Category: Isles
Devils 4, Islanders 3 (OT): Isles take, then blow 3-1 lead in a flash
New Jersey DevilsWell damn. | Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images The Isles carved out some daylight but couldn’t hold on. The New York Islanders grabbed another point as they continue to fight through this injury crisis, but they’ll regret not taking both (er, two of the three that overtime magic...
Read moreIslanders 4*, Penguins 3 (*SO): Holmstrom, Pageau erase third-period deficit, Sorokin seals win
Bo HorvatSome much-needed happiness. | Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Also: 20-year-old Isaiah George gets the call, logging 15 minutes in a surprise NHL debut. The Islanders erased the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 3-1 third-period lead, and both teams had power play opportunities in overtime...
Read moreRangers 5 (EN), Islanders 2: Depleted Isles can’t convert on chances
Grant HuttonPhoto by Andrew Mordzynski/Getty Images With the injuries piling up, the Islanders’ game day roster had a few new faces with Samuel Bolduc and Grant Hutton up with the big club for the first time this season. They played well at 5v5 despite the injuries, but special teams co...
Read moreDucks 3 (EN), Islanders 1: Not good enough
Anaheim DucksPsst, that guy’s open. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images The Islanders ran into a good goalie but also ran into themselves. The very, very, very orange Anaheim Ducks got a power play goal in each of the first two periods and that plus 41 Lukas Dostal saves was enough to k...
Read moreNHL News: The Cup enters the building; Okposo on ‘playoff’ players
Kyle OkposoPhoto by Mike Stobe/NHLI via Getty Images The Stanley Cup is in the building for Game 4 Saturday night in Edmonton. If the Panthers pull it off, the league can only do one thing to correct this injustice: As they did in 1984 after the Isles swept the Oil in 1983, they must ch...
Read moreIslanders & NHL News: Terreri named director of goaltending; Cup finalists approaching
OilersThe 2000-01 team photo, with Chris Terreri as an Islander. | Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images But Greco stays, and one of Ilya Sorokin’s old coaches joins the ranks. Heading into the weekend, both conference finals were at 3-2, with the hom...
Read moreIslanders wait for second OT to down Carolina, 3-2
Mathew BarzalIn Elmont, the Islanders stayed alive in the Stanley Cup Playoffs first round series with the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon. Mathew Barzal tipped in a shot form the blue line that found the back of the cage to give … Continue reading → The post Islanders wait for second OT to down Carol...
Read moreIslanders News: Disastrous yet predictable, humbling yet hardly surprising
IslesShould probably go home now. | Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images Ugly as it was, blowing a 3-0 lead was totally in the probability set. There’s not much more to say about Game 2 that hasn’t already been said. It was a poor, uninspiring performance — though the national br...
Read moreHurricanes 5 (EN), Islanders 3: Isles blow 3-0 lead for Game 2 loss, a franchise first
CarolinaMissing the mark, again. | Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images Not all losses are equal. This one stung. For the second game in a row, the New York Islanders were in position to defy the experts and steal a game from heavily favored Carolina in their first-round playoff ser...
Read moreHurricanes 3 (EN), Islanders 1: Isles miss opportunity in Game 1 loss
New York IslandersGah. | Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images If the Isles need to cash in on their best opportunities to win this series, they already wasted a prime one. Kicking off their first-round series with the Carolina Hurricanes, the New York Islanders lost a Game 1 where they played...
Read moreCapitals nearly eliminated from M3 playoff spot after Islanders nab another standings point
IslesThe New York Islanders couldn’t close out the New York Rangers on Saturday, falling 3-2 in the shootout. But by forcing overtime, the Isles, left for dead earlier in the season, got even closer to clinching a playoff spot and eliminating the Washington Capitals from the third and final guaranteed pl...
Read moreRangers 3*, Islanders 2 (*SO): Smurfs inch by via shootout in possible playoff preview
Noah DobsonThis could be a series. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Except there’s no shootout in the playoffs, so this last part was an exercise in coin flippery. The New York Islanders’ six-game win streak came to an end at the World’s Most Self-Congratulatory Arena, at the hands...
Read moreIslanders Linked To Andrea Glauser
Patrick RoyThe Islanders have been heavily scouting Swiss free agent defenseman Andrea Glauser and are expected to pursue him aggressively this offseason, reports Emmanuel Favre Montreal of LeMatin.ch. Albeit via translation, Montreal reports both GM Lou Lamoriello and head coach Patrick Roy have personally sc...
Read moreIslanders 2 (EN), Predators 0: What is this sorcery?
NashvilleHe rejects. | Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images And what kind of crushing blow is it setting us up for? There is no way you entered this week expecting the New York Islanders would win four straight games, capped by a 41-save shutout of their western nemesis Nashville Preda...
Read moreIslanders rally past Chicago for 2-1 win
BlackhawksIn Elmont, the New York Islanders trailed the visiting Chicago Blackhawks, 1-0 entering the third period. The Isles rallied with a pair of goals in the front of the period to take a 2-1 lead they protected for the win. … Continue reading → The post Islanders rally past Chicago for 2-1 win first appe...
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