Terrible Twist Of Fate Has Islanders On Outside Looking In & On Trial
With four games left, the New York Islanders’ playoff hopes are fading fast—now everyone is under the microscope as Mathieu Darche and Pete DeBoer evaluate the roster’s future.
It’s not over until it’s over—but it’s getting dangerously close.
In the span of a week, the New York Islanders went from sitting in third place in the Metropolitan Division with a path to the No. 2 seed… to now being three points out of a wild-card spot with just four games remaining—and two more days before they even get a chance to make up ground.
The out-of-town scoreboard had been kind to Long Island for a while.
Then it flipped.
The Philadelphia Flyers and Ottawa Senators both won in regulation, and the Columbus Blue Jackets followed by beating the Detroit Red Wings in a shootout.
You can run the scenarios. You can play with the math.
But the reality is simple: the Islanders need to run the table if they want any real shot.
And while a playoff berth may be slipping away, one thing is certain:
This team is on trial.