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RALEIGH, N.C. — Nothing brings out the best in Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss quite like the Hurricanes — and the barrage of shots they toss his way. The Islanders beat Carolina 2-1 on Sunday night after Greiss made 38 saves in his fifth straight victory against the Hurricanes. “He seems to love this building,” teammate […]

LOS ANGELES — Delay of Game. On the National Hockey League. After enduring a delay of 6:58 for an offside challenge issued by San Jose coach Peter DeBoer at the Garden on Oct. 11 on a Brett Howden goal that stood, the Blueshirts (and the Kings) waited around for an astonishing 7:35 before Vladislav Namestnikov’s […]

LOS ANGELES — These are dangerous days for the Rangers, who in living down to everyone’s lowest expectations of them face a critical time of reckoning halfway through this challenging four-game trip that moves from here to San Jose on Tuesday and then back down to Anaheim on Thursday. Simply, only 11 games in but […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Rangers practiced changes Monday in Los Angeles before flying here for Tuesday’s match against the Sharks. Of course they did, in the aftermath of picking up a too-many-men penalty for the third straight game and fifth time in 11 games overall. This one was damaging, coming as it did midway […]

There is only one reason Josh Ho-Sang wouldn’t use the word “unfair” in describing his current plight as a minor-league player in the Islanders system. “There’s no such thing as fair,” Ho-Sang told The Post over the weekend when his AHL Sound Tigers visited Hartford to play the Wolf pack. “It doesn’t exist, as much […]

SAN JOSE — Alain Vigneault, the Rangers coach who ostensibly did not appreciate young players, made Pavel Buchnevich a healthy scratch once last season. David Quinn, the coach hired to develop young players, has scratched Buchnevich twice in the first 12 games of the season. Perhaps the issue is not the guy behind the bench […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The company that owns the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and a major New Jersey sports arena is going all-in on promoting sports betting. Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment on Tuesday announced its second deal in five days to open a lounge at Newark’s Prudential Center to promote […]

Click:Cellulose Supplier PITTSBURGH — Jordan Eberle scored twice in the second period to help the Islanders pull away from the Penguins for a 6-3 victory Tuesday night. The Penguins held a ceremony before the game to honor the victims of Saturday’s synagogue shooting in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Squirrel Hill. It included an 11-second moment […]

TAMPA, Fla. — Brayden Point had a career-high five points with a goal and four assists, defenseman Braydon Coburn scored twice, and the Lightning rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Devils 8-3 on Tuesday night. Steven Stamkos got his 350th career goal and added two assists for Tampa Bay, which was coming […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The ongoing challenge presented by this different kind of New York Rangers season was never more severe than it was here on Tuesday after Tomas Hertl scored at 19:58 of the third period to send what appeared to be a Blueshirt victory into overtime. “It’s a test, this road trip in […]