Islanders head coach Barry Trotz looks on against the Sabres at Nassau Coliseum on March 7. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Cal Clutterbuck woke up on Thursday morning and thought about that night’s hockey game. He had gone three days without doing so, a rarity in this shortened and condensed, 56-game regular season.
The Islanders open a three-game road trip with the first of back-to-back games in Boston on Thursday night. They last played in Sunday’s 3-2 overtime win over the Rangers that concluded a 5-1-0 homestand at Nassau Coliseum.
"When you’re in it, you’re in it and you don’t really think about much else, you just try and tackle the day that’s in front of you," Clutterbuck said.