{"id":800401,"date":"2018-03-20T22:56:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T02:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=800401"},"modified":"2018-04-02T19:27:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T19:27:09","slug":"islanders-finally-have-some-fun-in-4-1-win-over-penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/islanders-finally-have-some-fun-in-4-1-win-over-penguins\/","title":{"rendered":"Islanders finally have some fun In 4-1 win over Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK —\u00a0<\/strong>The Islanders walked off the ice and went through their usual routine after a win on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Each player fist-bumped the security guard that stands watch outside their locker room. The music — Chance The Rapper’s “All Night (feat. Knox Fortune) — blared\u00a0loudly as it has in the past after a win and Mathew Barzal dapped up the guard before entering the dressing room after being named the first star of the game.<\/p>\n

Even head coach Doug Weight seemed to break from his usually frustrated state with a small joke during his postgame press conference.<\/p>\n

Moments of levity have been far and few between in recent weeks with the Islanders floundering out of the playoffs, but Tuesday’s 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins looked like the Islanders were finally having some fun for the first time in a while.<\/p>\n

“I think throwing aside as well as I thought we\u00a0played, they needed it,” Weight said. “It’s morale. It’s not where we want to be and we’re all disappointed\u00a0in it, but we get paid to play every game. They played today like they wanted to win. They wanted to have that feeling, so we just want to keep growing it and try to win on Thursday.”<\/p>\n

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"I don't think anybody would have thought he'd have over a point-a-game and play the way he's playing. He's come on fast and hard." <\/p>\n

Doug Weight pleased with @Barzal_97<\/a>'s performance tonight. Watch the full #PITvsNYI<\/a> postgame interview: pic.twitter.com\/l6x7u8o4y2<\/a><\/p>\n

— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) March 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n