Alexander Romanov made his New York Islanders debut in a 4-1 loss to the Rangers on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
The defender stood out by distributing three shoulder shots, including a solid check at the expense of Brennan Othmann.
Employed alongside Noah Dobson, Romanov was used for 20:22. He posted a minus 2 differential in the loss.
Igor Shesterkin stopped all 14 shots he faced starting midway through the second period.
K’Andre Miller scored a shorthanded goal and Othmann had two assists for Rangers. Dylan Garand made nine saves replacing Shesterkin, who went 31:41 after winning the Vezina Trophy last season.
Robin Salo scored for the Islanders, who lost in Lane Lambert’s first game as coach.
Semyon Varlamov allowed four goals on 20 shots in 31:15 before being replaced by Jakub Skarek, who made 15 saves.
Jimmy Vesey, Chris Kreider and Zac Jones were the other Rangers scorers.
Last-second winner for Barkov
Aleksander Barkov scored with one second remaining in overtime to give the Florida Panthers a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators in the first preseason game for both teams.
Paul Maurice made his Florida coaching debut in the first of two doubleheader games on Monday.
Ryan Lomberg, Eetu Luostarinen and Kai Schwindt scored. Aaron Ekblad and Santtu Kinnunen each had two assists for the Panthers. Barkov completed his game with a goal and an assist.
Juuso Parssinen had a goal and an assist for the Predators. Connor Ingram made 10 saves on 12 shots in 31:17 before being replaced by Devin Cooley, who made 18 saves.
Ryan Johansen tied the game to allow Nashville to force overtime 5:25 remaining in the third period on a deflection.
Vesey scores while there is NO space
Eichel shines with a superb shot
Matty Beniers executes a perfect pitch
