An up-and-down regular season for the New York Islanders came to a close on Monday night in Boston. For the Isles, recently, things haven’t been going as well as they had been against the B’s. With regular-season losses in their most recent meetings with Boston on April 15th and 16th, the blue and orange combined […]
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A loss to the 2021 Buffalo Sabres is embarrassing enough, right? Well, apparently not. How about two? On the second night of a back-to-back upstate, the New York Islanders outplayed a hapless Sabres team in nearly every category yet somehow failed to win the scoreboard. Buffalo drew first blood, scoring 15:59 into the first period.
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The New York Islanders need to turn it around, and they need to do it soon. Saturday night at the Nassau Coliseum was nothing short of a lazy and pathetic effort from the Isles, which doesn’t happen too often. The Washington Capitals controlled the game from puck drop, scoring the first two goals of the
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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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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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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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After a brutal loss on home ice on Friday night, the New York Islanders had an opportunity to prove to their rivals, the New York Rangers, that they are, in fact, a better team than showed two nights prior. In the first period at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, the Isles dictated the
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After a trade deadline splash by New York Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello, it was essential to set the tone and welcome Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac to their new home on Thursday night. If the Islanders beat the Philadelphia Flyers and the Washington Capitals lost to the Boston Bruins, New York could claim sole
With a win against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night, the New York Islanders could make up ground in the MassMutual East Division standings and become tied with the Caps in first place. Both teams knew what was at stake, and the game they played did not disappoint. In the first period, the Isles played
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When Philadelphia Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault said that his number one goalie Carter Hart needed to be better, he meant it. Not playing a game since March 25th, the twenty-two-year-old netminder had a chance to reflect on his game and start living up to the hype that surrounded him when breaking into the league
