The Islanders left their checkbook on Long Island, tried to scrounge for loose change in the 3rd, but couldn't find enough to extend the lease on the Coliseum.
This one hurts.
This was supposed to play out like every sports movie ever made. Road team greatly outplayed in the first two periods, only to emerge from the second intermission to play their way to glory...or at least the second round.
It started out that way. The Islanders came out buzzing in the 3rd period and tied the game on Frans Nielsen's first goal of the playoffs.