Head coach Barry Trotz of the Islanders handles bench duties during the first period against the Boston Bruins in Game Two of the Second Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the TD Garden on May 31, 2021 in Boston. Credit: Getty Images/Bruce Bennett
Give Barry Trotz credit for this: He does not care what you or I or anyone else thinks about his lineup, a right he has earned given his resume.
On Monday night, he made a couple of bold, counterintuitive decisions that came out right after a wild ride of a game.
For Game 2 of a second-round playoff series against the Bruins at TD Garden, he replaced Ilya Sorokin with Semyon Varlamov in goal and chose not to replace Leo Komarov on his first line.