ST. LOUIS — New night, new Islanders.
Shaking off their worst performance of the season less than 24 hours earlier, the Islanders started strong against the top team in the West and held off the Blues, 5-2, on Saturday night with some timely scoring and even more timely goaltending.
Thomas Greiss was the star, making 34 saves, half a dozen of the eye-popping variety as the Isles erased the bad taste from Friday’s 5-0 shelling in Dallas.
Anders Lee had a key third-period deflection goal and an assist, John Tavares scored early and Josh Ho-Sang scored in his return from the minors.