Coach Jack Capuano hopes that some proper forward thinking will shake his Islanders out of their mini slump.
The Islanders have scored only once in their last two games entering Tuesday night’s encounter against the Blue Jackets at the Barclays Center.
“Our forwards need to realize they have to take the game over,” Capuano said Monday, after telling his team: “ ‘Somehow, some way, you’ve got to dig deep and you’ve got to find a way. You’ve got one goal in the last six periods of hockey, I don’t care what kind of defense that you play.