The Islanders and their fans weren’t the only ones excited to be back at Nassau Coliseum for a regular-season game.
Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella and forward Brandon Dubinsky were longtime participants in the New York rivalry during their time with the Rangers and were pleased to be back in the building for Saturday night’s game against the Islanders.
“I was with the Rangers for five or six years and the things that were going on in the stands, it was better than the game sometimes,” said Tortorella, the Rangers coach from 2009-2013. “When other teams come in here, they don’t experience that.