Overview
- Jean-Gabriel Pageau rejoined the lineup after an eight-game upper-body absence and logged 18:58 in a 5-4 shootout victory at UBS Arena.
- Though deployed on the right wing beside Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee, Pageau took 27 faceoffs to Barzal’s eight, reflecting his edge on draws.
- Maxim Tsyplakov was a healthy scratch to accommodate the change as Patrick Roy left the other forward lines intact.
- Before the layoff, Pageau had six goals and six assists in 22 games and features on the penalty kill and second power-play unit.
- During his absence the Islanders went 4-3-1, while Ilya Sorokin was named the NHL’s first star of the week after a 3-0-0 run with a .960 save percentage.