The New York Islanders had nearly three full days to ponder what could have been after squandering a trio of one-goal leads against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.

The Minnesota Wild won't have to wait nearly as long to get back on to the ice after a similar experience on Thursday.

The Islanders and Wild will look to get back in the win column Friday night when New York opposes Minnesota in the teams' first meeting of the season at Elmont, N.Y.

The Islanders have been off since Tuesday when they fell to the visiting Bruins 4-3 in a shootout. The Wild will be completing a road back-to-back set after frittering away two one-goal leads in a 4-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday in Raleigh, N.C.

The shootout defeat ended a two-game winning streak for the Islanders, who outshot the

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