Newsflash: The New York Islanders lost a sleepy matinee game at home. This is the way.
In a frustrating and repetitive season, the Islanders have a few ways they lose over and over. Today in a 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, it was with two quick goals conceded that set an oppressive tone for the rest of the day.
They were outplayed in the first, where they gave up two goals inside the first 5:34, and they weren’t really any better in the second, when they gave up another to enter the third trailing 3-0.