The Isles scored a 3-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at UBS Arena, closing the gap from eight points to six against a team that started the day in the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.

At least one team in Columbus didn’t have anything to celebrate on Monday. In what amounted to a must-win game for the Islanders against a Blue Jackets ... Barzal and Anders Lee was dominant ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Blue Jackets head to the New York Islanders in Metropolitan Division action on Monday. New York has a 4-5-2 record in Metropolitan Division games and an 18-20-7 record overall. The Islanders have a 7-1-1 record when scoring a power-play goal.

Final Thoughts: The Islanders last faced the Blue Jackets on Oct. 30, when they were shut out 2-0. That was the game in which Mathew Barzal suffered his long-term upper-body injury. The gap between the Islanders and Columbus is eight points right now.

The New York Islanders (19-20-7) took over a second straight game in the second period, bowling over the Columbus Blue Jackets (22-18-7). The game finished X-1, with Bo Horvat’s second-period pair lifting the Islanders to the win.

The New York Islanders’ Anders Lee and the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Zachary Werenski are two of the best players to keep an eye on when these teams meet on Monday at 7:30 PM ET, at UBS Arena. Purchase tickets for this matchup at StubHub!

The New York Islanders (18-20-7) play host to the Columbus Blue Jackets (22-17-7) on Monday night on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in UBS Arena. The holiday game features the Islanders coming off a strong 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.

At the one-year mark of Patrick Roy’s reign behind the Islanders bench, the head coach is hoping his team can put together a bigger, better version of what they did last season and make a run into the playoffs.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Frederik Andersen became the second-fastest goaltender to reach 300 wins as the Carolina Hurricanes scored five straight goals in the second period to rally past the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 7-4 win at Lenovo Center on Thursday.

The Blue Jackets grab two important points in Toronto thanks to a memorable homecoming for some young standouts

The Blue Jackets won impressively, defeating the Maple Leafs by a score of 5-1. And who was the star of the game? In a very cinematic twist, it was Fantilli who delivered a career