Don’t be surprised if you’re riding the Long Island Railroad into work one morning this winter and the guy that sits next to you looks a lot like the picture of the hockey player in the newspaper you’re holding.
The Islanders are seemingly taking to their new commute into Brooklyn like many other Long Islanders — by hopping on the railroad.
“We’re on with everybody, with all the commuters,” captain John Tavares said before the team’s first preseason game of the year, against the Flyers on Monday night at Barclays Center, the franchise’s new home after playing their previous 43 years out of Nassau Coliseum in suburban Uniondale.