Islanders Lose Third Straight, Fall 4-3 In Overtime ELMONT, NY -- The New York Islanders [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-islanders/game-day/new-york-islanders-third-straight-lose-4-3-to-senators-brady-tkachuk-ot-winner-complete-hat-trick] have now lost three straight games after a 4-3 overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. In all three games, the Islanders have failed to make the simple plays, and with the Detroit Red Wings beating the Buffalo Sabres 4-1, New York finds themselves out of a playoff spot with 16 games to go. "It wasn't [good] enough, that's for sure," Roy said postgame. "Some of our guys made some bad decisions and bad plays at some key moment in the game, and I felt that we gave [them] those four goals. We just gave that game away. That’s all we did. "We didn't do a good job in the neutral zone. [We didn't] put that puck deep on the first goal, bad pinch on that second goal, we threw a puck in the stands on the third goal. And then, on the fourth goal, losing our edge and odd-man rush. I mean, come on. We are better than this. And we have to be better than this. I mean, we did a lot of good things. It's not enough at this time of the year if we want to win those big games, and that was a big game for us." Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjA1MDY3OTYyNDM5MTgyMDc2/usatsi_22791269.jpg] The Islanders, who were 8-0-0 when scoring the first goal under Patrick Roy, lost their slim 2-1 lead in the third before Bo Horvat tied the game with 38 seconds to play in regulation. It was their 21st blow third-period lead of the season, and despite recovering to force overtime, it should have never got to that point. Roy had spoken over the last two games, a 3-0 shutout loss to the Los Angeles Kings this past Monday and a 4-0 shutout loss to the Buffalo Sabres, that he needed to see his team support one another more, especially in their battles and not do too much in the offensive zone. The support was missing as well as the simple plays in their loss to Ottawa. "We got to be better in our battles in games like this, absolutely," Roy said. "I thought we were a little too pretty offensively. Like when you don't score [...], We got to simplify some of those things especially when the puck doesn't go in the way as you want. "We didn't manage that puck as well offensively, but in the last six minutes, we started throwing pucks at the net. Our fans probably woke us up when they start to be pissed at us, and they had every right to be." The Islanders have to quickly regroup as they head to Madison Square Garden to face the cross-town rival New York Rangers on Sunday at 1 PM ET in hopes of snapping their four-game slide. TOP STORIES
