This time, a preseason game at Nassau Coliseum won’t only be about reliving the past.
The Islanders open their eight-game preseason schedule on Sunday afternoon against the Flyers at the Coliseum.
But, unlike last season’s one-and-done preseason return to their former home rink, the Islanders will also play 20 regular-season games this season and a minimum of 68 over the next three seasons as the team waits for its planned new building at Belmont Park to be built. It’s quite possible Nassau Coliseum will host more games than that if the Islanders and Barclays Center can end a relationship that has satisfied neither side.