If only we were at a point in the season where moral victories mattered, this game might have mattered. The Islanders were pretty good against one of the best teams in the league, without their 1C! Zach Parise, Kyle Palmieri, and JG Pageau continue to heat up, but unfortunately all of that is just too late. The Islanders are about 20 points out of a wild card spot, with basically no way to make up all that ground barring epic collapses by the teams in front of them, along with stellar play by the Islanders. But every loss pretty much moves that from “extremely unlikely” to “completely impossible.
Avalanche 5 (EN), Islanders 3: Isles deserve better in loss against one of the league’s best
