COLUMBUS, Ohio — A season that started as a coming-out party for Noah Dobson has eased off, at least a little bit, in recent weeks.

Instead of breaking the club record for assists by a defenseman, Dobson will likely have to settle for merely being the first to break 60 since Denis Potvin.

Instead of being in the mix for the league lead in ice time, he’s finally dipping below 25 minutes a game.

But all that, along with a goal-less streak that had lasted 13 games, did not at all dampen the mood after Dobson went bar-down for the eventual game-winner in a 4-2 win over Columbus on Thursday night.

“I was just happy to contribute,” Dobson said. “Obviously a big goal. Big, timely goal, so it’s nice to get that one and get a big win.”

In any case, there is a good reason the Islanders are lightly feathering the brakes on Dobson’s playing time.

Since the start of February, they’ve been relatively healthy on defense. Dobson’s ice time — and the ascendant numbers that came with it — happened as a by-product of the tape-and-glue blue line they had for the first half of the season.

“Obviously early on in the year, we had so many injuries where there was no choice,” Dobson told The Post before the game. “Now we’re pretty healthy back there, we’re able to roll three pairs pretty fluidly. It’s been good, and the style that we’re playing with [Patrick Roy] is a little different where it requires more high pressure.

“So as a D-man, you gotta make sure you’re fresh and you’re playing with high energy, playing with pace. So just been adjusting to that.”

Before the All-Star break, when Adam Pelech, Ryan Pulock, Scott Mayfield and Sebastian Aho all spent varying degrees of time out injured, Dobson was averaging 25:59 per night and matching up with the opposition’s top line.

With everyone other than Mayfield healthy right now, Dobson’s workload has dipped to 22:57 per since the All-Star break.

And, depending on the configuration Roy has used, Dobson has occasionally drawn easier matchups, with the head coach noting pregame he wants to see a little bit more defensively.

After the fact, he had.

“I was happy to see him scoring that goal, but more than that, the way he played defensively — he had a strong game defensively,” Roy said. “That was part of what we wanted.”

Anders Lee was pulled by the concussion spotter at the 10:58 mark of the second period, but returned for the third.

Robert Bortuzzo rejoined the lineup after being scratched for Tuesday’s game against the Blackhawks, with Aho coming out.