Islanders Back & Forth: Barzy’s Choice; Watch out for Wilson

Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesA blowout and a blown lead equal four points after a disappointing trip to Dracula’s tomb. Oh, and the obnoxious cousins are coming over this weekend.

First, let’s look back at the (workmanlike) week that was.

Game 36: 2-1 loss to the Penguins

These vampires have finally extracted enough blood from the Islanders, so we won’t have to be haunted by their ghoulish undead corpses until, potentially, the playoffs. The other (barely) good thing about this game was that the first period didn’t give way to a blowout. The Islanders played better in periods two and three but it still wasn’t enough.

There’s just something about these guys that just…