I won’t lie to you folks. That loss made me one cranky, cantankerous individual. But the Islanders played well. Hurricanes goalie Petr Mrazek just made himself look like a world-beater last night, and were it not for goaltender interference (which it was not), the Islanders might have ended the game in regulation with a 1-0 win.
But it’s only Game 1. As much as I don’t like looking at “CAR LEADS 1-0” on the NHL’s website, I’m quick to remember that in the 2016 Second Round, after Game 1 against the Lightning, the site read “NYI LEADS 1-0,” and that didn’t end so well.