Islanders Head To Nashville, Losing Streak At 5 Games
The Nashville Predators have won their last four home games against the New York Islanders, two by shutout. Anders Lindback may give them a great chance at getting another.
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The Nashville Predators have won their last four home games against the New York Islanders, two by shutout. Anders Lindback may give them a great chance at getting another.
Milan Lucic scored two goals and Tuukka Rask made 33 saves to lift the Boston Bruins to a 5-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.
After improving by 18 points last season, the New York Islanders hoped to continue that upward trend in 2010-11. Instead, they may have played themselves out of playoff contention before Christmas.
Danny Briere scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:44 left as the Flyers improved to 3-0 against the Islanders this season. Philadelphia has won 21 of the past 23 meetings with New York.
Henrik Lundqvist earned his fourth shutout of the season, and Marc Staal scored in the second period to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.
Marian Gaborik had three goals and an assist, and Henrik Lundqvist made nine saves in relief of backup Martin Biron to lift the Rangers to a 6-5 victory over the Islanders on Thursday night.
The Rangers will try to continue their strong road play and avenge an earlier loss this season to the Islanders on Thursday night.
Rick DiPietro turned aside all 29 shots he faced and the New York Islanders ended a 14-game winless streak by shutting out the New Jersey Devils 2-0 on Friday.
Jakub Voracek scored a rebound goal 2:31 into overtime to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-3 victory on Wednesday night and send the New York Islanders to their 14th straight loss.
The New York Islanders will try to prevent the Blue Jackets from a fifth straight win Wednesday night at Nassau Coliseum.
Dustin Byfuglien scored at 1:30 of overtime to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 2-1 victory over New York on Sunday, extending the Islanders' losing streak to 13 games.
Mike Santorelli scored two of Florida's four goals in a 7:54 span of the second period and the Panthers sent the New York Islanders to their 12th straight loss with a 4-1 victory on Saturday night.
Adjusting to the style of new coach Jack Capuano didn't seem to be a problem for the New York Islanders. Now it's a matter of whether that transformation works quickly enough for them to avoid matching the longest losing streak in franchise history.
Former NY Islanders employee, and current blogger of NYI Point Blank, Chris Botta joined Mike Francesa to talk all things Islanders.
