They’ve lost two straight and are facing essentially a must-win Game 4. But the way they’re scoring goals and the physical turn their first-round series against the Penguins has made is encouraging to the Islanders.
Now, they just have to find a way to take a lead and slow the Penguins’ production.
"I don’t think there’s any reason to get frustrated," Kyle Palmieri said after the Islanders’ practice on Friday at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow. "As a group, we’ve seen the things that help us become successful and find ways to put the puck in the net.