Tavares' Second Goal Lifts Islanders Over Canadiens In OT
Thomas Greiss finished with a career-high 52 saves.
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Thomas Greiss finished with a career-high 52 saves.
New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 7-2 on Saturday for their ninth win in the last 10 meetings of the crosstown rivals.
Four players from area teams will represent the Metropolitan Division in the 2018 NHL All-Star Game.
Maybe they'll call Nassau Coliseum home again, after all.
It cannot be overstated how important the next few months are for the Islanders.
Brock Nelson scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the New York Islanders over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday.
Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists, Tristan Jarry stopped 31 shots for his second shutout of the season and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 4-0 Friday night.
Ivan Provorov had two goals and an assist, and Sean Couturier had a goal, an assist and participated in one of several fights for the Philadelphia Flyers in a feisty victory over the slumping New York Islanders on Thursday night.
Scott Mayfield now has some job security. The young defenseman agreed to terms with the Islanders on a five-year contract extension on Thursday.
The Islanders can't seem to get out of their own way and the paying public has every right to muttering "here we go again."
Patrice Bergeron had the go-ahead goal in the second period and the surging Boston Bruins scored three times in the third to pull away.
Gabriel Landeskog scored twice in less than two minutes in the second period, and the Colorado Avalanche routed the New York Islanders on Sunday night.
Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor each had a goal and an assist on Winnipeg's patchwork top line and the Jets beat the New York Islanders on Friday night.
2017 saw plenty of big names leave the New York sports scene while some new faces arrived hoping to make their mark.
The Islanders won't have Johnny Boychuk for a while, but will get a look at a young defenseman who could be a big part of their future.
