Islanders sympathize with slumping Blue Jackets, suspicious fans

I will now spend the next three days in abject terror that the Islanders will be the first team to lose to Columbus.

That was me after the Islanders beat San Jose last Saturday. You can check the replies and see that I wasn't alone in thinking that.

The belief that the Islanders - at the time, winners of three in a row - could possibly lose to the disintegrating Blue Jackets - at the time, losers of six a row - was based on extensive experience and history.