Lighthouse Hockey · Jan 3, 2020
Devils 2, Islanders 1: New Jersey ruins the new year
Hey, back off. Photo by Mike Stobe/NHLI via Getty Images After beating the first-overall team in their rink on New Year’s Eve, the Islanders were supposed to return to New York for a New Year reward: a home date with the last-in-the-Metro New Jersey Devils.
The Devils spoiled the party at Nassau Coliseum, however, by generating plenty of offensive chances of their own while keeping everyone but Brock Nelson off the board.
Nelson opened scoring in the second period after a Leo Komarov goal was called off for interference:
Leo Komarov got called for interference...very close to his first goal in nearly a calendar year #Isles pic.twitter.com/x5utPSLpWX