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Story byDominikThu, January 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM UTC·2 min readThe hangover (hopefully not) from the Islanders’ raucous and absurd 9-0 romp over the New Jersey Devils Tuesday has hopefully subsided as they begin the first stop in a season-longest seven-game road trip tonight in Nashville. They’ll presumably continue without Bo Horvat in the lineup, though he is skating and on the road trip with the team. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFirst Islanders Goal picks go here. Islanders NewsOf all the trivia that came out of that singular night, maybe the most depressing was this, per NHL media and the team’s post-game notes: “The last time the Islanders had two or more hat tricks in a single season was 1993-94 (Pierre Turgeon and Derek King).” Anthony Duclair’s adds to Bo Horvat’s earlier this year to make two in 2025-26. Lots, lots more trivia like that in the Skinny. This one is definitely indicative of our times: “Ilya Sorokin is the first goalie in NHL to record seven career shutouts in which he faced 40 or more shots.” [Isles]Previewing tonight. [Isles]The Isles bring “confidence” into this big road trip, though that can change in a hurry.
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