Mathieu Darche was asked the day prior to the Islanders’ latest win just what he’s seen from his team.

“Well, we can score goals,” the first-year general manager said.

Yes, they can.

Thursday night’s 7-2 dominant victory over the Red Wings at UBS Arena pushed it to 20 goals during the Islanders’ four-game winning streak.

And unlike some other winning efforts, this was a complete one, with the defensive structure and awareness matching the offensive production. David Rittich , making his second start, stopped 31 shots for the Islanders (4-3-0) as he was staked to a five-goal lead.

Emil Heineman had his first career two-goal game for a career-high five-game point streak, twice finishing rushes off feeds from Bo Horvat.

“We put a lot of the stuff we were working on together,” said An

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