All it took was for Islanders coach Lane Lambert to do something he’d ruled out a week prior, and shuffle the five-on-four units.
EDMONTON, Alberta — Even after an eight-game scoring drought on the power play had broken, the Islanders still struggled to get the intended results at five-on-four one game later on Sunday.
The Islanders had struggled with that, as well as with entering the zone in control of the puck — twin pillars of any reasonably competent power play. Whether this represents a long-term answer or a temporary salve will only become clear in time, but the team’s 18.97 conversion percentage on the power play is its biggest bugaboo with the season nearly at its halfway point.
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