EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Friday was a disappointing night for the New York Islanders, who could taste the Stanley Cup Final but fell just short of making it.
Fans in East Meadow held onto hope until the last minute. Unfortunately, it’s a feeling Islanders fans know very well — the agony of defeat.
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A watch party was held at Borrelli’s, just down the block from the Nassau Coliseum.
The Islanders lost 1-0 to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7. Had they won, it would have been the Islanders’ first trip to the Stanley Cup Final since 1984.