Islanders raise their game to rout Rangers, pull even with Caps atop East

The way the Islanders played Tuesday night is the way they must play and the way they haven't played enough of late. Their struggle to score, either five-on-five or on the power play, dissipated because they were focused in the offensive zone, attacking the crease with a no-frills persistence and decisively winning their forechecks. They were structured defensively with great support from the forwards.