Hear from Bo Horvat, Simon Holmstrom, Emil Heineman, and Head Coach Pete DeBoer after today's practice ⬇️
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) April 7, 2026
More practices, more interviews, some scoreboard watching as NY will likely continue to lose ground. Reality is forget 7th seed because Pens almost clinched it, as New York cannot catch Boston for the 7th seed. So it's third, eighth or no playoffs.
The Flyers called up Martone, and he scored a GWG, Chicago called up their prospect, and his point won a one-goal game here. New York has Victor Eklund, who's producing for Bridgeport, and was not here Monday for practice?
When they play Thursday they are in must-win territory vs Toronto, if this happens then they control some destiny vs Ottawa on Saturday. Carolina/Montreal will come here with likely nothing to play for. And then we'll see.
What will Peter Deboer do? Hard to know, did Roy's strategy hold back the scoring, likely not, were they a great defensive team? No, because forwards were not good defensively. They are overloaded with centers playing wing, have no flexibility on D with injuries.