The New York Islanders and Boston Bruins will complete their regular-season series on Wednesday night in Elmont, N.Y.

But as a pair of teams in the tightly bunched Eastern Conference, neither needs to be reminded how results in November might impact their playoff hopes in April.

The Islanders will look to continue surging and the Bruins will aim to curtail a slump when they face off.

Both clubs have been off since Sunday, when the host Islanders outlasted the Seattle Kraken 1-0 in a shootout and the visiting Bruins fell 3-1 to the San Jose Sharks.

The Islanders, who tied a franchise record with six wins on a seven-game road trip that ended last Thursday, were on the verge of suffering a second straight defeat to open a seven-game homestand Sunday before Bo Horvat extended the shootout

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