The New York Islanders wake up this morning in California sitting four points outside the final playoff spot. The team currently occupying the final wild card is the Ottawa Senators, with 67 points and aggressively bought at this past trade deadline.

Horvat scored a goal on two shots, added three hits and went minus-2 in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Predators. Horvat's goal late in the first period stretched the Islanders' lead to 3-0. He had been limited to one assist over his previous five games.

The Islanders went into the trade deadline with two older than 30 assets on expiring contracts who could have gotten a strong return while enabling the club to start to look toward its future. Not this trade deadline,

The New York Islanders, fresh off a humiliating defeat against the New York Rangers, practiced Wednesday afternoon at Northwell Health Ice Center. After a lazy defensive effort, the team came out slow and unenthused about practice.

After all the trade deadline talk subsided, the New York Islanders had a game to play and despite a slow start, they comfortably picked up two points Saturday against the San Jose Sharks, winning 4-2.

The Battle of New York returns, with the New York Rangers slated to travel to UBS Arena in Elmont on Tuesday evening. According to moneypuck.com, the Rangers h

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin was credited with ... Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Kyle Palmieri, Bo Horvat and Casey Cizikas also scored, and Adam Boqvist and Simon Holmstrom each had two assists. Sorokin stopped 23 shots.