{"id":478932,"date":"2026-03-01T13:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/478932\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T13:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:11:17","slug":"islanders-have-seemingly-found-secret-to-overtime-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/478932\/","title":{"rendered":"Islanders have seemingly found secret to overtime success"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An image collage containing 1 images, Image 1 shows New York Islanders player Simon Holmstrom skating on ice with his hockey stick while Columbus Blue Jackets player Cole Sillinger skates behind him<\/p>\n

COLUMBUS, Ohio \u2014 The last time the Islanders made the playoffs, it was in large part due to all the times they got a point for losing in overtime.<\/p>\n

This time, if they make it, it will be in some measure because they haven\u2019t lost a game during 3-on-3 play all year.<\/p>\n

After two overtime wins on the two-game trip that wrapped up Saturday with a 4-3 victory over the Blue Jackets<\/a>, the Islanders are 8-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, though there have been five shootout losses.<\/p>\n

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Simon Holmstrom skates the towards the net during overtime of the Islanders\u2019 4-3 win over the Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Feb. 28, 2026 in Columbus, Ohio. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a world removed from two seasons ago when they had 16 overtime and shootout losses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a lot of puck possession,\u201d Bo Horvat told The Post before the Isles beat the Blue Jackets. \u201cBut I think our structure within our 3-on-3 game, we don\u2019t give up much. I find everybody sticks to their man-on-man and does it the right way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think possession time \u2014 besides last game, that first shift when [Montreal] had the puck the whole time \u2014 for the most part, I think we controlled the game a whole lot. I think that\u2019s a big part of the 3-on-3 for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was certainly the case Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Islanders lost the opening draw \u2014 interestingly, they\u2019re slightly below 50 percent at the dots this year at 3-on-3 \u2014 but gained possession within a few seconds, and the Blue Jackets never touched the puck again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you never know what\u2019s gonna happen with overtime,\u201d Simon Holmstrom said, having scored the winner off Tony DeAngelo\u2019s outlet feed. \u201cThere\u2019s always gonna be a lot of chances from both teams. It\u2019s just a matter of possessing the puck and making the right plays at the right time. Getting the changes in, being able to keep them on the ice and get them tired. I think we\u2019ve been doing a really good job of that this season.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Boone Jenner sweeps the puck back toward Ilya Sorokin during the Islanders\u2019 overtime win over the Blue Jackets. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Coach Patrick Roy said he would not have made the challenge that Blue Jackets coach Rick Bowness did in alleging goaltender interference on Jean-Gabriel Pageau\u2019s goal at 11:59 of the second.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe contact was not in the crease,\u201d Roy said. \u201cIf it\u2019s not in the crease, I don\u2019t know if I would challenge anything right now in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ilya Sorokin stopped 27 of 30 shots in net for the Islanders while Jet Greaves saved just 22 of 26.<\/p>\n

David Rittich is likely to start against the Panthers at home Sunday on the second end of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n

Kent Johnson was a surprise healthy scratch for the Blue Jackets on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An image collage containing 1 images, Image 1 shows New York Islanders player Simon Holmstrom skating on ice…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5108],"tags":[3644,5180,3669,5390,897,230,5179,7207,5,277,8563,693,1943,264,4,6312,4652,4937,5891],"class_list":{"0":"post-478932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-columbus-blue-jackets","8":"tag-blue-jackets","9":"tag-bluejackets","10":"tag-bo-horvat","11":"tag-boone-jenner","12":"tag-columbus","13":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","14":"tag-columbusbluejackets","15":"tag-david-rittich","16":"tag-hockey","17":"tag-ilya-sorokin","18":"tag-jean-gabriel-pageau","19":"tag-jet-greaves","20":"tag-kent-johnson","21":"tag-montreal","22":"tag-nhl","23":"tag-overtime-goal","24":"tag-simon-holmstrom","25":"tag-the-islanders","26":"tag-tony-deangelo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116154092485715413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}