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A lot of great things happened, so it was tough to choose. It could have been the Friday Fifty.
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A lot of great things happened, so it was tough to choose. It could have been the Friday Fifty.
A week ago the Islanders season was pretty much finished. They were already over 10 points out of a playoff spot and there was nothing this team was showing you that made you think they had anything left. I thought they were cooked. I was wrong.
Brian Rolston scored the go-ahead goal 9:23 into the third period and Al Montoya stopped 30 shots to give the New York Islanders their second straight road win by beating the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Michael Grabner snapped a tie with a short-handed goal and the New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2
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Inexplicably, we are 18 games into the season and the Islanders are once again the laughingstocks of the NHL. It's simply unbelievable and inexcusable.
Based on Crosby's two-goal, two-assist return against the dreadful Islanders, his return is great news for the Penguins and very bad news for the rest of the league.
Sidney Crosby scored twice and added two assists in his season debut and the Pittsburgh Penguins crushed the New York Islanders 5-0 on Monday night.
Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby will make his season debut on Monday against the New York Islanders, his first game in nearly a year since being sidelined with concussion-like symptoms.
Jack Capuano promised that some changes were coming. He decided to make his biggest shakeup of the season by sending fan favorite Kyle Okposo up to the press box in a suit.
Rick DiPietro made 24 saves in relief of injured starter Evgeni Nabokov, and Matt Moulson scored a key goal in the New York Islanders' 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
Brad Richards' go-ahead goal with 4:55 remaining snapped a tie and sent the New York Rangers to their seventh straight victory, 4-2 over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.
Roberto Luongo made 23 saves to help the Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Sunday night.
Mike Carver believes the last-place Islanders must makes changes now before their November slide turns into an avalanche.
Kyle Quincey scored a power-play goal 2:39 into overtime and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 30 saves, helping the Colorado Avalanche rally from a three-goal deficit and beat the slumping New York Islanders 4-3 on Thursday night.
