The Islanders in their collective wisdom have decided that they really need a win streak to get back into wild card contention, and that is correct. They are off to a 2-0 start on this road trip thanks to an OT recovery after a blown lead in Boston, then a goalie-backed, out-of-nowhere 4-0 win in Vegas where four goals on 21 shots did the trick.
Those wins pulled the back to 16-18-7, which is not impressive at all, but the East is weird this year so that put them five points (and six teams!) behind the East’s second wild card spot.