The Islanders skated off the Garden ice on Thursday below the playoff cutline, thanks to a 5-3 loss to the Rangers who scored three third-period goals.
They finished a pivotal five-game road trip at 1-2-2 — three total points that might not reflect how well they actually played — and having lost five of their last six games. They will have one last chance to right the ship before the holiday break when they host the Panthers on Friday at UBS Arena, and some positive vibes headed into Christmas are sorely needed.
“Obviously we want to shoot more,” Pageau said. “It’s part of our game plan. You’re playing against a good goalie, you want to put a lot of traffic on net. … Obviously I think we want more shots, make it easy on ourselves, give ourselves more chances to score.”When the Islanders were rolling earlier in the season, they did so via relentless forechecking and a defense corps that suddenly looked emboldened to shoot.
“I want to see us play on our toes a little bit more,” coach Lane Lambert said. “And push forward. Get on the forecheck.” Barclay Goodrow holds off defenseman Robin Salo and scores a goal on Ilya Sorokin during the Islanders’ 5-3 loss to the Rangers.But in their last two games, they were shut out at Colorado and held below 20 shots at the Garden, wasting two strong performances from goalie Ilya Sorokin in the process.
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