The numbers tell the story for the Islanders and their top stars.
The numbers tell the story for the Islanders.
Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri produced at a high level, but otherwise, the Islanders’ stars just didn’t do enough over six games against the Hurricanes, which ended with aThrough six games, there was only one other Islander with more than three points — Ryan Pulock, who was easily their best defenseman in the first round.
“Obviously hold myself a little bit accountable,” Horvat said. “You want to produce. At the end of the day, I would’ve liked to get on the scoresheet a little bit more and help the team offensively. Just wasn’t the case. It sucks that way.
There are excuses out there for the Islanders, namely Barzal’s injury, which he returned from in Game 1, but there was little interest in leaning on those. Still, Isles coach Lane Lambert was not in the mood to criticize following the loss.“I think they were battling,” Lambert said of the Isles’ top players. “They gave it absolutely everything they had and again, there wasn’t much ice out there for either team. That was just the way the series went. It wasn’t easy.
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