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Islanders slip past Canucks thanks to Kyle Palmieri’s two-goal night

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Sears, E. (2026, October 14). Islanders slip past Canucks thanks to Kyle Palmieri’s two-goal night. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/13/sports/islanders-beat-canucks-thanks-to-kyle-palmieris-two-goal-night/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-14 · by Ethan Sears

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Pete DeBoer’s Islanders secured a 3-2 victory over the Canucks on Tuesday night, thanks to Kyle Palmieri scoring two goals. Despite facing challenges in the second period when Vancouver cut their lead to one goal, the Islanders managed to regain control and win decisively in the third period. This performance helped the team avoid playing down to their opponent’s level, a trend that has been positive so far this season.
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On October 14, 2026, the New York Islanders defeated the Vancouver Canucks with a final score of 3-2. Kyle Palmieri scored twice for the Islanders, contributing significantly to their victory at UBS Arena in New York. Matias Maccelli also contributed by scoring his first goal as an Islander after being signed as a free agent from Toronto last season. The Canucks were led by Brock Boeser and Max Sasson who each scored one goal. Despite the loss, Leevi Merilainen made 35 saves for Vancouver. This win marked the Islanders' third victory in their first six games of the season, while the Canucks have lost five consecutive matches following a promising start. Ethan Sears from the New York Post highlighted Palmieri's performance as crucial after he had been struggling with an ACL injury and was previously unhappy about his playing condition.

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Ethan Sears
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🔮 And now the Islanders will hold their breath, hoping there is no hearing and subsequent suspension for Emil Heineman following his knee-on-knee hit to Isaac Howard that got him kicked out of Saturday’s match just 2:22 into the proceedings.
🔮 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.
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Blackhawks Canucks Islanders Vancouver

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Islanders ORG · 12× Canucks ORG · 3× Schaefer PERSON · 3× DeBoer PERSON · 2× Emil Heineman PERSON · 2× Kyle Palmieri PERSON · 2× Maccelli PERSON · 2× Palmieri PERSON · 2× Tony DeAngelo PERSON · 2× Pete DeBoer’s PERSON · 1×

Narrative

After the top line had gone scoreless through the season’s first five games, getting two goals from it at five-on-five — the second of which came after Matias Maccelli swapped places with Emil Heineman amid a superb evening from No. 63 — is just what the Islanders needed.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-14
🔮 Which, if DeBoer can turn it into a hallmark, will be critical to keeping the Islanders in the playoff race.
2026-10-14 · New York Post
Islanders slip past Canucks thanks to Kyle Palmieri’s two-goal night · assertive framing

Claims (22 extracted, 1 hedged)

Say this for Pete DeBoer’s Islanders: they are not playing down to their opposition. asserted
they → say → opposition
It wasn’t as easy as their win over the Blackhawks that started this homestand, but the Islanders ended it by taking care of business with a 3-2 victory over the Canucks on Tuesday night, with a pair of goals from Kyle Palmieri pulling them back to .500. asserted
pair → start → .500
DeBoer’s team played structured and effective hockey, surviving a shaky second period to regain control in the decisive third. asserted
team → play → third
That is as it should be against Vancouver, which has won just two of its first eight games and looks set for a miserable season. asserted
which → win → season
A hallmark of Islanders teams in recent years, though, has been struggling to put away or routinely beat teams just like that. asserted
hallmark → struggle → that
The Islanders, for better or worse, had a tendency to play to their opponent’s level. asserted
Islanders → have → level
At least so far this year — and this is where the obligatory ‘it’s early’ caveat goes — that hasn’t been the case. asserted
that → ’ → ?
Which, if DeBoer can turn it into a hallmark, will be critical to keeping the Islanders in the playoff race. asserted
DeBoer → turn → race
Max Sasson seemed to zap the Islanders’ momentum at 7:52 of the second, cutting a 2-0 lead in half by blasting a rolling puck past Ilya Sorokin. asserted
Sasson → seem → Sorokin
Suddenly, the Islanders were losing battles, they were on their heels and you could feel the equalizer coming as soon as Kyle Palmieri tripped Liam Ohrgren late in the second. Not only did Brock Boeser tied it up with a one-timer from the slot, but the Islanders ended the second with another needless penalty after Tony DeAngelo took exception to a Sasson check that came after the horn. uncertain
that → lose → horn
It was a gut check moment for a team whose habit in the past would have been to let things spiral from there. asserted
things → let → past
Instead, they killed off DeAngelo’s penalty and — sparked, unsurprisingly, by Matthew Schaefer — found their game again. asserted
they → kill → game
Twice in the third period’s first six minutes, Schaefer’s play with the puck led to extended pressure in the Canucks’ zone. asserted
play → lead → zone
On the second of those, after Schaefer had two shots saved, Palmieri got one to go for his second goal of the evening. asserted
Palmieri → have → evening
After the top line had gone scoreless through the season’s first five games, getting two goals from it at five-on-five — the second of which came after Matias Maccelli swapped places with Emil Heineman amid a superb evening from No. 63 — is just what the Islanders needed. asserted
Islanders → go → what
Right when the Canucks started to push with a few minutes to go, and looked ready to pull Leevi Merilainen, Emil Heineman drew a penalty on Zeev Buium that kept the Islanders in the driver’s seat when they should have been frantically defending at five-on-six. asserted
they → start → six
Maccelli had driven play early in the night as part of a fourth line that with Casey Cizikas and Simon Holmstrom — who moved down from the third line, swapping places with Ondrej Palat. asserted
who → drive → Palat
At 15:50 of a dominant first for the Islanders, Maccelli ripped one from the left circle for the 2-0 goal, the feed coming from Schaefer. asserted
feed → rip → Schaefer
That was just 53 seconds after the Islanders had scored first on Kyle Palmieri’s tip-in of Matt Kessel’s point shot. asserted
Islanders → score → shot
Kessel was suiting up for the first time this season, having been inserted into the lineup for Scott Mayfield and playing on the left of the third pair, allowing Tony DeAngelo to move back to his natural right side. asserted
DeAngelo → suit → side
Palmieri’s goal was his first since Nov. 18, 2025, just 10 days before he tore his ACL. asserted
he → tear → ACL
Fitting, then, that he ended with the game-winner too. asserted
he → end → winner
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