CHICAGO — It was a game Casey Cizikas would have appreciated, had he been around to see it. A prototypical Islanders’ performance of shutdown defense skating five-on-five in a tightly-contested match.
The Islanders extended their winning streak to four as they opened a three-game road trip with a 3-1 win over Chicago on Tuesday night at United Center, going 4 for 5 on the penalty kill. That included killing off defenseman Adam Pelech’s delay of game penalty at 15:48 of the third period.
But Cizikas, one of the Islanders’ top penalty killers, exited early in the first period on a game misconduct after injuring Chicago goalie Alex Stalock.
