After a brutal showing on Thursday night, New York Islanders coach Lane Lambert wanted to shake things up. To do it, he healthy scratched Robin Salo in favor of Sebastian Aho and Josh Bailey in favor of Nikita Soshnikov.
Bailey, who is only three games away from playing game no. 1,000, was going to hit his milestone on Wednesday when the Islanders hosted the New York Rangers. Now, at the earliest, he’ll do it next Friday night in Carolina.
The Islanders brought a better effort on balance than they did on Thursday, but they got punished for the mistakes they made.