The Islanders, on the back of three disappointing losses in four games, just handed the Devils only their fourth regulation loss of the season.
Asking the Islanders to win this game, with 12 skaters for most of the night, two more key players out and on the road against one of the league’s best teams, felt like it might be too much.
The floodgates opened in a three-goal second period for the Islanders, with Casey Cizikas and Oliver Wahlstrom scoring twice within a 40-second span to extend the score from 2-1 to 4-1, causing Devils coach Lindy Ruff to pull Vitek Vanecek for Akira Schmid. The Devils threatened after that, with Dawson Mercer bringing them within 4-2 when he put away a two-on-one break at 6:03 of the second, but never quite gathered enough momentum to seriously threaten for the win.
Casey Cizikas of the Islanders celebrates a third-period goal by Cal Clutterbuck against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on Dec. 9, 2022.Cal Clutterbuck, in his return from an upper-body injury, extended that cushion to a decisive 6-2 just one minute into the third period with a snap shot past Schmid. The Devils got one back, with Tomas Tatar scoring just 1:30 later and came up with a late push when Jack Hughes scored with 6:21 to go.
In the early stages of the first period, it looked as though the Devils’ speed advantage would be too much for the Islanders to overcome, as it was in the first matchup between these teams back in October. After Nico Hischier scored on the power play at 5:32 the Devils looked poised to romp. When the Islanders’ bench was trimmed after Anthony Beauvillier and Clutterbuck left the game with injuries, that feeling only grew. Clutterbuck would later return and score, Beauvillier would not.
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