Isles net first ‘home’ win at Barclays
Edge Devils 3-2 in Shootout for Downtown Exhibition Triumph
After going scoreless in their first visit to Brooklyn a year ago, the New York Islanders made sure they wouldn’t return to Long Island for their final season at the Nassau Coliseum without sounding the horn at their future home.
Ryan Pulock and Colin McDonald scored first-period goals and Brock Nelson delivered the game-winner during a thrilling shootout before 11,823 fans Friday night as the soon-to-be relocated NHL franchise outlasted the New Jersey Devils, 3-2, for its first-ever win at the Barclays Center.
“It was nice to score a goal,” Islanders head coach Jack Capuano admitted, referring back to last year’s 3-0 shutout loss here against New Jersey in the first-ever NHL game played in our fair borough.