It’s sounds so simple when it comes from the Tao of Trotz: The Islanders are behind, but hey, they know what to do, so they’re just “going to Carolina to win two games,” and it starts with the first one.
There’s more to it, of course, but that’s how they have to see things. Even in your best form, hockey is a sport still subject to whims and bounces and posts and calls that don’t go your way. (Regardless of any Post columnist’s brilliant “So make no mistake BUT SCOREBOARD” analysis). More so in a short series of games.