{"id":398879,"date":"2023-02-07T00:31:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T05:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=398879"},"modified":"2023-02-07T00:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T05:36:24","slug":"islanders-win-in-horvats-debut","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/islanders-win-in-horvats-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Islanders beat Flyers in Horvat&#8217;s debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Palmieri and Mathew Barzal scored, and Semyon Varlamov stopped 25 shots for the New York Islanders in their first game since they acquired All-Star center Bo Horvat, helping them to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THAT&#39;S AN <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ISLES?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ISLES<\/a> WIN! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A4PIY2eiEZ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/A4PIY2eiEZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYIslanders\/status\/1622783948404232197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Horvat made his debut a day after the Islanders signed him to an eight-year contract worth $68 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy face looks like a little boy right now,\u201d he said before the game.<\/p>\n<p>He was chosen as an All-Star and played for the Pacific Division on Saturday and already tied his career high with 31 goals this season in 49 games with Vancouver Canucks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guys made me feel really comfortable and they were great,\u201d Horvat added after the game. \u201cIt feels even better to get that win and get my legs under me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Islanders Coach Lane Lambert said Horvat can only help as the team make a playoff push in a crowded bottom half of the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In terms of how it changes moving forward, it gives us more options,\u201d Lambert said. \u201cWe know what we have to do as a group. 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