{"id":433151,"date":"2023-04-13T00:32:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T04:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=433151"},"modified":"2023-04-13T00:32:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T04:32:21","slug":"islanders-top-canadiens-4-2-to-clinch-playoff-spot","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/islanders-top-canadiens-4-2-to-clinch-playoff-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Islanders top Canadiens 4-2 to clinch playoff spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nhl\/team\/new-york-islanders\/\">New York Islanders<\/a> defeated the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nhl\/team\/montreal-canadiens\/\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> 4-2 to clinch a playoff spot on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">YOUR NEW YORK ISLANDERS ARE HEADED TO THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gLIbIdEvtK\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/gLIbIdEvtK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; x &#8211; New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYIslanders\/status\/1646325922763612161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nBrock Nelson scored twice, while Hudson Fasching and Anders Lee. Goaltender Ilya Sorokin made 16 saves as the Islanders finished off their regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Rem Pitlick and Nick Suzuki scored for Montreal, while goaltender Sam Montembeault finished with 31 saves as the Canadiens\u2019 still have one game left in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders await their first round play-off opponent, which will be determined from the Panthers-Hurricanes clash on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>They missed out on the postseason play last year, which led to the sacking of then head-coach Barry Trotz in May.<\/p>\n<p>Canadiens face Boston on Thursday night for their last game of the season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  id=\"_ytid_92830\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ETFcu6kdgWc?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;controls=1&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ETFcu6kdgWc\/maxresdefault.jpg\" title=\"\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Islanders defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 to clinch a playoff spot on Wednesday night. 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