That throttling of the Boston Bruins, led by a first-period natural hat trick for Long Island’s own Kyle Palmieri, was a statement win to cap off a tough but critical week of New York Islanders hockey.
Just a week ago, we were writing off this season as dead and lost and were looking forward to the draft and the summer and next season. Part of that was looking down the barrel of this past week of games coming off a lot of the struggles that plagued them under Lane Lambert and seeing the Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, and Boston Bruins, three elite or hot teams, and just wondering how in the world they were going to get the three wins they needed from these games to get themselves back in the playoff hunt.