Through their first eight games, the New York Islanders hold a 5-3-0 record for ten points. Good enough for fourth in the Metropolitan division, though only four points back of the division leaders Washington Capitals.
We waited all summer for the season to start. It finally came and we got eight games to wet our whistle’s with. Eight games where the Islanders both looked awful but also put up a four-game win streak. And then it was gone.
With eight games in the bank, the New York Islanders are on a four-day break. It’s a weird flex by schedule makers.