SUNRISE, Fla. -- When the New York Islanders visit the Florida Panthers on Saturday night at the BB&T Center, it will be a rematch of last seasons first-round playoff series.The Islanders won that series in six games, extinguishing a Panthers season that had seen Florida claim the Atlantic Division for the first time after winning a franchise-record 47 games.Both teams topped 100 points last season. Both entered this season as Stanley Cup contenders with odds floating between 21-1 (Panthers) and 23-1 (Islanders).But so far this season, neither team is doing very well. Florida (6-7-1) is in last place in the Atlantic. New York (5-7-2) is next-to-last in the Metropolitan Division.There are 16 teams in the Eastern Conference, all battling for eight playoff spots, and the Panthers and Islanders are each digging themselves a hole.After losing a home game 4-2 to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, Florida coach Gerard Gallant intimated that his team is close to regaining its 2015-2016 form.I like the way weve played most of our games, Gallant said. But if you look at the San Jose game, three mistakes, and they are in the back of our net.The fourth Sharks goal was an empty-netter, but the message was clear: The Panthers need to focus for the full 60 minutes and beyond in case of overtime.Florida did get some help on the injury front on Thursday with the return of left winger Jussi Jokinen. Center Nick Bjugstad should return next week.The Panthers are expected to start Roberto Luongo in goal against New York. Backup James Reimer, who took the loss against the Sharks on Thursday, started three of the past six games -- a heavier work load than expected.Meanwhile, the Islanders never led in Thursdays 4-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning. New York fell behind 3-0 before Andrew Ladd scored the only goal for New York, which was penalized six times and beaten twice on Lightning power plays.We thought we created some chances and did some good things 5-on-5, Ladd told the media on Thursday. But it is tough when you are in the penalty box all night.Only five NHL teams have committed more penalties than the Islanders entering Friday. The Islanders have committed 68 penalties this season. The Panthers, by contrast, have been caught just 52 times. Only four teams have less penalty minutes per game than the Panthers.Besides the concern on penalties, the Islanders are also dealing with another ugly trend -- they are 0-4-0 on the road this season.Jaroslav Halak started in goal for New York on THursday but was pulled after making only 13 saves on 16 shots on goal. Goalie Thomas Greiss entered the game at 2:50 in the second period and allowed only one goal the rest of the way.Islanders coach Jack Capuano and star center John Tavares are both concerned with the penalties, especially since New York had just one power play on its side on Thursday.There were a couple of calls that were real questionable, Capuano said. We played pretty tough 5-on-5. We have to find a way to kill penalties.Unfortunately for the Islanders, only three teams are having less success than New York on the penalty kill. 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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Clemsons athletic department reported 15 violations to the NCAA in the past year, including three by the defending Atlantic Coast Conference football champions.The school released its infractions report Tuesday after an open records request by The Associated Press.None of the violations is considered serious. All but one of them is classified as a Level III infraction. Level III infractions are those the NCAA considers isolated or limited in nature; provide no more than a minimal recruiting, competitive or other advantage; and dont include more than a minimal impermissible benefit.Clemson detailed its NCAA violations from Aug. 1, 2015, through this past July 31.Three of the violations involved the football program, which starts the season ranked No. 2.One came from an accidental FaceTime call placed by coach Dabo Swinney to a prospect before the allowable date of Sept. 1. Coaches cant place any phone calls to the prospect from Sept. 1-15 as punishment for the infraction.Another violation in football came last October and involved two players who dropped engineering courses and were not enrolled full-time, as required by the NCAA. Clemson declared both players ineligible, conducted rules education with all athletes and paid a $500 fine. The NCAA restored the two athletes eligibility.The final football infraction came this past January when the staff gave excess travel reimbursement to several prospects after their official visits.ddddddddddddThe school said the staff wrongly thought it could round up the travel reimbursement amount to the nearest dollar.The staffer involved received a letter of admonishment, although the school said it did not try to collect the overpay from prospects because of the minimal amount of the over-award.The first-year baseball program of coach Monte Lee had three violations.Lee, who led the Tigers to the ACC Tournament title last May, was admonished for an infraction from last September when he responded to a text from a 2018 prospect before Sept. 1 of the players junior year of high school. Lee, the school said, thought the prospect was set to graduate in 2017. When informed otherwise by the player, Lee stopped all communication with the prospect and reported it to the compliance office.Lee and his staff must also refrain from communicating with the player for two weeks starting Sept. 1.Last August, an assistant coach on Clemsons mens golf team impermissibly brought in an outside consultant to work with two players on the course and teach a three-session with the whole team. The mens golf team was made to take three days off from all countable athletic activity for three weeks. ' ' '