With a “bomb cyclone” threatening to drop “as much as 36 inches of snow” on parts of Long Island, the NHL has postponed yet another New York Islanders game. The Seattle Kraken’s first visit to UBS Arena, scheduled for Saturday afternoon, has been pushed to Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m.
A league release modestly cited “the weather-related state of emergency declared by New York Governor Kathy Hochul.
The Islanders’ meeting with the Minnesota Wild set for Sunday night is not (yet?) affected.
While there’s nothing lucky about an insane and fast storm like this nor another postponement in the Islanders’ COVID-rattled season, there’s at least some fortunate coincidence that the Kraken were already scheduled to be in the Northeast for their road trip, and a date was open for a quick reschedule leading into the All-Star Weekend.