Bellows Scores Twice, Islanders Extend Winning Streak To 8
The winning streak is the longest for the Islanders since they won 10 in a row last season. The team record is 15 in early 1982.
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The winning streak is the longest for the Islanders since they won 10 in a row last season. The team record is 15 in early 1982.
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 Islanders are 8-0-1 in their last nine for their longest point streak since a franchise-record 17-game stretch early last season.
The victory was the Islanders' sixth straight over the Sabres this season.
The Islanders improved to 9-0-2 at Nassau Coliseum this season and 14-6-4 overall.
The Islanders, in the midst of a stretch of 19 games in 33 days, got their seventh straight win against the Sabres, including four this season.
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.
The Islanders went 8-2-2 during February, with all four losses coming against the Penguins — who they were playing for sixth time in the month.
New York fell to 6-0-2 at Nassau Coliseum, remaining the NHL's only team without a regulation loss at home. The Islanders went 7-2-2 in February — with all the losses coming against the Penguins.
Anthony Beauvillier scored the tiebreaking goal in New York's five-goal third period and the Islanders beat the first-place Boston Bruins 7-2 on Thursday night.
In the statement the team says that, in accordance with state guidelines, attendance will be limited to 10% capacity.
Pageau got his seventh goal at 15:08 when he banged in a rebound on the backhand after Oliver Wahlstrom's initial shot with stopped by Buffalo goaltender Linus Ullmark.
Jordan Eberle and Brock Nelson scored for New York, which has dropped two straight following a season-high eight-game point streak. Semyon Varlamov stopped 15 shots.
