Jean-Gabriel Pageau returned for Islanders' Game 2 collapse

RALEIGH, N.C. — Jean-Gabriel Pageau missed just one game with a lower-body injury, so affixing a “finally” to his return in Monday's Game 2 against Carolina would be incorrect as a matter of the English language. But it did feel that way as Pageau took the ice for warm-ups on Monday at PNC Arena and skated in the middle of the third line with Anders Lee and Pierre Engvall. The magnitude of the postseason does have a way of warping time. Teuvo Teravainen #86 of the Carolina Hurricanes faces off against Jean-Gabriel Pageau #44 of the New York Islanders during the second period in Game Two of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. NHLI via Getty Images Pageau's return meant that the Islanders