The New York Islanders tonight have a tremendous opportunity in front of them. In their final game in a successful month of March, they visit the Washington Capitals on the heels of a demoralizing loss on Saturday night to the Pittsburgh Penguins that likely ended their season.
Pittsburgh had gone up 3-0 entering the third period, and in typical-for-this-season Penguins fashion, they choked up that entire lead with a few minutes remaining. But then Anthony Mantha (trade’s working out real well) carelessly gave away the puck in the neutral zone to allow Evgeni Malkin to restore Pittsburgh’s lead with just over one minute left in regulation.