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A team’s energy will normally dictate the way a team plays, and that has held true for the New York Islanders through the first two games of their second round series with the Boston Bruins. The Islanders felt lifeless in game one, despite scoring the game’s first goal. The Bruins ...

The Islanders find themselves down 1-0 in a series they came into as underdogs. The Pundits, many of the fans have already written off these New York Islanders. Perpetually underrated and overlooked – just the way they like it. For the record, Vegas and the linemakers had Boston as about ...

The New York Islanders dropped their second-round opener on the road to the Boston Bruins on Saturday night, losing by a final of 5-2. Though the scoreboard told some of the story, the bigger picture comes into frame when you break down individual players’ stats.  Going into this series, the ...

The loss of game one was obviously not ideal for the Islanders. For the most part, the Isles struggled to get shots on net and allowed one of the Bruins’ most prolific players — David Pastrnak — to get too many opportunities on net which resulted in three out of ...

Let me preface this by saying the Islanders weren’t as bad as many believed they played in their game one loss in Boston last night. Yes the score, 5-2, and shot disparity was clear once the final buzzer sounded — the Isles only recorded 22 shots to the Bruins 40 ...

A little over six weeks ago, the New York Islanders surrendered their first round pick in the upcoming draft for a pair of New Jersey Devils in Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac. While Palmieri certainly delivered early on against the Pittsburgh Penguins, it has been the player the Isles did ...

I will go on the record and say I wanted the Islanders to avoid the Boston Bruins at all costs before the playoffs began. I made that remark on the PTIsles Podcast when asked who I preferred the team play in the first round (P.S. I wanted the Pens). Well, ...

Wednesday night the New York Islanders defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3, advancing to the second round of the playoffs for the third straight season. Looking ahead, an extremely difficult matchup awaits the Isles in the second round where they’ll face the Boston Bruins. The Isles finished the season with a ...

It seems safe to say that Kyle Palmieri was everything the New York Islanders could’ve hoped for in the first round. He looked like a more motivated player with something to prove. Palmeri was one of the Isles’ best forwards against the Penguins beyond scoring three goals in six games. ...

Barry Trotz said yesterday that tonight’s game in Boston isn’t a “measuring stick” and that he’s more worried about his team’s response from their 8-3 defeat two nights ago. For once, I’m going to do something that I haven’t since he’s taken over as head coach — disagree with him. ...