Sunday\u2019s 1-0 win over the Kraken at UBS on Kyle Palmieri\u2019s shootout winner, though, does soften the blow a little. Certainly, it served as confirmation that the Islanders aren\u2019t letting the injuries get them down.<\/p>\n
The Islanders relegated a lifeless defeat to the Blues 24 hours prior to the past. <\/p>\n
They were decisive, forechecking hard and dominating possession against Lane Lambert\u2019s side. <\/p>\n
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Mathew Barzal #13 of the New York Islanders takes a shot on goal during the first period when the Seattle Kraken played the Sunday. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
They controlled territory. <\/p>\n
The line blender necessitated in part by Pageau\u2019s injury and in part by the tired performance against St. Louis produced solid results.<\/p>\n
Anders Lee moved up to the top line on the left side of Mat Barzal, who had a terrific night of his own. <\/p>\n
The Max Shabanov-Cal Ritchie combination that was so effective as a fourth line cemented the third, with Simon Holmstrom completing it to strong effect. <\/p>\n
Anthony Duclair, Casey Cizikas and Max Tsyplakov formed the fourth line, while the second line of Emil Heineman, Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri was untouched.<\/p>\n
Despite the Islanders holding Seattle to just 10 shots through 40 minutes and tilting the ice throughout, the game went deep into the third period scoreless.<\/p>\n
Both David Rittich and Joey Daccord were playing well in nets, but it had all the feeling of a game the Islanders would let slip through their fingers. <\/p>\n
In recent years, it might have been.<\/p>\n
Not this year. <\/p>\n
Not Sunday.<\/p>\n
The game went to overtime after Pulock interrupted Mason Marchment\u2019s attempt at the net, Bo Horvat having whiffed on a look at the other end seconds earlier.<\/p>\n
Just like in regulation, the Islanders had the better of the chances in three-on-three overtime and spent the last 18 seconds on the power play, with Horvat\u2019s one-timer forcing Daccord into a great save with seconds to go.<\/p>\n
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New York Islanders goalie David Rittich defends the net from a Seattle Kraken player on Sunday. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
In the shootout, though, Daccord was made the rare goalie to nab a 65-minute shutout and end up the loser anyway, as Palmieri beat him in the fourth round to win it.<\/p>\n
The Islanders were slow to start scoring in part because Daccord had a solid afternoon in net for Seattle.<\/p>\n
But it also has been a quiet trend all season that the Islanders are not getting enough traffic in front of opposing netminders. <\/p>\n
It was evident Saturday. <\/p>\n
It was plain as day Sunday. <\/p>\n
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It is a problem that is unlikely to go away on a roster where Lee is the only forward who can consistently create problems for the opposition around the blue paint.<\/p>\n
And when the Islanders cannot convert their chances on the rush, when Bo Horvat is seeing some regression after a hot start to the season and Matthew Schaefer \u2014 excellent in tight spaces throughout Sunday\u2019s game \u2014 cannot produce a moment of individual brilliance, it means the Islanders cannot fall back on a greasy goal.<\/p>\n
The issue has been particularly evident on Mat Barzal\u2019s line and was again Sunday. <\/p>\n
Barzal dominated the puck, evaded defenders, looked completely locked in and, yet, rarely got inside the dots with the puck on his stick.<\/p>\n
It all added up to a game in which the Islanders risked two points that should have easily been in their back pockets, given the way they dominated the Kraken.<\/p>\n
Ultimately getting the two points, though, was a pretty good consolation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bad news for the Islanders was, at least, all over by the time the game started. Two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,58369,127916,5791,575,3066,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-304693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-jean-gabriel-pageau","11":"tag-kyle-palmieri","12":"tag-new-york-islanders","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-seattle-kraken","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}