Elmont, N.Y. - You suspect Saturday's Red Wings' game might be a template of many others in these final 20 games of the regular season.
Play hard, stay close, tease a victory, but ultimately a tough loss.
The New York Islanders scored two goals in 2 minutes, 28 seconds early in the third period to take the lead in a 4-1 victory over the Red Wings.
The Islanders' Zach Parise (16th, 2:11) and Anders Lee (23rd, 4:39) erased a 1-0 Wings lead, finally getting pucks past goaltender Magnus Hellberg. Noah Dobson added a power-play goal at 15:41 of third period, and Lee added his second goal of the afternoon at 17:22 to complete the third-period explosion.