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The New York Islanders keys in sweeping the Pittsburgh Penguins

Before the New York Islanders took the ice for their first game of the season against Carolina on Oct. 4, 2018, very few NHL prognosticators picked them to make the postseason.

In their preseason predictions, 17 of 18 NHL writers on NHL.com picked the Islanders to miss the postseason. Both ESPN.com and The Hockey News picked the Islanders to finish last in the Metropolitan Division.

The Islanders proved the writers wrong during the regular season by collecting the fifth most points in the league. Before the postseason started, 10 of the 15 writers for NHL.