Newsday: Isles Have Depth at Point

The Underboss

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http://www.newsday.com/sports/colum...s-have-depth-at-point-on-power-play-1.9599054

GLENDALE, Ariz. - It's a healthy problem to have: Does Jack Capuano prefer his first power-play unit with Johnny Boychuk at the point or Lubomir Visnovsky?

For now, it's Visnovsky, with Boychuk anchoring the second unit. When Visnovsky missed the first six games of the season with back spasms, Boychuk was out there and the power play was lethal from the first time it hit the ice in Raleigh, thanks to Boychuk's booming slap shot.

With Visnovsky of late, the Islanders have had more success working the puck below the hash marks, as with Brock Nelson's goal in Los Angeles on Thursday. He had loads of room by the goal line for his fourth power-play goal; the other three either banked in off his body from Boychuk's rocket or as the result of a Boychuk shot.
 

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