Lots of teams can be eliminated from the NHL playoffs tonight. The Islanders are one of them.
Themes heading into Game 5:
- Simon Holmstrom is back in, Matt Martin out hurt, Ruslan Iskhakov scratched. [@AGrossNewsday]
- Semyon Varlamov in net again, of course. Glad he got an extra day to recover from that double overtime.
- Hesitate to even mention this, but one of the semi-overlooked threads is that the Hurricanes, despite some stretches of great possession and shooting, have not scored a ton at 5-on-5 (six goals total), including their top line.