The Islanders and Penguins, even with 63 points apiece, occupy the two playoff positions.
But it is the Sabres with 60 points in 54 games played, and the Red Wings, with 60 points in 55, who everyone now needs to worry about. In particular, the Islanders, who have played 59 times ahead of a must-win game on Monday against the Penguins, are navigating a games-in-hand disadvantage that serves to effectively negatea 6-2 loss to the Bruins
Though the Islanders have lost four of their last five games, the poor play of everyone else in the race has kept them in it, along with the fact that their one win during that stretch has been over the Penguins. The Islanders also have three games left against the Caps, two against Buffalo and one against the Red Wings.“We gotta turn the page, we don’t have an option,” Kyle Palmieri said Saturday. “We’re in a chase for a playoff spot. We got an opportunity to play a team that’s above us on Monday. We got an opportunity to turn out a pretty good weekend with a win on Monday.
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