WASHINGTON -- Thomas Hickey scored with 2:47 left in overtime, Christopher Gibson made 29 saves in his first NHL start and the New York Islanders clinched a playoff berth with a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night.
New York (43-26-9) rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the third period to force overtime.
Hickey, who left the ice earlier in the overtime after taking a skate to the chin, scored off a feed from John Tavares on a rebound.
Gibson kept the Islanders' chances alive when he stopped Washington's Evegeny Kuznetsov on a breakaway 30 seconds into overtime.