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The Islanders will take what positives they can get right now, with their season on the cusp of ending after a messy, 7-6 loss in overtime to the Predators on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Simon Holmstrom, who reached 20 goals in a season for the first time with a career-best four-point night on Tuesday, would be somewhere near the top of that list.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought he was our best player tonight,\u201d Jean-Gabriel Pageau said following the game. \u201cHe was skating well. Protecting the puck well, winning his battles, and he was competing the whole game. I was happy for him to see a couple go in. He\u2019s working extremely hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
On a night when the Islanders looked checked out for the duration, Holmstrom stood out as an exception. <\/p>\n
He was a threat on the rush and off the cycle, assisted Maxim Tsyplakov from behind the net and Scott Mayfield shorthanded. <\/p>\n
As has been the case all season, his chemistry with Pageau was evident, as he easily finished a backhand feed from No. 44 to score in the second period.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will say the Pageau line was really good,\u201d coach Patrick Roy said. \u201cTo me, that\u2019s the positive of the game. That line gave us a chance to be in that game. And despite the fact we didn\u2019t have our best night, I thought those guys played really well.\u201d<\/p>\n
More and more as this season has progressed, the 23-year-old Swede looks like a key part of the Islanders\u2019 future. <\/p>\n
His game has developed far beyond the defense-first style that marked his first two seasons in the league, when the Islanders were frequently imploring Holmstrom to shoot more while lauding his two-way game.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s been a fixture in the top six since late February and hasn\u2019t missed a beat, particularly since the Brock Nelson trade, which enabled Holmstrom to pair back up with Pageau as his center.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s enough questions around what the Islanders will do this summer that it\u2019s not clear whether Holmstrom will stick in that role next season. <\/p>\n
If he\u2019s back on the third line, however, it would be a luxury for the Islanders.<\/p>\n
Though the regulation-wins tiebreaker would still technically be in play, the Islanders can be de facto eliminated with a loss to the Rangers on Thursday at UBS Arena.<\/p>\n
The Rangers have beaten the Islanders all three times the two teams have played this season, by a combined score of 14-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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