Postgame: Pageau
Postgame: Lee
KINGER'S CALLS
Pageau Opens Scoring
Barzal's PPG
The Islanders held the Blue Jackets to 21 shots on Thursday night, the second time in as many games the Isles held a team to 21 shots, which tied their season-low. Thursday also marked the third straight game the Islanders allowed 23 shots or fewer.
"There's a lot of detail, a lot of commitment, a lot of block shots and battles that we're winning," Pageau said. "Everyone's contributing and obviously some big saves from our goalie."
Not only was the shot quantity low for the Blue Jackets, so was the shot quality, as the Islanders limited Columbus to seven high-danger chances at five-on-five, per Natural
"We've done a good job of kind of slowing the puck down in our defensive zone, pinning guys to the wall and being able to double a little bit more frequently," Anders Lee said.
That made it a quiet night for Sorokin, who was 22 seconds away from his fourth shutout of the season before a Marcus Bjork shot - that was going well wide of the net - hit Bemstrom in the chest.