Fans Return To Nassau Coliseum, See Islanders Handle Devils
The first-place Islanders are 12-0-2 at the arena this year, and this win came with 1,000 frontline workers in the stands.
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The first-place Islanders are 12-0-2 at the arena this year, and this win came with 1,000 frontline workers in the stands.
The Islanders will host 1,000 front-line workers from Northwell Health at tonight's game against the New Jersey Devils.
The Devils, who lost eight of their previous 10 games, tilted the ice and outshot the Capitals 16-5 in the third.
Scott Wedgewood made 40 saves, Kyle Palmieri scored out of a scramble with 4:37 left and the New Jersey Devils snapped a five-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday.
Ryan Strome scored twice and the streaking New York Rangers beat the Devils on Saturday, sending New Jersey to its fifth straight loss and eighth in nine games.
Kreider extended his goal-scoring binge to nine in the last six games and the Rangers beat the slumping New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.
Semyon Varlamov made 28 saves and came within 14 seconds of his fourth shutout, and the red-hot Islanders beat the slumping Devils on Tuesday night.
The coronavirus pandemic brought on the most significant disruption to the sporting calendar since World War II.
Alex Ovechkin broke a second-period tie and the streaking Washington Capitals went on to a 3-2 victory over the skidding New Jersey Devils on Sunday.
Nico Hischier and Pavel Zacha each scored for the second consecutive game for New Jersey, which has lost four of five.
Pavel Zacha converted Jesper Bratt's drop pass to score 1:17 into overtime and the New Jersey Devils rallied from a pair of one-goal deficits to beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Thursday night.
The win was the Sabres' second over the Devils in three days and only their second in the last seven games (2-5-0). They lost to the Islanders on Monday night.
T.J. Oshie scored twice to end a lengthy drought, Alex Ovechkin had a late power-play goal and the Washington Capitals erased a two-goal deficit to beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Sunday.
Kyle Palmieri and P.K. Subban scored in the third period for the Devils, who welcomed center Nico Hischier for his first game this season by naming him captain.
Pavel Zacha scored for the second consecutive game for the Devils, who had their first seven games in February postponed, with a total of 19 players added to the NHL's COVID-19 list.
