Assessing the New York Islanders through their first 20 games

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NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 07: Thomas Greiss (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Something to Worry About

As good as the Isles have looked, they have scored so many goals that takes away from the poor defensive and goaltending.

The Islanders are giving up over three goals a game and they know that is too many.

The Isles defensive pairs and two goalie system of Jaroslav Halak and Thomas Greiss need to get better as the opposition does too.

The Islanders are not going to be able to score six goals a game, they need to get the goals against average down.

The defense has time to get better, but it is definitely okay to worry about this going forward.