The New York Islanders managed to get a 5-1 lead in the third period of last night’s game against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks before disaster hit late in the contest. The Hawks scored three unanswered goals and the Isles only got away with a 5-4 in the end.

New York Islanders head coach Patrick Roy was not thrilled with his team’s third-period effort after the Islanders almost lost 5-1 to the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.

Last night in the NHL, only four teams were not playing. A lot of action, then. Here are the results and highlights: Thursday’s 14-game slate saw plenty of high-scoring performances, including Scott Laughton scoring all four goals for the @NHLFlyers and Nikita Kucherov tallying six points for the @TBLightning.