Weight can't believe the math: 'They had 4 chances in the 1st and it's 5-0'

Doug Weight's New York Islanders suffered a crushing defeat Thursday in Philadelphia, the result almost guaranteed only 10 minutes into the game.

It was 4-0 for the Philadelphia Flyers after 9:19 of action, and 5-0 after 20 minutes, the Isles eventually dropping a 6-3 decision. After the game, Weight wasn't pleased. In fact, he was flummoxed, because his team's first period didn't add up.

"What do you say? Nothing. It's just shit," Weight said, according to Newsday's Arthur Staple. "It's not like they make tic-tac-toe plays - they had four chances in the first and it's 5-0. Four! Do the math.

"We worked, but it doesn't really matter," he added. "A piss-poor first."

That's about as accurate an assessment gets.

The Islanders have lost three in a row and are six points back of the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, with a game in hand. The math, though, that Weight referenced, isn't pretty.

New York will host the New Jersey Devils in Brooklyn on Friday. Lose that one, and it's done, no matter what the numbers say.