What a night! The New York Islanders smacked around the Columbus Blue Jackets to the tune of 6-0.
Ilya Sorokin slammed the door when needed, including on a shorthanded breakaway for Boone Jenner; Sorokin made the save, and the Isles firmly swung the momentum in their favor by going back down the other way and scoring off the rush.
And of course, the captain, Anders Lee, recorded his first career hat trick after 29(!) career two-goal games.
The Jackets are realistically—in the most strained definition of “realistically”—the only other team outside the playoff picture in the East that could compete with the Islanders to try to chase down one of the teams currently inside the line.