This was one last bit of home cooking, one last taste of where it’s comfortable and where it works. And now it’s out into what is basically a do-or-die trip through all of North America, where the Islanders have been lost.
But they did manage to secure a final good feeling at Barclays Center with a 6-4 win over the Devils on Sunday night. It extended their home points streak to 11 games (9-0-2), the longest such streak since 1982, as they now head off for a franchise-record nine-game road trip, starting Tuesday in Detroit.
Although the Islanders (27-21-10) have thrived under interim head coach Doug Weight, now 10-4-2 since he took over for the fired Jack Capuano on Jan.