Isles humbled in bid for playoff spot
Get Spanked 7-1 by Wild Card-Leading Maple Leafs at Barclays Center
The Islanders played their first unofficial “playoff” game of the season Tuesday night at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre.
And if this was any indication of how the Brooklyn-based franchise might perform come the NHL’s actual postseason, they may as well not qualify.
“As much as it’s just one loss, it’s a humbling loss,” Isles interim head coach Doug Weight admitted after his previously red-hot unit received a severe 7-1 spanking from the Maple Leafs in a game that could have thrust New York into the Eastern Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot.