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Sunrise, FL – Tim Kennedy scored the go-ahead goal four 2.
Shawn Matthias had a goal and two assists for the Panthers, who were shutout in their previous two games, while Kris Versteeg also lit the lamp.
Jose Theodore stopped 8-of-10 shots over the first two periods for Florida and Jacob Markstrom made 18 saves in the third for his first career NHL win.
Mark Streit and John Tavares both had a goal and an assist for the Islanders, who have lost two in a row.
Evgeni Nabokov made 29 saves in defeat.
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