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Islanders Back-to-Back News: At the halfway mark

Tonight’s game is 41/82. Hopefully, it goes better than no. 40 did last night.

By Steven E. Smith
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New York Islanders v Calgary Flames
An All-Star’s shove.
Photo by Terence Leung/2022 NHLI

The New York Islanders play game no. 41 tonight, so they will be halfway through their season when they go to bed. Time flies.

The Islanders, through half a season, are right where we all would have projected: middling and on the bubble. Last night was a pretty good example of this team at its worst; that homestand that seems like a distant memory but that really ended just a week ago is this team at its best. And you never know who you’re going to get.

FIGs for tonight go here.

Islanders News

About last night:
  • The problem with starting slow is that sometimes the game is out of reach before you can even get going. [LHH]
  • Mathew Barzal scored yet again, and Cal Clutterbuck scored in his return, but it wasn’t enough to mount a comeback. [Islanders]
  • As I mentioned before the game, the Oilers were pissed off and looking to prove something. [Sportsnet]
  • The Islanders simply were not prepared for it, again. [Newsday]
  • And they did themselves no favors by not registering a single high-danger chance. Oof. [NYI Skinny]
Quickly moving on:
  • A preview of tonight’s game in Calgary. [Islanders]
  • Brock Nelson is your New York Islanders All-Star, his first career selection and well-deserved. [Islanders]
  • Story on Clutterbuck’s return. [Isles DTD]
  • Andrew Gross hosted another episode of Island Ice with a lighter mood since it was fresh off Tuesday’s win. He spoke to Barzal, Noah Dobson, and you! [Island Ice Ep. 151]
  • Happy 23rd birthday, Alex Romanov. His D-partner, Dobson, turns 23 tomorrow. Two dudes born a day apart from one another on different sides of the world and now together on a defensive pair for a mediocre NHL team—ain’t life funny?

Elsewhere

Last night’s NHL scores include road wins for the Capitals and Rangers over Eastern Conference bottom-feeders but a sixth straight loss for the streaky Penguins.

  • The Gamblers are sick and tired of NHL injury reporting and lineup secrecy and want transparency into other people’s health issues. [OilersNation]
  • He must have hurt himself in his Winter Classic heroics, but Jake DeBrusk is on LTIR with a broken leg. [NHL]

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