The New York Islanders’ season came to an end in heartbreaking fashion on Friday night in Tampa Bay. After a magical game six victory, it was a rough night all around for Barry Trotz’s Islanders – and it’s more than just the final score that leaves an empty feeling in the hearts of the blue […]
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Barry Trotz and his New York Islanders found themselves in a do-or-die game four situation on Saturday night at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Down 2-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2021 Stanley Cup semifinals, not only did the Isles need to wake up and score – they needed to find a way
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After losing game one of the 2020 Eastern Conference Finals to the Tampa Bay Lightning 8-2, the New York Islanders finally got a fair fight in which they were not feeling the effects of a game seven or long-distance travel. In the third round against the same team for the second straight year, a game
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With a chance to clinch their series against the Boston Bruins at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday night, the New York Islanders, or shall we say “Saints,” did just about everything right. Looking to march their way into the Stanley Cup semi-finals, the boys in blue and orange were buzzing early on, just
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The New York Islanders had no intentions of making game four against the Boston Bruins their last at the historic Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Down 2-1 in the series and heading back on the road for game five, it is safe to say that this game was a must-win for Barry Trotz’s boys in blue
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Game two between the New York Islanders and Boston Bruins was nothing short of an intense one. For the Isles, this game was pretty close to must-win. For the Bruins, it was basically a series clincher. Needing a split headed back to the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Barry Trotz’s Isles cringed when the Bruins scored
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David Pastrnak’s game one hat trick didn’t do the New York Islanders any favors on Saturday night. After a hard-fought tilt with the Pittsburgh Penguins, New York’s next opponent, the Boston Bruins, spent many days getting rested and ready for game one at a packed TD Garden. Both teams exchanged power-play goals in the first
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The Penguin has been defeated. Let’s just say that Anthony Beauvillier, Brock Nelson, and Josh Bailey are owed an enormous debt of gratitude for their game six performance against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Wednesday night. Despite scoring on their first shot, Tristan Jarry and the Pens were no match for
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What Ilya Sorokin has stepped in and done for the New York Islanders is remarkable. Being brutally outplayed by the Pittsburgh Penguins in game five of the best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff series, the Isles needed a guy that would step up. Thankfully for them, in all three games, he has played in this series, Sorokin
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With their Stanley Cup hopes on the line and a screaming Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum crowd – the New York Islanders delivered. Down 2-1 in the series headed into Saturday’s game four, the Isles knew they needed a decisive victory and would do whatever it took to get exactly that. Saturday’s matinee showed me, you,
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