The islanders will take the positive aspects that they can obtain at this time, with their season at the cusp of finishing after a messy loss of 7-6 in extra time against the predators on Tuesday.
Simon Holmstrom, who reached 20 goals in a season for the first time with a better night of four points of his career on Tuesday, would be the upper part of that list.
“I thought it was our best player tonight,” said Jean-Gabriel Pageau after the game. “I was skating well. Protecting the album well, winning his battles, and he was competing the whole game. I was happy that he saw a couple enter. He is working extremely hard.”
On a night when the islanders seemed reviewed during the duration, Holmstrom stood out as an exception.
It was a threat in hurry and out of the cycle, helped Maxim Tsyplakov from behind the network and Scott Mayfield with a short hand.
Like Bone The Case throughout the season, his chemistry with Pageau was obvious, since he easily finished a food in reverse. 44 To score in the second period.
“I will say that the Pageau line was really good,” said coach Patrick Roy. “For me, that is positive of the game. That line cools an opportunity to be in that game. And despite what we did, but the best night, I thought those boys played very well.”
More and more as this season has progressed, the 23 -year -old Swedish seems a key part of the future of the islanders.
His game has developed far beyond the first defense style that marked his first two seasons in the League, when the islanders often implored Holmstrom to shoot his bidirectional game more praising.
It is a fixed element in the top six since the end of February and a rhythm has not been lost, particularly from the Brock Nelson trade, which allowed Holmstrom to match Pageau again as its center.
There are enough questions about what the islanders will do this summer that it is not clear if Holmstrom will remain in that role next season.
If you have returned to the third line, however, it would be a luxury for the islanders.
He thought that Wins Regatlion tiebreaker would still be technical, the islanders can be de facto eliminated with a defeat against the Rangers on Thursday in UBS Arena.
The Rangers have defeated the islanders the three times that the two teams have played this season, with a combined score of 14-3.
