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Mathew Barzal responded less than 30 seconds after Philadelphia came back from three goals down in the third period to tie the score, and the Islanders got a big win over the playoff-chasing Flyers. Barzal had two goals and an assist, scoring the tiebreaking goal with 6½ minutes remaining, to lead the Islanders to a […]

Mats Zuccarello did not play for the Rangers in Tuesday night’s 5-2 loss to the Devils in Newark, but the winger has not been ruled out of the season’s final two games by coach Alain Vigneault after an MRI exam on his foot and ankle came up clean. “It’s just a matter of whether he […]

Carrie Underwood has a bone to pick with the NHL following Nashville’s 2-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. The former “American Idol” champ, married to Predators center Mike Fisher since 2010, vented her frustrations on Twitter after Nashville forward Filip Forsberg appeared to tie the game by hitting a loose puck into […]

There was a thought that it might be best for Mats Zuccarello to shut it down for the rest of the season as his foot was hurting after taking many blocked shots over the past week. It kept the Rangers winger out of the team’s 5-2 loss to the Devils in Newark on Tuesday, but […]

The Rangers are tired of losing, tired of this season, tired of playing meaningless games. But that does not mean that they are totally tired of a rivalry. The Blueshirts are fully aware of their 1-8-2 record against the Islanders in the past three seasons that includes exactly zero victories in the five games ever […]

Henrik and Daniel Sedin were born on Sept. 26, 1980, in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden. About a year and a half later and 350 kilometers to the west, Henrik and Joel Lundqvist were born on March 2, 1982, in Are, Sweden. On Monday, having caught the news the Sedins had announced their retirement effective with the end […]

It is essentially impossible and would be thoroughly unprecedented. Just so you understand that. There doesn’t seem to be one good reason, even up to 10 million good reasons, why he would want to do it. Just so you understand that, too. But what if? What if — after nine years of pledging his heart, […]

The Rangers likely would be happy if they never had to play another game in Brooklyn. They continued their futility having never won a regular-season game at Barclays Center, dropping a 2-1 contest to the Islanders on Thursday night. It was the Rangers’ sixth straight loss in Kings County since the Islanders moved in as […]

As five years of hockey frustration ended for the Devils, players embraced, raised their sticks to salute their long-suffering fans and just imagined what the future held. The Devils are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2012, knowing they have a shot at the Stanley Cup, like 15 other teams after clinching […]

This was a strange night, one that drove home the point that there is a permeating uneasiness engulfing the Islanders concerning the future of their captain, John Tavares. The Islanders’ 2-1 win over the Rangers at Barclays Center on Thursday might or might not have been the final home game for Tavares, as the 27-year-old […]