Blue Jackets bid to stay hot in clash vs. Islanders

Thanks to the Columbus Blue Jackets, the New York Islanders no longer are the most surprising team in the Metropolitan Division.

And thanks to the Blue Jackets and a spate of surging teams around them, the Islanders no longer are in a playoff spot, either.

New York (39-26-5, 83 points) will attempt to halt an untimely losing streak and climb back into a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference on Sunday vs. Columbus (37-21-11, 85 points) in Elmont, N.Y.

Both teams will complete a back-to-back set.