Josh Bailey of the Islanders celebrates his shorthanded goal at 6:52 of the third period against the Capitals in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday in Toronto. Credit: Getty Images/Elsa
In the “what have you done for me lately’’ world of the Stanley Cup playoffs, any team that is up three games to none in a best-of-seven series and doesn’t complete the sweep is naturally going to start looking around to see what may have changed from one game to the next.
One thing that was noticeable on the final scoresheet for Game 4 of the Islanders’ first-round series against the Washington Capitals Tuesday, was that the line of Anthony Beauvillier, Brock Nelson and Josh Bailey was held without a point in the Islanders’ 3-2 loss.