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Potvin’d: Pinch Yourselves, The New York Islanders Dominated Game 1

A 3 Goal Lead: The Scariest Lead in Hockey

Coming into the 3rd period, Islanders fans were experiencing a foreign concept to them in this playoff run; their team holding a multiple goal lead.

After battering Ben Bishop to the tune of 4 goals on 13 SOG, New York was riding high heading into the final frame up 4-1. But as is often the case with this particular team, things are often too good to be true. Nikita Kucherov sparked the Lightning with a goal at 7:41, and from that point it was strictly a nail-biting, nervous affair for Islanders fans.

Vaitteri Flippula punched one past Thomas Greiss after a late period Power Play opportunity expired for Tampa Bay, and things were looking quite bleak for New York. Luckily for the Islanders, their late game magic held once more, and Calvin De Haan was able to poke check the puck to a streaking Cizikas who was able to connect with Clutterbuck for the easily empty-net goal. And with that, New York cemented their victory.

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Jeff Clutterbuck resides just outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but has inherited a passionate fandom for the New York Yankees and New York Islanders from the Long Island-based side of the family. Jeff has been a long time member of the music review site The Daily Vault, but recently decided to experiment with sports writing, and express all of the frustrations and joy of being a New York sports fan!