That was a crushing loss. But to say it was undeserved would be incorrect: The Minnesota Wild took it to the New York Islanders basically all night, and the only goal the Islanders scored should almost never go in. Ilya Sorokin, clearly the team’s MVP night in and night out—and if they somehow do make the playoffs, he should get Hart votes—gave the Islanders a chance to win this game. That late in the game, they need to close it out. Period.
That they managed a big fat zero in standings points is pitiful, but maybe not as pitiful as their power play.