Islanders crushed by Predators in rare thrashing

The Islanders fell to the Predators on Tuesday.Even this dominant group of Islanders can let a game get away.

Things were going well for nearly a period and a half — until they weren’t. The Islanders had doubled the Predators’ shots on goal by the conclusion of the first period and, despite trailing by a goal, looked every bit the team that is second in the Metropolitan Division. But a four-goal second period for the Predators buried the Islanders in an 8-3 loss at Nassau Coliseum. The defeat snapped the Islanders’ 13-game point streak at home.

The Predators scored seven unanswered goals after the Islanders had grabbed a 3-1 lead on goals by Brock Nelson, Derick Brassard and Casey Cizikas in…