Mathew Barzal scored the long-awaited equalizer, then scored the only shootout tally as the Islanders prevailed over the Detroit Red Wings 4*-3 at Nassau Coliseum Saturday night, in the latest sign that Barzal’s game is evolving into 200-foot Beast Mode.
It was a game that the Islanders, who outshot the Wings 48-21, should have won in regulation, if only they could convert more than once on six power play tries. They did finally end a monthlong drought on their sixth power play opportunity of the night to tie the game. A go-ahead goal from the “fourth” line soon followed as the third period wound down.