After beating the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in the shootout, the New York Islanders went on the road for a four game West coast swing. First up, the red-hot Colorado Avalanche.
The Avalanche are 18-9-3 with a +19 goal differential. They also feature the best line in hockey at the moment with Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog.
Through 33 games the trio have combined for a ridiculous 148 points. Keeping them quite would be one of the Islanders top priorities. The other; keeping shifts short while playing Colorado’s higher altitude.