Islanders can't hold on vs. 'Canes

The game started in the right direction for the Islanders with Matt Moulson scoring his 10th goal of the year 4:38 in. About seven minutes later Tavares scored his 13th goal of the year to make it 2-0. The Islanders didn't really have any pressure on the offensive end in the first period only getting 5 shots. Kevin Poulin played with confidence early saving all 14 shots he faced in the first.

The Islanders showed more offense in the 2nd period by getting more shots only to collapse and allow 2 goals within 45 seconds to the Staal brothers to end the period. Then the 3rd period started but it looked like the Islanders didn't feel like showing up. Only registering 6 shots in the whole period, Carolina took the lead with Bobby Sanguinetti's first NHL career goal, I don't know what it is but I feel like the Islanders have been allowing goals to a lot of first timers lately.

This game really didn't bode well for the Islanders. The final score was 4-2 with an empty netter added by Semin. With a great opportunity to put together a 3 game win streak the same old Islanders were the ones to show up tonite in Uniondale who have been terrible at home. Then again if your place looked like this how would you feel?