The Islanders (20-17-9) continue their home stand by facing off against the Canadians (29-13-7) Thursday night in Brooklyn. The Isles came out ready to play and Andrew Ladd notched the games first tally 13:07 into the first period. The second period seemed like they took their foot off the gas ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Isles Beat a Top Team?
The Islanders (19-17-9) invite the hot Blue Jackets (32-10-4) into Brooklyn for a Tuesday night matchup. Anders Lee is out tonight due to a non-injury reason, likely sick or personal. Another slow start leads to a breakdown in front of the net and Nick Bonino getting credit for it. First ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Broad Street Bully Islanders
The Islanders (19-17-8) face off against the Flyers (22-19-6) in a 6pm matchup Sunday night. Flyers are coming off their mandatory bye week and the Islanders played last night. Clutterbuck and Boychuk back in the lineup. Leddy opened up the scoring by sniping a wrister that popped out of a ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Isles Trump Kings
Before we get into the game here is a GIF of Wilson getting clocked by Ritchie… A MAN POSSESSED pic.twitter.com/ZefpdWHfbH — Pat Iversen (@Pat_Iversen) January 22, 2017 The Islanders (18-17-8) host the Kings (22-19-4) Saturday night in Brooklyn. Ladd, Boychuk and Clutterbuck are still out tonight, same as last ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Beating Down the Bruins
The Islanders ended their three-game road trip earlier today in a matinee against the surging Boston Bruins. It was the traditional afternoon game on Martin Luther King Day, a day the Isles haven’t had a great amount of success on the past few seasons. New York beat Boston last month ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Isles Demolished By Hurricanes
The Islanders (16-16-8), who continue to hover the .500 mark, head down to Raleigh to take on the Hurricanes (20-15-7) Saturday night. We all got reminder that Mayfield was still on the team as he broke free from the healthy scratch list and fired a shot that Tavares tipped to ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Success in Sunrise
For the final time this season, the Islanders headed to South Florida for a matchup with the Florida Panthers. Tonight’s game was the second of a home and home between the two teams which started Wednesday night in Brooklyn with a very disappointing 2-1 defeat. The loss was the third ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Panthers Attack Isles
In a rematch of last years thrilling 1st round playoff series, the Panthers (18-16-8) come to Brooklyn and face the Islanders (15-15-8) on Wednesday night. Kicking off the night we celebrated Jiggs McDonald’s 50th year of play-by-play. He had the call with Butch for tonights game as well. Yandle opened ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Lost In The Desert
The Islanders (15-15-7) head down to Arizona to take on the struggling Coyotes (11-22-6) Saturday night in Glendale. The Coyotes celebrated Shane Doan’s 1500th game and 400th goal before the puck drop and this was also Johnny Boychuk’s 500th NHL game, so congrats to both. The first period was… not ...
Read More »The 5 Hole: Rocky Mountain Low
It’s been a long six-day break, but finally Islanders hockey is back. After winning four of their last five games, the Isles took their strong play out west for the start of back to back tonight with a Colorado Avalanche. Thomas Greiss got his second straight start in goal, and ...
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