There’s no doubt the 2019-20 season proved to be one of the most memorable, and certainly the longest, in Islanders’ history.
There was the good in the deepest playoff run since 1993 and a franchise record for consecutive points via a 15-0-2 streak from Oct. 12-Nov. 23. There was the bad in top-pair defenseman Adam Pelech suffering an Achilles’ tendon injury in pregame, off-ice warmups on Jan. 2. And there was the unsettling in the COVID-19 pandemic that forced the NHL to halt the regular season on March 12 and resume with the postseason on Aug. 1.
Here are five moments that stood out: