In the aftermath of Thursday’s overtime loss in Game 3 against the Boston Bruins, Mathew Barzal promised the Islanders wouldn’t spend too much time wallowing in despair about the 2-1 hole they had fallen into in the best-of-seven series, but would be back Saturday, raring to go for Game 4.
"It's tough for about 10 minutes, and then it's the playoffs, so you turn the page,’’ he said. "And we know there's a lot of good things tonight to build off… We’ve been in the situation before, against Pitt, so, we're just gonna grind.’’
One of the good things the Isles will hope to build off is that Barzal scored his first postseason goal in Game 3, which, at the time, tied the score, 1-1, at 14:34 of the third period.