You may very well have given up on the New York Islanders multiple times in the first 40 minutes last night, as they went into a “must-win” kind of divisional game looking like they must nonetheless lose.
But somehow, they stuck around just enough to give them a chance despite a frustrating first 40 minutes, then they turned it on in the third to steal a 5-4 regulation win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It came via two goals each from Anders Lee and Brock Nelson, plus a game winner that Zach Parise juuust got a stick on (and was originally credited to Nelson for the hat trick, though Bryan Rust deserves equal credit).