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The Islanders (19-17-9) invite the hot Blue Jackets (32-10-4) into Brooklyn for a Tuesday night matchup. Anders Lee is out tonight due to a non-injury reason, likely sick or personal. Another slow start leads to a breakdown in front of the net and Nick Bonino getting credit for it. First ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Broad Street Bully Islanders
The Islanders (19-17-8) face off against the Flyers (22-19-6) in a 6pm matchup Sunday night. Flyers are coming off their mandatory bye week and the Islanders played last night. Clutterbuck and Boychuk back in the lineup. Leddy opened up the scoring by sniping a wrister that popped out of a ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Isles Trump Kings
Before we get into the game here is a GIF of Wilson getting clocked by Ritchie… https://twitter.com/Pat_Iversen/status/822981963694931969 The Islanders (18-17-8) host the Kings (22-19-4) Saturday night in Brooklyn. Ladd, Boychuk and Clutterbuck are still out tonight, same as last game. Berube with the start. Chimera stays hot and kicks off ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Isles Demolished By Hurricanes
The Islanders (16-16-8), who continue to hover the .500 mark, head down to Raleigh to take on the Hurricanes (20-15-7) Saturday night. We all got reminder that Mayfield was still on the team as he broke free from the healthy scratch list and fired a shot that Tavares tipped to ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Panthers Attack Isles
In a rematch of last years thrilling 1st round playoff series, the Panthers (18-16-8) come to Brooklyn and face the Islanders (15-15-8) on Wednesday night. Kicking off the night we celebrated Jiggs McDonald’s 50th year of play-by-play. He had the call with Butch for tonights game as well. Yandle opened ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Lost In The Desert
The Islanders (15-15-7) head down to Arizona to take on the struggling Coyotes (11-22-6) Saturday night in Glendale. The Coyotes celebrated Shane Doan’s 1500th game and 400th goal before the puck drop and this was also Johnny Boychuk’s 500th NHL game, so congrats to both. The first period was… not ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Monumental Win Against Washington
The Isles (13-14-6) host the Capitals (20-8-4) in a well attended Barclay’s Center on Tuesday night. A clutterbuck shot puts the Islanders up 8:02 into the first period. Shortly after a defensive breakdown led to Washington getting numerous chances before Williams finally buried it tying the game at 1. Yet ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Sens Elect To Beat Isles
The Islanders (11-13-6) host the Senators (17-11-3) on a Sunday night in Brooklyn. Berube gets another start. A couple close calls for both sides to kick off the game but it’s Ottawa that kicks off the scoring. Cherry Hill native, Bobby Ryan takes a shot off the arm while falling ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Capital Offense in Brooklyn
The Islanders (11-11-5) take on the Capitals who are 5th in the Metro with a record of 17-7-3. A scary sight early on as Cizikas appeared t0 get cut by a skate in the wrist area. He sprinted down the tunnel with a trainer and somehow returned only minutes later. Hickey ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Hank Dethroned Again
The Rangers (17-8-1) come into town for an opening night rematch against the Isles (9-10-5) in Brooklyn. The Islanders look to get back to .500. After killing a trademarked ‘too many men’ penalty, the emergency recall himself Scott Mayfield scored a Boychuk esque goal, a slapper from the side wall ...
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