Eklund → float → season
Vatrano pulled the Ducks within a goal 49 seconds later, lifting a backhander past Sorokin off a feed from A.J. Greer. asserted
Vatrano → pull → Greer
Holmstrom restored New York’s two-goal advantage with a power-play goal with 1:18 left in the first, deflecting Mathew Schaefer’s shot from the point past Dostal. asserted
Holmstrom → restore → Dostal
Killorn pulled Anaheim within a goal with 2:40 remaining in the third. asserted
Killorn → pull → third
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