Islanders looking to build consistency and their win streak

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The realization of just how bad things had gotten for the Islanders before Lou Lamoriello pulled the trigger on a coaching change comes with the realization that Thursdays win over the Lightning was the first time they had won back-to-back games since Dec. 13.

That is nearly two months, a span over which the Isles season-long inconsistency spiraled, nearly sending the year off the rails.

That inconsistency is what Patrick Roy is now wrestling with in trying to get the Islanders over the playoff cutline.

The win over the Lightning is notable not just because the Isles finally can put together a veritable streak if they follow it by beating Calgary on Saturday afternoon at UBS Arena but because it was the sort of 60-minute effort they have usually failed to put together.

I think thats the hardest thing to do in this league, Jean-Gabriel told The Post after Fridays practice. Its to be consistent, not only game by game but you play a good period, you need to wash it away and go back and try to have a better period. And I think thats the mentality he tries to bring in.

Every period is like, its a new period. Leave it all out there 20 minutes at a time. Shift by shift, try to refocus. You have a bad shift, well next shift, Ill be better. Hes very positive and I think brings that new mentality of every shift, play the best that you can.

Islanders_looking_to_build_consistency__and_their_win_streak The Islanders recorded their first back-to-back wins since mid-December on Thursday under Patrick Roy’s leadership. APAs good as the first 20 minutes were for the Islanders on Thursday, the game could have gone in another direction after Brandon Hagel scored to make it 3-2 just 1:14 into the second. A lot of times this year, thats just what would have happened.

Instead, the Isles kept stacking shift after shift. And they put the Lightning away.

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Since the first game he came in, right away we did some good stuff, Pageau said. We kept getting better and better. You could see parts of the game, thats how we want to play. And control the puck, have that puck possession and be quick in the defensive zone, you start seeing the results. I think now were getting the wins because we did that for a full 60 minutes. Thats why we deserve to win.

After missing the final 10:16 of Thursdays game, Alexander Romanov did not practice Friday, with the Islanders calling the defenseman day-to-day with maintenance.

Roy said his status for Saturdays game would be decided during warmups.

Robert Bortuzzo (lower body) was a full participant in Fridays practice, his first time skating with the team since getting hurt in a loss to the Avalanche on Dec. 2.

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