The Islanders are imperfect, but also a surprise…
The NHL’s parity is so continuously introduced up that it has turn out to be a cliché, but Mathieu Darche’s phrases over the weekend rang true as to the state of the Eastern Conference.
“You win two games, you’re in first place in your division, and you lose two, you’re in last place,” Darche said.
Just 11 factors separated first from sixteenth in the East before Wednesday’s video games. As a level of reference, 24 factors separated first from sixteenth in the West, and at this time last season, it was 15 factors in the East. The Islanders have been smack dab in the center of that equation for weeks, but woke up on Wednesday just two factors behind Washington for the lead of both the Metropolitan Division and the Eastern Conference.
The Capitals face second-place Carolina on Thursday, which implies the Islanders can’t attain first place until the weekend, and even that requires every thing to go proper. Still, this shouldn’t be a dialog anybody was anticipating to have this season.
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