The Islanders' Kyle Palmieri celebrates a power-play goal by Oliver Wahlstrom against the Rangers' Igor Shesterkin in the first period of an NHL game April 29 at Madison Square Garden. Credit: AP/Bruce Bennett
The next NHL chapters for Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac are very much uncertain, with both headed toward unrestricted free agency and the Islanders potentially being just a brief stop in their careers.
But Thursday night at Nassau Coliseum gave the veteran forwards a bit of closure as they faced their former team, the Devils, for the first time since being traded on April 7.