Islanders end their first trip in St. Louis

The New York Islanders wrap up their first road trip of the season with another repeat of the Dominik Bowl, while one of his favorite teams visits another, the St. Louis Blues. The Isles are 1-1-1 and are coming off their first win over a good but struggling and shaky Colorado Avalanche team. For Scott Mayfield, he travels from his college town to his hometown.

Meanwhile, the Blues just lost their home opener against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday and, to add insult to injury, conceded a goalie goal to Filip Gustavsson. This seems like a winnable game, but St. Louis has periods where they control the game. However, they are only routes; Sometimes they give in. The Islanders have generally been better at controlling the game under Patrick Roy, so perhaps that's an advantage for the Islanders.

FIGs come here.

Islanders News

• The Alex Romanov-Noah Dobson pair had a strong game against Colorado and played well overall despite Dobson's defensive errors. (NY Post)
• Oliver Wahlstrom is trying to adapt his game to the fourth line. Casey Cizikas believes he is gradually gaining more confidence and Roy is happy with his performance so far. (news day)
• “Brain work”: How Ilya Sorokin prepared for this season without a real training camp. (NY Post)
• The sight of Sorokin's performance on Monday made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. That and the early stock report. (The Athlete)
• The Blues could be without their old friend Nick Leddy. (Twitter)
• Leddy struggled a lot to start the season. It's sad to see, but the Islanders probably moved on at the right time. I think most would agree that he is not a top-pair defenseman at this point, which is what St. Louis requires of him. (The Athlete)
• Leddy and Mike Reilly are best friends. And of course Reilly wears Leddy's old number. (THN)
• Anders Lee's Jam Kancer in the Can event had its most successful year yet, raising over $227,000. (THN)

Elsewhere

Last night's NHL results included the Penguins winning a back-and-forth against the Sabers and the Avalanche falling to 0-4-0 after losing to the Bruins.

• The Penguins' stars all recorded major milestones in the win: Evgeni Malkin scored 500 goals and Sidney Crosby picked up his 1,600. Point. (NHL)
• Ranking the goaltending tandems from 1 to 32. The Islanders are ranked 1. 4. (E$PN+)

• The Athletic conducts demographics of the NHL. The Islanders have the fourth oldest, ninth oldest and fifth strongest rosters.