The New York Islanders rallied from an early 2-1 deficit and defeated the Anaheim Ducks 6-3. The newly formed line of Kyle Palmieri, Brock Nelson and Pierre Engvall made a big impact on the game and we discuss what made that trio so effective.
Lane Lambert also surprised some people by playing Ilya Sorokin on back-to-back nights and by making Josh Bailey a healthy scratch. We discuss all the lineup decisions and which ones paid off and which ones did not.
Plus we have our unsung hero and goat of the game and a lot more on today’s Locked On Islanders Podcast with Gil Martin.
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16 Comments
Gill
Nice to see Brock Nelson get 30 goals for his second consecutive year. He also has a career-high in points.
Lane needs to go. His overall body of work has been abysmal. It'll be interesting to see what happens to Lambert or Lou if the Islanders don't make the playoffs. And even if they do and get eliminated in the first round.
LGI
Gil, perfect analysis as always!!! LGI
I think the problem with Horvat is that they keep changing his linemates. The guy plays with different people every few games. Once they find a stable combination for him, he'll be ok.
They should’ve played Varly. They should show much more confidence in him!
A game isles should have won against a team way below them in standings. Unlike two az. games, habs, van, sens, and so on… Thanks lane 'i can have isles ready part of the time just not all the time'.
Hey Gil. Their pp has been bad since Tavares was on the Island. Everyone always points the finger at the pp coaches. Its not. Its the personnel. Isles don't have nearly enough offensive minded players to have a good pp. Hell, they could just set up a shot and look for rebounds like old school pps, but they don't even do that. This team full of vets should be ready to go at the drop of the puck. No excuses. Horvat will be fine. Opposing teams top D are focusing on him and Brock. He will break out.
If Bailey doesn't make sense on the first line with Horvat and Lee…Who does make sense there?
Carl Palmarie was great in this victory!! I need to get bo horvat going here!! Hopefully Saturday Brock Nelson was great too!!!! GO ISLES!!!
Great analysis as always Gil.
For 8.5 aav w/ horvat, sorry! winning faceoffs isn't worth that price. He's WAY Overpaid and isn't producing shit. Fake ass super star.
Hey Gil – For this team to have success they must play Sorokin every game you can and though unpopular Bailey must continue to be held out of the lineup due to his lazy play and turnovers. I'd like to see Wotherspoon get a game and take Aho out or even Mayfield.
Great podcast as always Gil. I look forward to your show. In my opinion, because I love both of our goalies. Varlamov should have gotten the start last night. He would have won the game as well. Should have given Sorokin his rest. Resting him would've pay great dividends down the stretch. Plus, I think it's important for both our goalies to know we have confidence in winning no matter who is the goal keeper.
Engvall needs to keep that dawg in him. Very impressed with Pierre. Palms needs to play like that every game. Dude has a nice shot.