The level of the game rises in the playoffs, and some guys seem to rise along with it.
Jordan Eberle, who scored the Islanders’ first goal in Wednesday’s 4-2 win over the Washington Capitals in Game 1 of the teams’ first-round playoff series in Toronto, is starting to look like he might be one of those guys.
Entering Game 2 of the series Friday, Eberle had scored three goals in five games since the NHL restarted play after the COVID-19 pandemic had forced the league to pause its season back in March. He had two in the Isles’ four-game, qualifying-series win over the Florida Panthers.