It’s hard to imagine a tighter and more defensive game than the New York Islanders vs. Washington Capitals one on Thursday night at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. In the first period, the Isles completely outplayed the Caps, outshooting them 15-4. But like he did all night, Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov stood on his head […]
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Without Kevin Durant and James Harden, a tall task met the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night. A tightly contested first quarter gave the New Orleans Pelicans the edge on their home court. The second quarter began with a three-point Pelicans lead (29-26). Brooklyn started chipping away and keeping up with the Pels, who entered halftime
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Perhaps the biggest game of the highly anticipated eight-game 2021 rivalry between the New York Islanders and New York Rangers took place on Tuesday at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Boy, Barry Trotz’s Isles didn’t disappoint. The first period was a back and forth one. Each team saw some power-play time, and scoring was opened
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At first, nothing went right for the sleepy New York Islanders on Sunday in Philadelphia. However, their young stud goaltender, Ilya Sorokin, kept things completely scoreless. New York was outplayed in the second period but did show some life. Once again, Sorokin did his job and stopped every puck thrown his way. The third period
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The last couple of weeks have been up and down for the Brooklyn Nets, and that’s putting it mildly. Still without their MVP candidate point guard, James Harden, Brooklyn needed time to find the guy to step up and try and fill the much-missed beard. On Saturday in Miami, that guy was Landry Shamet, wow
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After a frankly pathetic showing from the New York Islanders on Thursday night, the boys in blue and orange seemed to start much better against the same old Boston Bruins. Despite being the better team in the first period, New York found themselves down 1-0 at intermission after David Pastrnak netted one with less than
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The New York Yankees are a complete and utter disgrace right now. While all of this is happening, and the team is impossible to watch night after night, where is their manager Aaron Boone? On Saturday, this detestable Yankees group got even more detestable. Yes, that was possible. An already unwatchable Yankees team has now
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You win some, and you lose some, right? Well, it just wasn’t meant to be for the New York Islanders in Boston on Thursday night. The Isles were in the penalty box for a good chunk of the first period. The Bruins notched two goals, one of which came on the power-play. Just 2:56 into
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For the first time in the young 2021 Major League Baseball (MLB season), the New York Yankees have shown life. Looking to avoid a sweep at Tropicana Field on Sunday, The Bronx Bombers needed a solid outing from starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery and their offense. Neither team could find their bats in the first, and
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The Philadelphia 76ers are sitting pretty right now, and that should make Steve Nash’s Nets furious and highly motivated. Philly fans, I assure you that you haven’t seen these Nets with all members healthy. Don’t you worry, that day will come. On Wednesday night in Philadelphia, a depleted Nets squad put up a real fight
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