It was a tough start for the Islanders, who lost Adam Pelech and Sebastian Aho to injuries within the first three minutes of the game. They gave up the first goal of the game on the power play, and it looked like it could go downhill from there, but the forwards contributed offensively and the four remaining defensemen were able to largely shut things down.
Gotta give kudos to Noah Dobson (31:05), Alexander Romanov (30:02), Ryan Pulock (28:47), and Scott Mayfield (26:19) who did the best they could in a tough situation.
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As mentioned above, Adam Pelech was injured after just 55 seconds of ice time, holding his arm/wrist, which is definitely concerning.