In the New York Islanders’ return home to the Barclays Center on Hockey Fights Cancer night, two early goals by Travis Hamonic and Casey Cizikas set the tone as the Isles cruised to a 5-1 win. Brock Nelson, Shane Prince, Nick Leddy, Nikolai Kulemin, and Dennis Seidenberg all had multipoint games.
Thomas Greiss also had a great game despite the Isles’ recent goaltending controversy.
Travis Hamonic got the Islanders on the board after about a minute of play in the first period off an unfortunate deflection from James van Riemsdyk’s stick. It continued a strong run of goals from defensemen, with the Islanders now having nine goals scored by their blueliners.