They’re back! They’re really back. After ringing in the new year with a Noah Dobson OT winner and then promptly having their west coast trip canceled, the Islanders return to action against the Covid-recovering Devils tonight.
It’s just their third game in almost a month, they are near-buried at the bottom of the Metro, and they’ll be without Barry Trotz (COVID Protocol), but they’ve had plenty of time to prepare with or without him. So we get a few weeks at least to tally and pretend that their 16-point deficit in the wild card race is surmountable.
In celebration, Clarence gets lyrical as he invites you to leave your First Islanders Goal pick for tonight.