LaFontaine was finally, deservedly, cathartically inducted into the Islanders’ Hall of Fame and Ring of Honor in an emotional pregame ceremony with most of his family looking on just before the start of the Islanders shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders and New York Rangers were all home Saturday and all played at different times. The Vancouver Canucks even practiced in New Jersey while the Devils were playing the Anaheim Ducks.

The Islanders, missing Kyle Palmieri (left knee) for the season, had just gotten Jean-Gabriel Pageau back for Tuesday’s 5-4 four-round shootout win over Las Vegas after he sat eight games with an upper-body injury.

Islanders leading scorer Bo Horvat suffered a lower-body injury in Thursday night's win against the Ducks and is day-to-day.

The Isles are 11-2-3 in games decided by a single goal including 5-2 in regulation. They are 3-0 in games decided in overtime and are 3-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 3-2 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

The Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders meet Saturday at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, with puck drop set for 3:30 p.m. ET.

The Lightning are slight favorites on the road against the Isles, who will be inducting Pat LaFonantaine into the team’s Hall of Fame before puck drop on Saturday.

Anders Lee scored twice and had two assists, and David Rittich made 31 saves as the New York Islanders beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2.

Leo Carlsson and Troy Terry score for the Ducks, but Anders Lee (two goals, two assists) helps stake New York to an early three-goal lead and the hosts hang on to hand them a 5-2 loss.

Matthew Schaefer scored yesterday and now has 9 goals, already tied for 4th most ever by an 18-year old defenseman. He's on pace to beat Phil Housley's NHL record of 19. Hard to appreciate what he's doing, at his age, in real time. pic.twitter.com/vBUTRVPeFz