Bernie Geoffrion of the Montreal Canadiens scores five goals in a 10-2 victory over the New York Rangers. 1977 — Rod Gilbert of the New York Rangers gets his 1,000th career point with a goal in a 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders.

Nicholas Robertson scored two goals to help the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-2 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Sunday. Robertson’s brother, Jason, had a hat trick for the Dallas Stars in a 4-3 win against the New York Islanders on Sunday.

Snapshots from the New York Islanders 5-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Photos by Dennis DaSilva/New York Islanders Sam Johnston/New York Islanders, Michael Mooney/ and Mike Stobe/NHLI via .

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The New York Rangers close out a three-game road stretch with the second of four meetings against the Islanders this season (7:30 PM ET - TV: MSG Network - Radio: ESPN 880 AM). RANGERS RUNDOWN - The Blueshirts have four wins in their last six games,

Nicholas Robertson scored two goals to help the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-2 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Sunday. Robertson’s brother, Jason, had a hat trick for the Dallas Stars in a 4-3 win against the New York Islanders on Sunday.

The Islanders are seven points from a playoff spot. They are four points from the bottom of the Eastern Conference. With 25 games to go and an increasing number of points and teams to overcome, that is all the discussion one needs to have.

The New York Rangers picked up a 5-1 win over the New York Islanders last night. With the win, they now sit two points back of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Regardless of how well they thought they played during Tuesday night’s 5-1 loss to the Rangers, the New York Islanders are at the point of the season where perception does little to sugarcoat reality.

The New York Islanders enter the NHL trade deadline with a lot of questions to answer. They have pending free agents and sit outside of a playoff spot. But the Eastern Conference is weak and one key piece could catapult them up the standings.

The Rangers (28-25-4) are 11th in the Eastern Conference, three points up on the 12th-place Islanders (25-24-7), who have a game in hand. The Rangers are also two points out of the second wild card, which is held by the Ottawa Senators, who do not play again until Wednesday.