Islanders vs. Panthers Matinee News
Crash as much as needed. | Getty Images The Islanders’ up-down, up-down form hopefully does not continue today when they host the Panthers for a 1 p. m.
matinee in Elmont. Florida split two games at home (lost to the Wild, beat the Kraken) after finishing a road trip with a 4-1 loss in Calgary. Yes, they are last-except-for-the-Rangers in the East, but the Cup champs are not pushovers and have not thrown in the towel, going 5-5 over their last 10 (just a game worse than the Islanders, by the way).
After squeaking by the Stars on Thursday, if the Islanders can pull off another win chances are it will be by one goal, which is how they’ve gotten 27 of their wins thus far this season. Islanders News Five dudes who are key to the Isles’ playoff push. [ Newsday ] Here’s how they lined up at Friday’s practice.
[ Isles ] The Isles ground out a win vs. the Stars, they’ll need that again this afternoon. [ Post ] The Skinny: “Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season.
His next goal will tie Brian Leetch’s NHL record. ” [ Isles ] It was team photo day, and the behind-the-scenes shots are all cute ‘n stuff. Kyle Palmieri and Alex Romanov sightings, plus Matt Martin in a suit and Matthew Schaefer hamming it up.