Cal Clutterbuck of the Islanders celebrates his first-period goal against the Senators at Barclays Center on Nov. 5. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Maybe it was the Islanders returning to NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum for the first time in 10 games. Maybe it was the new lines that featured some unexpected combinations.
But this was a much better effort.
And a highly-entertaining one played mostly at a breakneck pace.
Fittingly, the Islanders won it, 3-2, on Ryan Pulock’s power-play goal at 3:20 of overtime after Mathew Barzal drew a tripping penalty on Jonathan Marchessault.
Semyon Varlamov made 31 saves for the Islanders (19-6-2) while Malcolm Subban stopped 28 shots for the Golden Knights (15-11-5), who had their four-game winning streak snapped.