This tells you how hard it is to win seven games in a row during the course of one season: Not only were no current Islanders around the team the last time it happened here, only seven of those in uniform Tuesday night had been born.
So, this was a big deal that they were chasing when they played the Hurricanes Tuesday night at Nassau Coliseum. They came pretty close, too, wiping out a one-goal deficit in the third period before losing, 4-3.
Tough thing, these seven-game streaks. Also tough is making the playoffs in the National Hockey League, where the regular season is meaningful enough that nobody dares give star players regular “rest days” on game nights.