BY: DAVID KOLB
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NEW YORK ISLANDERS (38-29-12) @ CAROLINA HURRICANES (35-30-14)
Coverage begins at 6:30 PM on MSG+2
The Islanders need a win tonight to sat alive in the playoff hunt.
1 WHERE THEY STAND
- Tonight the Islanders travel to Raleigh to face the Carolina Predators for the fifth time this season
- The Isles are 5-4-1 in the last 10 games
- New York is 17-17-5 on the road in 2016-17
- The Islanders are five points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final Wild Card in the Eastern Conference
2 WHO'S HOT
- Isles’ forward, Josh Bailey picked up an assist on the overtime winning goal in Tuesday’s 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators
- The 2008 first round pick (9th overall) has now reached 40 assists for the first time and has a career-high 53 points in 79 games this season
- Bailey has a goal and three assists in an average of 17:20 of ice-time in four meetings with the Hurricanes
3 SAY WHAT?
“I’m proud for a couple of hours, but we have to get back to work.”
— Islanders’ coach, Doug Weight after defeating Nashville Tuesday, and looking forward to tonight’s tilt with Carolina
4 DID YOU KNOW?
Islanders’ defenseman Dennis Seidenberg played parts of three seasons with the Carolina Hurricanes (2006 through 2009), accumulating six goals and 45 assists.
5 MUST-SEE VIDEO
Watch Thomas Hickey score a huge overtime goal to keep the Islanders alive in the postseason chase.
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