Such a different era/league from when Smitty set the record without overtime & shootouts, but great to see.
As for the rest, at some point they have to find something to get the top players carrying their share of games, but what I watched in Ottawa was perfect & how you win championships as a team.
Beyond that the last entry still applies, keep learning to win regardless who dresses.
Injuries are a fact of life in this league and especially with this franchise, which has been more the rule than the exception.
It feels like how they won a lot of games down the stretch last season despite all the injuries regardless who dressed. Sure they have had some puck-luck including the cross-bar at the end of the game, last season all of it went against them with leads late, and it decided the season.
St Louis, Minnesota, Chicago, it's only going to get tougher schedule-wise.
Keep banking points, avoid regulation losses.
This season's just getting started. My guess is it takes 15-17 over five hundred just for the eighth seed like many years in the western conference, sixteen teams, eight spots.
#ISLES WIN! New York 2 Senators 1Jaroslav Halak sets a new franchise record with 11 straight wins with shootouts/overtime.
— NYI Fan Central (@nyifancentral) December 5, 2014
#isles Defense and goaltending is how you make playoffs yearly and win championships. Just a solid team effort regardless who plays.
— NYI Fan Central (@nyifancentral) December 5, 2014
#isles For me the perfect kind of win, low percentage shots against. Halak just needs to do job. Does not matter who's on defense. Thrilled.
— NYI Fan Central (@nyifancentral) December 5, 2014
#isles Welcome back to April 2013. Defense and goaltending. Low shots against.
— NYI Fan Central (@nyifancentral) December 5, 2014
#isles This is why I did not like all those 5-3 wins or game against Dallas, you don't build a winning team off those games, this you do.
— NYI Fan Central (@nyifancentral) December 5, 2014