Islanders Beat Red Wings 5-3 For Second Straight win ELMONT, NY -- After two straight wins, the New York Islanders [https://thn.com/isles] needed to find a way to keep it going against the Boston Bruins on Saturday night. "It's important to have a good start tonight," Islanders head coach Patrick Roy said Saturday morning. Kyle Palmieri gave them a good start, alright. The 33-year-old forward got the Islanders on the board early and often, scoring a natural hat trick in 8:47: At 3:32 of the first, Palmieri beat Bruins netminder Linus Ullmark under his glove off the rush. At 5:27 of the first, Palmieri banked home a rebound off a Bo Horvat shot while on the power play to give New York a 2-0 lead: And for the natural hat trick, Palmieri tapped home a rebound after a Ryan Pulock shot at 12:19 of the first. Here's all three: The UBS crowd sent the hats flying: With 18 goals on the season, Palmieri has his best goal-scoring season since 2019-20 where he scored 25. Palmieri's 35 points are the most since recording 45 in 2019-20. Here's more facts about Palmieri's third career hat trick: -He became the third play in Islander history to record a natural hat trick in the first period -It's the seventh third-period hat trick in Islanders history and first in more than 17 years -It's the fastest hat trick into a game in Islanders history -It's the first first-period hat trick since Jason Blake did so on Feb. 27, 2007
