
Islanders blast ‘f–king embarrassing’ late call in loss that could haunt them in tight playoff race
NY Post
All year long, the Islanders have been vexed by the way goaltender interference is called.
On Monday night, they were furious.
On Monday night, they saw a regulation win turn into a shootout loss on one of the most questionable calls of the season, as Kyle Palmieri’s game-winner with 8.9 seconds left in regulation was waved off — giving way to a 4-3 Blue Jackets victory in the skills competition and a raging mad Islanders dressing room.
“I think it was f–king embarrassing,” Palmieri said. “Couldn’t disagree more with the call.”
“I don’t think anyone in this room agrees with this decision,” Alexander Romanov told The Post.
Coach Patrick Roy went as far as to call the NHL’s situation room in Toronto “afraid” to overturn calls made on the ice.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












