The New York Islanders finish off a two-game set and season series with the New York Rangers tonight at Nassau Coliseum. It is the last Islanders-Rangers game the Coliseum will host.
The Islanders tonight can also clinch a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs if they defeat the Rangers in regulation. That would send out the Coliseum with a bang. And after the confidence dip experienced writ large by Islanders fans, assurance that the playoffs will be in the cards would surely ease our minds.
Then, the Islanders can spend the last week of the regular season gearing up for the postseason.