Cal Clutterbuck tries not to look back.
“You kind of realize how much time has really gone by, looking in the rearview mirror,” the scrappy right wing said.
Yet, Clutterbuck has never tried to look too far ahead, either. For instance, he could never have imagined reaching 800 games earlier in his NHL career.
Clutterbuck, who turns 32 on Nov. 18, reached that milestone as the Islanders (10-3-0) topped the Sabres, 1-0, on Saturday night in Buffalo to win their ninth straight and match their longest single-season winning streak since Dec. 31, 1989, to Jan.