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Artem Zub made his season debut as Matthew Schaefer and the Islanders came to town. Linus Ullmark and Semyon Varlamov got the starts. Stephen Halliday got the opportunity to play on the top line with Tim Stützle and Drake Batherson and almost scored early when he went to the net and got a pass from Batherson in front that he couldn't quite control. Moments later Warren Foegele beat Varlamov clean and thought he had scored his first goal of the season, only to learn that his shot hit the crossbar and stayed out. The fourth line got some sustained pressure in the Islanders' zone as Foegele, Zetterlund and Ridly Greig were relentlessly forechecking. Minutes later, Halliday cleanly beat Varlamov glove side, however, Islanders coach Pete DeBoer challenged for offside and on the review it was clear that Batherson was a foot offside. To make matters worse, with seconds left in the period, Shane Pinto whiffed on a pass in the defensive zone and Matias Maccelli picked up the puck and fired a wrist shot past Ullmark on a goal he should have saved. 1-0 New York. Maccelli lights the lamp! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/9LL38iYNZk— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) October 15, 2026

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The Edmonton Oilers have only surrendered nine goals in the last five games, which speaks to their quality goaltending, structured five-on-five play, and consistent forecheck. The issue with that number is that five of those nine goals are against the Oilers’ penalty kill, which was a point of emphasis for new associate coach DJ Smith after the whipping that PK took in the postseason. That category has been tough sledding overall for the team, which sits at 68.2 per cent for the season, fifth worst in the NHL. The opposition has scored on the power play in five of seven games, and the Utah Mammoth made it happen twice, punishing Josh Samanski’s double-minor for high-sticking and the team’s bench minor on Thursday. The Mammoth PP bumped up to first in the league at 37.5 per cent, and have scored multiple goals on the man advantage in a game a league-best five times. “I think we’re just attacking,” said Barrett Hayton on the power play’s success. He extended his point streak to five games. “Obviously that first unit’s been so good snapping around, they’re so dangerous, and I think they’ve done a great job kind of keeping that mindset.