It was no walk in the park (in fact, it was more like a high-speed chase, with the New York Islanders losing the Pittsburgh Penguins at every turn), but somehow, the boys in black and Vegas gold found a way to prevail, and exorcised last season’s first-round-playoff-exit demons by defeating the more-than-game New York Islanders four ...
It has indeed come down to the wire, folks. All the hard work, the gutsy come-from-behind wins, the never-say-die performances, they have all led to this moment. For the New York Islanders, they need to win tomorrow night or else they’ll have to wait until October to get another shot. This has been a banner ...
On the same day that Sergei Bobrovsky, Henrik Lundqvist, and Antti Niemi were announced as finalists for the 2012-13 Vezina Trophy, I’m presenting a new kind of goalie award, the Most Valuable Goaltender of the Year, to Evgeni Nabokov of the New York Islanders. This honor is based on a single statistically-driven question: Which starting ...
In simply looking at the end results, one might think the 2013 playoffs are going quite well for the Pittsburgh Penguins. After all, they lead the New York Islanders 2-1 in their first round series (as opposed to being down 3-0 to the archrival Flyers at this point last year). What’s more, they have three of the top seven scorers in the ...
The Pittsburgh Penguins got terrorized in a series last year against the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pens relived that nightmare against the New York Islanders Friday night at the Consol Energy Center. There was lazy back-checking, loose defensive zone coverage, and another two-goal lead blown in yet another playoff game. The Pens haven’t won a ...
Physicality? Check. Penalty kill on the money? Check. Strong goal tending? Also, check. The Pittsburgh Penguins flexed their #1-seed muscles last night at Consol Energy Center in 5-0 drubbing of the 8-seeded New York Islanders. The goal scorers Beau Bennett, Pittsburgh’s rookie left winger, kicked things off at 3:30 of the first period with an ...
NHL Playoff Predictions: Eastern Conference There are 16 teams remaining entering the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The journey to the Stanley Cup Finals will begin on Tuesday. Every year there are Cinderella stories in each conference. We’ll analyze what teams will be upset and what teams will move on to the Promised Land. If your team has a weakness, ...
All that we ask for is a chance. That goes for anything in life. Few people gave the New York Islanders any hope or prayer in making the playoffs. Yet, it seemed like every single transaction helped. Sometimes you really cannot make this up if one even tried. DraftKings Noticed The Rising On Long Island All anyone ...
Back in 2010, Garth Snow started a fairly successful trend that Islanders fans couldn’t have seen coming. Not many Islanders fans could have predicted that players such as Evgeni Nabokov and Michael Grabner would have developed into key pieces for a team that was rebuilding through the NHL Draft, but Snow didn’t stop the pillaging ...
For the majority of the 2012-2013 NHL season, New York Islanders fans watched a hockey team that displayed flashes of dominance at times, but played wildly inconsistent during other stretches. However, over their last twelve games the Islanders have managed to play to the tune of a 9-1-2 record and have strengthened their playoff positioning ...
