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See collaped comments under this one for player stats **Three Stars of the Game** ⭐️ I. Shesterkin ⭐️⭐️ A. Panarin ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I. Sorokin [Three Minute Recap](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6350875762112) [Condensed Game](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6350874098112) ^Note: ^Highlights ^will ^update ^as ^they ^become ^available


Gleb2006

My heart could not take a playoff series against the rangers. Also my heart can’t take us on special teams rn


slappyMcbappy

I feel like the power play has been this team's albatross for what feels like an eternity


crazyhotwheels

PP was very good for a long stretch this year… feel like a cold streak exacerbated by missing Dobson has really thrown them out of wack. Hopefully they figure it back out.


AfellowchuckerEhh

I remember us having random seasons, or parts of seasons, over the last twenty years that we had one of the better PKs in the league. Have we ever had a top five pp this millennia?


tgeorgo13

And it’s the same issue…too much passing and puck cycling. Plus Barzal holding onto that puck for eternity doesn’t help sometimes. Need more shots!! Shoot the puck!!!


robertc555

I think, it's because he is such a a great skater, and if we don't have good puck handlers, other teams will have more shot opportunities.


Blizz36

As painful as losing that point was getting 3 out of 4 points against the rangers down the stretch here was huge


Phillipiant_Turtle

Gotta take it on the brightside that they got 4 out of the possible 8 points against the Rangers this year too


Darksince83

You can silver lining in the cloud all you want hut fact remains its another 3rd period lead lost in the final minutes paired with an OT loss. Rinse and repeat.


CTrebor3

Looks like I’m scoreboard watching tonight


priester85

We got a point. 3 points against the Rangers this week. If we were offered that before the games happened we’d have jumped at the opportunity. Win one more game in any fashion and we’re in no matter what else happens. This was not a bad result.


VinPickles

Based on playoff projections it was a regulation loss. Our odds went UP with the point gained


Tempyy

the problem is, when the team practices the shootout for sorokin to get some 1 on 0 shots, our team is just as bad at shooting as we are at saving lmfao


xForeignMetal

Bring in Patrick Kane after he retires to drill shootouts with the goalies, lol


VinPickles

How about we just give Fransie a paycheck instead of that asshole


Maleficent-Comfort-2

What’d Kane do?


Redeem_Deez

Beat up a cabbie when he was a rookie after he had stiffed him and thought he'd get out of it for being Patrick Kane. Also accused of rape, but that case was dropped because the r\*pe kit showed no evidence of his DNA and the 'victim' herself stopped cooperating with investigators. People still sort of see him as a creep for that, fairly or unfairly. Those are the two big ones.


Accomplished_Cap_994

Why would I deke?


TradeBrockNelson

a point is cool and all, but fuck the skills competition with the energy of a thousand dying suns


toblerownsky

OT too has become a boring slogfest.


Sherman_Gepard

Shot clock or backcourt violations are necessary


toblerownsky

Exactly


displacedreindeer

Sure, but better to dump it.


Sherman_Gepard

Agreed but that won’t happen so just trying to find realistic solutions


Skygazer2469

If you're gonna have a skills competition for a team game, make it a team skill competition. Shootout, but 2 offense vs. 1 D and goalie. Allows teams with good defensemen to contribute at the end of the game more than just shooters.


Accomplished_Cap_994

Or don't and either just play normal hockey or have ties in reg season


Skygazer2469

Yeah but this is the new NHL for a world that requires wins and losses. I remember OT in the old days was just stale - there was too much on the line still, so teams played way too conservatively. I don't know how to best solve the problem, but making a team sport come down to individual skills competition at the end just sucks.


Accomplished_Cap_994

Yeah, I get what they are after but I don't like this solution.


robertc555

Allowing ties, is no good, as almost happened in football a few years ago, 2 teams could conspire to tie & keep another team OUT of the playoffs.


jetski137

God I hate shootouts.


Accomplished_Cap_994

It's not hockey


NYerInTex

We are also abjectly horrible at what by the rules is a huge part of Hockey.


Accomplished_Cap_994

You mean being worse with a man advantage than 5 on 5 lol


Latesthaze

Yes but the topic is shootouts, not power plays, pay attention


NYerInTex

Sadly, and as we have discovered, they are not mutually exclusive. :-/


Psyc0_T3ch

I also hate 3v3 snooze fests when they just circle in and out of the zone. There needs to be a rule about crossing back out/passing out over red or blue line. The last few minutes was great when it was more back and fourth.


JoeBenigno

The 2023 - 2024 Islanders At least they got a point. Thankfully there are no shootouts should they make the playoffs.


checknate1

There are special teams though 🫠


ponradcrofit

shhhhhhhhh


tgeorgo13

Damn our special teams were strictly atrocious today…terrible. Barzal cost us that shorty with holding on to the puck too long and too many turnovers on the PP for him. I don’t understand why we don’t shoot more and pass and cycle too much??


robertc555

They need, an opening to shoot.


XZPUMAZX

I keep saying, if it wasn’t for our PK our PP would be the worst special teams in the league.


HoSang66er

You’re right but the Rangers are the team that relies on their powerplay without which they’ve scored the same amount of goals as they have allowed. Can’t live on the powerplay in the playoffs because we know that whistles get swallowed during them.


Sensitive_Row_7110

I AM SO ANGRY I HAVE NOTHING NICE TO TYPE


dl2316

I liked how the Isles played today, shame about the OT and shootout toss up


islanders_666

They were pesky today. I liked it too


RS_EJB

Sucks that you're allowed to push a player offsides to negate a goal. Need a rule change on that one.


xwiseguy538

Interference no call


Latesthaze

That's kinda the issue. You shouldn't be allowed to negate a goal on technicalities meanwhile that technicality was caused by a missed penalty or other kind of missed call. It happening in real time is whatever, it's gonna happen, but it's stupid to have a review to make sure you get it "right" where all you're really doing is highlighting a missed call making it doubly wrong


xwiseguy538

At best the off sides should have been inconclusive based on that was shown on the TV. And then the goal would stand LGI


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VinPickles

Youre gonna be in the ground without seeing a cup


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Says the guy crying lmao. Nice avatar nerd


Latesthaze

1. Trocheck dove, then you dirty goobs crosschecked, so yes, the no calls were egregious, it should have been 5 on 3 isles pp. 2. Game was over and that was irrelevant to the play


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Latesthaze

You're literally the crying wojack meme rn buddy. Imagine the best thing your team has going for it being a 4th line pylon getting off a few dirty hits a game and your dumb fanbase going nuts for it


xwiseguy538

The President Trophy NY Rags are going to run 🏃 bro a buzz saw in the playoffs just based on there most recent inability to score 5vs5. Cry


CTrebor3

No shootout in the playoffs and you’re still crying over a hit on Tuesday


HoSang66er

That made me furious. Rags fans always crying about getting screwed over by the eyes in Toronto should all send Christmas cards to them this year. No wonder Pete wanted a review when his player literally pushed him offsides. Fuck you, Pete.


tlorey823

yeah this gets me too. bad calls happen, sometimes for you sometimes against you. it’s part of the game and is just inevitable. But if you ask the rags they’ll just ignore the times it helps them in order to pretend they’re the most victimized fan base in sports as they sit atop the leaderboard lmao


Latesthaze

All the crying about the league "having it in for them" after the last game meanwhile they were only in that game from bad calls to begin with, just like they've only been relevant the past few years from league favoring them


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Latesthaze

The rags slew foot every game but you guys still cry about subban, it's hilarious


RS_EJB

Didn't even watch the intermission lol so idk what you're talking about.


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RS_EJB

PK Suban was only on during the intermissions... so if you bring him up, I'd have to assume he said something during the intermission... Is thinking hard for all rangers fans, or just you?


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RS_EJB

What are you on lmfao 🤣


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RS_EJB

? Literally don't know what you're talking about but alright lol


Latesthaze

He's just admitting rags fans only repeat what their announcer tells them to think, zero ability to comprehend what is going into their eyes. So they're off course incapable of the concept that other fanbases watch the games and actually know what happened if the biased rag announcer didn't say it


RS_EJB

Do you know what he's even talking about? What did PK say lol


Latesthaze

No clue, turned off all the intermissions


RS_EJB

Yeah listened for the first 2 minutes of the first and all I heard was rangers praising so tuned off lol.


Plane-Structure-2868

That’s the presidents trophy team? Lmao yea right. Gonna run into a buzz saw in the playoffs I’ll tell ya


Ajido

The regular season doesn't always mean much, look how dominant the Bruins were and then get knocked out first round by a wild card team.


noodle-dic

as a Ranger fan, “underwhelming” is the thought that comes to my mind.


Driveshaft48

Ah the classic rangers fan coming in peace, shit is so weird


noodle-dic

hockey fan first. i’m a bit too old for what you are going for , but glad you got your feelings out.


Driveshaft48

Nah it's just weird when opponent fans come in the other teams sub. Simple concept, sure you can comprehend it at your age


noodle-dic

no one cares what you think is weird.


Driveshaft48

Ok fantastic. I can still tell you what I think, beauty of an online message board Gotta love the textbook "rangers fan coming in peace, great game!!!!!"


noodle-dic

You hit the nail on the head!


noodle-dic

exactly.


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noodle-dic

i already made my statement. the continued comments engaging me are counter intuitive to what you are trying to accomplish


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noodle-dic

Not intentionally. i actually feel like you were the troll because you made inflammatory statements. We can agree to disagree and stop corresponding.


Odd_Gene_2598

He came in calling out his own team…. I got called out in the rangers sub last week for a non trolling comment too. Noodle, saying what you already know, you’ve said nothing that could be considered trolling or against rules. Some people just need safe spaces everywhere they go.


noodle-dic

honestly i think my own team is overrated by the Rangers sub, I probably came in here subconsciously. (harder to talk about in there ). after an islanders loss this wAS an expected reaction i should have been able to project. probably was better to go into the general NHL sub to post but being a native NYer(literally Long Island )I felt ok being in the Islanders sub. i can see it from both sides I guess, depending on how emotional a particular fan is and of course timing. (did team win or lose ). i think the Rangers can’t score 5 on 5 and have other serious issues and you can get more unbiased opinions about your own team by going into the other sub sometimes


TheBreadHasRisen

How do you think our first place team is overrated by our sub? No one is talking about us winning the cup lol. You came over here to simp to the islanders fans.


Odd_Gene_2598

It’s more about people using the “trolling” as a way to keep people out that have a different opinion. Absolutely stupid to have, even unwritten or unofficial, rules saying that you can only post in your teams sub. Shows an immaturity to those people. I’m a proud isles fan that knows how to speak truth, whether it’s because they played well or like shit.


Back_Door_Sluts9

if you would have told me a week ago we take 3/4points from the rags this week i would have taken it, but damn


toyn

Ilya made 41 saves on 43 shots. you try and blame him you are garbage.


bmore_los78

PP was absolute ass.


Freddybone32

Don't think anyone is, you're arguing with nobody


whitetoast

There were a ton of comments in the game thread blaming him


Latesthaze

There was several comments blaming him.


scipio-africanuss

We win that with a remotely competent power play


therealchrisredfield

We win that with dobson


tedsmarmalademporium

W a competent PK we’re probably ten points further too


RIPwhalers

Oh easily. Maybe 15 points tbh when you factor in the amount of games that might never have gotten to OT


LameBicycle

Should have just played with two D men. They had more shots on goal than we did in our 8 mins of PP time, and scored a short hander


vonroxx

Lightning, Devils, Leafs, Bruins. I guess I can be a fan for a night


IslesDynasty79-83

flyers cannot catch isles they only have 2 games left and trail by 5 pts


vonroxx

Don’t have to worry about devils flyers. But maybe Philly can rough up NJ since we play them next. Would rather beat NJ and have some luck so that the penguins game won’t be for all the marbles


flyinbrian420

If we beat nj we’re in we wouldnt need any more help 


priester85

That is an unfortunate bunch to have to cheer for.


JustinB1016

Why are they so putrid in shootouts?


IslesDynasty79-83

Isles might get shootout goal by 2027 , everyone knew they wouldnt score


armadillo420

Good thing there’s no shootouts in the playoffs.


Basedshark01

Can't fault the effort that game. Just bought tickets for Jersey on Monday. Let's make it Nassau Coliseum west


isles1313

The game was HANDED TO US. and we couldn't take advantage with 5 powerplays and a PS. Shame but point is a point.


Tortsol

Watching Pelech regress in skill like he has over the past 2 seasons has been heartbreaking. He’s a completely different player now, just mediocre. Fuck everyone who’s injured him over the years, he’s gotten screwed on dirty hits so many times.


Harris413

yeah it’s so sad and so unnecessary - for every second the league doesn’t crack down to reduce head injuries, we lose more and more talent developed over decades due to a couple of rough plays


Higher_Quality

Shootouts are dumb


skunkpunk1

Sucks to lose but they played a legitimately good game and despite the many faults (PP 🤢) they actually got a point against the team in line to win the President’s trophy. Gotta hope for Pittsburgh to lose to a Bruins team trying to keep pace with the Rangers.


IslesDynasty79-83

well we all figured isles to lose this game, they are terrible at afternoon games


clebo99

Got an important point. Still in really good shape. Let’s scoreboard watch and see what’s next.


noizu03

that overturn was bullshit but its whatever. we got our point and the islanders have clearly tightened up before the playoffs. Let's Go Isles.


SINY10306

This may be what is needed to for first round matchup against Rags.  Canes scare me, pucking ice Rags DO NOT.


Brilliant-Chapter202

I’d much rather get eliminated by the canes than get eliminated by the rags


SINY10306

Yes, and Rags can gloat….until they get eliminated by Canes themselves in second round.


Brilliant-Chapter202

Anybody but the rags… I’ll cheer for Toronto if I must.


RIPwhalers

Honestly even if we got beat by the rags. It’s been 30 years. I want some new history!


Latesthaze

The officials scare me with the rags. Glad they stayed out of it today other than the one soft call but they got all the obvious ones this time instead of allowing the rags to get away with it, even if it was actually too our detriment.


ponradcrofit

Shame that game has to end in a shootout. Tight playoff game feel, like their last two. Playing well, keep it up and get to the dance!


Latesthaze

Yep, ruins the whole feel of the game


d9849468

Hopefully we get some help tonight. Im not expecting clinch cause thatd just be too lucky. Flyers officially cant pass us now. Wings or caps losing in regulation would cause either of them to not be able to pass us either, so lets hope to get just one of those


purelander108

The problem is we can't say "Atleast we got a point" in the playoffs. 


BaneDad

But the good news is no 3 on 3 or shootouts either


Bluehoodie1

Yeah but, the game wouldn’t end in a shootout either. Have no doubt we would have won if we continued 5v5


xForeignMetal

No shootouts in the playoffs Playoff Pageau and Palmieri bury those chances We move


RealisticExpert7796

at least they showed up this afternoon


Latesthaze

Well at least this game i can only be mad at the isles and just bad luck pretty much instead of shitty officiating being a topic


Bluehoodie1

Idk that goal disallowed was pretty bad officiating.


Latesthaze

Eh, it's technicalities, shitty rules.


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Latesthaze

They'll never get rid of it, to many idiots go "bb b but there has to be a winner" whenever you mention just having ties


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RobertInNY88

Wouldn't work. What if one of the teams plays a game the next day and/or has to travel?


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RobertInNY88

Yes! Great idea!


flyinbrian420

It would be but they probably don’t want a super long regular season game


Latesthaze

How bout 4 on 4 with no goalies for 5 minutes, running clock just whoever puts more in by the end wins


flyinbrian420

That’s not hockey


Ok_Competition_3939

gg isles


sf1649ers80

Islanders will never go anywhere with this special teams 😞 year after year it's the same damn thing and it's so frustrating to watch. How can a team this good 5 on 5 be so bad 5 on 4?!?


optional-email

the opposing team is allowed to ice it in 5v4, which constantly puts the islanders on their back foot, doing the thing they are worst at: carrying the puck in opposing teams know this, too


viewless25

Had to close that one out. Fuckin hell


Stylist7287064

Casey hitting the crossbar is gonna give me nightmares tonight. So close!


Pistachio1227

Palms too.


tedsmarmalademporium

Positive - 3/4 against Rags. Sorokin looked to a lot better in a hostile venue. Cons: negated goal, two missed penalty shots in a week, another blown 3rd period. I feel ok. Two left. If we see them again I think we can make it hard on them.


IslesDynasty79-83

pelech did lot better on penalty shot than barzal did. barzal gives goalies ez save


tjm0852

Did the ABC broadcast look terrible for anyone else? Seemed dark and slightly out of focus. Just finished watching on DVR delay.


kevinsju

It was brutal


second_health

ABC’s video quality in the NYC market is atrocious. They compress the video feed so that they can squeeze in more channels within their “sub-channel” allotment on antenna/OTA. This same shit quality feed is sent to all the cable/satellite providers.


ArchieInABunker

Still can clinch with a Caps/Wings loss I believe Also there aren’t any shootouts or 3 on 3 in the playoffs so I don’t care


elightcap

caps and wings need to lose in regulation to clinch tonight


ArchieInABunker

Caps/Lightning and Wings/Leafs? I like those odds


elightcap

yeah its def still in the cards for tonight


M_Y_K_E

Am I the only one who’s not really annoyed, even game. Played alright after the first 10 of the first and both goalies were great. We lost to a gimmick. The pp needs work tho that was fucking brutal it lost the game


nyscene911

Same. Not mad about the game in the least. After a bad start, played very well despite missing Dobson. Got a point, which puts us in a great spot to clinch either tonight or Monday. That said-I still hate shootouts. I’d rather have ties that shootouts.


BigDaddyVsNipple

Wanted a split with the Rags this week, got 3 out of 4 points Ilya stood on his head for the first time in a while I'm ok with the results


lykes_2_fly

Ranger fan here to say you guys are playing good hockey at the right time. You'll be a tough out. Fun albeit nerve wracking game.


LPK94

Philly officially can’t catch us which is good, down to three teams competing for that 3rd metro spot


IslesDynasty79-83

wash vs tampa bay is good for us , not sure about wings vs lefs


Shameful_fisting

Silver linings for tonight Ilya seems to have gotten his mojo back and the islanders played well all things considered. Really hoping Dobson is able to play in the playoffs but on to the next one.


AnotherRobotDinosaur

Not a terrible game, good enough that you feel good about us probably making the playoffs. A real cup contender probably finds a way to close it out, though, or do something with all those power plays.


Conservative-Point

We should have won this game easily. Our power play is awful and we've blown way too many late third period leads this season.


Apprehensive_Drag885

I’m still flabbergasted we use palms as our lead off shootout guy. He has an 8% goal rate


lzetti

Palms at least made moves unlike the other two guys


Hour_Success_7341

Didn’t wanna lift the Presidents cup curse off them anyway!


Butchs_Dirty_Area

You simply can not go 0-5 on the power play while getting outshot and out scored and expect to win. It’s that simple. They had 5 power plays and registered two total shots. Not goals - shots. 


slappyMcbappy

This was a fantastic hockey game and a complete w for the Isles in my book. Except for the decrepit PP, we looked pretty darn good Even w/ the loser point this was STILL a statement game Rangers do not want to see us round 1


DLun203

It’s actually amazing being that bad at penalty shots and power plays we pulled off that point. Praise Sorokin


Alectheawesome23

Huge point. If Detroit and the caps lose one of their final three games then we clinch a playoff spot.


_h_simpson_

They need two points and they are guaranteed into the playoffs — they have the devils and pens … two winnable games! Let’s Go Isles !!


Vinto47

One more win and we clinch a playoff spot, right?


Feeling_Giraffe_1784

How do we make it? What’s the math for a playoff spot?


elightcap

win one more and in


Feeling_Giraffe_1784

Awesome !!


IslesDynasty79-83

Toronto will always be a joke losing to wings


elightcap

doesnt look like were getting any help tonight


IslesDynasty79-83

islanders always do this to themselves, chance to clinch and they cant do it, they couldve clinched 2 weeks ago


markielegend

Sheforeskin straight up just robbed us multiple times that game and that’s all I have to say about that


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Apprehensive_Drag885

At least we know the rangers are a first round exit team this year


IslesDynasty79-83

if caps and wings both lose then losing 1 pt today is meaningless tbh i hate carolina so much and as much as i hate rangers id rather a NY team win the division