Good afternoon, Blue and Orange faithful. We are coming to you live from Floral Park, New York. Today the New York Islanders defeated the Florida Panthers in the 2020 Stanley Cup qualifying round, 3 games to 1, to advance to the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Islanders took games 1 and 2 in relatively easy fashion, but after a let down in game 3, the Isles got the jump on Florida today in game 4 and never looked back. Anthony Bouvillier continues to possess a hot stick by posting 2 goals while the Islander's power play was on its toes once again, scoring on 33% of its chances as Brock Nelson nets the goal. Amongst the many contributors today, the Islanders received goals from Jean-Gabriel Pageau (empty net) as well as Brock Nelson (PPG), while Matt Barzal added a goal on a breakaway opportunity.
After giving up 3 goals in game 3, Varlamov had a terrific bounce-back effort stopping 23 of 24 shots that came his way. Varlamov was every bit of what New York needed in order to advance this afternoon at Scotia Bank Arena, in Toronto, Canada.
Now that the Islanders are through the qualifying round, they face 4 potential Round 1 matchups, pending the completion of the round-robin portion of the 2020 qualifiers. Those potential matchups would consist of the possibility to face 1 of 4 teams. Those teams would include the Boston Bruins (Atlantic Division), Tampa Bay Lightning (Atlantic Division), Washington Capitals (Metropolitan Division), and the Philadelphia Flyers (Metropolitan Division). So as we watch the Round Robin portion of the 2020 qualifiers unfold, the Islanders opponent will be revealed.
So Buckley Up! It's on to the 1st round we go Islander fanatics!!!!!!!!!!!
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