Matthew Tkachuk collected his first two goals of the season Saturday night for the Florida Panthers, who scored the final six goals as they stormed back to beat the host New York Islanders 6-3 in Elmont,

Matthew Tkachuk scored twice, Sam Bennett got the go-ahead goal in the third period, and the Florida Panthers rallied from three goals down to beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Saturday night.Sam Reinhart also scored,

Anton Lundell had two assists, and Spencer Knight made 25 saves for the Panthers (6-3-1), who have won three of four. Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist, and Maxim Tsyplakov had two assists for the Islanders (3-3-2), who won 4-3 in overtime at the New Jersey Devils on Friday. Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves.

Matthew Tkachuk collected his first two goals of the season Saturday night for the Florida Panthers, who scored the final six goals as they stormed back to beat the host New York Islanders 6-3. Mackie Samoskevich and Sam Bennett had the tying and go-ahead ...

The Islanders bursted out of the gate, and it looked as if it would be a jubilant Saturday night in Elmont, however, the Panthers showed why they are Stanley Cup champions, and scored six straight goals to defeat the Islanders 6-3.

Prior to the game, the Islanders (3-3-2) recalled forwards Pierre Engvall and Hudson Fasching from their AHL affiliate in Bridgeport and signed long-time fourth-liner Matt Martin.

This was barreling toward a blowout victory, the Islanders getting to the net and humming on all cylinders, making a statement with a win over the defending champions. And then reality crashed in on the Islanders like all the empty seats at UBS Arena in the form of six unanswered goals and a 6-3 loss to the Panthers — a reminder of the gulf between these two teams and the standard for which the Islanders are still reaching.