Coming off of a road trip in which the Islanders played four games in six days, everyone’s more than happy to be back in Brooklyn, where the Islanders will play 7 of their next 8 games.
The specialty team struggles have come back in full force for the Islanders, they have only scored one powerplay goal on their last 12 opportunities, and the penalty kill, well, has been worse (5 killed of thier last 12, rounded up to 42% success rate).
After a team practice on Friday that emphasized the PK, it went 1/2 against the Bruinson what was frankly a soft goal let up by Jaroslav Halak.