The question for tonight’s game was whether two season-defining streaks would continue or whether they would both be snapped. Fortunately for the New York Islanders, and unfortunately for the St. Louis Blues, the streaks continue.
The Islanders closed out their fifth straight regulation win with a four-goal flurry in the first eleven minutes of the second period after they and Ilya Sorokin withstood a big first-period push from a flatlining team whose GM challenged their compete level just two days earlier. Sorokin outdueled Jordan Binnington to keep them in the game, and the offense took over in the second, starting just fourteen seconds in.