This year, the Islanders will play nine of their first 13 games at home and don’t have any multi-game trips until the middle of November.
Two seasons ago, the Islanders had little choice but to start on the defensive as the league sent them on a 13-game road trip as they waited for UBS Arena to be completed.
This year is as close as they can get to the complete opposite, with nine of their first 13 games at home and no multi-game trips until the middle of November.After all, every team plays the same number of games — and failing to take advantage of a home-heavy part of the schedule now means the Islanders will have to make up ground with a majority of their games on the road.“It’s important to win and be a good home team. Try to get out to a good start,” Mathew Barzal told The Post.
It was a good start last year — 9-5-0 in the first 14 games — that helped get the Islanders over the line when they were fighting for their lives in April. Mathew Barzal, pictured celebrating a goal in January 2023, said it’s “important to win and be a good home team.”“Other teams will have this type of stretch at different points in the year,” Anders Lee told The Post. “Ours just happens to be at the beginning. Let’s go after it.”
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