I think that when we all looked at the New York Islanders’ schedule for the last week of the season, we penciled in eight points with hope for home-ice advantage, if not the East Division title.
Well, now they can only earn two points from four games against the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils; right now, I doubt they even get those two points. Even if they do, they likely still will finish in fourth place in the East, taking on the division-winner. This is the NHL’s version of load management.