It’s been a long December for the Islanders, but at the tail end of it, they finally won back-to-back games.
Tuesday marked their first time completing that particular feat since a four-game winning streak that spanned from Nov. 21-26, and they did it with one of their best all-around performances of the season, resulting in a 5-1 victory that gave the visiting Penguins just their second regulation loss in 11 games.
After Anders Lee and Pierre-Olivier Joseph traded first-period goals, the second turned into perhaps the most decisive 20 minutes of hockey the Islanders have played all season. Lee poured another one on 3:33 into the third, banging in a rebound from Brock Nelson. If anyone was worried about a collapse, that goal was when the worry evaporated.
This is a banged-up team — and one that lost Oliver Wahlstrom on what looked like a hit to the head just 24 seconds into his first shift of the game. Nelson and Casey Cizikas returned to the lineup, but who knows when Kyle Palmieri, Cal Clutterbuck, Simon Holmstrom, Adam Pelech or Semyon Varlamov will follow.Fasching has been a revelation, and played a splendid game on Tuesday. Aatu Räty again looked like he belonged on NHL ice.
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