Panthers vs. Islanders 2016 results: A 2-1 win helps Florida even the series

The Panthers will head back to Florida having split their games in Brooklyn with the Islanders. A late third-period goal was the difference as the Panthers won 2-1 in Game 4.

Panthers head coach Gerard Gallant was behind the mystifying coaches challenge midway through the second. On a breakaway, Jonathan Huberdeau crashed into Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss, causing both the netminder and puck to slide into the net. The call was a no-goal on the ice, but Huberdeau looked to have injured his leg on the play. The forward went to the locker room and came back, but Gallant challenged the call after it went to an officials review. Both times the play was called a no-goal and the score stayed at 0-0.

Jaromir Jagr got his first point of the playoffs on Teddy Purcell's power play goal five minutes later that made it 1-0. The sequence started with Aaron Ekblad's play at the side of the net that got Greiss out of position, then Jagr's behind-the-net-pass to Purcell in the slot sealed the deal.

With 15.3 seconds remaining in the second, Islanders captain John Tavares evened the score moments after a 5-on-3 power play expired for New York. A few good stickhandling moves from Tavares got enough separation to fire it top shelf on Roberto Luongo in tight.

Alex Petrovic broke the tie for the Panthers midway through the third. Skating down to the top of the circles, Petrovic waited until the traffic cleared in front of Greiss before putting a wrister between the arm of the netminder on the blocker side for the 2-1 lead.