Islanders 3*, Devils 2 (SO): Depleted Isles win a weird one in New Jersey

Olly. Wahlly. Season. Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images This was a weird one! We found out in warmups that JG Pageau wouldn’t be playing tonight for unstated reasons, with a Komarov-Czarnik-Wahlstrom line in place of where Michael Dal Colle and Pageau would normally line up. Then, we learned that Pageau was not even on the 23 man roster at all, again, for unstated reasons. Noah Dobson took warmups in his regular spot... only to be pulled out of the game, also for unstated reasons. There was a delay in starting the game as they checked out the teamsheets... as we learned that Sebastian Aho would be taking his place.

Finally, we got an answer on JG Pageau at least, that he was on the NHL’s…