Barry Trotz isn’t ready to bring in a psychologist to coax more offense from his top trio of Mathew Barzal, Anders Lee and Jordan Eberle as the Islanders prepare to face the Capitals in a best-of-seven first-round playoff series.
In fact, after watching how the line performed in the Islanders’ clinching, 5-1, Game 4 win over the Panthers in their best-of-five qualifying series, Trotz is confident his top line can be more productive offensively.
It’s almost a must-have for the Islanders in this series as they go against goal-machine Alex Ovechkin and a balanced, dangerous Capitals’ attack.