With all the angst over the Islanders’ power play over the last quarter of the regular season, it was almost surprising to see them score on their first attempt of the postseason, late in the first period of Game 1 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
“We had that talk before the series,’’ said Brock Nelson, who scored that extra-man goal at 15:46 of the first period, at Friday’s morning skate prior to Game 2 at the Coliseum. “You’re not going to be able to score (on) every one, but you want to get momentum for the team. And to be able to go out there and we got that first one, that was big.