New York Islanders Went Into A Shell After Justin Williams Goal

After Justin Williams gave the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 lead, the New York Islanders just went into a shell. Carolina’s been better.

We can put the “at least they’ve been the better team” narrative to bed. The New York Islanders are now down 3-0 in the series after losing 5-2 (two empty-net goals) against the Carolina Hurricanes.

There’s no spin zone, there’s no positive take. The Islanders have their back against the wall and were severely outplayed in a must-win game.

The game was close through the first two periods and the Isles hung around but after a rare mistake from Robin Lehner sparked a Justin Williams goal, the Islanders called it a game.

It was like the team had absolutely no response for the adversity, and it’s not like there wasn’t much time left. The goal came 10:15 in the period, there was still nearly half a period to go yet the Isles offense went into a pretzel after that.

They finished the third period with just eight shots and spent very little ice time in the offensive zone in the winding minutes. Carolina deserves a ton of credit, they were the far better team tonight and it showed.

For the first time under Barry Trotz, the Islanders showed very little fight and they bowed out to drop Game 3 and fall to a 3-0 series deficit. It’s not over yet, but the fat lady is warming up here vocal cords.

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