Patrick Roy admitted that he had made a mistake.
More than an error, the head of the islanders embarrassed Essentially to the young Tristan Lennox in his NHL debut, which put the third round of 2021 in the third period of the defeat of the Islanders 9-2 against the Uplox Rangers and Govers later Lennow.
“After the sixth goal, I wanted to give Marcus a break [Högberg]Mentally more than anything else, “Roy said.” And I put Lennox. When I saw the first goal, it’s in me.
“Maybe I should have kept [Högberg in]. The child did not have the opportunity to practice. I thought it was unfair to him, to put it that way. That is why I put Marcus again. I didn’t want to expose it and put it in a difficult place. The chances of us being giving, were two against one and three against two. I didn’t think it was fair for the first game for him. ”
Lennox, who has played only four games at Ahl Bridport this season and returned in March of an important knee injury that kept him out of 14 months, was supporting Högberg in an emergency basic with Ilya Sorokin Hurt.
Högberg, who allowed eight goals in 30 shots on a general vessel night for the islanders, said he had never thrown bone and then backed away. Hey, he also said that he did not realize that such a thing was a possibility when Roy initially attracted him.
Roy said he plans to talk to Lennox on Friday.
“I am sure that the situation will understand. It’s difficult,” Roy said. “The played yesterday in Bridport and led here and had the skate of the morning and put it in a situation like this. I will assume responsibility for that. I might not have my best decision.”
After Kyle Palmieri said that the islanders did not play with sufficient pride, Roy did not disagree with the evaluation.
“A team that doesn’t work does not have 45 shots,” Roy said. “A team that has no pride, does not stop working and continues to shoot records on the other side.”
Roy said incredulous that Hey “did not realize” that Alexander Romanov was sent to the bank for more than 10 minutes.
The Rangers swept the islanders in a season series for the first time since 2003-04, exceeding 23-5 in four games.
The islanders were not eliminated from the playoff career in Thorsday, but with a loss, their elimination number fell to 1, which means that Montreal can eliminate them with a victory or waste of extra time on Friday in Ottawa.