Usually need a reason to play a road team and think we have that here with what appears to about as much of a goaltending mismatch as possible: Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck, a two-time Vezina winner likely to win a third in a few months, against Islanders rookie Jakub Skarek. The 25-year-old allowed five goals in his lone NHL start and has a career 48-81-1 record with a 3.31 GAA in the AHL so he's clearly not a top prospect. Skarek presumably has to start with the Isles in the second of a B2B and usual No. 2 Semyon Varlamov on long-term IR.