What, exactly, was all that?
The New York Islanders were pummeled 7-0 at home to a Pittsburgh Penguins team that saw Kris Letang collect a record number of assists in a single period.
They weren’t dominated all night — the first 20 minutes was a quieter, scoreless affair (and just 5-4 shots on gaoal) — but the Penguins turned it up in the second and the Islanders never found a response. They were fortunate to still be scoreless six minutes into the middle period, but you could feel the dam-break coming.
And oh, did it ever break, with six goals in a 10:29 span.