Leading up to the NHL Stadium Series, New York Islanders head coach Patrick Roy spent four days of practice drilling his team on fundamentals in a pseudo-mid-season training camp and through 50 minutes against the New York Rangers, that work seemed to had done the job.
But all that work still couldn’t mask the fatal flaw that has
Somewhere out in the ether, Lane Lambert was watching the New York Islanders on Sunday night, likely laughing as his former team suffered a fate it had so many times before while he was its head coach.
Against the New York Rangers at MetLife Stadium, the Islanders choked away a late-game lead for the 15th time this season. Once again, it was untimely penalties and shoddy penalty killing that did them in.
Leading up to their matchup with the New York Rangers at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, the Islanders spent four days of practice working on fundamentals in a pseudo-mid-season training camp under new head coach Patrick Roy.
Against the New York Rangers at MetLife Stadium, the Islanders choked away a late-game lead for the 15th time this season. Once again, it was untimely penalties and shoddy penalty killing that did them in.
As a coach, I feel good about our game. Yes, those penalties at the end hurt us, but we did a lot of good things. When I look at the five-on-five, that’s the hockey we want to play. I thought we had a very good game. We played with a good pace. We competed well, and we had our chances. Calls didn’t go our way, and they scored on those.
