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TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Another Islanders defenseman got hurt. Another (different) Islanders defenseman had a strong debut. And the Islanders won a seventh straight game to move within three points of a playoff spot.<\/p>\n
Ho-hum, right?<\/p>\n
The Islanders are the walking wounded, with Scott Mayfield and Mat Barzal joining the injured list Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The Islanders are the hottest team in the league, having won seven in a row after Tony DeAngelo\u2019s overtime winner sealed a 3-2 victory over the Lightning for their first win at Amalie Arena since December 2019.<\/p>\n
Somehow, some way, those two facts are coexisting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t catch a break right now, obviously, with injuries and stuff,\u201d Bo Horvat said after his outlet pass sprung DeAngelo for the game-winner 32 seconds into the extra period.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got great vibes right now, as you guys can imagine,\u201d DeAngelo said.<\/p>\n
Yeah, it\u2019s a little strange in Islanders-land at the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, never been a part of a team that had so many injuries, and not just minor ones,\u201d coach Patrick Roy said. \u201cGuys missing for a long period of time since the start of the year, it\u2019s incredible. But the group\u2019s resilient and the group doesn\u2019t look for excuses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of this winning streak, all three of Mayfield, Noah Dobson and Ryan Pulock have now gotten hurt \u2014 with Isaiah George, a lefty, also being sent down on Friday. Even before Mayfield\u2019s injury, the Islanders defense on Saturday included DeAngelo, Adam Boqvist and Scott Perunovich, none of whom were with the club seven days prior.<\/p>\n
So, naturally, it was Boqvist \u2014 in his first game with the club \u2014 who got the Islanders onto the scoreboard, following Barzal\u2019s breakaway shot by banging in a rebound to tie the game at one with just under two minutes to go in the second period.<\/p>\n
They came up empty on their first power play of the night early in the third, but converted mere seconds after the game returned to even strength, with Kyle Palmieri\u2019s one-timer taking the Islanders into a 2-1 lead off Max Tsyplakov\u2019s feed from behind the net.<\/p>\n
That goal 6:41 into the third did not spell the end of the Lightning. <\/p>\n
Tampa Bay applied consistent pressure to the Islanders net throughout the third, at one point being robbed of a Nikita Kucherov goal by the stretched-out ankle of Alexander Romanov, who put in another starring performance with his team down to five defensemen in the third.<\/p>\n
It was the second time the Islanders saved what looked like a sure goal by blocking a shot, the first coming on the penalty kill late in the second when J-G Pageau got in front of Taylor Raddysh\u2019s look at an open net.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven at the end, I know they put one in, but guys are in lanes,\u201d Anders Lee told The Post. \u201cBarzy blocks one. Guys were solid defensively. You gotta play with some really good sticks and structure with [Nikita] Kucherov handling that puck right there. I thought we really did a great job with him tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barzal did get hurt on that block, slowly getting up before receiving attention from a trainer shortly before Kucherov finally put one in with 47 seconds to go in regulation to tie the game at two.<\/p>\n
The Islanders, who might have used that as an opportunity to melt down earlier in the season, were unaffected, with DeAngelo quickly netting the winner in overtime.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody was screaming behind me, so I took a quick look up, fired it as hard as I could,\u201d Horvat said. \u201cTony did the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know if he could hear me calling,\u201d DeAngelo said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m that loud, Jesus. But he turned around and \u2026 made eye contact.\u201d<\/p>\n
The standings impact was blunted by Tampa getting the loser point, but the Islanders trail the Lightning and Bruins \u2014 who are tied on 58 points, with Tampa ahead in the standings with fewer games played \u2014 by just three points.<\/p>\n
Three weeks ago, they were dead in the water. Now, the Islanders are within arm\u2019s length of a playoff spot.<\/p>\n
It is as bizarre as any winning streak in the history of the sport. But that matters little with the season on the line.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be successful, good teams find ways to win no matter who is in the lineup,\u201d Horvat said.<\/p>\n
Rarely has that been more true. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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