The 2020-21 season has officially ended for the New York Islanders at the hands of the defending champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning. After a painful exit, the team now shifts its focus to what should be an interesting and busy offseason. The team has a number of UFA’s (Unrestricted free ...

The Old Barn isn’t done yet as the New York Islanders eliminated the Boston Bruins in six games to force at least two more home games at Fort Neverlose. For the second straight series, the blue and orange proved another one of my predictions wrong. I had Boston ousting the ...

The New York Islanders are moving on to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against an extremely tough opponent in the Boston Bruins. I was the lone member of the IslesBlog team that had the Islanders bowing out to the Penguins and that was because of my concern ...

In a series where special teams could be a deciding factor, Islanders’ penalty kill has been flat out dominant. The league’s sixth-best penalty kill, which went 83.7% on the year, has gone a perfect 5 for 5 against a deadly Penguin power-play unit that ranked fourth-best in the league with ...