The 5 Hole

The crucial week just keeps on rolling along for the New York Islanders. The hope is they took their brutal loss Tuesday night in Tampa, and translate it in to a huge effort when they took the ice in Pittsburgh tonight, for a pivotal division showdown with the Penguins. This ...

If you watched the New York Islanders win last night, you’re well aware that this offense can go pound for pound with any team in the league. Tonight, they were going to have to be up to that task yet again, this time on the second half of a back-to-back ...

If there was going to be a week that signified that the New York Islanders are a legitimate threat going forward, it’s this one. New York was set to play four games in the next six nights, starting tonight in Sunrise for the first of a Sunshine State back-to-back with ...

The New York Islanders had a lot to be thankful yesterday on Thanksgiving. They had won five of their last six, and heading into their late afternoon matinee with Philadelphia today, everything seemed to be clicking. Doug Weight and Co. knew that to continue their strong play, beginning to find ...

After probably their best win of the season last night, the New York Islanders were riding high as they headed in to Carolina this afternoon for the second of a home-and-home with the Hurricanes. New York was looking for the sweep of the back-to-back and looking to make it four ...

Usually this early in the season, “measuring stick” games come far and few. But in terms of the Islanders tonight, it was staring them right in the face. Winners of eight of their last 12, the Isles were down in Tampa for a pivotal Eastern Conference showdown with the Lightning. ...

As the calendar on the month turns to November, Isles fans always begin to look to recent seasons to try to and examine why the month is still considered the biggest month of the season. And it’s not that hard to tell, as the past four Novembers the Islanders have ...

Things are always changing in Islanders country from one minute to the next. One minute, the team is riding high on a three-game winning streak, the next, one of the Isles promising rookies gets sent down. That’s exactly what happened yesterday, when stunningly Josh Ho-Sang was demoted to the AHL ...