Newsday · Dec 10, 2021
Islanders cough up lead, fall to Predators in final seconds
Heartbreaker is a cliched term.
But it fits perfectly for the Islanders’ 4-3 loss to the Predators on Thursday night at UBS Arena.
Defenseman Roman Josi’s shot from the left point through traffic after Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson couldn’t clear the puck was deflected in by Eeli Tolvanen with 11.5 seconds left in regulation.
The last-place Islanders (6-11-5), desperate for points, had a four-game point streak (1-0-3) snapped, fell to 0-5-2 at their new $1.1 billion home and have now lost 12 of their last 13 games even as they recover from a COVID-19 outbreak.
Plus, they couldn’t hold a third-period lead.