– Soucy, who played against his former team in his debut, had a solid first game out in the eyes of his teammates and Roy. Soucy logged 16:38 TOI, two shots on goal, two hits and one blocked shot on a pair with Scott Mayfield.
“It’s nice to have a veteran like this coming in,” Roy said of Soucy. “Him and Mayfield had a strong game, they were physical, and I feel like it brings an element we lost when Romanov got hurt.”
– Heineman had a strong performance with a second period goal that gave the Islanders a 5-2 lead, a quick shot from the slot off a nice feed from Adam Pelech
– The Islanders produced two power-play goals and are now with 5-for-21 on the man advantage in their last five games. After not converting on a two minute five-on-three, the Islanders broke through with under 30 seconds left in the power play, as Holmstrom sent a cross-ice pass from the goal line to Barzal, who buried the third goal of the game for the Islanders and regained a two-goal lead at the 13:12 mark of the second period.
“That was a key moment of the game,” Roy said of Barzal’s power-play, game-winning goal goal. “We needed to find a way to score a goal and that’s that we did. That was a super nice play by Holmstromto Barzy. It was a big goal for us, gave us a 3-1 lead, we had to cash in on the situation.”