Psychologically, this game hurt way worse than the 8-2 blowout. The Islanders played well, had opportunities, scored early, but couldn’t take advantage of power play opportunities and had the game slip away from them with their only two blatant mistakes of the night (and one was a blown icing call!) On top of that, Tampa Bay targeted Brock Nelson most of the game, leading to Alex Killorn’s ejection for boarding and nothing (so far) for Barclay Goodrow for crosschecking Nelson in the back of the head. I honestly was surprised that Brock not only was allowed to continue on in the game, but also that he felt at all good enough to go after the Goodrow cheap shot.
Lightning 2, Islanders 1: Late game winner puts Isles in 0-2 series hole
