The Islanders knew they were playing a tough team last night against Jack Hughes, Timo Meier, and Nico Hischier among others, but the Isles were ready for them. Kyle Palmeri had 3 points, and Ilya Sorokin played an amazing game in the crease to seal this one. Critical two points for the Isles as the Wild Card Race continues to get close.
Alex Romanov was very good yesterday. Especially on the forecheck. Romanov along with other players delivered a series of huge hits on the Devils forwards yesterday. New Jersey couldn’t keep up with the Isles physicality. Which led to the Devils being dominated in the third period.
Adam Pelech played a great game as well, head coach Lane Lambert says it might be the best game Pelech has ever played with the Islanders. Pelech can bring some offence as well as his playmaking is pretty good. Like Romanov, he dominated on the boards as he was too physical for the Devils to get past him.
Wild Card Update
The Isles win yesterday was crucial for the standings. Going 3 points up on Pittsburgh and 6 points up on the playoff line, with 7 games remaining, and some tough teams like Tampa (twice) and Carolina, the Isles need to win as many of these games as possible against teams like Montreal and Philadelphia.
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