It’s now been more than four decades since the Islanders have been this dominant at home to start a season.
Saturday’s 5-2 win over the Sabres improved the Islanders to 9-0-2 at Nassau Coliseum as they remain the only team without a regulation loss at home.
The 2017-18 team started 8-0-2 at Barclays Center.
In 1978-79, the Islanders started 19-0-4 at the Coliseum, back when the last category was ties, not overtime losses.
And there are still two more games left before even a limited number of fans are allowed into Nassau Coliseum.
"It’s just nice being at home," Mathew Barzal said.