When the Islanders next take the ice on Tuesday in Pittsburgh, it will have been exactly a month since Lou Lamoriello fired Lane Lambert and hired Patrick Roy.

The Rangers scrawled their signatures all over the Stadium Series. John Hancock never had anything on Artemi Panarin.

So another huge NFL game the AFC Championship was in great part determined by a players inability to behave as a minimally composed professional in service to the big picture.

Talking about his aggressive decisions in the latter half of Saturdays 4-2 Islanders loss to the Lightning which included benching Matt Martin and Cal Clutterbuck, juggling his forward lines and pulling the goalie with seven minutes left the Islanders head coach did not mince words.

The Post looks back at each of the four previous outdoor games the Rangers have been a part of in the past.

Gonzaga was to add two more Quad 1 wins, at Saint Marys and San Francisco, maybe there would be a case for them.

The Islanders do indeed rank fifth in least amount of time trailing, behind just the Bruins, Canucks, Capitals and Panthers.

The Knicks scratched this one out, and that's OK.

Evan Roberts had a message for the fat Rangers fans celebrating their improbable 6-5 overtime win over the Islanders in Sunday's Stadium Series.