“So, move the puck around, at some point, somebody’s gotta get it to the net. “I didn’t see enough shots,” coach Lane Lambert said following his team’s 5-2 loss Monday night to the Capitals, in which the Islanders tested goalie Darcy Kuemper just one time in 6:00 at five-on-four. Bo Horvat has been on a struggling Islanders power play unit that has remain unchanged since Mat Barzal’s injury.

The 12 extra goals that amounted to would more than likely be the difference between playoff safety and the wait-and-hope situation in which the Islanders currently find themselves.

Just last season, the Islanders converted at 22.12 percent, slightly above league average. Not just of a playoff team, but of a personnel group that, even without Barzal, includes five more-than-competent offensive players on its top unit.

With Game 82 on Wednesday, there is no magic fix coming for a five-on-four unit that is scoreless in its past 16 attempts and has just five goals in 54 tries since Mathew Barzal’s mid-February injury.īut the lack of explanation or ability to fix a woeful 15.53 percent season-long conversion rate, ranked 31st league wide, doesn’t change the fact it is well below the standard. Whether or not the Islanders ultimately make the playoffs, one of the first priorities of the offseason must be to figure out how their power play went so drastically wrong this season. Islanders hand forward new deal to open offseason Islanders’ Lou Lamoriello clarity will set stage for offseason The potential megadeals, position changes and roster repairs on the Islanders’ offseason to-do list Islanders still looking for growth from young defenseman to appear in games

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