Good morning, my name is Andrew Fantucchio. It’s Tuesday, March 19, and here’s what’s happening around the NHL today. Patrick Roy has brought a lot of good things to the New York Islanders since taking over as the team’s head coach.
Robert Bortuzzo received a nice little gift for his 35th birthday when the New York Islanders officially activated the defenseman off long-term injured reserve Monday afternoon.
With new ideas for on-ice tactics and a fresh perspective, Patrick Roy came in with a burst of energy when he was named the head coach of the New York Islanders.
A terrible matinee weekend turns the screw. Bo Horvat sure looks like he knows the stakes. Some other players, too. But overall, it’s a cruel and maddening
There were no horseshoes or four-leaf clovers for the New York Islanders, as they lost their fourth straight game on Sunday afternoon to the New York Rangers by a final of 5-2 at Madison Square Garden.
This team takes off too many periods, it looks like. What could go wrong today? Instead of flushing Thursday’s loss down the toilet as we hoped, the New York Islanders excreted a similarly disappointing effort in another big opportunity to get two points in a playoff chase—they do know they’re in one, right?
The New York Rangers and New York Islanders play on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and the oddsmakers like the home team (-166) over the visitor (+140).
For a team desperately trying to make a late-season playoff push, the New York Islanders have surely lacked desperation. After stringing together their most impressive winning streak of the year, the Islanders have lost three straight games following a 4-3 defeat to the Ottawa Senator in overtime Saturday afternoon at UBS Arena.
New York Islanders coach and NHL legend Patrick Roy is learning that coaching isn’t all peaches and cream. The Islanders’ leader is frustrated with how his team played in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
The Isles slump continues, though a late Bo Horvat equalizer prevented it from being a disastrous afternoon. Trying to stop a two-game goalless skid, the Islanders at least got goals but still put in a disappointing performance Saturday afternoon on Long Island.
Following a week-long road trip, the New York Islanders returned home on Friday. But as the team took the ice for practice at Northwell Health Ice Center, it did so without forward Brock Nelson who was absent due to personal reasons.
The trade deadline came and went, and the New York Islanders were silent. There was almost nothing in the media, and there were not many players that seemed to be perfect fits.
I thought these guys turned a corner and weren’t going to do this no-show thing in big games anymore. My mistake I guess! They weren’t going to win six games in a row every time.
When the New York Islanders were held off the scoreboard on Monday night, they were playing in the second half of a back-to-back set. But with two days
The New York Islanders are making a big playoff push after their season looked like it was spiraling out of control until recently. The team has won six out of their last seven games as they take advantage of a soft schedule.
“It’s a long season” is something we all hear ad nauseam in NHL circles. That doesn’t make it any less true, however, as the Islanders are reminded us with their 6 game-winning streak, which ended last night in Los Angeles.
The New York Islanders have been playing their best hockey of the season lately and are closing in on a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. They entered the trade deadline as a team ready to add at least one more depth player to signal that they are ready to compete and make a push for the Stanley Cup.
It took the New York Islanders just two weeks to jump from 12th place in the Eastern Conference into the second wild-card spot. Now the Islanders only have to wait a day for an opportunity to even more drastically improve their playoff positioning.
Casey Cizikas, Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson scored in the first period on Sunday night for the surging New York Islanders, who moved into an Eastern Conference wild-card spot by beating the host Anaheim Ducks 6-1.
The New York Islanders did nothing at the trade deadline -- except convince general manager Lou Lamoriello that one of the oldest teams in the league deserved to stay together for one more playoff run.
After opponents held his team without a goal for five straight periods, New York Islanders head coach Patrick Roy did what most coaches do: shuffled the lines.
After an abysmal stretch that saw the New York Islanders lose 12 of 16 games between Jan. 13 – Feb. 24, watching their playoffs hopes slowly slip away in the process, there looks to be new life on Long Island.
With the trade deadline just a few days away, some teams are still trying to decide what their plan should be at the deadline. The New York Islanders are not one of those teams.
Tuesday's NHL slate is ripe with SOG value, and it's there we turn in the prop market for a pair of plays tonight.
The Islanders will move defenseman Scott Mayfield to long-term injured reserve, GM Lou Lamoriello said Tuesday.
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