Semyon Varlamov of the Islanders reacts after surrendering a goal during the second period against the Canadiens at Barclays Center on Tuesday. Credit: Jim McIsaac
This better be rock bottom for the Islanders.
Because it couldn’t get much worse than Tuesday night’s 6-2 loss to the Canadiens at the Barclays Center, their soon-to-be-former home rink where the Islanders lost in regulation for the first time this season.
And because if this isn’t rock bottom, the Islanders, who have lost four straight (0-2-2) will have a very hard time of earning a second straight postseason berth.
The Islanders (35-22-8) still hold the first wild-card position in the Eastern Conference but fell four points behind the third-place Penguins in the Metropolitan Division.