This uplifting Blue Jackets storyline ends tonight but potentially on one more high note. The Columbus push for a playoff berth will fall just short but the recent surge to stay alive for the postseason has been nothing short of inspirational, including back-to-back wins over the Caps among the five straight wins into tonight. Also worth wondering if the Jackets have found their goalie of the future in Jet Greaves, with wins these last four and eye-popping numbers (0.75 GAA, .976 saves) in the process. Meanwhile, with only three wins in their last thirteen, the Islanders have closed the season headed in the opposite direction. Play Blue Jackets on Puck Line

I need to play one last game on Columbus this NHL season, even if meaningless, because the Blue Jackets have bought me a hot tub. Not sure I've ever made more on one team in one NHL season, and it was pretty much all at home. Both clubs are long eliminated from the playoffs, but it feels like a game the Jackets would want to win to honor this season and late All-Star Johnny Gaudreau after he was killed over the summer. Jackets goalie Jet Greaves has won four straight starts with a 0.75 GAA and .976 save percentage. The Isles are sitting a lot of guys, including No. 1 netminder Ilya Sorokin.