Islanders blast fking embarrassing late call in loss that could haunt them in tight playoff race

All year long, the Islanders have been vexed by the way goaltender interference is called.On Monday night, they were furious.On Monday night, they saw a regulation win turn into a shootout loss on one of the most questionable calls of the season, as Kyle Palmieri’s game-winner with 8.9 seconds left in regulation was waved off — giving way to a 4-3 Blue Jackets victory in the skills competition and a raging mad Islanders dressing room.“I think it was f–king embarrassing,” Palmieri said.“Couldn’t disagree more with the call.”“I don’t think anyone in this room agrees with this decision,” Alexander Romanov told The Post.Coach Patrick Roy went as far as to call the NHL’s situation room in Toronto “afraid” to overturn calls made on the ice.“Palmieri was out of the crease and he tipped it in.

I think their goalie [Elvis Merzlikins] pushed him away at the same time,” Roy said.“So that’s how I see it.

If Toronto’s afraid to overturn calls made by the referee, we don’t need Toronto.”There’s plenty of reasons why the Islanders lost this game, from their putrid power play handing back momentum to Columbus after a dominant first period to a passive third period to Roy’s odd decision to lead off the shootout with Anthony Duclair — who promptly fumbled the puck away.But if the Islanders miss the playoffs by a point — and with the Islanders, Rangers, Canadiens and Blue Jackets all separated by two points after Monday night, that’s not a remote possibility — they’ll have good reason to be upset.The referees waved off Palmieri’s goal right away, which is odd to begin with when it comes to a tight goalie interference call, and it stood after a lengthy review, despite the video evidence being mushy at best.Palmieri said referee Michael Markovic told him there was contact initiated in the crease by way of explanation.“I guess the goalie needs five minutes to get reset and ready for the shot,” Palmieri said.

“It looked li...