Man, it’s a special kind of joy when the Islanders frustrate the hell out of the Penguins.
But Thursday night’s 4-3 overtime win had particularly delicious flavor, completing a 4-0 season sweep with their third consecutive third-period comeback win over the Penguins in the past month.
The funniest irony of all is that the Islanders were mostly outplayed in these three games, such that it defies logic that they’d emerge victorious from each one. On Thursday, they struggled through two periods and things seemed potentially out of reach as they reached the 14:00 mark of the third still trailing by two goals.