“That might be one of the best goals of Josh Bailey’s career.”
So said Butch Goring, describing Bailey’s overtime winner as he slipped around Corey Perry, deked Andrew Cogliano out of his shorts, and tucked the puck into the net behind John Gibson to hand the Islanders their first victory and two points of the 2016-17 season.
That result quickly healed the wound of the Islanders coughing up a 2-0 lead in the third period. Most of the game was 1-0 — and evenly played — after Brock Nelson’s goal early in the first period. But things got silly after John Tavares doubled the lead eight minutes into the third period.