As stellar as goaltender Thomas Greiss was between the pipes again for the Islanders on Saturday, perhaps their finest save of the day came from an unlikely source.
Jordan Eberle returned to the lineup after missing 10 games with a leg injury, and the first-line winger made a dramatic, sprawling save behind Greiss on the goal line to deny the Panthers’ Brett Connolly in the second period of the Islanders’ 2-1 victory at Barclays Center.
“That probably was the best save of my career,” Eberle said after the game. “I thought I saw the puck dribble behind Greisser, so I had my stick back there, and then I noticed it popped up and I saw the guy coming down.