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SALT LAKE CITY — There might be a number of storylines as the Islanders pull into Denver for Sunday’s assembly with the Avalanche, the fifth recreation on this seven-stop highway journey.
Brock Nelson will skate for the first time against the Islanders after enjoying 901 regular-season video games and scoring 295 objectives for them.
He ranks fifth in membership historical past in both objectives and video games performed. Islanders coach Patrick Roy might be dealing with a Colorado franchise for which he performed eight seasons and hoisted the Stanley Cup twice.
Jonathan Drouin celebrates with teammates after scoring the game-tying purpose in the third period of the Islanders’ 3-2 time beyond regulation highway win over the Mammoth on Nov. 14, 2025. NHLI via Getty Images
Not to get misplaced amid that hoopla, though, is the return to the Rockies of Jonathan Drouin, who scored 30 objectives in 122 video games there before changing into the Islanders’ key outdoors acquisition of the offseason when he signed a two-year, $8 million free-agent contract.
“I’m excited. I had a great time in Colorado,” said Drouin, who scored the tying purpose with 6:16 to go in the third period Friday night time to help the Islanders declare a 3-2 time beyond regulation victory against the Mammoth at Delta Center. “Everyone was great with me, from the fans, my teammates, the staff. So I enjoyed my two years there, but I’m loving New York so far. It’s been great.”
Like the Islanders as a entire, Drouin is on fairly a roll.
He scored a breakaway purpose and had two assists in a 5-0 trouncing of the Rangers at the Garden.
Two nights later, he set up Mathew Barzal for the time beyond regulation game-winner against the Devils in Newark. In Vegas, he collected assists on objectives by Matthew Schaefer and Barzal. And against Utah, his kick of the puck toward the web withstood video scrutiny.
“Very impressed with him,” Roy said of Drouin’s two-way contributions (three objectives, 11 assists, plus-7). “His 200-feet game has been really good for us. I mean, he’s playing well defensively, but the play that he made in overtime [in New Jersey], the pass he made, I mean, that’s his skills that he has.”
The Isles are 3-0-0 in the second video games of back-to-back conditions. … Outshot from start to end (29-21 was the ultimate rely), the Islanders noticed a continuation of an odd development: They are 8-1-0 when the opponent registers more photographs on objectives, in contrast to 1-5-1 when they do.
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