There’s a song here for the New York Islanders. Somewhere. With all due respect to Eminem, would the real New York Islanders please stand up?
The Islanders began their game in Calgary with shades of their play under Jack Capuano. They played an atrocious first period and shoved Thomas Greiss into the proverbial fire. They served him up for four goals in the final five and a half minutes of the beginning stanza.
Greiss faced 21 shots in the first period. No blame game here.
We heard a few familiar rumblings about the Islanders’ legs and how the team looked flat.