An ENG for ENGvall. The New York Islanders pulled out a gutsy regulation win over the Detroit Red Wings, who entered the game on six-game winning streak, just as the calendar flipped to March. Crunch time in the NHL.
The Isles lead 2-0 and 3-2 and lost both leads, the latter in the third period. But the big boys on the new top line stepped up in a big way. Brock Nelson scored two of the first three Islanders goals, and Mathew Barzal pulled us back from the ledge with a clever flick of the puck from behind the goal line, banking it off Alex Lyon and in.