The Islanders will take the ice on Monday night against the Blue Jackets at UBS Arena knowing a win will pull them even in points with the Canadiens, who hold the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot and who will have played one fewer game.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Columbus Blue Jackets vs. New York Islanders NHL game to be played on March 24, 2025 on ESPN.

With just one goal in the previous four games, the Blue Jackets went to Pittsburgh for Friday night’s game and – in the words of head coach Dean Evason – tried to “cheat” the game. Columbus had just played extremely tight 2-1 and 1-0 losses to New Jersey and Florida,

Nazem Kadri scored at 3:51 of overtime and the Calgary Flames beat the New York Islanders 4-3. Matt Coronato had two goals and Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and two assists for Calgary in its third straight win.

Nazem Kadri scores an overtime goal to lift the Flames past the Islanders.

The New York Islanders picked up a point but fell to the Calgary Flames 4-3 in overtime. Defenseman Alexander Romanov returned to the lineup after missing the past two games with an illness, while the Flames were without defenseman MacKenzie Weegar due to a lower-body injury.