No Barzal. No Pageau. No Bailey. And yet the Islanders found a way tonight, defeating the loathsome Pittsburgh Penguins in their own building.
Ilya Sorokin, of course, was sensational, outright robbing the Penguins multiple times, keeping the Islanders in it while down 1-0 and 2-1.
And there was the fighting, which will get all the attention. These teams just flat out don’t like each other, and are playing in some very tense games, and it’s been fun to see Pittsburgh just fold, time and time again, under the slightest bit of pressure.
But on the scoresheet, goals from Brock Nelson (plus an empty netter), Bo Horvat, and Anders Lee would lead the Islanders to another important regulation win over the Penguins.