Islanders 4,* Rangers 2 (*EN): How sweet it is

Tonight, the Blueshirts crossed the East River to take on a team that actually wore blue shirts. The Islanders desperately needed these points to keep pace; the Rangers could’ve probably taken or left them.

The playoff races are tightening, with each game more important than the last. The trade deadline looms, two weeks away. So when you have two teams who have spent their share of recent time being historically terrible at hockey in Colorado and Buffalo, things like this happen:

Good news: We’ve got a representative there. Bad news: It’s Claude Loiselle - you might know him as the the Leafs’ “capologist” that approved the David Clarkson contract a few years back. I forgot he was in the Isles…