After a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche the New York Islanders came into the Arizona with no rest. The Coyotes aren’t a great team, but they’re still an NHL caliber team mistakes will cost you.
After a tough game against a great Colorado team coming into Arizona was going to prove difficult. But so far this season the Islanders have shown they can win even with little rest.
Scoring first would make the Islanders task much easier on the night. Unfortunately they’d make things hard on themselves as the Coyotes would get on the board first.