Brock Nelson has a lot of reasons to be feeling sentimental right about now. He plays his 900th game as an Islander at Madison Square Garden on Monday night, becoming just the fifth player in franchise history to do so. If he makes it as far as Saturday in an Islanders uniform, he’ll pass Bobby Nystrom to be fourth on the all-time list.

Nashville (21-30-7, 49 points) is in seventh place in the Central Division and 16 points out of the final wild card position. According to Money Puck, the Predators have a 0.1% chance of making the playoffs and a 9.4% chance of earning the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.

The New York Islanders visit the New York Rangers after Brock Nelson scored two goals in the Islanders' 7-4 win over the Nashville Predators.

With the NHL waiting to see if Lou Lamoriello will fold and become a seller, his potential Islanders trade chips offered a reminder of their values.

• Ilya Sorokin scored the 18th goal by a goaltender in NHL regular season play (two others have been scored in the playoffs). Sorokin joins Billy Smith (November 28, 1979, vs. Colorado) as Islander goalies to score a goal. (How rare is this? By comparison there have been 24 perfect games pitched in Major League Baseball)

A dreadful first period doomed the Nashville Predators to their seventh loss in their last 10 games, falling 7-4 to the New York Islanders at UBS Arena Saturday afternoon.

Brock Nelson scored twice in the second period and collected an assist during a three-goal opening period as the New York Islanders started quickly and earned a 7-4 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday afternoon in Elmont,

The Rangers and Islanders are both chasing the wild-card spots in the Eastern Conference. They meet Monday with a chance to gain ground.

The New York Islanders make the short journey from Long Island to Manhattan for a Monday night All-New York battle with the host Rangers.