The New York Islanders came out strong to start this game, pressuring Ottawa and maintaining strong play throughout the first two periods. However, that play only resulted in one goal by Anders Lee on the man advantage, and it wasn’t until a moment against the run of play as the Isles began shelling that they finally scored at even strength thanks to the incredible skating and puckhandling of Mathew Barzal. Jaroslav Halak also had a great game, turning away all but 1 of 30 shots, bouncing back from a few bad games and establishing that he is still very much in this goalie rotation.
Islanders 2, Senators 1: Goals from Lee, Eberle lead Isles over Sens
