Islanders coach backs off 5-game ouster fears

Jack Capuano Photo: Anthony J. CausiMaybe it was a miscue in timing when Islanders coach Jack Capuano used his postgame press conference after a 4-1 loss to the Lightning in Game 2 of the second-round series on Saturday afternoon in Tampa to say, “You think sometimes the series is going to be long, then they end up in five.”

Because at that moment, if one could project the series turning quickly in one team’s favor, it sure didn’t look like it would be in the way of the Islanders. And so trepidation became a natural reaction, the fragility of postseason life became so vivid as the importance of Game 3 on Tuesday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center rose perceptibly, the best-of-seven contest…