CALGARY, Alberta — The goalie rotation remained intact for Wednesday night’s game against the Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome, with Thomas Greiss in net for the Islanders and Robin Lehner expected to start on Thursday night at Edmonton.
It marked the eighth straight game coach Barry Trotz has alternated his netminders, both among the league leaders in goals-against average and save percentage.
“Sometimes you go with one goaltender and you start relying on just instincts and you start losing a little bit of the detail in your game,” Trotz said. “The way we’ve been splitting them, for the most part, it’s allowed them some extra time to reset all the time with [goalie coach] Piero Greco or [director of goaltending] Mitch Korn on the ice.