Islanders Gameday News: A fine line between stupid and clever

Game four is tonight at 7:30 from Nassau Coliseum. A win puts the Islanders in good shape to take the series. A loss means 48 hours of erasing every single triumph and stride they've had this season and questioning your place in the universe. No big deal.

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Islanders news

• Jack Capuano is a man of  many contradictions and also a calm, supporting presence for his team. [Herrmann]
• The E=MC2 line, the Shock Troops, the Fourth Line. Whatever you call them, they're coming for the Caps. [Daily News | WaPo]
• Johnny Boychuk has been around the playoffs. [Newsday | National Post | NHL.com]
• Kyle Okposo is throwing his weight around in the post season again. [Newsday]
• Okposo also continued the "no, OUR building is louder Wars" that have taken over the playoffs. They're all loud, guys. We get it. [WaPo]
• Michal Neuvirth has the inside intel on his former teammates. [NHL.com]
• From the Caps' side, it looks like Eric Fehr will miss Games 4 and 5 with an upper body injury. [PHT]
• Washington's history in overtime is sometimes exciting and mostly depressing. [Japers Noon Number]
• Justin Bourne stops by the Point Blank podcast.
• Saying goodbye at just the right time. [Altar of Bossy]
• More on the morons who caused problems for Caps fans at Game 3: Isles statement | Good advice via Bill and Ted and blogger Michele Catalano (@inthefade) | Outsports |
• Sound Tigers wrap-ups from Fornabaio: Summer time comes early again | 5 Questions
• Michael Dal Colle is your OHL player of the week. [OHL]
• Coliseum hagiographies: Cleveland guy Joe Posnanski and friend | Sportsnet video
• What do Playoff Score Effects suggest about this series and tonight's Game 4?  [Islander Analytics]

Around the league

• Things are just peachy in Piittsburgh, with Jim Rutherford cursing out the Trib's Rob Rossi after last night's loss to the Rangers.
• The Jets have played their asses off against the Ducks, but are down 0-3 because hockey is unbearably evil. [Anaheim Calling]
• Todd McLellan is out in San Jose after "mutual agreement." Yeah, right. Fear the Fin is on it. The firing | Doug Wilson's explanation | Oilers already in on McLellan?
• Would Jack Eichel return to BU next year? Over Tim Murray's dead body. [Sportsnet]
• Did the Oilers win the lottery thanks to NHL incompetence? That''s so Oilers. [Puck Daddy]
• More fan harassment stories, this time from Montreal. where the security guards provided nothing of the sort. [Yahoo.ca]
• Stalking the Kings at the start of their summer vacation. [JFTC]
• Trading Cameron Diaz to the Canucks was a smart move for the Habs. [EOTP]