Islanders stay perfect with shootout win over Sharks
They’re going to lose. It’s going to happen. Just not on this night, and not with this type of performance. The Islanders pretty well dominated from start to finish against...
View ArticleThe secret to the Islanders’ dominating season revealed
Here’s a question Islanders coach Jack Capuano has been getting a lot lately — and he seems to be getting tired of repeating his answer. Coach, the team’s position now...
View ArticleIsles’ Capuano ready to make some changes after tough loss
A displeased Jack Capuano could be busted out of his superstitions following Monday’s dramatic 6-5 loss to the Rangers at the Coliseum. The Islanders coach is wary of changing his lineup...
View ArticleIslanders sign defenseman Nick Leddy to massive extension
It didn’t take Nick Leddy long to make an impression with the Islanders. Leddy, who was acquired from the Blackhawks less than a week before the season started, signed a...
View ArticleIslanders storm past woeful Coyotes to hold on to first place
The Islanders were potentially one more loss away from dropping into a tie for first place in the Metropolitan Division on Tuesday. Johnny Boychuk, though, insisted he wasn’t aware of...
View ArticleIron man streak ends at 320 games for Islanders’ Nick Leddy
Add one, take away another. The Islanders had a handful of moving pieces in Tuesday night’s 2-1 loss to the Rangers, the final regular-season game these two historic rivals will...
View ArticleBoychuk pact proves these aren’t your older brother’s Islanders
One month. That’s how long Johnny Boychuk spent as an Islander before he realized it is the team he wants to call his own for a good long while. “The...
View ArticleIslanders’ Leddy, Esiason’s daughter in Twitter threats
The latest disturbing case of Twitter threats involves Islanders defenseman Nick Leddy and Sydney Esiason, who is the girlfriend of Leddy’s teammate Matt Martin and daughter of WFAN host and...
View ArticleIsles-Caps will be a high-scoring, 7-game series and the winner will be…
The Islanders are just happy to be back in the postseason for the second time in the past eight seasons — or as coach Jack Capuano might say, “in the...
View ArticleIslanders preview: Clock begins ticking on John Tavares’ prime
The face of the Islanders, captain John Tavares, has said this repeatedly throughout training camp — and he’s right. “We really haven’t accomplished a whole lot.” Tavares and the Islanders...
View ArticleSidney Crosby scores pair as Islanders fall to Penguins
PITTSBURGH — By the time the Islanders woke up, the game was over. After falling behind 5-0, a late comeback was far too little, far too late in a 5-2 Islanders loss Saturday night. For the Penguins, a...
View ArticleIslanders’ three-game win streak ends with an emphatic dud
RALEIGH, N.C. — So much for the Islanders’ three-game winning streak. Andrej Nestrasil and Victor Rask scored two goals apiece to help the Hurricanes beat the Islanders 6-3 on Saturday night. Riley...
View ArticleSurging Islanders continue road dominance with win over Jets
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Kyle Okposo didn’t care how the play developed. He was just happy to get a goal — and the win. Okposo scored off a quirky rebound 2:20 into overtime to lift the Islanders to a 4-3...
View ArticleAfter losing Halak, Islanders fall to Maple Leafs in shootout
TORONTO — The Islanders had a bad Wednesday. After finding out they will be without starting goalie Jaroslav Halak for the next six weeks due to a lower-body injury, the Isles went out and lost 4-3 in...
View ArticleTravis Hamonic’s odd spot: Isles work pays off amid trade hope
BRANDON, Fla. — There has to be a bittersweet undercurrent for Travis Hamonic, and though it doesn’t come through in his words, it’s there. “I know what you’re trying to get at,” the Islanders...
View ArticleIslanders’ new acquisition could cost youngsters some jobs
Nobody is calling Dennis Seidenberg a game-changer. But the 35-year-old defenseman the Islanders signed to a one-year, $1 million deal Wednesday does represent a tightening of the screws on the back...
View ArticleIslanders prevail on ‘little better’ Barclays ice
John Tavares’ slow start to the season was indicative of an entire Islanders offense that hadn’t been able to find its way for much of the season’s first five games. Then on Sunday against Minnesota,...
View ArticleIslanders find a creative way to lose another one
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Panthers spoiled Jaroslav Halak’s solid night in a hurry. Jonathan Marchessault tied the game with 13.6 seconds left in regulation and Denis Malgin scored late in overtime, helping...
View ArticleWhy one hiccup did not spoil Travis Hamonic’s Isles return
The Islanders seemingly got some good news before Monday’s game against the Lightning when Travis Hamonic was able to return to the lineup from his broken thumb much sooner than anticipated. And with...
View ArticleIslanders win shootout that felt like it would never end
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Goaltender Thomas Greiss has been trying to keep the same approach while the Islanders have struggled this season. He had to stick with it a little longer Tuesday night. Nick Leddy...
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