Islanders Back & Forth: Washington Wipeout; Philly Failure; Tale of Two Uncles

No. Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images The Islanders face their other new division-mate and the team they can never, ever get away from.

But first, let’s look back at the (largely unsuccessful) week that was.

Game 6: 3-2 loss to the Capitals

Let’s talk about Uncle Leo.

There’s nothing I can say about Leo Komarov that hasn’t been said before; About this alleged skills on “defense,” or his frequent penalties taken at the exact wrong time, or his nearly unshakable ability to do little else during the course of a single game. This loss, in which Komarov was on the ice gliding gently behind Capitals defenseman Justin Schultz as he scored the game-winning goal with 30 seconds left, earned immediate…