After a lifeless performance against the Anaheim Ducks, Patrick Roy switched up the top 6, putting Mat Barzal with Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri, and Bo Horvat with Max Tsyplakov and Simon Holmstrom. There would be more lineup swapping, all in an attempt to find—as Roy himself put it—the sauce, but the Islanders remain bone dry and flavorless, completely unable to find the back of the net for the fourth time this season.
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First Period
Semyon Varlamov made some big stops on Kevin Labanc to keep things scoreless early.