Noah Dobson had just starting heating up for the Islanders, but the defenseman is out indefinitely after suffering a lower-body injury.
The New York Islanders are well outside the Eastern Conference playoff race, but they found some traction with five wins in their last seven games. Looking to c
Isles 3, Philadelphia 1. Anthony Duclair and Bo Horvat scored 55 seconds apart, late in the first period, as the Islanders rallied from a 1-0 deficit for a 3-1 victory ov
The Islanders, seven points behind the Bruins for the Eastern Conference’s second wild-card spot, moved within six points of the surging Blue Jackets and improved to 2-2-0 on their seven-game homestand, which continues Friday night against the Flyers.
The Isles are 8-5-7 in games decided by a single goal including 4-5 in regulation. They are 2-6 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 3-8 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.
This was the sort of effort which, if the Islanders could replicate it consistently, makes them look like a playoff contender.
Mike and Dan discuss a week of unfortunate injuries and surprising wins for the Islanders and how they’ve had almost no effect on their place in the standings. Beginning with a win over the then-red hot Blue Jackets before a back-to-back that included a boring but needed win over the Flyers and a surprising OT win over the revamped Hurricanes,
THROUGH GAMES OF MONDAY, JAN. 27, 2025
In the sixteenth weekly Metropolitan Division snapshot, the Carolina Hurricanes made a huge trade, five teams won their week, and the New York Islanders are out of the basement. All this and more in this week’s snapshot.
No. 3 Western Michigan scored eight goals in an 8-3 victory over Miami (Ohio) on Friday night at Lawson Arena in Kalamazoo.
That’s the big question right now for the Islanders, who are doubling down on this season on twin tracks — finding their game on ice while the front office continues to send signals that they are not going to lie down,
The Islanders signed former Rangers defenseman Tony DeAngelo who could help them on their NHL-worst power play