The New York Islanders will get their season underway on Saturday night with a home game against the Buffalo Sabres.
With a roster that is largely unchanged from the one that lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in Round 1 of the 2023Playoffs, there are a lot of skeptics who believe the Isles should have tried to re-invent themselves a bit for the 2023-24 season.
This is, for the most part, the same core of players that we’ve seen grind away on Long Island for years and at some point you’d think that the wheels will come completely off.Lou Lamoriello made a big splash by trading for Bo Horvat last season and he added Pierre Engvall to provide some effective depth and much-needed speed to this lineup.The strength of the Islanders remains the team’s goaltending and defense, with Ilya Sorokin serving as the headliner.
Buffalo finished third in goals per game in 2022-23, but they actually allowed more goals per game than they scored. Their season-opening 5-1 loss to the Rangers was not a good sign as New York created 10 high-danger scoring chances and 2.5 expected goals at 5-on-5.
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