The exact details of what former Islanders netminder Robin Lehner is going through are not completely clear, but the string of posts 10 days ago made it obvious that it is serious.

It's the holiday break, and the Islanders are stuck at the bottom of the Metro and have given us some lessons about who they are.

Rasmus Dahlin had four assists and the Buffalo Sabres stopped a 13-game slide by routing the New York Islanders 7-1.

The Sabres outshot the Islanders 8-5 in the first period. While on the power play, Zucker extended the Sabres lead to 3-0 at 6:53 of the second. His one-timer from the high slot off a feed from Quinn at the top of the left circle beat Sorokin high glove side.

For all the ceiling the Islanders had shown just two days prior, here came the thud that has acted as a metronome to the season’s first 35 games.

The team is stagnating and feeling the weight of bad decisions, but finding someone to get them back on track will be harder than it sounds.

The New York Islanders and New York Rangers have been involved in four of the last five conference finals. Both teams have made the playoffs in the previous two seasons. They have two of the top 10 goalies in the league, a handful of high-end players, high-profile coaches and general managers.

If you’re a fan of an old enough age or have seen the classics, you’d know that December 23 is the day Festivus is celebrated. Festivus is a made-up holiday invented by the sitcom Seinfeld.

Rasmus Dahlin tallied a career-high four assists in his return to the lineup as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the New York Islanders 7-1 at UBS Arena on Monday, ending a 13-game winless streak (0-10-3).

The New York Islanders went into the holiday break on a losing note, falling 7-1 to the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night at UBS Arena. It was a tough result for the Islanders, who followed up a rousing 6-3 win over a division leader in Toronto on Saturday with a disappointing loss to the last-place Sabres, who busted a 13-game winless skid.

The Sabres are bad again. The Islanders are buffaloed. The Rangers are on an island. You get the picture – it’s a big, jumbled mess in the state of New York right now.