At least for now, the Islanders stopped the bleeding.
Doing so on the same night the organization honored Brent Sutter — inducting him into the team’s Hall of Fame and onto the Ring of Honor at UBS Arena — with one of the season’s better crowds in attendance, gave a little bit extra to an otherwise forgettable 4-1 win over the Sharks on Saturday.
This was at least a much-improved effort from the disastrous first two games of the homestand, and it didn’t hurt that the Islanders had Alexander Romanov and Simon Holmstrom making returns to their lineup — both from upper-body injuries.
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