The needle moved forward, with everything going against them.
Updated 3/30 before games: As for magic numbers-Montreal 2. (remember 2006-07 NYI faced a bad scenario & beat out Leafs/Habs) Worst case ROW/tied Columbus 4. Carolina 5. Pens 7. Caps need 5 to beat out NYI.
#NYI #isles "From what I'm told, and I wasn't here last year, there would have been a lot of we'll get the next one."— New York Islander Fan Central (@NYIFANCENTRAL) March 29, 2019
"We battled to the end. Even when they scored that power-play goal we said, hey let's just keep doing it." #Isles pic.twitter.com/ZgOddJvABW— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) March 29, 2019
Other teams did not get one two day break from 3/1-4/2, and not first time 7 other teams in this division had it much easier in terms of rest.
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| One two day break from 3/1-4/2. Rangers just got 3 off days at home. 11 Ranger games this ssn at home playing teams who had a game the night before & traveled. 16/22 points. |
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| DEC 2017. Seven teams with several breaks of 2-3-4 days off. Not NYI. Why? |