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Islanders Edge: Wild affair in Jersey results in Isles victory, win streak grows to nine

Without their captain, Anders Lee, the New York Islanders were also without major pieces Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Noah Dobson due to COVID-19 protocol. Dobson took warmups but could not play. He was replaced in the lineup by Sebastian Aho, which took some time to get sorted out. The game was delayed for a few minutes […]

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Islanders Edge: Isles Narrowly Edge Bruins In SO, Win Streak Extended To Six Games

Looking to secure first place in the Mass Mutual East Division, the New York Islanders faced the Boston Bruins at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Tuesday night. With an Isles win, they would hold onto first place. With a Bruins regulation win, the Isles would fall out of first place. In the last five seasons,

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Islanders Edge: Dominant effort in Pittsburgh falls short, Isles drop second straight to Pens

In Pittsburgh on Saturday night, the New York Islanders were met with a tall task. In Penguins captain Sidney Crosby’s 1000th career game, the Pens looked to rally behind their captain and member of the organization for sixteen years. The Isles had to outplay the Penguins and wear their defense down while forechecking mercilessly to

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Islanders Edge: Dominant performance in Buffalo extends point streak to 7

New York Islanders hockey, once again, folks. Strong defense, gritty style, and leaving the arena with two points. After a monumental team victory on Saturday night, Barry Trotz and his crew knew exactly what was heating up. The once hapless Islanders are now sitting in a playoff spot and carrying a seven-game point streak in

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Islanders Edge: Varlamov a brick wall, Isles rally in 3rd to defeat rival Rangers

After a complete and resilient team win on Saturday, the New York Islanders looked for a spark on Monday night to beat their arch-rival, the New York Rangers. The first two periods were very evenly matched, without much open ice for either side to work with. The Isles killed off penalties, and Semyon Varlamov denied

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Islanders Edge: 2nd and 3rd period collapse causes Isles losing streak to grow to 3

Infuriating, enraging, exasperating, shameful, and stupefying. These are the words that come to mind when reflecting on the New York Islanders’ performance on Thursday. Just 376 days prior, the Islanders had blown a 4-1 lead to Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals on home ice. Thursday night, they blew another three-goal lead to the 2018 Stanley

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