The Post breaks down four potential Islanders playoff opponents in order of the most compelling matchups:
It’s not likely, but it’s still in play for the Rangers to jump two spots in the standings, win the Metro and set up the first playoff Battle of New York since 1994.Ilya Sorokin facing off against his friend and countryman Igor Shesterkin. Trade-deadline acquisitions Bo Horvat and Patrick Kane going against each other.
That isn’t to say, though, that the Isles would have an easy time getting by the ’Canes, who have easily handled the Isles in two of three matchups between the teams this year. Not unlike the Islanders, Carolina at its best can play a straight-line defensive style that suffocates opponents.
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