For long stretches of their first-round series, tallies have been hard to come by for both the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Islanders. In Game 3, it was a feast-or-famine situation for the Isles, and they certainly feasted — winning by a score of 5-1 on the strength of the fastest four goals in NHL playoff history.
Knotted 1-1 late in the third period with the game looking destined to head to overtime, the Islanders scored four quick-strike goals in a span of just 2:18, besting the previous mark of 2:35 held by the 1943-44 Montreal Canadiens.