The Islanders’ win streak came to an end in Florida, pretty much as expected, but they’ll take leaving the state with a split from their back-to-back visit.
The challenge, of course, is that they’d already dug themselves a big standings hole that a seven-game wins streak does not fix, the injuries continue to pile up, and their remaining three games before the 4 Nations are against really tough opponents and include a border-crossing back-to-back.
Odds are, this season returns to the trajectory they’ve been on all along, but that win streak was a fun run. It helped level out some bounces.