One team at KeyBank Center on Thursday looked like it was ready to make a run at a playoff berth. It wasn’t the Islanders.
BUFFALO — One team at KeyBank Center on Thursday looked like it was ready to make a run at a playoff berth.They can now add the Sabres to the list of teams they’ll need to fend off if the postseason is in the cards. That looks less likely than ever following a 3-2 overtime loss at Buffalo’s hands on Thursday night — the third game in four that’s seen the Islanders score first and blow the lead.
The Sabres, who have played three fewer games than the Islanders, are just four points behind them in the standings. And the Islanders, who have played three more games than the Penguins, are still a point behind Pittsburgh for the final wild-card spot in the East. Taking a 2-1 lead into the final period, the Islanders made it 9:32 before surrendering the tying goal, as Olofsson fired home a puck from the left circle to beat Sorokin to make it 2-2, energizing a crowd that had been waiting all night for the door to be kicked down.Brock Nelson celebrates after scoring a first-period goal during the Islanders’ 3-2 overtime loss to the Blues.
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