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Islanders Oh So Close To Making The Playoffs

04/20/2013 at 9:53am EDT

from Arthur Staple of Newsday,

The next biggest game of the Islanders' remarkable run comes Saturday afternoon. This one, against the surging Jets in the always-loud MTS Centre, could be the one that puts the Islanders in full command of a playoff berth....

A regulation win Saturday would put the Islanders five points up on the Jets with three games to play, all but assuring the Isles of their first playoff berth since 2007 -- and likely their first playoff berth with a seed higher than No. 8 since 2002.

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