Takeaways: Islanders Party Like it’s 1993, Clinch Series Win at Coliseum | NYHN+

Back and forth they went until the New York Islanders took a stranglehold on the game in the second period.

With three goals in the middle frame — two coming from Brock Nelson — the Islanders skated to a 5-3 win and moved past the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

They’ll next take on the Boston Bruins in second round, but first, let’s take a look back at was another eventful playoff game at Nassau Coliseum.