The New York Islanders faced the Washington Capitals eight times last season, with the Capitals proving to be a worthy opponent as they finished with six wins against the Isles. In the games that the Isles did win, the Isles won 1-0 in a narrow margin and the other a ...

After trading Nick Leddy to the Detroit Red Wings the Islanders received Richard Panik and a second-round pick in the 2021 draft in exchange. With that, there was an expectation that the Islanders would flip the pick to gain a player that would join Mathew Barzal on the top line.  ...

The New York Islanders pushed themselves through three difficult rounds against some of the NHL’s top teams in their postseason run. They knocked out the Pittsburgh Penguins who led the East Division during the regular season and then they took out the big bad Boston Bruins. When it came to ...

After falling in Game 5 8-0 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the New York Islanders needed to scrape up a win to prevent their  Stanley Cup dreams from ending in round three. It was no easy task as Brayden Point was again a thorn in the Isles side by opening ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning had already run the score up to 6-0 by the time Mathew Barzal received a major penalty as well as a game misconduct for cross-checking. Barzal and Jan Rutta exchanged words at the close of the second period when the two got into an altercation leading ...

The New York Islanders entered Game 4 trailing their third-round rematch against the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1. To lose last night’s matchup, it would be like adding a death sentence to the Isles season as they would head into game five in Tampa Bay, one loss away from getting bumped ...

After just coming back to tie the game in the second period on a goal by Cal Clutterbuck, the New York Islanders found themselves in a costly position. Adam Pelech was skating into his own zone alongside Nikita Kucherov when Pelech bumped into him, seemingly not out of the ordinary, ...

When referring back to round two against the Boston Bruins, the Islanders’ power play was a much stronger force than what presented itself in game one against Tampa in Game 1 yesterday. Looking at game 5 alone, the Isles managed to go 3/4 on their chances, with those goals coming ...

Finishing off the Pittsburgh Penguins in round one, Islander fans were excited to shout “We want Boston!” Boston fans took to Twitter to quickly laugh at this chant believing that they would sweep the Islanders easy. Even statistics weren’t favoring the Isles any and it looked to be stacked odds ...

The New York Islanders entered game five in an even 2-2 series with the Boston Bruins on Monday night. Being on the road at TD Garden, the Islanders most definitely felt the intensity of Boston’s fans and knew that their opponents would feed off their energy. Coming out of Game ...