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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Game three between the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins featured nine goals, a raucous Nassau Coliseum crowd, and a whole lot of rough stuff. In their first home playoff game of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the boys in blue and orange looked to go up 2-1 and put Sidney Crosby and the Penguins
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Things couldn’t have started any worse for Semyon Varlamov and the New York Islanders on Tuesday night in Pittsburgh. After a questionable decision by Isles head coach Barry Trotz to start Varlamov over young goaltender Ilya Sorokin, who won game one for New York, it was clear from early on that Varlamov, and the boys
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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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After two monumental wins against their rival, the New York Islanders are back to their previous form after another subpar effort in Buffalo on Monday night. With a playoff spot clinched, another abysmal effort was not expected after the Isles seemingly were getting hot at the right time. The boys in blue and orange started
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