Islanders coach Lane Lambert won’t be getting much rest or relaxation during his team’s eight-day break.
But getting away from a hectic schedule will be a moment for him and his players to take a needed breath of fresh air.
“It’s pretty hard to turn it off,” Lambert said. “You do your best you possibly can to do that, and I will. But overall, there’s always something going on.” 2-1 win over Vegas Adding to the optimism is that the schedule in the first week out of the break looks navigable. The Isles play four times in six nights, but three of their opponents are .500 or below in the Flyers, Canucks and Canadiens.
Most nights, their defense and goaltending has been good enough to at least keep them in games, but in a league where speed and skill is king, it’s hard to win many games without consistently scoring more than three goals. Not so coincidentally, the Islanders scored more than three times just once in January, a 6-2 win over the Canucks early in the month. of Anders Lee, Nelson and Kyle Palmieri, which has looked rejuvenated since Palmieri’s return to the lineup.
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