Islanders players back Lane Lambert despite team’s woes
CHICAGO — Something needs to change for the Islanders after Friday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Blackhawks snapped their fourth straight loss and put them 2-6-2 in their last 10 games. There is no room for debate as to whether there is. But the team doesn't seem ready to throw coach Lane Lambert under the […]
Islanders lose in overtime to injured Blackhawks
CHICAGO — This appears to be rock bottom for the Islanders. The team's trip from hell ended Friday night with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Blackhawks at the United Center after Seth Jones' game. The Blackhawks were a team that looked a lot like an outcast group in the AHL, with many in the […]
Kyle MacLean making ‘special’ NHL debut with dad, John, on Islanders bench
CHICAGO — John McLean wasn't always the kind of parent who took his sons to hockey games, but he remembers the first time Kyle stepped on the ice as a child. “I'm probably yelling at the other dads,” John McLean joked after the Islanders finished practice Thursday. “Give them the puck and let's go. There's […]
Islanders’ Adam Pelech looking to get back into groove
CHICAGO — It's been five games since Adam Pelech returned to action for the Islanders from a presumed wrist injury, but he knows the Islanders haven't seen the best of him yet. “I'm not necessarily happy with how I've played the last few games,” Pelech told the Post after Thursday's practice. “I think it's coming […]
Top-heavy Islanders need stars to get back on track
CHICAGO — The Islanders have been led by star players all year, so it may not be all that surprising that as the development of their top players slows, so does the team's momentum. The 4-2 loss in Winnipeg (the Islanders' fifth loss in six games) showed they are top-heavy themselves by comparison. Other than […]
Islanders hope three-game skid ends with win over Blackhawks
CHICAGO — No away game is more winnable for the Islanders than Friday's game against the Blackhawks. That's only because Chicago, 13-29-2, is in the middle of a second straight tank job and in last place in the Central Division, or the Islanders are 2-2 after losing 4-2 to Winnipeg on Tuesday night. It's not […]
Pierre Engvall becomes latest Islanders injury concern
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Adding more injuries to the pile. Pierre Engvall was left out of the Islanders' 4-2 loss to the Jets on Tuesday due to an upper-body injury, the team announced in a statement that day. Engvall joins Ryan Purok, Semyon Varlamov, Casey Cizikas and Robert Bortozzo on a shelf occupied by a rotating […]
Islanders’ slide continues with loss to Jets despite better effort
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — All but two points were missing for the Islanders on Tuesday after their worst game of the year. No, it doesn't mean much if the Isles put together a better, more competitive effort against the Jets than they did the night before in Minnesota. The 4-2 loss to Winnipeg was the Islanders' […]
Ilya Sorokin pulled for third period in rare Islanders break
St. Paul, Minn. — It didn't turn out the way the islanders had hoped, but Ilya Sorokin can finally rest. That was the result of coach Lane Lambert's relentless pull in the final 20 minutes of Monday night's 5-0 loss to the Wild. Sorokin, who stopped 29 of 32 shots, will have to play during […]
Islanders looked riddled by old problems in lopsided Wild loss
St. Paul, Minn. — Forty-three games into the season, the Islanders still have many of the same issues from October. An overworked No. 1 goaltender. Lack of physicality. This team just hasn't been consistent enough to play to its potential every night, up and down the lineup. All of these issues will continue to snowball […]