The New York Islanders (#Isles) are on a three-game winning streak in the NHL, including a dominant 5-1 victory over the Boston Bruins. Head coach Patrick Roy emphasizes the importance of practice and maintaining focus as they push for the playoffs. They face the St. Louis Blues in a crucial game, trailing the Philadelphia Flyers by 6 points with three games in hand.
The @StLouisBlues and @NYIslanders continue their push for a Wild Card position tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET on @ESPNPlus and @Hulu with Robert Thomas closing in on the 300-point milestone. #NHLStats https://t.co/sRwJIDHjnV
#Isles battle #Stlblues tonight, riding a three-game win streak. They sit 6 points behind #LetsGoFlyers with three games in hand entering tonight. It's a biggy at UBS. @TheHockeyNews @matthewpage24 https://t.co/CwlkV6L5iI
Last Tuesday, making the postseason appeared to be as distant as the Island of Pago Pago. Now the lines are clicking, and so are the #Isles heading into huge game vs. St. Louis tonight @TheHockeyNews ⤵️ https://t.co/txThDt6rTK
While the #Isles have 10 wins against top-10 foes entering play on Tuesday, they are 4-3-2 in games following those previous nine victories. At this point of the season, they can't afford a letdown game @matthewpage24 @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/HWOc5yVww5
"The key is to continue to practice well" #Isles Patrick Roy stresses the importance of practicing well, Noah Dobson is getting more comfortable with defensive system and Casey Cizikas on 3-game winning streak https://t.co/Wr1AVjyJ6h
"We can't take practice off. We can't let anything slip." More on Roy's message to streaking #Isles @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/MdVI6ART85
"We can't take practice off. We can't let anything slip." More om Roy's message to streaking #Isles @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/MdVI6ART85
"We practice that almost every day now [...] This is important." #Isles Ilya Sorokin & His Uptick In Moving The Puck @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/tpN5DXuYPT
The #Isles have won three straight games and are coming off a dominating 5-1 over the #NHLBruins. Despite the success as of late, head coach Patrick Roy had a message for his players today: @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/MdVI6ART85
"Don't slack in practice." -- #Isles HC Patrick Roy during team huddle to close out today's skate. Had some other words as well.
Happy Monday. After #Isles woke up Sunday feeling good about their game, winnings of three straight after dominating the #NHLBruins, Sunday's results will have them feeling even better in their push for the playoffs: @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/BqaXCPmrvl