Had Charles Dickens decided to write about the ending to that New York Islanders game in San Jose he might have started with the line, “It was the best of minutes. It was the worst of minutes”.
In my opinion the Islanders actually played a fairly solid game. I thought they controlled the first half of the first period, the second half of the second period, and a good portion of the third.
So when they came back to tie the game in the last minute or so, it seemed like justice. It seemed well-earned. And it seemed as though maybe it could be the catalyst to erasing those last minute of the game woes that has cost them seven games so far in the…nope.