Patrick Roy tried as hard as he could to put a positive spin on things after his team’s 4-2 defeat to the Devils on Friday at UBS Arena, but the Islanders coach had no choice but to acknowledge that, just over a week into camp, his team looks like it still needs significant work at five-on-five.

“We put a lot of focus on special units: the power play, the penalty killing, and we did a little bit of five-on-five, maybe a day so far,” Roy said. “So the main focus, I would say, for the first four days is we’re knowing [where] the players [fit]. Working on our power play and penalty killing, obviously we didn’t have any power plays tonight.

“So this is where we are and we’re gonna continue to work on our five-on-five. … And work on our forecheck, make sure we got solid structure. We want t

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