SUNRISE, Fla. — The Islanders probably could use some of their injured forwards back right about now.

Sunday was one of those games when you felt the absences of Kyle Palmieri (ACL), Jonathan Drouin (lower back) and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (upper body) on nearly every shift.

The Islanders had done a good job of pushing that out of mind and overcoming the holes those absences left in the lineup in the two games since Drouin went down , but with he and Pageau both day to day — Palmieri is out for the season — the best time for them to come back would be Tuesday at home against Vegas.

As for Sunday on the road against the Panthers, the Islanders couldn’t generate enough offense on the second end of a back-to-back and lost 4-1 at Amerant Bank Arena to snap a three-game winning streak.

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