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All Islanders can do is look toward the future

There is hope at the end of the road. That is the lesson of the expansion 1972-73 Islanders, who still hold various franchise records, including one the current Islanders will try not to match tonight.

Those original Islanders, known around the league as much by the name "Hapless Islanders," lost 15 consecutive road games until they finally broke the streak with a 4-4 tie in the last game...

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