TAMPA, Fla. – Not one Islander mentioned it or was questioned about it in the immediate wake of their season-ending, 1-0 loss to the Lightning in Friday night’s Game 7 of their NHL semifinal series.
But a photo circulated on social media seemed to indicate the Lightning may have had five skaters on the ice on Yanni Gourde’s shorthanded goal at 1:49 of the second period.
Gourde jumped off the bench and into the offensive zone as Anthony Cirelli curled along the right wall and fed him in the slot for the only shorthanded goal the Islanders allowed all season.