The Canucks took a 1-0 lead at 2:40 of the first period on the game’s first shot. J.T. Miller was given too much space to race up over the blue line and find Jonathan Lekkerimaki open in the left circle for his first NHL goal on a one-timer that Varlamov saw cleanly.

Scott Mayfield and Pierre Engvall scored early in the second period Thursday night for the visiting New York Islanders, who extended their point streak with a 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks.

The Vancouver Canucks home struggles continued on Thursday night as they fell 5-2 to the New York Islanders. Vancouver's offence came from Jonathan Lekkerimäki, who scored his first NHL goal as well as Tyler Myers,

Anders Lee had a goal and an assist, Bo Horvat had two assists against his former team, and Semyon Varlamov made 24 saves for the Islanders (7-6-4), who extended their point streak to five games (3-0-2).

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Well, the Islanders (6-6-4) are collecting points despite defensemen Adam Pelech, Mike Reilly and Alexander Romanov as well as top-liners Anthony Duclair and Mathew Barzal being out of the lineup, bringing a 2-0-2 streak into Thursday’s match.

After losing the face-off battle in their first game of the regular season, the New York Islanders went on to win the face-off numbers in 14 straight games to set a new franchise record. But that streak came to a close on Tuesday night in Edmonton,