Islanders fans celebrates a goal during the second period against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game Six of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Nassau Coliseum on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Credit: Jim McIsaac
It began with a trickle of 1,400 or so in March. It more than quadrupled to 6,800 last week as the playoffs began.
Then, on Wednesday night, the Islanders invited 9,000 or so of their favorite fans to Nassau Coliseum for a game that could go one of two ways:
A victory over the Penguins in Game 6 of a first-round playoff series would mean the first series clinch at the Coliseum for the Islanders in 28 years.