While we were still enjoying the fruits of that comeback win over the Blues, the Islanders were doing the long haul flight to begin a late-season West Coast trip.
This is a big one for the Isles, as this trip includes two doormat opponents in the Sharks and Ducks, including tonight in San Jose. If you look at those two as the two games in hand they have on the Flyers (who are four points ahead and in the Metro’s third spot) and Lightning (likewise four points ahead in the wild card), then they have to bank these.