But the Islanders finally might have dug themselves a hole too deep. The Islanders attempt to halt an untimely losing streak and begin a last-ditch push for the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot Tuesday night when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning in Elmont,

The New York Islanders winless streak extended to six, with four regulation losses in a row, as they lost for the second time in four days to the Tampa Bay Lightning and descended further from their wild card dreams.