All these off days are actually turning in favor of the Islanders.
Despite coach Jack Capuano’s jokingly unrealistic longing for no days between games, the two days that will separate each of the first four games of the second-round series with the Lightning are proving beneficial. After no on-ice team work on Sunday, the Islanders will practice Monday in preparation for Game 3 on Tuesday night at Barclays Center, with the best-of-seven contest tied one game apiece.
Set to take part in that practice is defenseman Ryan Pulock, who has been out since Game 4 of the opening-round series against the Panthers with an upper-body injury.