Second-period meltdown dooms Islanders against Minnesota
3 goals in 4-minute span takes ‘wind’ out of Isles' sails
Coming off consecutive shutout wins over their archrivals and the team they are battling for the Eastern Conference’s final playoff spot, the New York Islanders were in position to build on their best stretch of hockey in the past month.
The Minnesota Wild had other ideas.
Matt Cullen, Jason Zucker and Tyler Ennis scored in a four-minute, 12-second span of the second period to lift postseason-hopeful Minnesota over New York, 5-3, in front of a Presidents’ Day crowd of 15,342 at Downtown’s Barclays Center.