The Avalanche’s season series with the Islanders was a story of opposites.
Last year’s Avalanche team would have preferred the type of game that transpired during the first meeting — an unpredictable affair in Long Island, where a three-goal lead wasn’t safe — but this current iteration seems plenty comfortable in lower-scoring nail-biters.
After 65 minutes without a goal, the Avalanche beat the Islanders in a shootout Monday night, completing a split of the regular-season matchups. In the first installment, Colorado blew a 3-0 lead in a 5-4 loss. This time, Evan Rodrigues scored the lone shootout goal and Alexandar Georgiev kept the Islanders from scoring on all three attempts.