Valtteri Filppula returns with a vengeance for Islanders
(New York Post Islanders)

WASHINGTON - That was some return. The Islanders got Valtteri Filppula back from an eight-game absence and he scored twice in the team´s 3-0 win over the Capitals in the regular-season finale here on Saturday night. The third-line center had been out since March 19, and he returned well ahead of his original four-week timeline....