The Islanders did what they needed to do, outplaying the Flyers and eventually securing two points against a downtrodden division foe. The win pulls the Islanders fully out of the basement and above both the Flyers and Devils, and one point behind the Blue Jackets.
Alas, the top four in the Metro and the top four in the Atlantic are much further away, making their wild card comeback dreams distant. But they’ve won seven of nine (mostly against poor teams, but...) and there’s more than half the schedule left for the Isles; they’ll surely at least make it interesting.