4/26/26 - Whatever That Was. 25-26 Islanders Season Wrap

And we're gonna, we're gonna talk about all of that.

So I'm gonna rattle off some numbers here, as, as we do here on the show sometimes.

43-34-5, 91 points, sixth in the Metro, 12th in the East.

And, uh, you know, before the season, you might've said, "Yeah, I could see that, probably." And then the season started after they opened 0-3, and they basically said, "Hold on a second, guys.

We're, we're a little bit better than you thought." And they have, uh, an excellent season, again, for the, for th- about three-quarters' worth, and uh, it goes south.

Uh, 10-0 in overtime, 4-5 in shootouts.

They had 15 six attacker goals.

That was the most in the league, but all for naught because it didn't even result in a playoff berth.

25th in goals for, 2.79 per game.

Fifth in goals against, 2.88.

The power play, once again, dreadful at, uh, 16 and a half percent, good for 30th overall in the league.

The PK, though, 10th overall, 80.8, so that was a, a bright spot.

And for me, Arthur, the good vibes lasted through essentially St. Patrick's Day.

That was a, uh, 3-1 win over Toronto, and then on the 19th was that game against Ottawa.

Mm-hmm.

This is when they were on their little Ontario or-

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... northern Canada, you know, road trip, right? Eastern Canada road trip.

And, uh, they took care of Toronto because they're not a very good hockey team.

But then they went into Ottawa, and it looked like they were gonna come away with a- at least a point.

And with 11.1 seconds to go, Brady Tkachuk said, "No, sir.

You're gonna have no points tonight." And from that point on, that is when the, the wheels fell off the bus here.

4-10-0 after that for the rest of the season.

1-7, of course, in their final eight.

And I don't know if, if that game or the way that game ended is, is the reason why.