A view of the opening face off of a game between the New York Islanders and the New York Rangers at Nassau Coliseum on Saturday, May 1, 2021 in Uniondale, New York. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Contrary to what we all thought on March 10, 2015 — the last time the Rangers played their last game at Nassau Coliseum — this time they really meant it.
Barring construction delays at UBS Arena this autumn, of course.
But let’s assume that Saturday night at last was it, unlike when the Rangers won, 2-1, five years ago en route to what turned out to be the Islanders’ detour to Brooklyn.