Unlikely hero emerges as Isles snap skid
Kuhnhackl tallies twice in much-needed 5-2 win over Canucks
Tom Kuhnhackl skated in 69 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins last season, managing just two goals.
It took him seven games to surpass that total as a New York Islander, including a pair of big — albeit fortunate — tallies in Tuesday night’s slump-busting 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in front of 8,806 fans at Downtown’s Barclays Center.
“Today we were a little sluggish out of the box, and then we got going,” Isles head coach Barry Trotz said after the Brooklyn-based NHL franchise ended its season-high three-game losing streak.