Islanders find silver linings to Game 1 NHL playoff loss to Hurricanes

RALEIGH, N.C. — Was there enough good in this Game 1 loss to the Hurricanes that the Islanders could walk out of PNC Arena feeling like they had a blueprint to win the series? Well, they certainly thought so. “Absolutely,” Kyle Palmieri said following the 3-1 defeat in the playoff opener Saturday night. “I think we saw ways that we could be successful. We saw ways that we could limit their chances.” The prevailing sentiment in the Islanders’ dressing room was, in essence, just that. They’d played well enough to...