NHL Playoffs 2016: Islanders vs. Lightning series schedule announced

The 97-point Lightning have home ice against the 100-point Islanders. - Brad Penner-USA TODAY SportsThe New York Islanders' first-round playoff series began with a rare set of games on back-to-back nights. Their second-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning will begin with a two-day break in between Games 1 and 2...and between Games 2 and 3...and between games 3 and 4.

We already knew that Game 1 would be, jarringly, held Wednesday, April 27, before the first round had even completed -- and just three days after the Islanders finished their second double-overtime win in three days.

Now the rest of the schedule, woven around already filled arena dates in Tampa and Brooklyn, is available…