Early 2-0 hole could be crushing for New York Islanders after blown lead
The New York Islanders had a 3-1 lead midway through the third period of Monday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes. Down 1-0 in the series, the Islanders gave themselves a chance to tie the series up before flying back to Long Island for Game 3 and 4. However, Seth Jarvis cut the deficit to one, then Sebastian Aho tied the game with just over two minutes to go. Nine seconds later, Jordan Martinook executed a perfect forecheck, then took the puck and tucked it past Semyon Varlamov to give the Hurricanes’ the lead. An empty netter made it 5-3, and...
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