Punchless Islanders fall to lowly Canadiens in overtime
MONTREAL — So far, this season has been one step forward, two steps back for the Islanders. While the team's current goal of treading water until healthy is as modest as it is, getting back to NHL .500 will require racking up a few wins, something the Islanders have done time and time again. It's […]
Jean-Gabriel Pageau sent down to third line in return to Islanders’ lineup
MONTREAL — Jean-Gabriel Pageau returned to the Islanders' lineup on Tuesday, but Simon Holmstrom has managed to remove Wally Pip Pageau from his top-line role for the time being. Two goals in two consecutive games would accomplish that for a player who had never done anything like that in the NHL. As the Islanders lost […]
Noah Dobson’s late-game Islanders stumbles a troubling trend
MONTREAL — Since taking a developmental leap early last season, Noah Dobson has been a plug-and-play defenseman for the Islanders, playing more than 20 minutes a night in situations where it's needed. So when it came time for the Islanders to defend a two-point lead against Buffalo on Saturday, it was no surprise that Dobson […]
Simon Holmstrom ‘ripping it’ in second stint on Islanders’ top line
Simon Holmstrom's first stint on the Islanders' top line was a failure. However, in the tri-two, Holmstrom scored two goals in not one game, but two games in a row. The feat was something he had never accomplished in his NHL career before Friday. The Islanders were forced into this situation after Jean-Gabriel Pageau left […]
Struggling Islanders blank Sabres for much-needed victory
The Islanders needed this, but more than anything, they needed it in this way. They needed to hold the lead in the third period, which they hadn't done in five of their past seven games, but Patrick Roy called the power play “terrible” for just over 24 hours before special The team needed to perform. […]
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scratched in last-minute Islanders blow
WASHINGTON — Islanders should be healthier now. Instead, they're dealing with another injury, as Jean-Gabriel Pageau suffered a last-minute injury to the Capitals on Black Friday with a lower-body issue. Pageau, who has been in the spotlight daily, joins an injury list that already includes Matt Barzal (upper body), Anthony Duclair (groin doubt), Adam Pelech […]
Islanders brutally allow three unanswered goals in overtime flop to Capitals
WASHINGTON, DC — You might call it a Thanksgiving hangover, but Islanders are like this all year long. This leads to the conclusion that perhaps this is the true identity of the islanders. We're 24 games into the season, and it's not too early, but the Islanders haven't played a decent hockey game in any […]
Skidding Islanders can’t climb out of early hole in loss to Bruins
The Islanders didn't play well for the first 45 minutes of the game, they only played well for the middle 40 minutes of the game. Interestingly, that didn't help them turn things around. The Islanders, who dropped Wednesday's game 6-3 to the Bruins, have lost five of their past six games and two of their […]
Islanders’ Oliver Wahlstrom is exhausting Patrick Roy
Both of the Islanders' last two coaches lacked patience with Oliver Wahlstrom. The current one seems to have reached the same point. As both teams reshuffle their systems for Wednesday's game against the Bruins, Wahlstrom was taken off the power play and coach Patrick Roy said he's considering the 24-year-old, who has scored just one […]
Islanders make wholesale changes to spark lifeless power play
The sweeping changes to both power play units promoted by Patrick Roy on Wednesday are long overdue for an Islanders club that inherited the worst special teams in the class from a year ago and somehow regressed even further. did. This is likely just a coincidence, given that John MacLean, who led the power struggle […]