Fans cheer before the Islanders play against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Nassau Coliseum on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Credit: Jim McIsaac
"We’re going to blow the ceiling off this place," Frank Kaplan of Brooklyn said. "They’re going to need a new roof. We might have to move into UBS [Arena] while it’s being constructed."
Thus did the world take another step toward normalcy on Thursday night, as Islanders fans finally gathered in significant numbers for the team’s first home playoff game in two years, with the clock ticking on Nassau Coliseum’s postseason life.