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NEW YORK — Noel Acciari’s goal at 12:21 of the third period gave the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 win over the Rangers on Thursday at Madison Square Garden in the Blueshirts’ regular-season finale.

ELMONT, N.Y. — It was a struggle, just like this whole season has been for the Islanders.

NEW YORK — Mika Zibanejad was well aware that he had 39 goals on the season heading into Monday’s game against the Buffalo Sabres Monday night at Madison Square Garden.

WASHINGTON — Bo Horvat apologized before the game for a comment that sounded like a dig against his former team. All of the Islanders should be saying sorry for a weak effort against the depleted, playing-out-the-string Capitals in a game that may keep them out of the playoffs.

CLEVELAND — Domingo German walked the proverbial ballpark, one of several factors that led to the Yankees' ugly 3-2 loss to the Guardians on Monday night at Progressive Field.

NEW YORK — It was little more than a glorified scrimmage at Madison Square Garden Sunday afternoon, nothing on the line for either team and with stars sitting on both teams the highlight perhaps coming when Jalen Brunson appeared in street clothes at center court before the start of the…

BALTIMORE — It only seems as if Aaron Judge homers every time he sees the Orioles.

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Islanders knew what to expect from the Flyers and knew what they had to avoid in their tense playoff chase. Facing teams a mere week away from their offseason vacation but with players trying to win jobs for next season is never easy.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sometimes, you just have to take care of business and move on.

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Islanders had to win to keep up in the playoff chase.

NEW YORK — The Rangers and Lightning are likely to finish third in the NHL’s Metropolitan and Atlantic Divisions, respectively, in which case they could not meet in the playoffs until the conference finals.