The New York Islanders came out strong Monday night against the Rangers. Jordan Eberle scored just 18 seconds into the game on a beautiful play where he patiently outsmarted Rangers netminder Alexandar Georgiev. The Isles followed with two more grade-A scoring chances less than a minute later.
Then, things took a turn for the worse. At the 2:13 mark of the first period, Ross Johnston dropped the gloves to fight Michael Haley. Before the refs had the chance to drop the puck, Matt Martin got into another fight with Brendan Smith.