COLUMBUS, Ohio — Here’s a fact that I am not so sure what to make of: The Islanders had a better points percentage under Lane Lambert this season than they do under Patrick Roy.

Now, there are plenty of caveats to that on both sides.

The team’s underlying numbers at five-on-five are better across the board under Roy, but their special teams have been worse. Lambert had more injuries to deal with. Roy has gotten worse goaltending and played a slightly higher percentage of games on the road.

And regardless of record, it was clear by the end of Lambert’s tenure that the Islanders were no longer playing for him. So this is not an attempt to relitigate the decision to fire him.