Good afternoon New York Islander fans, this is your favorite sports reporter coming to you from my house on this sunny but windy day bringing you a preview of the New York Islanders versus Toronto Maple Leaf’s game live from UBS Arena in Elmont, NY. Coming into tonight’s actions the New York Islanders have a record of 42 wins, 31 defeats and 5 overtime defeats for a grand total of 89 points, which puts them in one of the two wild card spots in the Eastern Conference Stanley Cup Playoff picture. Unfortunately, we are coming into the final six games of the seasons on a 4-game losing streak resulting in the firing of Patrick Roy! Hopefully the new coach in Peter Dabor will be able to stabilize the ship before the playoffs begin. Peter Dabor signed a four-year contract extension to stay with the Islanders beginning next year. On the other side, the Toronto Maple Leaf’s have not had a good year at all with the loss of their captain Austin Matthews for the remainder of their season and players like the aforementioned John Taveres getting older. It looks like Toronto will have to go through a complete rebuild to compete in the NHL next season. Some key matchups that I will be listening for include William Nylander and John Taveres. For the Maple Leaf’s versus Bo Horvat and Emil Heineman. It should be an interesting contest tonight. I will be interested to hear how the orange and blue respond to their new coach and try and get out of their funk. You can catch the game on ESPN Plus and Hulu at 6:45 PM. I hope you guys stay warm. Unfortunately, I will be at a Pink Floyd concert that night so I will have to see what the results are the next day but hopefully we will get a victory We desperately need it. Well, that’s all for now. This has been Mr. Hockey signing off. Until next time. Let’s go Islanders! Yes Yes Yes!




























