Islanders, Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri
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With trade winds swirling around them, Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri lead Islanders over NHL-best Jets
Islanders beat NHL-best Jets in potential swan song for Brock Nelson, Kyle Palmieri
If this final game before the trade deadline doubled as the final game in Islanders colors for Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri, then it was a good one.
Islanders' Brock Nelson, Kyle Palmieri in lineup against Winnipeg
But, very notably, pending unrestricted free agents Brock Nelson — No. 1 on most trade target projection boards — and Kyle Palmieri both remained in the lineup on Tuesday as president/general manager Lou Lamoriello opted not to hold his assets out for protection. Nor, for that matter, was any other potential trade target protected.
All eyes are rightly on Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri, but those are not the only two players teams will be checking in on for the remainder of this week.
Pending unrestricted free agents Brock Nelson — No. 1 on many trade target projection boards — and Kyle Palmieri both scored and were the first and second stars, respectively, in a 3-2 win over the NHL-leading Jets on Tuesday night at UBS Arena in what may have been their final games with the Islanders.
The New York Islanders (28-27-7) defeated the Winnipeg Jets (42-16-4) 3-2 on Tuesday night in UBS Arena. It couldn’t have been more poetic if it is indeed the send-off game for Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri.
Palmieri scored a power-play goal and took two shots on goal in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Jets. The 34-year-old veteran winger has been hot in recent games and has found the back of the net in six of his last eight contests,
As the final horn sounded, with it came the end of any notion that this New York Islanders (25-25-7) team could possibly contend this season. The New York Rangers (29-25-4) bullied the Islanders in UBS Arena.
The Winnipeg Jets have now lost three consecutive games, losing 3-2 to the New York Islanders to kick off their four-game road trip.
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