What is the story about?
The Islanders and Sharks have the same number of wins (seven) but, man, they’re feeling differently about themselves. The Isles are 7-6-3 and feeling like they’re close to putting their game together despite being on an 0-2-1 run. The Sharks have played three more games (7-11-1) and are in the position to feel disappointed that they’re not off to a better start. They think their rebuild should be turning more of a corner by now, so it’s a critical stretch for them.
While injured guys Mat Barzal, Matias
Maccelli and Ryan Pulock are on the California trip, none will play tonight. Ilya Sorokin will.
This is our game thread. Don’t get ahead of yourself.
