Ladd finally delivering for Islanders
High-Priced Free Agent Has First Two-Goal Game in Win Over Caps
Andrew Ladd was brought here to Brooklyn this past summer by New York general manager Garth Snow to help fill the void left by Kyle Okposo and Frans Nielsen.
Though his first 32 games as an Islander, the veteran winger — inked to an eyebrow-raising seven-year, $38 million pact on July 1 — managed only four goals.
He’s potted three in the last two contests, including a pair in Tuesday night’s 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals in front of 15,795 fans at Downtown’s Barclays Center, lifting the Isles to their third consecutive win while boosting his own status as a key contributor to what the team hopes will be a surge back into playoff contention.