The Foligno brothers wont be attempting to follow in the footsteps of the Kelce brothers.

Maybe ownership and management perceive this as a Gap Year for the Devils, when the players go off on their own pursuits after having put so much work the previous year into not only making the playoffs but winning the first round Battle of the Hudson.

Facing a bottom-dwelling Blackhawks team, the Rangers blew a two-goal lead in the final frame before Mika Zibanejad salvaged the teams good name with a game-winning goal 2:37 into overtime to take a 4-3 victory Friday night at United Center.

The Islanders' four-game road trip from hell was capped off by a 4-3 overtime loss to the Blackhawks a team that more closely resembles a band of AHL misfits with much of its lineup injured than an NHL club on Friday night at the United Center after Seth Joness game-winning goal.

The winger, who signed with the Oilers, declined to discuss the incident that got his contract terminated by the Blackhawks earlier this season.

The Chicago Blackhawks released winger Corey Perry in November following what was called an alcohol-fueled incident at a team event.

The Islanders will not have a more winnable game on the road all year than Friday against the Blackhawks.

All that protection around Connor Bedard did the teen angel about as much good on Friday when he met up with Brendan Smith at the Rock

The Rangers were the only main attraction worth seeing in a dominant 4-1 win over the Blackhawks and Connor Bedard, who made his Madison Square Garden debut.