Tonight in primetime, against all sense of normalcy or season, the New York Islanders will play a competitive hockey game.
Sure, it’s just exhibition, and sure, the opponent is just the Rangers, but it’s the first time since March that they get to play a real enemy. It’s their lone warmup game before the best-of-five against the Panthers (wouldn’t that be great if every preseason was just one game?), and they’ll use it to shake the rust and “up the pace,” in the parlance of our Trotzian times.
Tune in locally at 8 p.