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Islanders give up two-goal lead, fall to Sabres

The Islanders are playoff bound and still vying for home-ice advantage. The young Sabres are auditioning for next season with nothing left on the line this season.

Newsday · May 4, 2021

Islanders' line combos work well, Semyon Varlamov stops 25 in shutout of Rangers at Garden

NEW YORK — Barry Trotz praised the Islanders’ overall cohesion, aggressive defensive play and, of course, Semyon Varlamov’s 25-save performance for his NHL-leading sixth shutout, second in a row and third at Madison Square Garden this season.

Newsday · Apr 30, 2021

Mets can't muster any offense in loss to Garrett Richards, Red Sox

NEW YORK — Stuck with a team collectively slumping and without its best hitter, Luis Rojas decided to get funky.

Newsday · Apr 28, 2021

Islanders fall in shootout to Capitals, who go atop East Division standings

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The standings said it was a battle for first place in the East Division between two teams tied for that distinction with 62 points.

Newsday · Apr 23, 2021

Islanders raise their game to rout Rangers, pull even with Caps atop East

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The way the Islanders played Tuesday night is the way they must play and the way they haven’t played enough of late.

Newsday · Apr 21, 2021

Mika Zibanejad's late goal gives Rangers fourth straight win over Devils

The day after Pavel Buchnevich became the first Rangers player to score a hat trick on his birthday, Mika Zibanejad came up just as huge for the Rangers on his birthday. The now 28-year-old Zibanejad scored a power-play goal with three minutes left to break a tie and give the…

Newsday · Apr 18, 2021

Pavel Buchnevich's hat trick on his birthday helps Rangers hold off Devils

NEW YORK — Game three of the Rangers’ four-game set against the Devils was on the way to being another blowout until Devils forward Nathan Bastian skated into Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin after Shesterkin covered up a puck early in the third period.

Newsday · Apr 17, 2021

Islanders again come up empty in Boston with shutout loss to Bruins

Let’s start with a positive: The Islanders weren’t passively awful, as they had been the night before.

Newsday · Apr 17, 2021

Rest doesn't help Islanders, who are hammered by Bruins

Three days of rest, recovery and practice yielded a rust-filled horrendous first period from which the Islanders could not recover.

Newsday · Apr 16, 2021

Islanders finish homestand with overtime win over Rangers

It was far from a complete effort, not with another sub-par second period bleeding into the third period. But, in the end, it was all smiles for the Islanders, one day before the NHL trade deadline.

Newsday · Apr 12, 2021