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WASHINGTON -- The New York Islanders avoided a disastrous defeat Wednesday night and now have a chance to notch their first three-game winning streak of the season.The Islanders (8-10-4) squandered a 3-0 third-period lead before Anders Lee scored with 26.6 seconds left and Nikolay Kulemin added an empty netter three seconds later to give New York a 5-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.After beating the Penguins, who are second in the Metropolitan Division, the last-place Islanders travel to Washington Thursday for their first meeting of the season with the Capitals (13-6-2), who are tied for third.Wednesdays fantastic finish likely made it easier for the struggling Islanders to talk about the third-period collapse that preceded it.Weve faced enough adversity for a season, I think, Lee said. Weve been frustrated and its been a tough start. We dug ourselves a hole, but we dug ourselves out of one tonight.The Islanders have won two in a row for the first time since the fifth and sixth games of the season.I think the thing is, with us, weve just got to trust that when you stick with it, its just going to turn around, Cal Clutterbuck said of New York, which was 2-5-4 in November prior to Mondays win.Washington, the defending Presidents Trophy winner, has been scuffling a bit as well and is just 5-5 over their last 10 games.After finishing with the leagues fifth-best power play last season (21.9 percent success rate), the Capitals are currently ranked 19th, scoring just 15.6 percent of the time.Its ... a little bit of finish, a little bit of hunger, Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. Were entering as well as we have. We have the possession time. We need to get the back of the net. How do you get the back of the net? Weve got to hit the net (with our shots). Weve got to be hungry when there is a rebound.Their penalty-killing has suffered as well. Washington was second in the NHL last season, killing off 85.2 percent of penalties against them. This year, theyve fallen to 17th, stopping 82.6 percent.The Capitals have been called for 39 minors in the last eight games and Trotz said Monday hes issued warnings to repeat offenders.Theyre sort of warnings that if youre a penalty killer, you cant kill penalties from the box, Trotz told the Washington Post. Most of them are from not moving their feet. To me, (that means) youre getting on the wrong side of people, or youre instinctively grabbing versus moving your feet.So a lot of that can come out, and it will. Either they will change, or I will change it for them.Nicklas Backstrom leads the Capitals in assists (14) and points (20), while Alex Ovechkin has 12 goals and six assists.Versus the Islanders, Ovechkin has 32 goals and 15 assists in 42 games, while Backstrom has nine goals and 24 assists in 32 games.Braden Holtby is 11-1-3 in his career with a 2.13 goals against average and .930 save percentage against the Islanders.New Yorks Thomas Greiss started against the Penguins, which means Jaroslav Halak (3-6, 3.08) could start Thursday night. Hes 6-6 with a 2.73 goals against and .897 save percentage against the Capitals.John Tavares has 12 goals and 12 assist in 26 games versus Washington.Washington defenseman Matt Niskanen (lower body), who was injured in Saturdays loss to Toronto, practiced Wednesday. He has appeared in 185 consecutive games since joining the Capitals.Well see, he said regarding playing Thursday night. 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Its a favorite saying of Tom Hermans -- one he passionately demanded while breaking down the Cougars and building them back up in his first year as head coach.If you do that, take hard coaching and give everything youve got, youre going to love this guy. But with Herman, this is absolutely a non-negotiable agreement.The way former Houston captain and offensive tackle Alex Cooper describes it, youre either all-in or you should get out. His warning for the Texas players who are about to find out what Herman is all about: Get ready to get humbled.He definitely came in and dominated the room and dominated the entire team at UH from day one, Cooper?said.This is the head-on collision Longhorns players are about to face in their first winter under Herman. Theyll have to fully embrace their new head coachs blueprint and his proven methods for winning if they want to survive this offseason. His methods are unique, but he proved in his 22-4 run at Houston that they pay off.This program is going to be really hard, Herman said. Winning is hard.The veteran leaders of Hermans 2015 Houston team absolutely love the man. They did not love what he and his staff put them through in their first offseason together, but they probably wouldnt have gone 13-1 with a conference title and Peach Bowl victory in that first season without it.The Herman era at Houston truly began with 4:30 a.m. winter workouts. Herman locked the locker room until his players earned it. He banned them from wearing UH apparel until they earned it. The workouts felt like pure grunt work, designed to weed out which players werent mentally tough enough to play for the new coaching staff. You did up-downs until you did them perfectly, and then until you did 30 perfectly.Players were constantly reminded that their program is based on meritocracy. Everything is earned. In Hermans world, youre either a champion or a loser. Champions get cool stuff. Losers get nothing. You better learn to hate losing.Ill be honest with you, it totally brainwashed me, former Houston fullback Luke Stice said. Winning is contagious. It makes you sick to your stomach to see things being done the wrong way.The champions in a morning of offseason drills got chicken and waffles and an omelet bar for breakfast. Safety Trevon Stewart said his group ended up with the losers breakfast one day: intentionally burnt biscuits and watered-down eggs.He made you feel real uncomfortable, Stewart said. You had to step outside your comfort zone.The identification of champions and losers didnt stop there. Herman sorted his team into distinct groups. Gold players were trusted leaders who handled their business like grown men. You didnt have to worry about them. Red players were still figuring it all out but on the right track. And blue players? You did not want to be a blue player.This wasnt just immature, young players -- some seniors were blue guys in Hermans first year. Blue players got daily 6 a.m. wake-up calls from their coaches. They got rigorous study hall schedules. Some were made to live on campus with a curfew. They had to be checked on at all times.It was nothing crazy. It was nothing we thought was ridiculous, said former Houston captain Kenneth Farrow, now a running back for the San Diego Chargers.dddddddddddd Everything had a purpose, so it was no surprise we had the success we had.But there are good reasons for Hermans tactics. To stay hydrated, players must carry a gallon of water around at all times. Get busted without your bottle, and youre doing up-downs. But thats why they never get soft-tissue injuries. Herman is so devoted to detail, that he once paused practice and gathered his team to angrily rip a receiver (he was a blue guy, Cooper said) who was wearing the wrong cleats. It wasnt just a pair of shoes. It was insubordinate behavior.I would describe Coach Herman as a highly functioning addict. Hes addicted to winning, Cooper said. He knows nothing besides winning. Anything short of it is not acceptable.His abrasive approach was a shock to the system for many Houston players. There were times they got fed up early on in that first offseason. But then they figured out the true purpose of it all.He played these mind games with us, Cooper said. When he came in, he broke us down. He made us hate him. He took everything away from us. We joined together and we hated him. Nobody was happy. But from the hatred, we learned to bond.And you could almost see the light go on in our heads: Aw man, hes doing this on purpose. So that we can become closer. So that, when its fourth-and-1, I look at the guy next to me and say, Damn, he put in that work with me all summer, so I know hes got me. That hate, for whatever reason, it begins to turn into love.So much of Hermans head-coaching philosophy comes from working for Urban Meyer at Ohio State, but Rice coach David Bailiff saw these traits in him early on. During their four years working together at Texas State and Rice, Herman always knew how to strike the balance between playing good cop and bad cop.Hes one of those guys that really knows how to be demanding on people, but they still enjoy being around him, Bailiff said.How quickly he succeeds at Texas will depend on how quickly the Longhorns learn to love those demands. Three straight losing seasons is sufficient proof that the way theyve been operating does not work. As at Houston, Herman takes over a group of experienced players eager to finally get big results. They have no choice but to trust their new coachs plan.As Farrow pointed out about Houstons 2015 team: The players who were out on the field the year before didnt change. It was the same guys out there. The culture and standards he forced everybody to go by put us over the top.One concern that Hermans former players bring up: Their 2015 team was built on a strong senior class that embraced his methods and effected change. Texas might not have many senior starters next year. The programs best senior leader by far would have been All-American running back DOnta Foreman, who entered the NFL draft. Texas needs new gold guys to step up.Hermans system and style are not for everybody, and thats exactly the way he likes it. The veteran players who helped lead Hermans first Houston team did offer this advice for the Longhorns: Buy in.They cant be entitled, Stewart said. If you want to be successful and really turn your team, your program, your university and your city around, just buy in and listen to him. ' ' '