Yesterday was as close to a playoff feel in a non-playoff game that you can get. The New York Islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning, the two best teams in the Eastern Conference battled back and forth in a very intense battle.
For the Islanders, they hadn’t played in 10 days but you couldn’t tell by the intensity from the start of the game. Both teams had their chances, but the goalies were phenomenal and the teams got real chippy with each other.
The teams combined for 55 hits last night, and 10 penalty minutes. Proving just how chippy it got between the two Eastern Conference Division leaders.