In what was the biggest game of the season for the New York Islanders, the team failed to show up in the first period and allowed five first-period goals in a 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.
“What do you say? Nothing. It’s just [expletive],… an incensed Doug Weight said after his team lost a third straight in regulation for the second time this season. “They had four scoring chances in the first and it’s 5-0. Four! Do the math. And it’s absolutely floating, not engaged with anything.…
The team showed up for the second and third periods but the damage was already done. Their playoff chances are all but gone. They now trail the Boston Bruins by six points for the final playoff spot with six games to play.
The game reminded of the 2011 AFC Championship between the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers. The Jets didn't show up in the first half and were down 24-0. They battle back and dominated the second half but ultimately fell to the Steelers, 24-19. Obliviously the importance of that game was far greater.
Travis Hamonic's nightmare season looks like it is over. Hamonic left Philadelphia was a cast on his left hand. Hamonic fought Dale Weise in the first period.
Weise at intermission: "Hamonic kind of comes over and asks me for a fight. He’s a good Winnipeg boy so I thought I give him one there."
— Dave Isaac (@davegisaac) March 31, 2017
Hamonic has three goals and 11 assists in 49 games this season, including a career-worst -21.