Unhappy homecoming for road-weary Isles
Get Trounced by Hurricanes at Barclays Following Three-Week Trip
Just 24 hours after the Barclays Center hosted “Biggie Night”, the New York Islanders came up very small in their long-awaited return to the corners of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues.
Coming off the longest road trip in franchise history, the playoff-hopeful Islanders suffered an ugly 8-4 loss to the visiting Carolina Hurricanes Monday night in front of 12,785 fans in Downtown Brooklyn.
The defeat ended the Isles’ 11-game home points streak (9-0-2), their longest since 1982, and dropped them a point back of Toronto for the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot.