This was the second-to-last game of the year that features an Islander opponent with something to play for, so perhaps it was a decent enough showing by the Isles, as Doug Weight said after the 4-3 loss to the Devils in Newark.



Let's jump right in, since there's getting to be less and less to say about the details in game 79, other than this loss clinched a losing record for the Isles for the first time since 2013-14. They are also guaranteed to finish with their fewest points since 2009-10, John Tavares' first season.



— Thomas Greiss played for the first time since suffering a high ankle sprain in the closing minutes of a 3-0 shutout win over the Hurricanes on Feb. 16. The Islanders are 3-12-4 since then, which pokes a few holes in the “Christopher Gibson could be the answer in net” theory that we've written about a few times. He's shown some promise, but so very much has to be fixed this offseason.



Anyway, back to Greiss, who wasn't bad in...