When the New York Islanders and Columbus Blue Jackets met up on December 10th, Columbus was just getting started on their 16 game win streak, the second longest in NHL history. Now, over a month later John Tortorella’s squad still sits second in the highly competitive Metropolitan division, and the New York Islanders, although having played well lately, are still in last.
For the first two periods of that game back on December 10th at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Isles played with poise and confidence and thanks to goals from Josh Bailey and John Tavares the two teams were knotted up heading to the third.