Coach Doug Weight said he would tweak some of the things the Islanders had done for years under Jack Capuano. Weight showed in the third period on Sunday that he’s willing to do something Capuano rarely did: bench a player midgame.
Ryan Strome whiffed on a good scoring chance early in the third period then failed to get back aggressively on Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov to prevent the tying goal. Strome then sat for 8:23, missing three turns at five-on-five, before coming out to play on the power play with the game tied.
“He had a chance to shoot there and he didn’t.