All the games are must-win at this point, but you wouldn’t know it based on their Isles play during those games.
It’s almost not even worth noting anymore, but the Islanders were absolutely shelled this period after starting somewhat fast. They allowed 20 shots-on-goal; I can only imagine how many more attempts were made toward the net.
And yet, it was the Islanders who escaped the period with a goal on a power play. The puck found its way to Anders Lee down low and he tried to flick one of his newly-patented backhand shots past Sergei Bobrovsky, and while that attempt wouldn’t go, the puck was sitting loose in the crease for John Tavares to poke it through.