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Isles lose, clinch top spot going into lottery

There was no way to gracefully celebrate the Islanders' 6-1 loss to Pittsburgh last night at Mellon Arena, even if it did allow the Isles to clinch last place in the NHL standings and the top spot going into Tuesday's draft lottery.

Because no team can drop more than one position in the lottery, they are assured of getting either sniper John Tavares or offensive defenseman Victor Hedman in...

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