The New York Islanders took care of business tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets, sweeping the season series and picking up a necessary regulation win. They were able to take advantage of a somewhat-friendly result in the Pittsburgh-Washington game, popping into the second wildcard spot (albeit with an extra game played over Washington, and the result helped Pittsburgh, who’s not far behind the Isles either).
The power play picked up a goal, Noah Dobson got back on the scoresheet, Ilya Sorokin made some great saves in what really felt like a bounce back game from him, the Isles put up 41 shots and didn’t end up getting goalie’d by a guy with single-digit NHL games under his belt.