The Islanders flew back from California on Monday with only one win from their three-game swing. More crucially, they scored only six goals on opposing goaltenders in the three games, continuing a trend that isn’t sitting well on a team that’s got a few proven scorers.
Leaving out empty-net goals in each of their two wins this year, the Islanders have scored 13 goals in their six games. They are in the upper third of the league in percentage of shots for/against and most of those proven scorers are getting pucks on opposing goaltenders.
Just not past them.