The New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins square off for the final time this season in the rivalry’s first game in Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum since 2015. The Islanders can win the series with a regulation win. They were able to down the Penguins in their first two contests, once in regulation and once in a shootout, but were blitzed in their last contest by a score of six to two in what some called their worst loss of the season (they apparently don’t remember getting shut out by Alexandar Georgiev).
The lone lineup change tonight sees Tom Kuhnhackl getting replaced for Ross Johnston.