{"id":265077,"date":"2021-06-02T22:06:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/isles-learning-from-blown-lead\/"},"modified":"2021-06-02T22:06:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T19:06:13","slug":"isles-learning-from-blown-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/isles-learning-from-blown-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"#Isles learning from blown lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Isles learning from blown lead<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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When you\u2019re a team that\u2019s been a consistent playoff contender for the last three seasons with players that have been gelling together for years, every new experience is of value.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s at least how head coach Barry Trotz likes to view the Islanders\u2019 blown 3-1 lead in the third period of Game<\/a> 2 Monday night, before their eventual 4-3 overtime win over the Bruins.<\/p>\n

In the moment, Trotz and the Islanders certainly would\u2019ve preferred for a few of their opportunities to have found the back of the net to pad their lead. Defenseman Noah Dobson likely wishes he could\u2019ve somehow gotten out of the way of screening goalie Semyon Varlamov from the Bruins\u2019 Patrice Bergeron\u2019s 3-2 score. And, no doubt, Josh Bailey would like to take back that too-many-men penalty he caused that led to Brad Marchand\u2019s game-tying power-play goal.<\/p>\n

But in a game of momentum swings against a feisty team like the Bruins, the push is expected and can\u2019t always be contained. It\u2019s how the Islanders responded that counts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you learn from all different experiences that you have in this league,\u201d Matt Martin said after practice Wednesday ahead of Thursday\u2019s Game 3 at Nassau Coliseum. \u201cIdeally, you want to hang on to a 3-1 lead in the third period. We\u2019ve done a pretty good job of that over the last three years since Trotz has been here. I liked our ability to reset and stay with and find a way to win a game.<\/p>\n

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Matt Martin and the Islanders found confidence in their reaction to Game 2 mistakes.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cIt definitely builds confidence knowing that we have the group and we have a mature enough group to overcome any obstacles that come our way.\u201d<\/p>\n

In recent years, the Islanders are not a team that blows two-goal leads often. During the 2020-21 regular season, according to More Hockey Stats, they only lost three games when leading by two goals at some point. And when leading by three, the Isles only lost one game.<\/p>\n

In fact, they\u2019re a club that can take a stranglehold on a game when sitting with a comfortable lead and just run out the clock.<\/p>\n

What Monday\u2019s series<\/a>-tying overtime win proved to the Islanders, was that they\u2019re capable of overcoming a third-period breakdown. Trotz often lauds the Islanders\u2019 team mentality, and it came through in overtime, when they controlled the pace before Casey Cizikas\u2019 first playoff goal since 2015 secured the win and tied the series 1-1.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it might have been one of the best things that happ<\/a>ened to us [Monday] night was the fact that we did give up a 3-1 lead, and we did find a way to win at the end,\u2019\u2019 Trotz said Tuesday. \u201cThose are things that can help you more than, us winning, scoring on the breakaway, and then [Anthony] Beauvillier scoring and making it 5-1, and it\u2019s not much of a game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe experience of being up 3-1, and then giving up those two goals, and being able to get your game back and finding a way to win that hockey game after all the momentum in that game shifted to Boston, that\u2019s a better experience for our hockey team. And when guys look back, they\u2019ll go bring up those experiences next time it happens to us.\u2019\u2019\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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