Since Adam Pelech’s return, they’re 16-8-4 following Wednesday’s 2-1 shootout win against the Capitals.
, having weathered an injury to Mathew Barzal and coming close to locking down a spot in the postseason.
“Seems like he’s always solid and in a good position and with a good stick,” Brock Nelson told The Post. “He’s always breaking plays up. Something that the average person might not recognize, but if you hone in and kinda iso-cam, you’d probably appreciate his game a little bit more. Especially defensively, he’s always in the way, in lanes, good sticks, breaking up potential dangerous plays.”
The best ways to understand his impact are to watch him on every shift and to watch the Islanders without him. The difference is subtle but stark — an unstated element of calm settles over the Islanders when he’s in the game.
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