Neil Best
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted on Sept.
NEWARK
Islanders fans generated thunder, and the Lightning heard them loud and clear.
The home-crowd support was not quite enough to carry the Islanders to a victory in Game 3 of the teams’ second-round playoff series Tuesday night, but the visiting Lightning is taking that factor seriously heading into Game 4 Friday night.
“Oh, it was rowdy,” coach Jon Cooper said after practice in New Jersey on Thursday. “It’s obviously a different feel than Nassau Coliseum.