Carter Verhaeghe scored for the third straight game since he and his wife welcomed their first child into the world as his Florida Panthers defeated the visiting New York Islanders 4-1 on Sunday night in Sunrise, Fla.

Verhaeghe has four goals in those three games, and forward Sam Reinhart and defensemen Uvis Balinskis and Seth Jones had Florida's other tallies on Sunday.

In a battle between backup goalies, Florida's Daniil Tarasov earned the win, making 20 saves.

Florida has won two straight games after having dropped four in a row.

The Islanders, who had their three-game winning streak broken, got a goal from Mathew Barzal. Defenseman Matthew Schaefer, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, had an assist, and goalie David Rittich made 26 saves.

Florida opened the scoring with

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