This was exactly the offensive outburst the Islanders needed, at the exact time they needed it.

The 5-4 win over the Golden Knights on Tuesday night at UBS, with Emil Heineman netting the shootout winner, was not so much about Jean-Gabriel Pageau returning to the fold, though that certainly played a role in the Islanders’ fight back from a 2-0 deficit.

Pageau’s newly constructed line with Mat Barzal and Anders Lee was, in fact, the only one not to score for the Islanders, though that is no indictment of their efforts.

Bo Horvat’s two-goal performance constituted his best game in the last few weeks. It was also the night where Simon Holmstrom broke a goal drought that had gone on 14 games and another night in which the fourth line contributed at a high level.

Matthew Schaefer, after a t

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