Tonight, the New York Islanders close out what will be a successful October by hosting the streaky Detroit Red Wings. Fair or not, tonight’s result will determine whether it was a moderately successful or wildly successful first month of the season.
A win would put them at 5-2-1, so that’s what they should aim to achieve. That would be a fantastic start to the season. They’d end the month with 11 points and keep pace in the very strange Metro Division that is only now starting to shake out how many predicted it would—save for the Islanders.