Last night, the New York Islanders won their first game of the season against a beat-up Winnipeg Jets team. In route to the Islanders 4-1 win, they decided to change up the defensive pairs for a brief period of time.
Nick Leddy played with Ryan Pulock and Adam Pelech was paired with Johnny Boychuk during the end of the second period. It didn’t last very long but it got me wondering, what are the numbers for those guys in the different pairs.
It seems like there’s a good reason, Barry Trotz didn’t switch the pairs very often.