from Sal Cacciatore of Newsday,

It turns out you can go home again.

The Islanders practiced at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum on Friday in preparation for Saturday’s game there against Columbus, the team’s first regular-season game at their original home since April 2015.

“As old as it might be, as dark as it might be, it’s a special place for anybody who has ever played for the Islanders,” said Cal Clutterbuck, who scored the last goal in the final playoff game there on April 25, 2015.

The Islanders have since played exhibition games at the Coliseum, but that 3-1 win over Washington in Game 6 of a first-round series was the team’s last meaningful game there before the move to Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Barry Trotz, who coached that Capitals team and is now the Isles’ coach, recalls the Coliseum being a difficult place to play.

“There are certain buildings that are tougher to come into,” he said. “The buildings are very generic now around the league . . . The older buildings are a little more intimate. They carry a little more weight. Players get energy from the building.”

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