Here are two opposing but true things the Islanders have relearned the hard way: They can get great goaltending and still give up too many goals.
This first principle went by the wayside in a pair of losses this past week — the first in which Ilya Sorokin shut the Devils out at five-on-five and still allowed five goals and the second in whichThe Islanders are used to excellence in net and Sorokin has a strong-if-unexplored case to be considered the best athlete in New York.
That is an important factor, and so too is the points total the Islanders finished with last season: 93. There must be fewer penalties than the 10 combined trips to the box the Islanders took in the last two games.There must be less allowance for teams crowding the net — the goalie can’t stop pucks if he can’t see them.The neutral zone needs to be cleaned up.
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