Islanders Gameday News: The food at this restaurant is terrible. And the portions are so small.

FIG picks for tonight’s home game against Jersey can be left here. Whatever. I'm going back to Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Nothing left to see here.

Islanders stuff

• Recaps for sadists: LHH | Newsday's recap is just dire, man. | Islanders | NHL.com | NYI Skinny | BSH
• Doug Weight was not a happy man after the game, saying the game was shit. He's not wrong. [PHT | MSG Video]
• As Johnny Boychuk returns from injury, it appears Mathew Barzal has mononucleosis. Get better, dude. [Newsday]
• Okay, so here's an actual good thing to read about the Islanders. Andrew Berkshire, now of Sportsnet, says John Tavares should be a finalist for the Selke Trophy and he has the numbers to back it up.
• Elite Sports NY Q's and A's with Brendan Burke.
• Taylor Cammarata, drafted by the Islanders out of the University of Minnesota in what feels like 1952, has signed an ATO with the Sound Tigers. [LHH | BSH]
• And congrats to his new teammate Kyle Burroughs on being named the Sound Tigers Man of the Year. [BST]
• Pat LaFontaine was on hand as the Islanders donated $30,000 worth of CCM hockey equipment to Brooklyn kids. [Metro]
• Spend some time with the Islanders dads. They look like fun. [Islanders]
• Anders Lee's Kan Jam fundraiser got some help from some local kids who raised money for it. Kudos, kids. [LI Herald]
• The ribbon cutting for the renovated Nassau Coliseum is today. [Newsday]

Meanwhile, with teams worth watching...

• Last night's NHL scores. It's over, Johnny.
• This Sam Reinhart benching situation in Buffalo is weird. Every coach is weird. [Buffalo News]
• What's with all the little chops to the hands players get these days? [TSN.ca]
• A former Senators exec is suing owner Eugene Melnyk perhaps forgetting that getting money out of Melnyk is nearly impossible. [Puck Daddy]
• Who are the top GM candidates this summer? Asking for a friend... [E$PN IN$IDER$]
• Also for ESPN Insider subscribers, what makes playoff dark horses tick? Might see a lot of bleu, blanc et rouge this spring.
• David Clarkson became a punch line thanks that insane contract but good on him for finding a new purpose as a high school hockey coach. [Puck Daddy]