Hudson Fasching learning ‘different style’ in elevated role with pair of Islanders out
CHICAGO Hudson Faschings game is almost tailor-made for a bottom-six role.
He gets north.
He retrieves pucks.
He forechecks.
Hes pesky.
He plays in a straight line.
Its a role thats allowed Fasching to carve out a place on the Islanders roster and in their lineup over the past 13 months.
And now that the teams forward lines look different with Pierre Engvall and Casey Cizikas hurt, its a role from which Fasching may need to deviate a bit.
For four of the past five games, including Friday night against the Blackhawks, Fasching has played up on the second line with Brock Nelson.
The Islanders’ Hudson Fasching carries the puck past the Wild’s Marcus Foligno during the first period at Xcel Energy Center. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters ConThat might be the case for a little bit of time since neither Cizikas nor Engvall have resumed skating on their own.
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Check out more newslettersI try to maintain my own identify throughout the game, but yeah its a different style, Fasching told The Post before the Islanders’ 4-3 overtime loss to the Blackhawks. A lot more offensive zone draws, a lot more creativity. Nelsons just really fast, too. Im learning that as I go.
Trying to find spots where hes gonna be and find good lanes to try to help him and try to help Kyle Palmieri. Try to get our line contributing.
Over 27:54 together this season heading into Friday, Fasching, Nelson and Palmieri had been on the ice for three goals against and just one goal for at five-on-five.
The silver lining, however, was that their expected goals rate sat at 68.97 percent with an 8-5 high-danger chance margin.
Ahead of Friday, Nelson had gone four straight games without a point, tying his longest streak of the season.
Combined with cold streaks for Mathew Barzal and Bo Horvat, that is a five-alarm fire for an Islanders team whose offense has suddenly gone cold.
Its a small sample size, but the numbers point to the second lines play having been better than the results.
Hudson Fasching, pictured in an October game, needs to fill a top-six role for the Islanders given their injuries. Robert Sabo for the NY PostThe Islanders, losers of three straight prior to Friday, need to hope that is the case.
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I think Fasch plays a simple, effective game, Nelson said. Hes able to hang onto some pucks. Hes strong on pucks. So for us, getting some turnovers off of that, hopefully generate some more possession time off of that. I think just try to support him, be in good spots. I dont think he has to change his game.
Hes effective at what he does when hes playing hard and simple.
Coach Lane Lambert also said he wants Fasching to keep doing what hes been doing.
I think that would be a mistake for him, Lambert said. Hes a player who plays a certain way. We want him to play a certain way, and I think that can benefit both Brock and Palms.
The adjustment for Fasching then will come less in changing how he plays and more in what different situations than hes used to being in will demand of him.
Engvall, remember, was in a bottom-six role for most of his time with the Maple Leafs.
He is not an especially gifted scorer, but the Islanders turned him into a key part of their second line by leveraging his speed and ability to transition the puck allowing him to complement Nelson.
They can now survive his absence by doing something similar with Fasching.
I try to just stay flexible with it, Fasching said. Im starting to acclimate a little bit better to knowing where Nelsons going to be. Neutral zone regroups and things like that where we had a couple things that were just off by a couple feet the other game in Winnipeg. It kind of affects the game flow, it gets a little choppier. I think were in a better spot now.
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