The Islanders play their final game before the Deadline on Tuesday against the Winnipeg Jets at UBS Arena (7:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, TSN3), their last chance to convince general manager Lou Lamoriello not to trade pending unrestricted free agents such as forwards Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri for potential future pieces.

We’re closing in fast on Friday’s 3 p.m. NHL trade deadline, with the Rangers already making significant changes to their roster. In a three-month period, they’ve offloaded forwards Filip Chytil, Kaapo Kakko and Jimmy Vesey and defensemen Ryan Lindgren and Jacob Trouba,

In their last opportunity to show management that they should stick together for at least a few more weeks, the Islanders came up with another dud. Dominated 4-0 by the crosstown-rival Rangers on Monday — the second time in a week they lost by four goals to the Blueshirts — the Islanders as you