New York Islanders at home against Calgary; falls to 5-2 in matinee

The New York Islanders the fights in the house matinees continued Calgary Flames 5-2 Saturday at UBS Arena. Mackenzie Weager Scored his first NHL hat trick 3:47 into the first period, fourth straight for the Flames (25-22-5). Jonathan Huberdeau scored a power play goal, and Blake Coleman scored an empty net goal to put the game away. Jacob Markstrom Made 35 saves in the win and assisted on Veager's first goal. Brock Nelson and JG Pageau There were goals in the third period for the Islands (22-18-12). Matthew Barzal extended his point streak to five games with an assist. Semyon Varlamov had 19 saves in the loss.

The Isles didn't hold anything offensively until the third period, when they made a significant splash, recording 37 shots on goal on the afternoon. Brock Nelson Scored his 22nd goal and scored two goals in less than five minutes at the interval, but they failed to get the next goal, allowing them to take a point. The closest they came was Adam Pelech hitting the crossbar midway through the period.

Varlamov has not featured since January 27th and the lack of game action may have played a role in the first goal being conceded to Veager. It was a shaky shot that fooled Varlamov and put the Islanders in an early hole.

The team continues to fight hard in the penalty shootout. While their defense has been strong since Roy took over, he hasn't been able to fix the deficiencies when they're a man down. The Flames had just one power play, but were able to play well when Huberdeau scored to make it 2-0 at 8:38 of the second period. Noah Hanafin to shoot

“We were unlucky but we didn't get the job done,” Roy PK said. “And we have to finish the job. This was the highlight of the game as Bo had a good chance to make it a 1-1 game. And then we gave up that goal to make it a 2-0 game, and then you dig yourself into that hole.”

According to NHL PR, Noah Dobson made his 47th pass of the season Brock Nelson's goal – most goals scored by a defender Vladimir Malakhov In 1993-94 there were 47. Assis tied with Dobson (for now). Cale Makar and Connor McDavid in the category.

Varlamov played his 600th career game, which is impressive for a goalkeeper. “This is a very good score for a goalkeeper,” Varlamov said after the game. “I'm happy to get the numbers, but I'm disappointed that we lost today. The most important thing for me was to win today.”

By Brendan Burke Colin was underwhelmed before the game and most fans raised the same eyebrows in the afternoon.

The islanders turned against their home Seattle Kraken Tuesday night.

The puck drops at 7:30pm EST