If it was up to Bo Horvat, his New York Islanders would have already sewn up a playoff spot and could spent the final week of the regular season getting primed for a Stanley Cup push. “I'd rather be a lock instead of waiting for the last friggin' game like it seems like it's gonna come down to — the same thing it happened last year,” Horvat told amNewYork. Entering Tuesday night's matchup against the juggernaut crosstown rival Rangers, the Islanders somewhat remarkably still control their own destiny. The Pittsburgh Penguins' overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night kept a one-point advantage in New York's favor (85 points to 84) for third place in the Metropolitan Division, which carries an automatic playoff berth rather than dealing with Wild Card spots.
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Let’s give a little bit of love to the New York Islanders. They have won three straight and four of their last five games. They find themselves in the final wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference with six games to go. If the season ended today, we would get Rangers-Islanders […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Noah Dobson scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the New York Islanders stayed alive in their quest for the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot with a 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. Pierre Engvall and Bo Horvat scored first-period goals, and Ilya Sorokin […]
No | Player | P |
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25 | D | |
13 | C | |
4 | D | |
41 | D | |
7 | D | |
53 | C | |
15 | RW | |
8 | D | |
18 | LW | |
20 | RW | |
16 | RW | |
10 | RW | |
14 | C | |
37 | LW | |
46 | C | |
27 | LW | |
32 | C | |
17 | LW | |
24 | D | |
29 | C | |
44 | C | |
21 | RW | |
3 | D | |
51 | C | |
6 | D | |
2 | D | |
28 | D | |
2 | D | |
1 | G | |
30 | G | |
40 | G | |
26 | RW |