After the six game win streak, the New York Islanders have now dropped four straigth games.
Coming into an important rivalry game where both teams played the day before, the Isles were able to stay in it for two periods before they really started to look like a team that played 24 hours ago. The Rangers took advantage of weak defending to take a 4-2 lead early in the third that it was clear the Islanders wouldn’t come back from, and the playoff hopes that started to build now seem farfetched.
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First Period
Despite both teams playing back to back games, the Rangers came out ready to play, dominating early on, while the Islanders were less-than-clinical with their opportunities, such as the third line not even getting a shot off on a 3 on 1 opportunity.