VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The Islanders ended their three-game Western Canada trip by beating the Canucks, 4-0, on Saturday night at Rogers Arena.
Robin Lehner made 36 saves for the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders (36-18-7) to set a career high with his fourth shutout of the season. Jacob Markstrom stopped 19 shots for the Canucks (26-28-8), who are in a 2-6-2 slide.
The Islanders were coming off subpar efforts in Wednesday night’s 4-2 loss at Calgary and Thursday night’s 4-3 overtime loss at Edmonton.
Coach Barry Trotz flip-flopped right wings Josh Bailey and Leo Komarov, putting Bailey on third-line center Valtteri Filppula’s trio with Anthony Beauvillier and inserting Komarov on Mathew Barzal’s wing with Tom Kuhnhackl.