Islanders move into playoff spot after third straight victory in roller-coaster run
NY Post
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Islanders are underwhelming. The Islanders have won three straight games. The Islanders are in a playoff spot.
The prevailing sentiment of this season has been bizarre from the start, so with just six games to go, maybe it’s not surprising that the charge to the postseason does not exactly inspire like the Charge of the Light Brigade.
But the British army did lose in the end, and after Islanders 4, Blue Jackets 2, the Isles have a three-game win streak in hand and can taste the postseason after passing the Capitals, who lost to Pittsburgh on Thursday night, for the second wild-card spot.
There are better things than a noble death.
A playoff spot is one of them.
“One of those nights where the ice was really bad, lot of plays that were looking great and then it hops over your stick,” Anders Lee told The Post. “One of those ones we had to grind out. I thought we did a good job of that.”
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DETROIT — Cody Bellinger was healthy again and a right-hander was on the mound for the Tigers.
The playoffs begin in less than two weeks.
Darius Slayton is already going to bat for the Giants’ potential first-round pick.
Victor Robles put his body on the line to make an impressive catch on Sunday, but had to be carted off the field because of it.
It’s not every day that someone is chirping at the baby-faced assassin – let alone an opposing coach.
There will be enough time to obsess over the things the Knicks don’t have, and why they don’t do well. Bank on that. There will be acres of space and hours of conversation devoted to the vast chasm between where the Knicks are and where they want to be — and, perhaps more tellingly, where they were expected to be. That’s coming, don’t worry.
Peter Laviolette chuckled as a grin started to spread across his face.
David Peterson bent over behind the mound in Sunday’s fifth inning, giving the appearance of perhaps a back ailment.
New Jets coach Aaron Glenn will stand in front of his team on Monday as the Jets begin their offseason program.
He will be tempting, of course, because by the time all is said and done, Kevin Durant will be on the short list of the greatest players in NBA history. Top 10? Maybe. Top 20? For sure.
So, another game like this winds up in the void column, with a void of scoring accompanied by a void of emotion, and you can select which is the chicken and which is the egg in this scenario.
Carlos Mendoza thought about it.
ATLANTA — Clearly upset that he was pulled before he could get a triple-double, Josh Hart stormed off the court with 90 seconds remaining, but both he and coach Tom Thibodeau took the flare-up in stride.