The Florida Panthers are still alive in their best-of-five play-in series against the New York Islanders, which resumes Friday.
Down two games in the series, Florida won Wednesday's game 3-2 with some help from a pair of bad Islanders penalties, including one for too many men on the ice.
They can't count on the bad penalties when the teams meet Friday afternoon near Orlando, with the Islanders now holding a 2-1 series lead.
The Panthers won 54.2 percent of Wednesday's face-offs, a crucial statistic, especially on power plays. That -- and those two big mistakes -- did not sit well with Islanders coach Barry Trotz, whose team is normally very disciplined and defensive-minded.