Coming out of the All-Star break the New York Islanders are positioned third in the Metropolitan Division with 63 points through 49 games played. Over the last month, the Islanders have gone 4-5-2 as the gap between them and the wild card teams closes quickly.
There are multiple aspects of the Islanders game as well as specific players that can be pointed to in the explanation of what has been going wrong with the Isles currently. This may not be the biggest issue at hand but one thing we can put our finger on is the decline in play during power plays and penalty kills compared to earlier in the season.