Mathew Barzal and Adam Pelech talk about their “obsessive” chess “addiction” as classic board game grows in Isles room ...

After six weeks of waiting and watching, Barzal and Adam Pelech made their returns ... “It was great,” said Anders Lee, who skated on a line with Barzal and Jean-Gabriel Pageau.

Defensemen Adam Pelech, Alexander Romanov ... in large part due to their new top line of Anders Lee, Bo Horvat, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau. The three were put together for the Islanders' game ...

• The Isles finished with 37 shots on goal; it is the first time since November 1st in Buffalo (28 games) that they had at least 35 shots on goal, ending the 5th-longest such streak in club history.

Brock Nelson (center), celebrates with Anders Lee (back) and Adam Pelech (left) after scoring a third period goal in the Islanders’ win over Utah Hockey Club. AP And after Saturday started with ...

This one, though, was on a call that was eventually made on Ben Chiarot for boarding Anders Lee at the 16:10 ... Anthony Duclair (suspected groin) and Adam Pelech (jaw) have both started skating ...