The Florida Panthers put up little fight in a poorly played 5-1 Game 4 loss to the New York Islanders. Florida, gifted a spot into the expanded 24-team postseason format, failed to end a playoff drought that dates all the way back to 1996.
After a slow start from the team in front of him, Sergei Bobrovsky allowed a weak backhand goal to Anthony Beauvillier at the 11:32 mark that put the team in a hole that it could not get out of. Bobrovsky made some really good saves throughout this one, but it wouldn’t be enough.