NEW YORK _ Not even the angriest among the sell-out crowd of jilted fans on Thursday night at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum likely could have imagined it going so well for their Islanders.
Ex-captain John Tavares made his first return to his former home rink after bolting via free agency for a seven-year, $77 million deal with his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs.
It was a miserable homecoming that had nothing to do with the often-profane chants.
