nikita kucherov

The Islanders will have to wait and see if they have to deal with the NHL's leading playoff point-producer in Game 7.

The Islanders are about to take on a Lightning team that has a 20-man lineup nearly $8 million over the cap — at $89,329,116 — in the Stanley Cup semifinals.

So the first one was a fiasco for darn near the full 60 minutes whereas the second one devolved into slapstick only after 59:40 of play and for only about a sum of 12 seconds, at that. But that was enough. That was enough to undermine a dedicated, workmanlike effort in Game 2 of the …