Last night was one of those this-is-why-we-asterisk-shootouts nights. Both goalies get a shutout, one team gets a bonus point and “win,” no one scored an actual goal, but one guy doubled his team’s take-home by potting a breakaway drill.
It’s how the NHL does things now, because The People Demand A Winner, but it makes stats and describing what happened a little complicated.
Anyway, the Islanders head back to New York after a long and winding stretch across America, officially going 1-1-2 (4 points from 4 games, NHL .500, more asterisk work) on their trip...which (one more asterisk here) in road schedule terms doesn’t technically end until after their meeting with the Rangers on Thursday.