Islanders Daily: Nelson’s New Mark, Backstrom’s Apples, Dadonov Unleashed

The New York Islanders were unable to continue their winning ways against the Boston Bruins on Saturday night as they fell 6-3. In the loss, Brock Nelson netted his 30th goal of the season, a new career-high.

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The New York Islanders expected a pish f, ultimately falling 6-3 in the first of a back-to-back situation. The Islanders are now 11-14-5 on the road this season, 28-26-9 on the season. (NYI Hockey Now)

On Saturday, Mar. 26, in the 6-3 loss to the Boston Bruins, New York Islanders forward Brock Nelson reached another milestone as he scored his 30th goal of the season, a new career-high, in just 54 games. (NYI Hockey Now)

Conventional thinking would have had Saturday afternoon’s matinee against the New York Islanders as a textbook trap game for the Boston Bruins. But, when life gives you lemonade, you make lemonade and the Bruins took what was given. (Boston Hockey Now)

The Pittsburgh Penguins, who played with just 11 true forwards Friday, on Saturday afternoon recalled Kasper Bjorkqvist on an emergency basis from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. (Pittsburgh Hockey Now)

Two games. Two wins. Four assists. Former Philadelphia Flyers captain Claude Giroux is off to an impressive start with the Florida Panthers. (Philly Hockey Now)

Washington Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom did in fact like them apples at Capital One Arena on Saturday. The Capitals honored Backstrom prior to puck drop against the New Jersey Devilsfor hitting the 1,000-point mark earlier in the month. The fans got in on the fun. (Washington Hockey Now)

The Detroit Red Wings played the Tampa Bay Lightning close through overtime but couldn’t put them away, falling 2-1. Detroit was buoyed by another sharp performance from Alex Nedeljkovic, who stopped 34 of 36 shots. The Lightning kept the Red Wings scoring chances at bay and though they kept up, it wasn’t enough to steal a victory. (Detroit Red Wings)

Marc Crawford’s biggest memory of the famous (or infamous, from an Avs perspective) March 26, 1997, Avalanche-Red Wings “Fight Night at the Joe”, a game at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena that turned around both teams’ fortunes for the next couple of years, is what happened right after the game. (Colorado Hockey Now)

For the first time in team history, the Vegas Golden Knights (36-28-4, 76 points) rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the third period and defeated the Chicago Blackhawks (24-32-10, 58 points) in overtime 5-4. The Golden Knights are now 1-57-0 all-time when trailing by three or more goals when entering the third. Who else but Evgenii Dadonov scored the overtime game-winning goal to give the Golden Knights a much-needed extra point in the standings. (Vegas Hockey Now)

The San Jose Sharks are back home, taking on the new-look Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks went into rebuild mode at the Trade Deadline, parting with Hampus Lindholm, Josh Manson, and Rickard Rakell, among others. The Sharks, not re-building, had Marc-Edouard Vlasic kick off the scoring because of some incredible Ryan Merkley work. Then Timo Meier registered a hat trick and the Sharks plucked the Ducks 4-1. (San Jose Hockey Now)

Creative minds can picture the next edition of the Heritage Classic outdoor featuring the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers out at Lake Louise. But these two teams jumped the gun and played some pond hockey on Saturday as the Flames won 9-5. (Calgary Hockey Now)