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Semyon Varlamov's strong night not enough as Islanders fall in…

Islanders goalie Varlamov kept New York in the game for long stretches on Thursday before the Senators won the shootout; a point saved, a game lost.

On air: Kenji Moonfield, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on Late Night BBN
Published 11:46 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

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First reported by New York Post: “Semyon Varlamov’s strong night not enough as Islanders fall in shootout to Senators”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 11:46 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Kenji Moonfield, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.
Topics: Islanders.
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New York PostSemyon Varlamov’s strong night not enough as Islanders fall in shootout to Senators

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHockey now, where the Islanders lost to the Senators in a shootout on Thursday night, even though goalie Semyon Varlamov was terrific.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFor a while it looked like the Islanders' structure might finally overcome their sloppiness, and then it came down to a shootout anyway.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorStructure versus sloppiness. That's every building I've ever watched fall down.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorVarlamov stopped everything the game threw at him, Dale.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA man can do his job perfectly and still watch his team lose it on penalty shots.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA shootout is just a coin flip where grown men skate at you slowly. Nobody trained for that.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSlowly.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the one thing the Islanders can fix is the sloppiness, which, as a coach once told me, is just structure that hasn't found itself yet.