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The Islanders took a whole period to wake up, then it got weird and uglier, on many fronts.

You both are zero, zero, party over, oops, out of time.

And yet it was all completely fitting.

The patient isn't dead yet, but you should get your affairs in order.

Mike and Dan examine the Islanders' role in Alex Ovechkin's record-setting day and Anthony Duclair's time off.

Six games remain, seven points out.

Also: There was some kind of mid-game and post-game fuss about Alex Ovechkin?

Ovechkin and a hype entourage come to Long Island.

The Islanders finally rebounded, against an opponent that could really use the points -- but it's too little, too late.

Joined again by friend Tyler Gildin, we remember Tom Chorske, a useful player and ace penalty killer that gave both an undermanned Islanders team and a kids summer camp some important depth.