Beckman’s Hat Trick Vaults Islanders to Fifth Straight Win

Jan 19, 2026

Bridgeport, CT – Entering Monday’s contest on a season-high five-game point streak, Adam Beckman continued his red-hot January with a three-goal and four-point afternoon, which powered the Islanders over the Phantoms in a dominant 6-2 victory. 

The win marked their fifth consecutive victory and the first time the Islanders have recorded a streak of that length since February 22–March 3, 2019. 

Joey Larson opened the scoring for the Islanders on the power play 6:39 into action, sniping his 13th of the season past Carson Bjarnasson from the far circle. 

Beckman reclaimed a tie for the Isles’ goal lead minutes later, one-timing Bridgeport’s second goal on the man advantage at 12:39. Minutes later, Beckman regained sole possession of first place on the Bridgeport goals leaderboard with his 14th of the season, beating Bjarnasson glove-side to give the Islanders a 3-0 advantage. Not satisfied with just two, Beckman completed his first-period hat-trick with a wrister that beat Bjarnasson’s blocker just 19:56 into action. 

Lehigh Valley responded 9:02 into the second period as Garrett Wilson deflected in his fourth goal of the season off a point shot. 

With the Phantoms on the power play looking to cut their deficit in half, Daylan Kuefler deflected a loose puck out of the zone, which sprung Liam Foudy for a breakaway, which culminated with a short-handed goal 11:52 into the second period. 

The Phantoms lessened their deficit in the third period as Jacob Gaucher buried a loose puck in front of the Bridgeport net early in the frame.

Hunter Drew iced the game with the Islanders’ fourth power-play goal of the contest and most in a game this season, tipping in a point shot from Isaiah George for his seventh of the season.  

The Islanders return to action on Friday, January 23, as they visit the Hartford Wolfpack for a 7 p.m. puck drop before returning home to square off against the Providence Bruins at 5 p.m. Ticket information can be found at bridgeportislanders.com. 

Notes

• Beckman’s historic afternoon extended his point streak to six games (6-3–9). The Islanders are 5-1-0-0 during Beckman’s stretch as he recorded his first hat trick since February 11, 2023 with the Iowa Wild. 

• Six Islanders recorded multi-point nights (Bear, Beckman, George, Larson, Smith, Warren), tying their season high with their contest on October 12 against Belleville.

• Each of Larson’s past seven goals has been the Islanders’ first goal of the game, who are 2-3-1-1 over that span. Larson ranks second in the AHL with six first goals of the game. 

• The Islanders have won 10 of their past 12 games when scoring first and are tied for the AHL lead in that department with 24 first goals. 

• Ethan Bear’s assist on Beckman’s first goal was his 100th career AHL point (23-77–100). Bear has a point in all five of his games as an Islander, who are 5-0-0-0 in those contests. 

• Foudy’s tally was his 50th goal in the AHL, extended his point streak to five games and marked the Islanders’ third short-handed goal of the season. The Islanders improve to 8-1-0-0 when Foudy scores and 2-1-0-0 when they score short-handed. 

• The Islanders tied a season-high with six goals and set a new season record with four power-play goals. 

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