PITTSBURGH – The Islanders have long struggled for consistency on their power play.
It can still improve in this first-round series against the Penguins with Game 2 on Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena. But the man advantage got off to a very rocky start in Sunday’s 4-3 overtime win in Game 1.
The Islanders’ lone chance was a four-minute power play that yielded just two shots after Jeff Carter high-sticked Brock Nelson at 12:25 of the second period. The Islanders were trailing 2-1.
But the Islanders spent much of the double minor either chasing the puck back into their own zone, failing to get through the neutral zone or not setting up a shot in the offensive zone.