New York. They can’t help themselves, the teams fighting for the final showdowns in the Ice Hockey Eastern Conference.
Last night, the New York Islanders faced the flop of the year away to Washington, while the Florida Cats got just one point at home against Toronto.
This leaves the field open for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
– Incredibly frustrated, Islanders coach Len Lambert said after the 5-2 fiasco in D.C.
The New York Islanders and Florida Panthers had every chance in the world to secure, or at least nearly secure, their tickets to tonight’s round playoff party.
but not.
The Islanders played an incomprehensibly flat game and were beaten 5-2 by an already-suspended Washington last week and since then have barely bothered to hook up their skates.
Thus, their fate was no longer in their hands, if there were any playoff matches in UBS Arena, they would need unexpected help from others.
– I don’t know, answers player after player of the team when the media wonder how they could do it this way.
Coach Len Lambert doesn’t know either.
– It’s very frustrating, he says.
The Florida Panthers at least got a point against Toronto at home on FLA Live, but in overtime they let John Tavares score 2-1 and thus failed to “clinch”.
However, they decide for themselves what happens, if they get just one point in the regular season finale against Carolina on Friday night, they’re at home.
So does Pittsburgh, given that it beat Chicago the next night, and Columbus in the last round.
The Buffalo Sabers are also in the drama – at least in theory. They battled to a penalty shootout victory over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden — 3-2 — last night and will go into the playoffs if they win their remaining three games, while their rivals in the race are yet to pick up any more points in the game. everyone.
One of Washington’s goals against the Islanders was scored by Rasmus Sandin, on a pass by Niklas Backstrom, and Manhattan’s Micah Zibanejad had an assist – putting him up to 90 points.
The Carolina Hurricanes have found themselves in a really bad slump with only a few days left in the regular season.
Last night they had another chance to move to the top of the Metro table, but unexpectedly lost 3-2 to eliminated Ottawa.
Now they could get upset by the New Jersey Devils and even lose home court advantage
– We ride like quicksand, everything other than games with numerical defects was rubbish in this match. Coach Rod Brind Amore says some on the team are just doing nothing.
Ottawa Swedish defender Erik Brunström responded to help.
The Dallas Stars are showing no mercy at the moment. Last night they beat the Red Wings 6-1 – in Detroit.
