Maybe some chemistry is finally happening with this team.
Still a lot of problems starting with a first line left wing, and Strome producing with many other issues at five on five.
But that is how you need to play to win long-term when your scoring does not win 5-3. Whether it be Boychuck or Tavares out, regardless who dresses.
Every entry I kept writing it 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 games. Even if they lost the skills contest in Los Angeles or did not win against Anaheim or lost in overtime against Arizona 1-0 this is what it takes to be successful.
Injuries are the norm here--many of them.
Bottom line this is how they turned three weeks in April 2013 into a playoff spot.
#isles This is what it takes to win long term. Does not matter who dresses, goaltending+pk+low shots against when not scoring=built to last.
— NYI Fan Central (@nyifancentral) November 9, 2014
Now comes the biggest problem of all. The road has not been the problem as they finished 17-5-2 to close last season and always find ways to win on the road.
#isles And that's now 23-8-2 on road back to last season for Jack Capuano's New York Islanders.
— NYI Fan Central (@nyifancentral) November 9, 2014
#isles The toughest test for NYI, play this kind of hockey at Nassau Coliseum in front of thousands of empty seats.
— NYI Fan Central (@nyifancentral) November 9, 2014