Never Say Die-Landersislanders beat rangers and penguins in 1975 playoffs The Islanders beat the Rangers in a best-of-three series in 1975. JP Parise scored the series-clinching goal in overtime of game 3 It marked the islanders first-ever playoff series win The islanders staged an 0-3 series comeback to beat the penguins in the second round The islanders were just the second team in nhl history to win a series when trailing 3-0 Chico Resch made 30 saves in a 1-0 shutout win in game 7 Ed Westfall Scored the game winner in the 1-0 game 7 win The Islanders came back from 3-0 to force game 7 against the flyers, but lost the series Classic Game: April 11, 1975 Classic Game: April 26, 1975 1970s Islanders