<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=35nrqH_0qsOEKR900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=35nrqH_0qsOEKR900" width="1400" height="788" ><figcaption>Getty Images </figcaption></figure> Amid a four-game losing streak, the <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/teams/NYI/new-york-islanders/" rel="nofollow"> New York Islanders </a> have made a head coaching change. On Saturday, the Islanders <a href="https://www.nhl.com/islanders/news/islanders-name-roy-head-coach" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> announced that they have fired Lane Lambert and hired Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy </a> as his replacement. The Islanders have been losing ground in the Eastern Conference playoff race for a couple of weeks now, and overtime losses were barely keeping them afloat in standings. An overtime loss to the 31st-ranked <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/teams/CHI/chicago-blackhawks/" rel="nofollow"> Chicago Blackhawks </a> on Friday night was apparently enough for Lou Lamoriello top pull the trigger on a change. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Lambert was in his second season as the Islanders head coach, and he compiled an overall record of 61-46-20. Lambert did take the Islanders to the postseason in his first year on the job, but they lost to the <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/teams/CAR/carolina-hurricanes/" rel="nofollow"> Carolina Hurricanes </a> in the first round. Lambert's replacement will be one of the greatest goalies ever to strap on a pair of pads, and Roy will begin his second stint as a head coach. The last time Roy was behind the bench was when he coached the <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/teams/COL/colorado-avalanche/" rel="nofollow"> Colorado Avalanche </a> for three seasons from 2013-16. In the 2013-14 season, Roy coached the Avs to a 52-22-8 record and a first-place finish in the Central Division. However, Colorado was upset in the first round of the playoffs by the <a class="Annotation-link" href="https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/teams/MIN/minnesota-wild/" rel="nofollow"> Minnesota Wild </a> . In Roy's two seasons after that, the Avalanche took noticeable steps backward, and he was fired after a 39-39-4 season in 2015-16. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Roy will take over an Islanders team that is 19-15-11 and two points out of the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. The Isles need a spark if they are going to make a serious playoff push, and clearly Lamoriello believes Roy is the right person to do just that. </div></body>

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Roy's last stint as an NHL head coach was from 2013 to 2016 with the Avalanche