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Islanders News: Yes to Jobst, East playoff jockeying, Wahlstrom debut

The Islanders don’t play again until tomorrow in Florida, but last night’s games had a (mostly positive) impact, so we’ll start with that. Tuesday’s NHL scores included drama in Winnipeg and the Canadiens keeping their hopes alive, but more importantly to the Isles:

What’s it all mean for the Islanders? Take it away, Eric:

#Isles need 1 more point than Wash on Thursday to have chance to win Division in DC on Sat (Caps host MTL Thu)
NYI magic # to clinch 3rd is 1 (vs CAR)
NYI could clinch home-ice on Thu if earn more pts than Pens OR NYI ROW & PIT wins shootout.