Islanders add insult to injury with loss to Maple Leafs as spiral continues
NY Post
As per usual, the loudest boos were reserved for John Tavares when the Maple Leafs visited UBS Arena.
Public Enemy No. 2 on Thursday night for the Islanders, though, was Max Domi.
And the Islanders, who were steaming mad at Domi for an elbow to the head of Isaiah George that knocked the rookie out of the game during the second period, let the bad guy win on Thursday night, failing to come back on the Maple Leafs in a 2-1 defeat.
The loss drops the Islanders to four games under NHL .500 for the first time since Dec. 19, 2021.
As for this late in the season, the last time they were this far below NHL .500 after the calendar flipped to January was March 31, 2018 — when Doug Weight was the head coach, Garth Snow was the general manager and Tavares was the captain.
That this loss wasn’t so bad — the Islanders competed hard against the Maple Leafs, kept it close and maybe could have won if a bounce or two had gone the other way — is almost beside the point.
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As per usual, the loudest boos were reserved for John Tavares when the Maple Leafs visited UBS Arena.