Islanders Roll Past Penguins, Take Commanding 2-0 Series Lead
New York opens a postseason series with two wins for the first time since sweeping Edmonton in the 1983 Stanley Cup Final for the Islanders' fourth straight championship.
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New York opens a postseason series with two wins for the first time since sweeping Edmonton in the 1983 Stanley Cup Final for the Islanders' fourth straight championship.
Jordan Eberle had a goal and an assist, and Brock Nelson and Nick Leddy also scored for New York, which was opening a postseason series at home for the first time in 31 years.
Travis Zajac scored the winning goal on the power play in overtime, lifting the New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 victory over the Panthers on Saturday night.
Ryan Strome scored 2:09 into overtime, as the Rangers beat Pittsburgh 4-3 on Saturday night
The Islanders will open the playoffs at home for the first time since 1988, and they should get a raucous atmosphere at the renovated Nassau Coliseum.
Artemi Panarin scored in the shootout and the Blue Jackets earned their third straight trip to the postseason with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Friday night.
The Hurricanes clinched their first postseason berth in a decade Thursday night by beating the New Jersey Devils 3-1
New York remained two points ahead of Pittsburgh for second place in the Metropolitan Division and home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
The Ottawa Senators took advantage of their chances on special teams against the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.
Defenseman Vince Dunn scored in close with 2.8 seconds left in overtime and the Blues beat New Jersey 3-2 on Saturday night for their 11th straight victory over the Devils.
Jordan Eberle continued his scoring surge with another goal, Anthony Beauvillier added two of his own and the Islanders secured a postseason berth for the first time since 2016
The Detroit Red Wings are pulling off victory after victory at the end of a season in which they haven't had much to celebrate.
The St. Louis Blues had a chance to clinch a postseason berth on their own terms, but a stubborn goaltender stood in their way.
The Bruins had gone 1-7-2 in their last 10 games against the Rangers, including losing the first two meetings this season.
The loss dropped them behind the Pittsburgh Penguins, into third place in the Metro.
Matt Murray improved to 6-0-0 against the Rangers in the regular season and 5-0-0 at Madison Square Garden.
Cory Schneider overcame an embarrassing early, bad-hop goal from center ice, made 45 saves and got the benefit of having a game-tying, third-period tally nullified for goaltender interference
Alexandar Georgiev has now stopped 130 of 136 shots in three career appearances against Toronto.
Drew Stafford scored in regulation for New Jersey, and MacKenzie Blackwood made 23 saves in regulation and stopped five of six chances in the shootout.
The Islanders (43-25-7) moved within a point of idle Washington for first place in the Metropolitan Division.
Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist and Carey Price made 28 saves as the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 4-0 Thursday night
Patrice Bergeron scored two goals and the line accounted for eight points in leading the Bruins to a 5-1 victory over the injury-ravaged New Jersey Devils 5-1 on Thursday night.
Detroit got two goals from Andreas Athanasiou on Tuesday night for its second straight victory, 3-2 over the New York Rangers, who are on the brink of elimination from the playoffs.
Brett Connolly sparked a three-goal second period and the Washington Capitals moved into first place in the Metropolitan Division
The Boston Bruins showed their depth and kept up their domination of the New York Islanders.
