The Islanders look to increase their winning streak to a franchise second-best ten games with the Senators in town. Ottawa is already one of their victims on this murderer’s row, and there are arguably bigger games that lie ahead, so this has trap game written all over it.
Luckily, we have Barry Trotz as our coach. He wouldn’t let them fall into the trap, and he’s probably warned them about it already.
And hell, it sounds like it has, according to what Mathew Barzal and captain Anders Lee say in this video (also, Trotz discusses how he likes using the goalie rotation right now):
- It’s the first game of the season at Barclays Center, but they’re used to the commute.