Schedule and 2018-19 Results:
Regular Season Records: New York Islanders 48-27-7=103pts, Carolina 46-29-7=99pts
Game 1 on Friday, 26 April: Carolina wins at New York Islanders, 1-goal-nil (OT)
Game 2 on Sunday, 28 April: Carolina wins at New York Islanders, 2-goals-1
Game 3 on Wednesday, 01 May: New York Islanders lose at Carolina, 5-goals-2
Game 4 on Friday, 03 May: New York Islanders lose at Carolina, 5-goals-2

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Carolina Hurricanes hosted and defeated the New York Islanders 5-goals-2 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1395 victory. With the series 1395 win, the Carolina Hurricanes improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 11-4 overall and 4-0 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1395 loss, the New York Islanders see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 23-20 overall and 10-5 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Carolina Hurricanes in series 1395 was WWWW: Series 1395 thus becomes the 41st NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the 120th NHL series (all rounds), and the 232nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The New York Islanders tallied only five goals in series 1395, and only one goal at home in series 1395. The single goal on home ice is the fewest in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series since series 1324, in which the Chicago Blackhawks were shut out for the series on home ice in their 2017 NHL Preliminary-round series against the Nashville Predators. The Carolina Hurricanes with their series 1395 victory improve their best-of-7 NHL Quarterfinals record to an NBA/NHL-best 4-0, and to an NBA/NHL-best 2-0 with Game 1 on the road.

After Game 3: The Carolina Hurricanes hosted and outscored the New York Islanders 5-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1395 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the New York Islanders have a series record of 1-5 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 4 record of 5-1. The New York Islanders in series 1395 have become the 364th MLB/NBA/NHL team to fall behind 3-games-nil in a best-of-7 playoff series, and hope to become the sixth team (and the first repeat team) to surmount that deficit for a 4-games-3 series 1395 victory. MLB/NBA/NHL teams leading a best-of-7 playoff series 3-games-nil have an active 45-series winning streak. In series 295, the Islanders trailed the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-games-nil in the 1975 NHL Quarterfinals but won 4-games-3; in series 296, the Islanders trailed the Philadelphia Flyers 3-games-nil in the 1975 NHL Semifinals but tied the series 3-games-all before losing Game 7.

After Game 2: The Carolina Hurricanes visited and bested the New York Islanders 2-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1395 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 3-0 and a Game 3 record of 1-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the New York Islanders have a series record of 3-8 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 3 record of 5-6.

After Game 1: The Carolina Hurricanes visited and shut out the New York Islanders 1-goal-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1395 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 4-1 and a Game 2 record of 3-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New York Islanders have a series record of 7-14 (with an active six-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 10-11. Series 1395 Game 1 is the fifteenth game in best-of-7 NHL playoff history to end 1-goal-nil with an overtime victory for the visitors, and the first since series 1229 (in which the Boston Bruins visited and defeated the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 of their 2014 NHL Quarterfinals series). Carolina ends a four-Game 1 best-of-7 NHL playoff series losing streak with their series 1395 Game 1 victory. The Islanders see their four-Game 1 best-of-7 NHL playoff series winning streak snapped by the series 1395 Game 1 loss.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2018-19 NHL regular season, the New York Islanders finished four points ahead of the Carolina Hurricanes. From 1939 through the 2019 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 14-17 (.452) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1395 is the 43rd best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the New York Islanders, and the 15th for the Carolina Hurricanes. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the New York Islanders have an all-rounds series record of 23-19, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 10-4, and a Game 1 record of 21-21, while the Carolina Hurricanes have an all-rounds series record of 10-4, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 3-0, and a Game 1 record of 5-9 (with an active four-Game 1 losing streak). Series 1395 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the New York Islanders and the Carolina Hurricanes.