Like in 2007, these Islanders got to the rink on the last day of the season knowing they would get into the playoffs with a win.
on Wednesday, was scattered at their respective homes on Tuesday night as the Penguins lost to the Blackhawks. Some of them got to their televisions. All of them heard about it.
Like in 2007, they got to the rink on the last day of the season knowing they would get into the playoffs with a win. The Devils, who had already locked up their playoff seeding, sat Martin Brodeur for just the fourth time that season, and Park scored twice to give the Islanders a 2-0 lead early in the third. But the lead wouldn’t last.
Wade Dubielewicz led the Islanders to four straight wins in the spring of 2007 to reach the playoffs, where they eventually lost to the Sabres in the first round.“Honestly, it was the most annoying thing ever as a shooter to come down and have this little, I don’t want to say a dinky poke check, but you can kind of stomach when the goalie makes a save on you,” Park told The Post. “A poke check, it’s not a great feeling, but he was really good at it.
Alexander Romanov’s absence with an upper body injury suffered earlier this month has placed a strain on the Islanders’ defense.• Something I’ve been wondering: If you gave the Islanders the choice between Barzal or Romanov returning for the playoffs, would they have to pick Romanov? The way his absence has unsettled the Isles in the defensive zone and destabilized them on the back end is stark.
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