After suffering a terrible loss to the San Jose Sharks their last time out the New York Islanders came back home to try to get back on track. Ryan Strome was a healthy scratch again, which sent IslesTwitter into a frenzy.
It does him no good in the press box, granted he’s not producing but Jack Capuano wouldn’t think of scratching a veteran but he’d throw Strome under the bus in a heartbeat.
Anyway, the Islanders got on the board first with a beauty of a goal from John Tavares. It was set up by Josh Bailey, who had himself a good night.