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SUMMERLIN, Nev. \u2014 The Senators did it. The Canadiens did it. The Red Wings are in the midst of doing it.<\/p>\n
Why can\u2019t the Islanders?<\/p>\n
\u201cI think if we\u2019re gonna have a chance, we\u2019re gonna need to win some [on a] streak,\u201d Jean-Gabriel Pageau told The Post. \u201cNot only two in a row.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even two in a row \u2014 which the Islanders will go for Thursday against the Golden Knights \u2014 has been a tough ask of the Isles so far, with just two instances of back-to-back victories this season, neither of which was followed by a third straight win.<\/p>\n
Still, the state of the Eastern Conference, where the 15th-place Islanders are somehow just five points out of the last playoff spot with a game in hand over the current-occupant Blue Jackets, is such that a relatively short winning streak can shift a team\u2019s narrative completely.<\/p>\n
The Senators won six in a row in mid-December. <\/p>\n
Montreal won six of seven to finish out 2024, and the Red Wings are currently on a five-game winning streak after replacing coach Derek Lalonde with Todd McLellan. <\/p>\n
Earlier this season, all looked like they were going nowhere, and all are now very much in the playoff chase.<\/p>\n
If there\u2019s a case for the Islanders to turn it around, that\u2019s it. <\/p>\n
On a relative scale \u2014 relative being the operative word \u2014 it is not that impossible.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s close for a couple teams. You put a string together, you never know what can happen,\u201d Scott Mayfield told The Post. \u201cI think of St. Louis [in 2019], end of January, start of February, they were in last place in the league or something. And they won a Stanley Cup that year. It can turn around, but you have to have that belief. You can put in the work, you have to have that belief. I know it\u2019s in here, we just have to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coach Patrick Roy said Anthony Duclair \u2014 who\u2019s played seven games since returning from a suspected groin injury \u2014 still has \u201ca little bit to get there\u201d in terms of returning to full effectiveness.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very comfortable with what I\u2019ve seen so far,\u201d Roy said. \u201cHe\u2019ll be fine. I\u2019m not worried about him at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Islanders lines and pairs were unchanged in practice from what they ran on Sunday in Boston. <\/p>\n
Ilya Sorokin came off the ice first, indicating a likely start Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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