ELMONT, NY — The NHL's Jets got a win in New York sooner than the NFL's Jets, and it has kept the Islanders, like Gang Green, winless in this young season.
For a third straight game, the Islanders' defense yielded at least four goals in a 5-2 loss to Winnipeg on Monday afternoon at UBS Arena as the team's new identity under GM Mathieu Darche and head coach Patrick Roy is showing remarkable growing pains on the blue line.
With it, the Islanders don't have a win in their first three to start a season for the first time since 2009-10, the last time they had the No. 1 pick the prior summer in John Tavares.
The 2025 No. 1 overall pick, Matthew Schaeffer, logged a game-high 26:35 and picked up an assist for his third NHL point in as many games this season.
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