The New York Islanders interrupt their three-game tour of Bridgeport, their preseason home this season, for a visit to Newark and the New Jersey Devils.
The Devils beat them in overtime in Bridgeport over the weekend, but you have to be a very particular kind of obsessive to care about that result and seek vengeance now.
Far more important is who gets reps in this Thursday night game, which will be televised on MSG+:
- Anders Lee will play his second consecutive game, a good test for the surgically repaired knee
- Ilya Sorokin will get the full 60 minutes, an important step since he looks to be taking the wheel to start the season while they wait for Semyon Varlamov to return to full health
- Anatolii Golyshev, who’s had a “quiet” camp but profiles as useful.