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"We lost a big game tonight," captain Anders Lee said after an 8-3 thrashing in which his team blew a 3-1 lead.

As expected, the QMJHL playoff series between the Charlottetown Islanders and Quebec Remparts has not disappointed. The teams have played three straight one-goal games, which went right down to the final buzzer, and return to Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown for Game 6 on April 6 at 7 p.m.

The Islanders, who don't play again until Thursday, could easily be out of a playoff spot that they've essentially held since Dec. 4 by then.

In a game that was all but a must-win to keep their playoff dreams alive, the Flyers faced the pressure and turned the lights back on with a 4-1 win against the New York Islanders. With the win, they move into a four-way tie in points (88) for the second wild-card in the Eastern Conference and one point back of the Islanders for the third seed in the Metropolitan Division.

Corpus Christi Hook's Ferreras felt right at home bringing in 3 RBI. Janek made his Hooks debut, but Corpus Christi's official Minor League season starts Thursday. Great outing by Islanders Baseball.