Pierre Turgeon and Steve Thomas return to the ice as the Islanders celebrate their 1992-1993 team prior to the game against the San Jose Sharks Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on October 29, 2011 in Uniondale. Credit: Getty Images/Bruce Bennett
The Islanders’ ongoing Stanley Cup playoff run, now deep into the second round, certainly has been a welcome turn of events for the team and its fans.
But there is another team — and an earlier generation of fans — for which the 3-1 victory over the Flyers in Game 3 on Saturday was a nostalgic boon: the 1992-93 Islanders.