COMMACK, N.Y. — About 26 miles east of an eerily silent Nassau Coliseum, Islanders fans packed Miller’s Ale House on Monday, hoping for another dramatic victory in Game 7 of their team’s first-round playoff series against the Capitals.
They watched on dozens of televisions, their garb blue and orange in contrast to the sea of red dominating the images from the game in Washington.
Wearing a white John Tavares No. 91 jersey and a blue team cap, Jerome Minerva of Huntington, N.Y., paced as he desperately tried to coax an early goal from his team.