Brock Nelson got his standing ovation.

The Islanders got their two points.

Maybe that wasn’t how Nelson envisioned his return to UBS Arena going, and who could blame him given that the Avalanche had lost just once in regulation all year and once in their last 13 games.

But a night that began focused on Nelson’s first game back on Long Island became about the Islanders earning their best win of the season so far, beating juggernaut Colorado 6-3 to finish out a rocky seven-game homestand strong.

It was just over a couple of weeks ago when the Islanders thought they played their best game of a seven-game road trip in Denver, only for it to be the only game they lost on that swing.

They will feel more than validated by what they saw Thursday, when a lineup without Jonathan Drouin — scr

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