Hey, maybe it did take playing a good team to get a strong effort and two points.
The New York Islanders put forth a mostly excellent effort against the New Jersey Devils and took two points and a regulation win, putting them—because the Florida Panthers lost again—six points clear of the playoff cut line. Kyle Palmieri had a monster game, and Bo Horvat scored an empty-net goal that hopefully will get him off the schneid. Ilya Sorokin was there to bail them out in the third period when the Devils made a big push.