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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 ...

Hearing New York Islanders fans talk about Mathew Barzal, you’d think he is solely responsible for the Islanders getting shut out twice in Pittsburgh. Wait, what’s this? They didn’t get shut out? Well, certainly he’s the one responsible for the Islanders being down two games to nothing. Wait, they aren’t ...

When it comes to the postseason on Long Island, it always brings about a special feel in the air. Hope springs eternal and the thought of another possible parade down Hempstead Turnpike for the first time since 1983 all begins to creep into the minds of Islander fans. Then there’s ...

The New York Islanders split the opening two games in Pittsburgh to open up their first-round matchup in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Despite playing in two close games, the Islanders have had their fair share of absences, but none of them have been as glaring as the power play. To ...

The scoring woes of the New York Islanders were on full display on Tuesday night, as they dropped a rather flat 2-1 game on the road to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Now two games into the series, some fans might be concerned about the lack of production in game two. What ...

With the first two games have come and gone of their playoff series, Nick Leddy has yet to stand out for the Islanders. This has been something of note even as the Isles were able to get the split heading home for game three on Thursday night. What’s missing is ...

The New York Islanders dropped Game 2 of their first-round matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins last night in a 2-1 effort. Despite a goal-against by Islander goaltender, Semyon Varlamov, on Bryan Rust that should have been an easy save, he alone is not to blame for the lack of consistency ...

The Islanders are heading back home with a split of their first-round series with the Pittsburgh Penguins. They had a chance to take a commanding 2-0 series lead on Tuesday night but faltered 2-1. The offense, which threw 37 shots on Pens’ netminder Tristan Jarry, failed to do anything of ...

Before Tuesday’s game two 2-1 loss, Islanders’ head coach Barry Trotz played it close to the best who his starter in goal would be. Trotz made the curious decision to sit rookie goalie Ilya Sorokin after a 39-save performance which surely was the main reason that the Isles won game ...

The Beards are back in town – A few upsets have already provided us with some opportunity to throw a few dollars down at my favorite site, Betrivers.com  Washington beating Boston in game 1 gave us the chance to jump on the Bruins to win the series at +115 over ...