UNIONDALE, NY— A strong start this month put the Islanders in contention for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
But back-to-back losing performances against first-place clubs demonstrated just how far the Isles need to go to hang with league’s elite opponents.
Washington’s NHL-best offense surged to five goals on its first 18 shots as the Capitals [...]

UNIONDALE, NY— Martin Brodeur was on the Nassau Coliseum ice for the entire third period on Saturday night.
The troubling thing for the Islanders is that Brodeur was only slightly more active than he was on Monday. Four goals in 40 minutes chased Brodeur to the bench in the Islanders win in that contest, though the [...]

NEWARK – It was apparent early on that the first team to make a mistake would pay dearly for it.
The Devils and the Islanders played 20 minutes of scoreless hockey to open up Tuesday’s game, and the Islanders killed off the one power-play opportunity afforded to the Devils.
“Two good shifts, two bad shifts. One good [...]

UNIONDALE, NY- Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are two of the NHL’s best players. Jeff Tambellini and Frans Nielsen have a combined four goals in 70 games entering yesterday.
But the Islanders duo out-played its Pittsburgh counterparts in the clutch Monday afternoon, with both struggling youngsters beating Marc-Andre Fleury in the shootout while Joey MacDonald stymied [...]

BRIDGEPORT, CT – Ben Walter tallied the game-winning goal with 15 seconds remaining in the third period to snap the Sound Tigers’ three-game losing streak and beat the Portland Pirates 2-1.  Nathan Lawson started his fifth straight game and made 26 saves on the 27 shots he faced.  Vladimir Nikiforov opened the scoring in the [...]