RALEIGH, N.C. — Maybe it was a bit of gamesmanship, as it was during the regular season, but Islanders coach Barry Trotz was not ruling out anything in terms of his lineup for a must-win Game 4 against the Hurricanes here on Friday night — and that includes in goal.
With Trotz’s team down 3-0 in the best-of-seven, second-round series, he did not declare Robin Lehner as his starting goalie, even though Lehner has been solid in the first seven games of this postseason.
It would be a rather big shock if Trotz decided Thomas Greiss would be the one to come in with the season on the line, since Greiss has not played since the next-to-last game of the regular season on April 4.