A wins a win for the New York Islanders. All a team truly cares about are the two points they get at the end of night. But winning while being out shot 46-20 isn’t going to be sustainable in an 82 game season.
Going up against the 2017-18 President Trophy winning Nashville Predators wasn’t going to make things easier for the Islanders on their home debut.
Barry Trotz’s former club is stacked in every position. From a defenseive core of Roman Josi, P.K. Subban and Ryan Ellis. To a forward group of Ryan Johanssen, Fillip Forsberg, and Viktor Arvidsson.