If you didn’t watch the New York Islanders game against the New Jersey Devils, that headline might make you think the Isles were completely outplayed. They weren’t but were it not for no luck and a mental lapse, the Islanders might have won.
Which, when you think about it perfectly sums up the 2017-18 Islanders season. They’ve had no luck and a ton of mental lapses.
It’s why the New York Islanders find themselves int he situation they’re in right now. It’s not the only reasons, its an oversimplification. But serves the point that the Isles just couldn’t get out of their own way this season.