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ELMONT, N.Y. — Thomas Greiss couldn’t have picked a better time for his best game of the season.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The short-handed Blue Jackets made the Islanders work for this win, to be sure. But the Islanders’ biggest victory may have been sustaining a concentrated effort coming off two emotional wins, the Thanksgiving holiday and a questionable second-period sequence that yielded two power-play goals.

ELMONT, N.Y. — There were plenty of choices for the best aspect of the Islanders’ latest win.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The problem with constantly trying to mount rallies is that there’s little to no margin for error.

ELMONT, N.Y. — There was no stirring comeback this time. Instead, the Islanders were shut out for the second time in four games.

ELMONT, N.Y. — Two sluggish periods were certainly cause for consternation. But they should not generate too much overreaction.

DETROIT — Someone tell the Red Wings' alumni to stick around a while longer.

ST. LOUIS — There was a certain predictability to the Islanders’ latest win. And the Blues’ latest loss.

CHICAGO — It was a game Casey Cizikas would have appreciated, had he been around to see it. A prototypical Islanders’ performance of shutdown defense skating five-on-five in a tightly-contested match.

RALEIGH, N.C. — After putting in five consecutive road games, the Carolina Hurricanes were back in town Friday at PNC Arena.

ELMONT, N.Y. — There was a quickened pace and higher intensity on the ice and more energy from the mixed crowd at UBS Arena, all traits common to the heated Islanders-Rangers’ rivalry.