After a nine day break following the All-Star game, the New York Islanders welcomed the league leading Tampa Bay Lightning to the Nassau Coliseum.
The last time these two team met the Islanders blitz the Lightning for a runaway 5-1 win in Brooklyn. The Lightning would not allow for that to happen again.
This game was going to a lot tighter than last time as the top two teams in the Eastern Conference meet each other for the second time this season.
The first period was about as entertaining of a period of hockey you could get without a goal being scored.