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Islanders clinch playoff spot with big win over the Canadiens in regular-season finale 

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The Islanders bring a 2-0-2 streak into Thursday night's match in Vancouver.

Three takeaways from the Isles' four-game point streak

Oilers star Connor McDavid just one point short of 1,000 career points.

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"He does a lot of good things and he's accepted his role," said Roy. "It's the leadership we need."

Isles' Roy values Matt Martin's role as a leader

"I don't want to get back and get hurt again so I need to take the time and get healthy," Romanov said. "I don't want to rush right now because the risk is really high to get injured again."

Isles taking it easy with Romanov after multiple hard hits

After a brilliant first two periods from Ilya Sorokin, the Devils scored twice in the third.  Jack Hughes' breakaway winner at 2:35 of overtime snapped the Islanders two-game winning streak.

Isles blow two-goal third-period lead, lose to Devils in OT 

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Less than a week after taking them to overtime, they were no match for the Celtics. Ziaire Williams had 23 points, but the Nets had no answers for Boston's Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum.

Nets' Fernandez questions effort after blowout loss to Celtics

The Knicks had trailed by as many as 22 points in the third quarter.

Knicks erase big deficit but lose to Bulls after Hart's foul, Brunson's last-second miss

The competitive player is usually the last one to know that he's finished. And because Rodgers is such a complicated person that his wants and needs go beyond winning and losing.

Rock: Rodgers' toughest challenge might be saying farewell

The Nets entered Wednesday's game vs. Boston leading the NBA in opponent three-pointers made per game. In a league so reliant on the three-point shot, that stat alone has kept them in games. 

Nets' defense has forced teams into taking bad shots

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