The New York Islanders will try to win two games in a row for the first time this season when they face the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night in Elmont, N.Y.<\/p>\n
The Islanders have alternated losses and wins through their first eight games (4-3-1), most recently toppling the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Saturday night to cap a two-game Canadian swing.<\/p>\n
“That was probably our most complete game of the year and our smartest game of the year,” Islanders coach Peter DeBoer said.<\/p>\n
The victory came with a cost, as New York forwards Matias Maccelli and Calum Ritchie left the game with lower-body injuries during the first period.<\/p>\n
Ritchie departed after just one shift, and Maccelli went down the tunnel at 16:36 without putting much weight on his left leg.<\/p>\n
New York announced on Monday that Maccelli will miss two to four weeks and Ritchie four to six.<\/p>\n
“For guys to step up the way they did (against Toronto), with two guys going down early, it shows a lot about our group,” Islanders forward Bo Horvat said. “Everybody stepped up in a different way.”<\/p>\n
The Islanders killed all three penalties on Saturday to improve to 26-for-30 on the penalty kill this season (86.7%), which is sixth-best in the NHL.<\/p>\n
DeBoer credited assistant coach Bob Boughner, who helped the Islanders finish 10th on the penalty kill last season (80.8).<\/p>\n
“They’re detailed, well-coached, and we have some guys that have very good penalty-kill instincts out there, particularly Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock,” DeBoer said.<\/p>\n
The Ducks suffered their third straight loss on Monday night, 5-2 at the New York Rangers in the opener of a four-game trip. Anaheim surrendered five straight goals before scoring twice in the final 69 seconds.<\/p>\n
On the positive side, Ducks captain Mikael Granlund returned after missing the 4-2 loss against the visiting Boston Bruins on Friday due to an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n
Nick Jensen made his team debut for Anaheim after being a healthy scratch the first six games, and the veteran defenseman scored the first goal against the Rangers.<\/p>\n
The Ducks signed Jensen to a two-year, $4.5 million contract on July 1 with expectations he would be a top-six defenseman, but rookie Noah Warren leapfrogged him in training camp and has played well enough to keep Jensen out of the lineup.<\/p>\n
Jensen came in for Drew Helleson, who had missed the first four games with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n
“He’s been outstanding,” Ducks coach Joel Quenneville said of Warren last week. “He’s got a long reach. His gap, his size, physicality-wise, his athleticism, brings us a nice present out there that maybe we didn’t budget him to be in that position maybe over the course of the summer. But it’s been a real good situation for us and for him right now. … Consistency is the best measurement for a defenseman, and it’s very early, but we love his start.”<\/p>\n
A.J. Greer also scored his first goal for Anaheim with 33 seconds to play on Monday. The Ducks acquired Greer from the Florida Panthers in the offseason for defenseman Radko Gudas.<\/p>\n
Lukas Dostal is expected to start in goal for Anaheim on Tuesday after Ville Husso surrendered five goals on 30 shots against the Rangers.<\/p>\n
Dostal is 2-1-0 in three career starts against the Islanders, with a .913 save percentage and a 2.69 goals-against average.<\/p>\n
–Field Level Media<\/p>\n
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