The Rangers will meet the Washington Capitals in the first round when the playoffs start this Saturday.

Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist and the Patrick Roy-led New York Islanders clinched one of the two remaining playoff berths in the Eastern Conference with a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night.

With one game remaining for the Blueshirts, and two for the Islanders, here’s a look at their playoff clinching scenarios for this week…

Travis Konecny scored a short-handed breakaway goal and Samuel Ersson stopped 20 shots to keep the Philadelphia Flyers’ miniscule postseason hopes alive with one game left to play in a 1-0 win over the Devils on Saturday night.

Artemi Panarin score the game-tying goal to help the Rangers come-from-behind to beat the Islanders 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday afternoon.

For the first time since being shut down in late January, Filip Chytil was back at Rangers practice on Friday after being medically cleared.

The latest news and possible return dates for injured Islanders players.

Kyle Palmieri scored the game-winner in overtime to propel the Islanders to their seventh straight victory, 3-2, over the Montreal Canadiens.

Bobby Brink scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period, Samuel Ersson made 24 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.

Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist, Noah Dobson added two assists and the Islanders used a three-goal first period to propel them to a 4-2 win against the Eastern-Conference leading Rangers on Tuesday night.