One point is all the New York Islanders needed to secure home-ice advantage in the playoffs. With a 3-0 win against the Washington Capitals, they did just that.
The Islanders hero might have been Valtteri Filppula with a first-star display, but the entire team did exactly what they’ve been doing all year. Discipline, hard to play against, defense first. And it got them the ‘W’
There wasn’t a goal scored in the opening frame, but both teams traded good opportunities. If not for Pheonix Copley and Robin Lehner between the pipes the score would have surely looked different.