The effort was there, but the execution was not, and neither were the breaks. It’s January on Long Island.
Despite playing on the second half of a back-to-back with travel, the New York Islanders looked alive last night visiting the league-best Winnipeg Jets. This was a schedule loss and probably was always going to be a loss, but the Islanders played decently in response to their utter no-show in Minnesota the night before. However, they couldn’t stay out of the box and failed to get a couple of necessary clears. A couple of the Jets’ goals were fluky, but they couldn’t overcome that.