The New York Islanders can advance to the Eastern Conference Final for the first time since 1993 with a win against the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Tuesday.
"The fourth win is always the toughest," Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. "It is the one that you have to go through. No one's going to give it to you. You can't go around it, you have to go through it. You've got to have that killer instinct."
The Flyers have tried to simplify their focus, knowing they can't win the series unless they win Game 5.
"We've got to get one game," defenseman Matt Niskanen said Monday. "You get one game, the tide starts turning and the pressure is flipped. Right now, it's all about Game 5 for us. We can get that one, hopefully we get the ball rolling in the right direction."
Teams trailing 3-1 are 29-285 (9.8 percent) winning a best-of-7 Stanley Cup Playoff series, including 0-7 this season.
Here are 3 keys for Game 5: