"The NHL's Jets got a win in New York sooner than the NFL's Jets, and it has kept the Islanders, like Gang Green, winless in this young season. For a third straight game, the Islanders' defense yielded at least four goals in a 5-2 loss to Winnipeg on Monday afternoon at UBS Arena as the team's new identity under GM Mathieu Darche and head coach Patrick Roy is showing remarkable growing pains on the blue line."
"Jean-Gabriel Pageau lost an edge and fell in the Winnipeg zone, sparking a 3-on-2 break from the visitors. Entering the New York zone, Cole Koepke hit Barron, who was able to skate freely down the center of the ice between blue liners Alex Romanov and Tony DeAngelo, deke to the backhand, and pop his chance over the shoulder of Ilya Sororin 7:35 into the game."
Winnipeg defeated New York Islanders 5-2 as the Islanders' defense allowed at least four goals for a third consecutive game. The loss leaves the Islanders 0-3 to start the season, their worst opening since 2009-10. Matthew Schaeffer logged a team-high 26:35 and collected an assist for his third NHL point. Morgan Barron, Nino Neiderreiter, and Tanner Pearson each recorded a goal and an assist for Winnipeg, while backup goalie Eric Comrie made 33 saves. Islanders goals came from Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Emil Heineman, and Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves in the loss.
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