The New York Islanders’ six-game win streak came to an end at the World’s Most Self-Congratulatory Arena, at the hands of a possible first-round playoff opponent, but the regulation point the Isles picked up in the shootout loss brought them one step closer to actually getting to the postseason.
It was a goalie battle, and an afternoon where the Islanders’ power play (now without the injured “day to day” Noah Dobson) was typically terrible and minus-one, but overall it was a close, intense game that bodes well if it’s a preview of the first round of the playoffs.