As good as the Islanders have been over their last 12 games, as much as it is impossible to win every time they take the ice, each loss in a playoff race this close seems to bear the emotional weig…
As good as the Islanders have been over their last 12 games, as much as it is impossible to win every time they take the ice, each loss in a playoff race this close seems to bear the emotional weight of multiple victories.
Arthur Kaliyev of the Kings shoots the puck past goalie Ilya Sorokin of the Islanders for a goal in the second period on Friday nigght at the UBS Arena.Gabriel Vilardi of the Kings celebrates scoring a goal in the second period as the Islanders skate away at the UBS Arena on Friday.Early in the night, it looked like the Isles might be able to bog the Kings down into a low-event contest.
Goalie Jonathan Quick of the Kings stops the puck with his chest on a shot by Matt Martin of the Islanders in the first period.Whether as a result of the Kings’ defense or their own depletion offensively, the Islanders looked for too much of the 60 minutes like a team that was missing a spark. It felt a little bit like they ran into the wall of what their reality without Barzal could look like.
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