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Andrew Gross

Islanders lose second straight, wild-card lead shrinks

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Islanders may yet meet the Metropolitan Division-leading Hurricanes in the first round of the playoffs. If so, they should have a good idea of what they must do better, specifically generating more chances while limiting their turnovers.

The opportunistic Hurricanes won, 2-1, on Sunday night at PNC Arena in a game more one-sided than the score indicated — they outchanced the Islanders 67-44 — as the Islanders lost both ends of a weekend back-to-back to conclude a three-game road trip.

“Chances for us were few and far between,” coach Lane Lambert. “We were one shot away. Was there enough? Possibly.

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