New York at Carolina

Carolina is in letdown mode after a clinching a playoff spot last night with a 5-3 victory over Buffalo after the Hurricanes had lost three of their previous four games. New York had a four-game winning streak snapped in a 3-2 loss to Dallas on Tuesday. The Islanders still have a remote chance of making the playoffs, and they have played well since early March winning 11 of 16 games. This is the first meeting since October. New York has won five of seven versus a team that scored at least five goals in its previous game, and Carolina is 3-7 in its last 10 games playing on no rest. Ilya Sorokin could be back in net tonight for the Islanders after recovering from a head injury and he has a 2.30 goals-against average and .927 save percentage with a 22-14-3-4 record. Play the Islanders.