Islanders Gameday: Just King us already

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The odds are never in your favor. The Islanders are back in action tonight and we can feel your excitement as they embark on a quest for a winning streak.
Tonight’s guests are the L.A. Kings — what was the “Matt Moulson’s brother-in-law” game once upon a time, but these days it’s just a game. The visitors are 16-8-3, so there is no reason to believe the Islanders walk out of there with any points except that hockey mixes in lots of randomness into the frustrating madness.
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Islanders News

Previewing tonight: “The New York Islanders are on the hunt for their third consecutive win...” just kind of sounds funny. [Isles]
Science! Josh Bailey and Thomas Hickey talk about deflections/tip-ins. [Isles]
Relive the toxic positivity of the last week on Islanders Anxiety. [LHH]
The weekend sweep belonged to Ilya Sorokin, who covers many Islanders warts. [Post]
Perhaps Noah Dobson took some important strides on the weekend, too. [THN]
The Islanders could learn from the Lightning power play (...if only their CPU was a neural net processor, a learning computer). [THN]

Elsewhere
Last night’s NHL scores include just three games, but one of them was the Rangers losing at home to the then-32nd-place Blackhawks.

You hate to see it. Booing at MSG. [Sportsnet]
More old-school hockey trades! In a fit of desperation, the Avalanche swap goalies with the Sharks, Georgiev (Stench of Ranger) for Blackwood. So between Wedgewood and the new guy, the Avs have now reassembled the Devils’ _____wood goalie tandem of yore. [NHL]
The Senators’ owners vents on de facto tampering with Brady Tkachuk. [TSN]
The Islanders unleashed a monster in Patrik Laine. [NHL | Sportsnet]
Noted biter and son-of-a-weasel Brendan Lemieux has signed with HC Davos of Switzerland. [TSN]
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