Isles look to grab 2-0 lead vs. Penguins
Hope to build off inspiring Game 1 overtime victory on Friday
The New York Islanders are three wins away from coming back to Brooklyn for the remainder of the playoffs.
Josh Bailey’s overtime tally secured a 4-3 Game 1 victory over Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday night at the renovated Nassau Coliseum, putting the Islanders in position to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series Friday night in Uniondale, N.Y.
New York, which will play all its home games in the opening round at “The Old Barn”, hasn’t skated on the Barclays Center ice since Feb. 16.