On Feb. 26, 2020, at the rink at American Dream near MetLife Stadium, former Islanders John Tonelli and Bob Nystrom recreated their game-winning overtime goal from May 24, 1980, for an upcoming NHL Network promotion. That goal had clinched the Isles' first Stanley Cup.


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