RALEIGH, N.C. — We have talked and talked and talked some more about the Islanders’ power play, and yes, we are going to talk about it again, because the plain fact of the matter is this is not likely to be a deep playoff run if the Islanders cannot at least get a few chances at five-on-four.

You already know what happened in Game 1 against the Hurricanes, when the Islanders got four total shots on net over eight power-play minutes and lost 2-1 largely as a result. So let’s dig into the why and try to parse how the Islanders might actually try to fix this thing.

To the tape:

1. The Islanders have one primary way of getting a controlled entry in the middle of the ice … and one player who can do it successfully.