Calum Ritchie breaks the scoring drought, netting his first Islanders goal in a hard-fought battle against the Stars. A crucial moment in his NHL journey.
Offense was hard to come by when the New York Islanders battled the Dallas Stars. But at 10:31 of the second, Calum Ritchie buried a give-and-go with Anthony Duclair to give his team the lead:
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First goal & point as an #Isles for Cal Ritchie.
The Stars answered off the rush less than a minute later to even the score at 1-1.
That was Ritchie's first goal and first point as a member of the Islanders since being acquired from the Colorado Avalanche in the Brock Nelson blockbuster trade from last season's trade deadline.
Ritchie, 20, had no points with the Islanders through his first nine and just one goal through his first 16 career NHL games.