Même en extérieur, les Islanders n’arrivent pas à mettre leurs démons de côté

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   starscream568 2 ans ago

   > »The Islanders blew another multi-goal lead. They took careless penalties. Their league-worst penalty kill surrendered a pair of six-on-four goals with five minutes to go. And they still sit below the playoff cut line. There are 28 games to go, a third of the season still to play, but every blown lead and gut-punch loss puts the Islanders farther and farther from where they want to be. »
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   > »Mayfield, in the first season of a seven-year deal, has been a mainstay on the ice for years for penalty kills and protecting leads. He’s been on for four goals with the opposition net empty and is tied for second with 15 minor penalties taken this season. It’s been a mess for him. »
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   > »They weren’t traditional power-play goals against, but they still count. The Islanders gave up three Sunday, dropping their penalty-kill success rate to 70.7 percent. It’s been 39 years since a team had a worse penalty-kill percentage for an entire season. »
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   > »The Islanders hadn’t blown a multi-goal lead since Jan. 2, but it’s the 14th time it has happened this season. And they’re now 5-1-8 in those games, a litany of lost points that could have them sitting closer to the first-place Rangers than the 13th-place Buffalo Sabres. »