Barry Trotz offered no warnings, not that there was a practice on Saturday in which to deliver a speech to his Islanders.
They have a 2-0 lead in their first-round series against the Penguins going into Sunday’s noon Game 3 at PPG Paints Arena following Friday night’s 3-1 win at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum. The Islanders won Game 1, 4-3, in overtime Wednesday.
The coach was on the other end in last year’s first round, as his Capitals lost the first two games at home to the Blue Jackets, both in overtime. Trotz’s former team won the next four games and went on to win the franchise’s first Stanley Cup.