{"id":279084,"date":"2021-06-19T23:33:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T20:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/really-dangerous-brayden-point-causing-islanders-problems\/"},"modified":"2021-06-19T23:33:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T20:33:35","slug":"really-dangerous-brayden-point-causing-islanders-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/really-dangerous-brayden-point-causing-islanders-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Really dangerous’ Brayden Point causing Islanders problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’Really dangerous’ Brayden Point causing Islanders problems<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Before the Islanders\u2019 Stanley Cup semifinal series<\/a> against Tampa Bay even began, Mathew Barzal said he likes to \u201cpick things out\u201d of the game<\/a> of the Lightning\u2019s Brayden Point to app<\/a>ly to his own.<\/p>\n

Considering both players are the top-line centers for their respective teams, it\u2019s understandable why Barzal would want to analyze what has made Point so successful. Especially with how dominant Point has been over the past two postseasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think any time you watch Pointer play, you have an appreciation for the things he can do on the ice and his work ethic,\u201d Barzal said Friday. \u201cI think he\u2019s one of the hardest competitors in the league, just competes really hard in every zone. I don\u2019t think my appreciation has grown, I think it just continually grows and every time he\u2019s on the ice you really get an appreciation for just how hard he works and how smart of a player he really is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heading into Game 4 on Saturday night at Nassau Coliseum, Point was riding a six-game scoring streak that dated to Game 3 of the Lightning\u2019s second-round series against the Hurricanes. The 25-year-old scored in each of the first three games of the series against the Islanders, including the game-winning goal Thursday.<\/p>\n

Point is the 15th player in NHL postseason history to score a goal in six straight games and the only active player to achieve the feat. He is the first player to do so since Martin Havlat in 2006 with the Senators.<\/p>\n

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The Islanders\u2019 Mat Barzal (right) defends Lightning star Brayden Point.<\/figcaption>
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After Thursday\u2019s goal, Point upped his postseason point total to 15 in 14 games. He has 11 goals and 14 assists, including six power-play goals and three game-winning tallies. Last season during the bubble playoffs, on the way to winning the Stanley Cup, Point recorded 14 goals and 19 assists \u2014 including five goals and three assists in the championship series against the Stars.<\/p>\n

He has a knack for coming out of a tight spaces either with the puck or in dangerous scoring position. Islanders coach Barry Trotz said he felt his team did \u201ca pretty good job against [Point\u2019s] line, but pointed out that Point\u2019s game-winner in Game 3 was due to defenseman Andy Greene getting caught out of position.<\/p>\n

Trotz has acknowledged the Islanders likely won\u2019t be able to keep Point and the rest of the Lightning\u2019s first line, Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat, off the board entirely. But it\u2019ll be imperative to limit that trio as best they can.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou try to take even more space,\u201d Trotz said Saturday morning of containing Point. \u201cThe one thing that is a really dangerous thing is he can make plays when you double up on him. He still can make that high-skill play when there\u2019s players [on him]. Players like Brayden and [Nikita] Kucherov and [Artemi] Panarin \u2014 which we know from the Rangers \u2014 they actually want you to double up on them. They want you to do certain things to them so they can open up other people. That\u2019s the danger.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to find that fine balance of limiting space and time but also not giving him lots of options. We\u2019re just going to have to tighten things up as best as we can.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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