(SportsNetwork.com) - The New York Islanders will try to secure a winning road trip on Saturday night as they visit the Arizona Coyotes. The Islanders lost the first two stops of their five-game swing, pushing their losing streak to three in a row overall, before topping the Anaheim Ducks in overtime on Wednesday. New York then visited the Los Angeles Kings the following night and claimed a 2-1 shootout victory thanks to a solid showing by backup goaltender Chad Johnson. He made 28 saves through overtime, then stopped Anze Kopitar and Jeff Carter in the shootout. Kyle Okposo and Frans Nielsen scored on their chances in the tiebreaker and Brock Nelson had a first-period power-play goal. I think its one of the best games weve played all year, Islanders head coach Jack Capuano said. We knew it would be a battle in here tonight. Its a big physical team and I thought we responded. Jaroslav Halak is likely to start in net tonight for the Islanders and is 4-2-1 with a 2.29 goals against average and .919 save percentage versus the Coyotes. Arizona is coming off its own victory in Anaheim, having bested the Ducks 3-2 in a shootout last night. Mikkel Boedker scored the winner in the shootout as he went from the backhand to the forehand and snapped the puck in past Frederik Andersen. Ryan Kesler had the last chance for Anaheim, but his shot went wide of the net. Shane Doan and Rob Klinkhammer each had a goal for the Coyotes, who have won a season-high three straight. Mike Smith turned away 37 shots in the win. Theyre good in this building, Smith said of the Ducks. The longer the game goes on it seems like they come harder and harder. Smith is expected to start again tonight and is 4-1-0 in his career against the Islanders with a 2.36 GAA and .924 save percentage. 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From people that he works with now with the Pirates, the people that used to work there, and players that hes had recently and some years back, stars as well as role players, and everyone came back with the desire to win, a love for the game, the love for people, the ability to reach people, the ability to connect with a variety of people, an interest in learning more.Banister will be formally introduced as Ron Washingtons replacement during a news conference Friday at the Rangers ballpark.The 50-year-old Banister has been Pittsburghs bench coach for manager Clint Hurdle the past four years and in the Pirates organization for 29 seasons. Hurdle was the Rangers hitting coach when they went to their first World Series in 2010.The entire Pirates organization is extremely proud of Jeff and happy for him and his family. We believe it will be an excellent fit for him and the Texas Rangers, Hurdle said in a statement. He has been an instrumental reason for the success the Pirates organization has had over the course of his tenure with the ballclub.Pirates GM Neal Huntington thanked Banister for his long-standing impact and dedication. His leadership, character, work ethic, knowledge of the game, energy and passion made us better every day he was a Pirate.Bogar was the perceived front-runner after leading the Rangers to a 14-8 record to end the regular season following Washingtons sudden resignation Sept. 5 for personal reasons. Bogar was in his first season as Rangers bench coach. He still has a year left on his contract.Daniels said Bogar was understandably disappointed about not getting the job.The GM said he would be comfortable with Bogar remaining if everybody felt good about the situation, but said the next step would be for Banister to reach out to the staff. That includes pitching coach Mike Maddux, who was one of the other internal candidates interviewed for the job.As for anyone joining Bannister from the Pirates, Daniiels said that seemed unlikely.ddddddddddddDaniels joined Texas in 2002 and became GM after the 2005 season. A year later, he made his first managerial move, replacing the fired Buck Showalter with Washington and going through the most successful stretch in team history.Like Banister, Washington was an unexpected finalist, a baseball lifer who won over Daniels and the Rangers during interviews.After back-to-back World Series appearances in 2010 and 11, the Rangers finished 67-95 this season — their most losses since 1985. They were plagued by injuries, playing most of the season without new slugger Prince Fielder and finishing the year without Yu Darvish and Shin-Soo Choo, among many others.It was the first time in five seasons that the Rangers played only 162 games. After consecutive American League pennants, they played in the AL wild-card game in 2012 and a wild-card tiebreaker in 2013.Until Washington unexpectedly resigned, the plan was for him to return in 2015 for his ninth season as Rangers manager.Texas interviewed eight candidates in their search that Daniels said started without about 40 names.Maddux and Triple-A manager Steve Buechele sat down with team officials after the season ended. Boston bench coach Torey Lovullo, Chicago White Sox third base coach Joe McEwing and former major leaguer Alex Cora, an executive in the Puerto Rico winter league, also interviewed before the three finalists were announced this week.Banister, who was born in Oklahoma but went to high school, junior college and college in Texas, was drafted in the 25th round by the Pirates in 1986. The catcher played only one game in the major leagues, getting a pinch-hit single in his only at-bat on July 23, 1991.Banister, a 1982 graduate of LaMarque High in Texas, overcame bone cancer and a bone/bone marrow infection to play baseball. While at Baytown Junior College in Texas, he was left temporarily paralyzed from the neck down after his vertebrae was crushed in a home-plate collision.Hes a winner, hes a survivor, in every sense of the word, Daniels said.His coaching career began as a player-coach with Double-A Carolina in 1993, and his first managerial job was in the New York-Penn League in 1994. He had a 299-330 record in five seasons as a minor league manager, before serving as field co-ordinator at the big league level for the Pirates from 1999-2002 and then as the clubs minor league field co-ordinator for eight years after that. ' ' '