The good news is, it was one game. The bad news is... I don't know. Pick a thing.
- In a disjointed game, the Kulemin-Cizikas-Clutterbuck line looked pretty good. [Newsday]
- Look, no offense to Neil Best who's great and everything, but can we cool it with the Islanders-Rangers playoff series stuff until at least January? I mean, it's the season opener. April is a long way away. We don't need to do this right now.
- Winning a playoff round was a huge mental hurdle for the Islanders.