The final score was a workmanlike 3-0, the record was 16-10-0 and the Islanders had done what playoff teams are supposed to do
For a little over 20 minutes on Sunday you wondered whether, for the third game running, the Islanders would lose despite playing reasonably fine hockey. And then all at once, the floodgates opened and that notion was washed away, replaced by two points — a potential blip on the radar erased before it even appeared in full.
In real time, the first and ultimately fatal blow was noticed not by the referees, nor the crowd, nor really by anyone besides Matt Martin, whose falling shot got past Arvid Soderblom and trickled over the goal line at the near post, but bounced back out before anyone other than Martin saw it cross over. As play continued, it looked as though Martin was asking for a tripping call as he gesticulated when in fact he wanted the play reviewed.
From there, the last 20 minutes became a formality, just as the first 20 minutes had been forgettable. Reflecting the score, the Islanders had more than doubled Chicago’s shot total at the end of 40 minutes, leading 30-14. On paper, this should have been a forgettable win. On the ice, it was. And in a match, where banking points was critical, the Islanders did just that. They also avoided their first three-game losing streak since mid-October.
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