Rapid Recap: Islanders 2, Flyers 1

The New York Islanders returned to action with some energy after the eight-day break, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Monday night for their third consecutive win.
Kyle Palmieri buried a goal in the first period, while Mat Barzal followed up with a goal in the second frame to power the offense for the Isles. Nicolas Deslauriers scored the lone tally for the Flyers, as the Islanders were able to hold on to win 2-1.
Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves in the victory, winning his second consecutive game between the pipes.

THE SCORING:
1st Period:
17:07 NYI 1, PHI 0 PPG - Josh Bailey dishes the puck to Kyle Palmieri, who loads up a wrist shot from the dot to beat Carter Hart glove-side. Sebastian Aho tallies the assist.

2nd Period:
8:18 NYI 2, PHI 0 - After a battle for the puck against the boards, Noah Dobson receives a pass in the high slot from Brock Nelson. Dobson fires a one-timer toward the net which finds Mathew Barzal, who deflects it past Hart to double the Islanders lead.

10:39 NYI 2, PHI 1 - The Flyers retaliate 2:21 after Barzal's goal, as Tony DeAngelo wrists a long shot from the point, which deflects off Nicolas Deslauriers to beat Semyon Varlamov through traffic. Nick Seeler picks up the secondary assist.
3rd Period:
No scoring.
NOTEBOOK:
Bo Horvat took a team-high four shots in his first game as an Islander... The line combination of Bailey, Horvat and Barzal took a total 10 shots... Brock Nelson extended his point streak to seven games with an assist against the Flyers, collecting eight points (4G, 4A) over that span... With Kyle Palmieri's power play goal in the first frame, the Islanders snapped their 0-for-26 drought on the power play... Palmieri extended his point streak to five games with six points (1G, 5A) over that span... Noah Dobson notched his 100th career point with an assist on Barzal's goal in his return to the lineup after missing four games with a lower body injury... Hudson Fasching was activated off the team's IR list after missing six games with a lower-body injury, taking one shot and recording one hit in his return... Alexander Romanov recorded three hits and had a total nine attempted shots, six blocked and three on goal... Anders Lee lead the team with five hits... Adam Pelech lead the team with 23:13 TOI.
GOALTENDING MATCHUP:
Semyon Varlamov stopped 25-of-26 in the win.
Carter Hart stopped 28-of-30 in the loss.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
The Islanders power play went 1-for-2, while their penalty kill went 2-for-2.
IMAGE OF THE GAME:

NEXT GAME:
The Islanders head back to Long Island to host the Seattle Kraken at UBS Arena. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m.