They are the equal but opposing parts of the same equation. There is Robin Lehner, gregarious and intense, in the midst of a comeback year after battling various demons. And then there’s the man in the locker next to him, Thomas Greiss: Laid back, preternaturally calm; the type of guy who won’t use 20 words when three or four will do.
Their names will be next to each other on the Jennings Trophy — given to the goaltender or goaltenders who allowed the fewest goals against in the regular season — and it will be some mixture of this odd but compatible couple that could key the Islanders to a first-round victory against the Penguins.