Original sentence: However, the team won each game and edged out the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final playoff spot in the process.The last four games in the 2006-07 season were crucial and most thought a playoff spot would be out of reach.They lost their first round matchup with the Buffalo Sabres, the NHL's best team during the regular season, in 5 games
Edited sentence: Considered by many to be one of the most thrilling games in recent times, the Islanders held a 2-0 lead before surrendering the tying goal as time expired to end the third period when Dubieliwecz fell down attempting a save and exposing an open net to send the game to overtime.Despite the odds being against them (They had to win all four games and Toronto couldn't accrue more than a single point over the final stretch), the team won each game and edged out the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final playoff spot in the process.The last four games in the 2006-07 season were crucial and most thought a playoff spot would be out of reach, with DiPietro.The shootout then followed and the young Islanders goaltender saved the Islanders' post-season with his trademark stickwork, poke checking away the puck from the Devils' final shooter to assure the Islanders a 1st round matchup against the Buffalo Sabres.They lost their first round matchup with the Buffalo Sabres, the NHL's best team during the regular season, in 5 games with a great amount of controversy involved.With Dipietro suffering from concussion-related ijuried and veteran backup Mike Dunham, the team turned to the relatively inexperienced Wade Dubielewicz, whom the fans greatly embraced