Islanders Win Ugly But Injury Scare Looms Large For New York
Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images The New York Islanders secured a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night, ending a four-game losing streak in a messy but necessary fashion.
Key points
- A Win That Felt Like a Loss The Islanders played with 11 forwards and seven defensemen because Pageau could not go.
- “He hadn’t played in a while, and really that was probably the main thing.” The team struggled to find its rhythm but managed to earn the two points they needed.
- Stars Return But Health Remains a Question Ryan Pulock played his first game back from offseason shoulder surgery and looked solid on the ice.
The crowd was sparse and the refereeing was ugly, but the win mattered for the standings.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau departed the morning skate with a lower-body injury just minutes after arriving, meaning the win carried a heavy cost.
Additional details
- Originally, when it happened, I thought maybe it’d be worse.” Matias Maccelli also returned after missing 3 ½ weeks with a lower-body injury.
- Pulock stated, “Obviously it could have been a lot worse,” confirming the matter involved a reaggravation of a shoulder injury.
- This win leaves the team with a depleted lineup even as Matias Maccelli and Ryan Pulock return to action.
- “I think we wanted to give Pulock some protection,” DeBoer said, according to the New York Post.
- The team still found ways to win with different guys stepping up in different ways.
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