{"id":793736,"date":"2018-02-14T01:47:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T01:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=793736"},"modified":"2018-04-02T22:36:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T22:36:48","slug":"isles-insights-another-high-volume-of-shots-given-up-in-isles-latest-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/isles-insights-another-high-volume-of-shots-given-up-in-isles-latest-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Isles Insights: Another high volume of shots given up in Isles’ latest loss"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW YORK —\u00a0<\/strong>The Islanders surrendered four unanswered goals in the second and third periods and dropped an important game to the Columbus Blue Jackets, 4-1.<\/p>\n
Oliver Bjorkstrand,\u00a0Pierre-Luc Dubois,\u00a0Brandon Dubinsky and\u00a0Cam Atkinson all scored for the Blue Jackets. John Tavares had the only goal for the Islanders in the loss.<\/p>\n
The Islanders had a 1-0 lead to open the second period, but that disappeared after a power-play goal by Bjorkstrand at 6:02 of the second period. From there the visiting Blue Jackets added three more goals before the final buzzer.<\/p>\n
The Islanders continue their division heavy week with a Thursday matchup against the New York Rangers.<\/p>\n[protected-iframe id=”2a27d078465222db02cc97e222293bc3-114320562-99334228″ info=”https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/video\/embed\/recap-cbj-4-nyi-1\/t-293976430\/c-57725003?autostart=false” width=”540″ height=”320″]\n
Isles Insights<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
1.\u00a0<\/strong>The Islanders don’t seem to have an answer for how to stop the exorbitant amount of shots they continue to give up. The 51 shots against on Tuesday was the second highest volume of shots they have given this season, with the highest being the 56 they surrendered against Toronto. Following the Islanders latest loss, they have now surrendered 30 or more shots in 23 of their last 24 games.<\/p>\n
Still, there doesn’t seem to be an answer on how to curtail the continuing problem. The team knows what they need to do to bring down the level of shots, but their execution just hasn’t been there. Even Islanders head coach Doug Weight said there was no execution on Tuesday night. His only answer was that the team needs to “be better” and they have to try to get the players going.<\/p>\n