UNIONDALE, NY -- Mathew Barzal skated back onto the ice after the New York Islanders' Game 4 win. Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum had been raucous all night, and Barzal gave the fans one more chance to roar as the game's first star, pumping his fist and screaming, "Let's go!" as he saluted them.
"It's the biggest game for us so far," he said after the Islanders' 4-1 win against the Boston Bruins on Saturday night, which tied the East Division final. "We go down 3-1 in this series going back to TD Garden, and that's a death sentence.