In addition to being the season opener, tonight's game marks the first game behind the Isles' bench for head coach Barry Trotz.
With tonight's game, every coach in Nashville Predators history has also coached for the Isles (Trotz and Peter Laviolette).
Speaking of Laviolette, he was the last Islander coach to be a winner on Opening Night in his first game as Isles coach (3-2 in Tampa Bay on 10/5/2001).
The Skinny on The Coach
Eric Hornick runs the numbers on Barry Trotz's Islanders coaching debut
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