Islanders Anders Lee hits important power play goal in first game

Anders Lee #27 of the New York Islanders (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Anders Lee scored a power-play goal for the New York Islanders in their 2021 opener, something that rarely happened last year.

In 2019-20, the New York Islanders power play was atrocious. With a 17.3% efficiency, it was one of the worst power plays (24th overall) in the NHL. It was better than it was in 18-19, but with a 14.5% efficiency that year the only direction was up for the Isles.

The big reason for the Islanders failures on the power play was Anders Lee. Lee is supposed to be the Isles top goal scorer, specifically on the man-advantage. But that was far from the case in 19-20. With a terrible 7.14% shooting…