GLENDALE, Ariz. – Only 20 months have passed since the Islanders acquired Andy Greene during their last trip to face the Coyotes. But the COVID-19 pandemic has, in many ways, warped the perception of passing time.
"It seems like it was almost four different seasons ago," Greene told Newsday in advance of Saturday night’s game at Gila River Arena. "You got the trade, the shutdown, the (playoff) bubble, then we started in January last season, and then the playoffs and the short summer and we’re right back in it."
Saturday night marked the fifth stop on the Islanders’ season-opening, 13-game road trip and they were coming off Thursday night’s 3-2 overtime loss at Columbus, dropping them to 1-2-1.