Lane still has some work to do.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. Add it all up, and you get the Islanders’ third straight regulation loss. On…
