John Tavares had three goals, including a tiebreaker in the third period, and added an assist for the Islanders Saturday in a 4-2 victory over the Rangers here.
Goalie Evgeni Nabokov won in his return to the NHL Nabokov finally suited up for the (...)
Sidney Crosby finished the regular season with a flourish, scoring twice to reach 50 goals for the first time and adding three assists that helped the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 6-5 in overtime Sunday.
Crosby's second-period (...)
Rick DiPietro made 20 saves for his first shutout in almost two years and Matt Moulson scored twice to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-0 win over the New Jersey Devils in the NHL Monday.
The resurgent Islanders have four straight wins, matching (...)
Brendan Witt posted his first two-goal game in the NHL as the New York Islanders stretched their winning streak to a season-high four games with a 3-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers Monday night.
Witt, a defenseman in his 14th NHL season, has (...)
Martin Biron earned his 200th NHL win and 26th career shutout, and Jeff Tambellini scored three goals for his first career hat trick as the New York Islanders routed the Buffalo Sabres 5-0 Saturday.
Biron made 38 saves in his first victory with the (...)
Frans Nielsen and Jeff Tambellini scored shootout goals, and Joey MacDonald turned aside Pittsburgh stars Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby in the tiebreaker to lift the lowly New York Islanders to a 3-2 victory Monday.
Dan Bylsma's first game behind (...)
Alex Ovechkin scored his second goal of the game with 10.7 seconds left in overtime as the surging Washington Capitals beat New York 5-4 on Tuesday, sending the Islanders to their seventh straight loss.
The Islanders managed to salvage a point (...)
Rangers captain Chris Drury scored his first two goals and Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves in a 4-2 victory over the Islanders on Monday night in the opening New York matchup of the season.
Drury, who has bounced around between various linemates in (...)
Cam Ward made 57 saves and Chad LaRose scored twice to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 4-3 in the NHL on Saturday.
Rod Brind'Amour and Eric Staal also scored for the Hurricanes in their third straight victory at Nassau (...)
Ted Nolan's return to NHL coaching ended after only two years on Monday when he split with the New York Islanders over “philosophical differences” with general manager Garth Snow.
The rift between Nolan and Snow grew last season when the Islanders (...)