The Avalanche’s season series with the Islanders was a story of opposites.
Last year’s Avalanche team would have preferred the type of game that transpired during the first meeting — an unpredictable affair in Long Island, where not even a three-goal lead was safe — but this current iteration seems plenty comfortable in lower-scoring nail-biters.
After 65 minutes without a goal, the Avalanche beat the Islanders 1-0 in a shootout Monday night, completing a split of the regular-season matchups. In the first installment, Colorado blew a 3-0 lead in a 5-4 loss. This time, Evan Rodrigues maneuvered past the unflappable Ilya Sorokin for the lone shootout goal, and Alexandar Georgiev kept New York from scoring on all three attempts.
