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UNIONDALE www.officialcapitals.com , N.Y. — The first game of the season between the New York Islanders and Columbus Blue Jackets matches two Metropolitan Division contenders in a clash that could certainly impact the playoff picture come April.But everyone knows the main attraction Saturday night will not be the teams but the building in which they’re playing.The Islanders make their long-awaited return to Nassau Coliseum, which was the franchise’s home from the team’s debut in 1972 until the spring of 2015, when they host the Blue Jackets.Article continues below ...Both teams were off Friday after playing Thursday, when the Islanders fell to the host Boston Bruins 2-1 in a shootout and the Blue Jackets beat the visiting Minnesota Wild 4-2.The Blue Jackets (15-8-2) and Islanders (12-9-3) will enter Saturday separated by just five points. But the standings will be secondary for the first of the Islanders’ 21 scheduled games at their new/old home.As Islanders coach Barry Trotz walked into his post-practice press conference Friday afternoon, he began talking about the Coliseum before he even fielded a question.“It’s home,” Trotz said. “Guys are excited. They did a good job. Looking forward to tomorrow. I think everybody is.”Well, maybe not everybody. In typical John Tortorella fashion, the Blue Jackets head coach — who spent dozens of nights in the cramped bowels of the Coliseum as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers — was decidedly less nostalgic when talking about the Coliseum earlier Friday.“I’m anxious to see the renovations,” Tortorella told reporters in Columbus. “I hope they put, in the coaches’ room, instead of a 40-watt bulb, they put in maybe a 75-watt bulb because you couldn’t see.”Everyone figured Nassau Coliseum — long a relic among NHL arenas for reasons well beyond its damp and darkened locker rooms — was finally and officially a thing of the past when the Islanders moved to Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the 2015-16 season.But Islanders fans, most of whom reside on Long Island, never warmed to the idea of taking oft-delayed trains or enduring traffic jam-filled commutes to Brooklyn. Nor did they enjoy the lack of atmosphere at Barclays Center Washington Capitals T-Shirts Authentic , which was built for basketball and “features” an off-center scoreboard as well as thousands of obstructed view seats behind one of the goals.In three-plus seasons at Barclays Center, the Islanders have never ranked higher than 28th in the NHL in average attendance.Nor did players, most of whom also reside on Long Island, ever really embrace the commute or the substandard conditions. The Barclays ice is known as the softest in the league because the building is heated by plastic pipes, not metal pipes, and to refit the building with metal pipes would require closing the arena during the summer concert season.The Islanders began plotting their return to Long Island last December, when owners Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin won a bid to build an arena on state land currently housing the Belmont race track at the Nassau/Queens border.In January, the Islanders announced they would split their schedules between Barclays Center and a refurbished Nassau Coliseum, which is operated by the same management company as Barclays Center, until they are ready to move into the new arena at the start of the 2021-22 season.While nothing is official, it is widely believed the Islanders will play their entire home schedule at the Coliseum starting next season. The new Coliseum only seats 13,000, but a packed Coliseum will look much better than a nearly-empty Barclays, where this year’s average announced attendance of 10 Washington Capitals Hoodies Authentic ,447 said one thing and the eye test scanning acres of empty seats said another.“I think the guys that have played in this building have really great memories of it,” Trotz said. “I think everybody recognizes that it has great significance on the Island and for its fan base.”There’s a little bit of serendipity to Saturday’s festivities. The Blue Jackets were the opponent for the Islanders’ supposed regular-season finale at the Coliseum on April 11, 2015, when Columbus posted a 5-4 shootout victory.And Trotz, in his first year as New York’s head coach, was the head coach for the Washington Capitals during the supposed final game at the Coliseum on April 25, 2015, when the Islanders extended an Eastern Conference quarterfinal series to a decisive seventh game with a 3-1 win.Cal Clutterbuck, who iced that win with an empty-netter in the final minute, is one of nine players from that team still with the Islanders. “I remember being at the press conference (at the Coliseum) for the Belmont announcement and talking about potentially coming back here for some games and here we are,” Clutterbuck said. “So it’s exciting.” NEW YORK (AP) With time winding down in overtime, Trevor Daley knew he needed to get in position in front of the net.Daley was in the right spot and tipped in Frans Nielsen’s pass with 5.6 seconds showing on the clock to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the rebuilding New York Rangers on Sunday night.”I heard the bench saying there was only 10 seconds left so I knew we had to get it to the net,” Daley said. ”I went to the net and Nielsen made a great play. I just got lucky and put my stick on it and it went in.”Andreas Athanasiou and Darren Helm also scored for the Red Wings, and Jimmy Howard stopped 36 shots. Detroit improved to 5-3-2 in its last 10 games and pulled into a tie with Florida five points behind Columbus for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.”We know we’re in desperation hockey Washington Capitals Hats Authentic ,” Daley said. ”We know we’ve got to win, we’ve got to win now. Tonight was just another desperate game on a back-to-back.”J.T. Miller and Jesper Fast scored for the Rangers, and Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves. New York lost its seventh straight, hours after trading star forward Rick Nash to Boston for three players and two draft picks. It also was the Rangers’ first game since trading speedy forward Michael Grabner to New Jersey on Friday night.Ryan Spooner, one of the players acquired from the Bruins, had two assists in his debut for the Rangers, who are 0-6-1 in their last seven and have just three wins in the last 17 games (3-13-1).New York’s Chris Kreider hit the crossbar on a backhand with 55 seconds left in the extra period.”We just can’t catch a break right now,” Lundqvist said. ”We’re getting some good looks and creating some good chances to win. … The good thing is that I think it was a step forward for us, the way we played the game.”Fast tied it when he put in the rebound of Kevin Hayes‘ shot from the left side with 8:44 left in regulation for his 10th of the season.Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill liked the way his team pulled out the victory in overtime, one night after beating Carolina at home.”We think we’ve been in position to do this type of thing, to go on runs, to be a playoff team,” he said. ”We haven’t done it enough. It doesn’t matter what you think, it matters what you prove Custom Washington Capitals Jerseys , but we believe a lot in this team.”Howard made four great saves – one on Brady Skjei and three successive tries by Pavel Buchnevich – during a flurry by the Rangers to preserve Detroit’s lead with 11:20 remaining. The puck went in the net but officials waved it off, saying Mika Zibanejad kicked it in, and the call was confirmed after a long video review.The Red Wings extended their lead to 2-0 about 4 1/2 minutes into the second as Helm got the puck after Rangers defenseman John Gilmour fell down near the blue line, skated up the ice and beat Lundqvist from the right circle for his eighth.Miller got the Rangers on the scoreboard on the power play when he took a pass from Spooner and fired a slap shot from the left circle for his 13th at 7:51.Athanasiou got the Red Wings on the scoreboard with seven seconds left in the first as he brought the puck up the right side with defenseman Rob O’Gara on him, and sent a shot from the left circle through O’Gara’s skates and then through Lundqvist’s legs for his 12th.NOTES: Before the game, the Rangers honored Hall of Fame center Jean Ratelle by raising a banner with his name and No. 19 to the rafters at Madison Square Garden. Ratelle, who centered the famous GAG Line with Rod Gilbert and Vic Hadfield, had 336 goals and 481 assists in 861 games with the Rangers. … The Rangers also got forward Matt Beleskey, prospect defenseman Ryan Lindgren and two draft picks from Boston in the Nash trade. … Miller’s goal was his first since Feb. 3 at Nashville. He had five assists in 10 games since. … Detroit won two of the three meetings this season, with all three matchups going beyond regulation. … Helm got his fourth goal and 10th point in his last 13 games. … Athanasiou has two goals and two assists in his last four games, after totaling one assist in his previous 11.UP NEXTRed Wings: At the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night, the second stop on a five-game trip.Rangers: At the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night to open a three-game trip to Western Canada.—Follow Vin Cherwoo at www.twitter.com/VinCherwooAP—