This is what it looks like when the season slips away in January. A disastrous second period, a total squandering of momentum, a team that played most of the night as though nobody was on the same page and a home crowd that sounded more disappointed than upset.

The 34-year-old veteran received a feed from Brock Nelson before going through the legs of netminder Adin Hill to open the scoring at T-Mobile Arena: Lee became the 10th player in Islanders history to record 800 games with the franchise and the first to score in the milestone game.

Welcome back to NHL Predictions! Today, like every day, Last Word on Hockey looks at the games happening and gives our predictions for each. We’ll also break down head-to-head matchups and other factors that may play in.

What’s worse for the Islanders right now — their lack of power play production or their lack of power play opportunities? Both are on a historically bad pace.

The New York Islanders have won just 15 of their opening 40 games to start the 2024-25 season, potentially forcing the team to sell core players for draft capital.

- The Flyers stand in fifth place in the Metropolitan Division with 44 points, three points ahead of the Islanders (41 points), though New York has two games in-hand. - The Flyers picked up five of a possible six points in their last three games (2-0-1) after a six-game winless skid (0-5-1).

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Captain Anders Lee, playing in his 800th career game, scored a goal and Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves as the New York Islanders beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 on Friday night.

After a dominant second period, Utah was on pace to win its second game in a row. However in the third period, the Islanders rediscovered its offense and scored twice to take the lead and win.

- The Sharks are in eighth place in the Pacific Division with 34 points and a record of 14-27-6. San Jose is 1-4-0 in their last five games. - Mikael Granlund leads the Sharks in assists (25) and points (37) in his second season with San Jose.

Among the underlying symptoms has been an offense that itself has struggled to consistently sustain momentum over the course of games and, more broadly, the 2024-25 season. So, then, how do the Islanders treat the ailment in order to regain traction in the Eastern Conference playoff race while the NHL’s Mar. 7 trade deadline looms overhead?

Update: John Klingberg to the Oilers appears done…. New York Islanders Center, Brock Nelson, could become the major domino in the trade deadline, which is now just 49 days away. On any other team in the NHL,