It's over*

At approximately 9:37 EDT, the Isles' playoff hopes were officially extinguished when Boston forced their game with Washington to overtime.

Only one ridiculous thing can save the Isles now; they need the Bruins to pull their goalie and allow an empty-net goal, causing them to lose the point that they earned for getting to overtime.

Fuhgeddabout it.
 Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since 1982. Visit my blog: forever1940.blogspot.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick