ELMONT, N.Y. — Any and all jokes about "Fort Neverwin" finally can be put aside.
The Islanders got their first-ever win in their eighth game at the $1.1 billion UBS Arena on Saturday night, topping the Devils, 4-2, with two goals from former Devils. They finally were able to salute the crowd from center ice after the final buzzer.
Centers Casey Cizikas and Brock Nelson returned to the lineup, leaving injured defenseman Ryan Pulock (lower body) as the only unavailable Islander. Nelson missed seven games with a lower-body injury and on Nov. 27, Cizikas became the eighth — and, so far, last — Islander to test positive for COVID-19. He missed five games.
