"Drouin has been dropped onto a first line with Bo Horvat - a familiar face - and Emil Heineman, and it is working. The line has been central to the team's recent two-game uptick. "We're all different," he said. "Bo's a two-way centerman who scores when you get him looks. Heine's physical, skates well, underrated shot, great on the forecheck. It's been pretty good so far - we're clicking a little bit.""
""Yeah, it does," Drouin said when asked whether the consecutive wins matter for confidence. "We shouldn't have been 0-3, but that's how the league is. It's nice to get two in a row and get that mojo going a little bit." Drouin recorded four points in his first four games and has begun producing like a stabilizing veteran."
Two straight regulation wins steadied the New York Islanders' start and highlighted an early offensive lift. Jonathan Drouin recorded four points in his first four games and has functioned as a stabilizing veteran. Drouin was placed on a first line with Bo Horvat and Emil Heineman, creating strong chemistry through complementary skills: Horvat's two-way play and scoring threat, Heineman's physicality and forechecking, and Drouin's playmaking. Drouin and Horvat share a long history dating back to youth hockey, which eased on-ice communication and off-ice acclimation. Increased comfort allowed Drouin to focus on playing rather than learning systems.
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