SAINT PAUL, Minn. — It’s perfectly fitting that the Islanders’ final two games before the 4 Nations Face-Off came in Winnipeg and Minnesota. That’s because both locations offered the perfect opportunity for Brock Nelson, the Islanders’ lone representative at the tournament, to be sent off by those close to him. Nelson is a native of...
The gap between Islanders and the league’s best — the gap between them and these Jets — is still big enough to show up over 60 minutes, and to stop the Islanders from starting another winning streak.
There is no sensible way to account for a team going through everything the Islanders have endured this year, then suddenly going on a season-saving tear.
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