The Islanders were close to their first win this season over a playoff team. Instead, all they proved was they can’t protect multi-goal leads at home.
The Islanders were well on their way to proving their mettle by scoring a first win this season over a playoff team — and doing so against the team that knocked them out last year at that.For the fourth time in seven games at UBS Arena this season, they flushed one of those right down the toilet — and for the second time, it resulted in a bitterly disappointing loss as the Hurricanes came back to beat the Islanders 4-3, on Sebastian Aho’s overtime winner., the blown lead this time was 3-0.
The Islanders, pictured in the third period, blew a three-goal lead before falling to the Hurricanes in overtime.Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored a Hurricanes goal in the third period of their eventual win against the Islanders.The Islanders defended well enough for a while. But it is farcical to suggest they should be happy with how they are playing after Carolina came into their building and doubled up their shot count — 48 to 24 — in regulation.What is surprising is the extent to which they are doing so. It is living on the edge to an unsustainable extreme.
Simon Holmstrom scored for the Islanders during the second period of what turned into an overtime loss to the Hurricanes.Simon Holmstrom doubled it by getting on the scoresheet for the second straight game, this time shorthanded as he buried a breakaway chance following a Barzal penalty at 4:11 of the second.
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