Roy says Sorokin starting Game 3

Varlamov off first

Intense practice for the Islanders. Heavy focus on breakouts.

Don’t see Matt Martin out there at practice. Ruslan Iskhakov skating on the fourth line in his place. Fasching also back in for Holmstrom.

Brett Pesce, who suffered a non-contact injury turning up the ice in his own end during Game 2 — officially “lower body” — is likely to miss the rest of this series, per source. Timeframe beyond that still unclear, looks like a couple weeks at the least.

‘They weren’t ready for Carolina’s relentlessness, the crowd was bearing on them and they couldn’t give themselves any kind of break.’

Ethan Sears tells Brandon London how the #Isles blew a 3-0 lead in Game 2 of the #StanleyCupPlayoffs to the Hurricanes

Islanders’ epic collapse against Hurricanes puts them in 2-0 hole trib.al/Xtzg6oG

This was the kind of comeback people will talk about in five, 10, 20 years.

Miracle at Molson
Shock at the Rock
Category 5

The faces change, but the Hurricanes' capability for postseason drama never does.

newsobserver.com/sports/spt-col…

Pretty hard to avoid the conclusion that this game was an ass-kicking disguised as a comeback

After going up 3-0, the Islanders had just three shots on goal for the rest of the night.

Anders Lee: 'That one fucking hurts.'

Also, the noise in this building is something else

Carolina wins 5-3. A crushing, and indicting, defeat for the Islanders.

4-3, Canes.

3-3, Canes tie it

Carolina using its timeout with 2:49 to go.

Btw, the Islanders have one shot on goal in the third period

Islanders come right back and score as the goal was being announced. But ... the goal is waved off for a high stick.

Jarvis wires one from above the left circle and it's a 3-2 game

Cizikas trips Orlov. Isles back on the PK.