"The Skinny" By Eric Hornick Eastern Conference Round 1, Game 2 Carolina 5, Isles 3 Carolina Leads Series 2-0 Sebastian Aho and Jordan Martinook scored the tying and lead goal in a nine-second span late in the third period and Jake Guentzel added an empty net goal as the Carolina Hurricanes took a 2-0 lead in their Round 1 playoff series with a 5-3 victory over the Isles before a sellout crowd of 18,905 at PNC Arena.  The Isles had built a 3-0 lead with goals from Kyle Palmieri, Bo Horvat and Anders Lee in a 7:32 span straddling the first and second periods; Teuvo Teravainen scored ..read more

Tonight marks the 7th time in Islander history that they will play a playoff game on the first night of Passover. The Isles are 4-2-0 in the six previous games, including a pair of double overtime wins: Friday 21 April 1978 Lost  2-0 @Toronto  (Game 3) Wednesday 7 April 1982 Beat Pittsburgh 8-1 (Game 1) Monday 16 April 1984 Won 5-2 @Washington (Game 2)  Monday 9 April 1990   Beat the Rangers 4-3 in 2OT on a Brent Sutter goal (Game 3) Wednesday 16 April 2003  Lost to Ottawa 3-1 (Game 4) Friday 22 April 2016 Beat Florida 2-1 in 2OT on an Alan Quine goal (Game 5 ..read more

"The Skinny" By Eric Hornick Eastern Conference Round 1, Game 1 Carolina 3,Isles 1 Carolina Leads Series 1-0 Evgeny Kutznetsov scored an early power play and added an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes took the opening game of their Round 1 playoff series with  a 3-1 victory over the Isles before a sellout crowd of 18,825 at PNC Arena.  Kyle MacLean, playing his first Stanley Cup Playoff Game scored the only goal for the Isles. Frederik Andersen made 33 saves for the victory.  Game 2 of this series will be on Monday in Raleigh, before the series shifts to Long Island for g ..read more

"The Skinny" By Eric Hornick The Isles return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Saturday. Here is a preview- Skinny style. UP NEXT THE PLAYOFFS MONDAY, APRIL 20th -  ISLANDERS AT CAROLINA 5:00pm [MSGSN (Pre-game at 4:30), TBS, WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio] For the second straight year, the Isles will open the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Carolina Hurricanes. Games 1 and 2 will be at PNC Arena before the series moves to UBS Arena for Games 3 and 4. The Series  Game 1: Saturday at Carolina 5:00 Game 2: Monday at Carolina 7:30 Game 3: Thursday at Isles 7:30 Game 4: Ne ..read more

"The Skinny" By Eric Hornick Game 82 Isles 5, Pittsburgh 4    On to the Playoffs! Simon Holmstrom scored the winning goal with 5:33 to play to break a 4-4 tie as the Isles defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 in the season finale, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.  Brock Nelson scored his 34th goal of the season to take the team goal scoring lead for the fifth straight season while Kyle Palmieri tied a career-high with his 30th goal of the season. After weeks of playoff style hockey, the Isles rested several players, allowing Ruslan Iskhakov to make his NHL de ..read more

"The Skinny" By Eric Hornick Game 81 Isles 4, New Jersey 1    They're in! Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Kyle Palmieri scored goals 4:30 apart in the first period to give the Isles a lead they would never relinquish, as they defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-1 before a sellout crowd of 16,514 at Prudential Center.  With the victory the Islanders clinched third place in the Metropolitan Division, and they will be heading back to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons. The Isles will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round of the playoffs for the second s ..read more

Updating for all of Saturday's results: Saturday's Games Rangers 3, Isles 2 (SO) Philadelphia 1, New Jersey 0 Washington 4, Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 5, Toronto 4 (OT) Boston 6, Pittsburgh 4 Playoff Chase  3rd Metro Isles         90 points (27 RW) in 80 games  (MON at New Jersey, WED vs. Pittsburgh) 2nd WC  Washington  87 points (30 RW) in 80 games  (MON vs. Boston, TUE at Philadelphia) 3rd  WC  Detroit         87 points (27 RW) in 80 games  (MON vs. Montreal, TUE at Montreal) 4th  WC Philadelphia 87 poin ..read more

"The Skinny" By Eric Hornick Game 80 Rangers 3, Isles 2 (SO)    Artemi Panarin scored the tying goal with 4:17 to play and then had the deciding goal in the shootout as the Rangers rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Isles 3-2 before a sellout crowd of 18,006 at Madison Square Garden.  Brock Nelson scored twice for the Isles to move into 7th place in club history in goals as the Isles lowered their magic number to two points to clinch a playoff spot. It was a franchise-record 54th win for the Rangers. The Isles remain in third place in the Metro Division, four points a ..read more

(Complete Skinny will follow later) Playoff Chase (updated for Isles SO loss on Saturday) 3rd Metro Isles         90 points (27 RW) in 80 games  (MON at New Jersey, WED vs. Pittsburgh) 2nd WC Pittsburgh     86 points (31 RW) in 79 games  (SAT vs. Boston, MON vs. Nashville, WED at Isles) 3rd WC  Washington  85 points (29 RW) in 79 games  (SAT vs. Tampa Bay, MON vs. Boston, TUE at Philadelphia) 4th  WC Detroit         85 points (27 RW) in 79 games  (SAT at Toronto, MON vs. Montreal, TUE at Montreal ..read more

"The Skinny" By Eric Hornick Game 79  Isles 3, Montreal 2  (OT)    Kyle Palmieri scored 1:17 into overtime for the winning goal as the  Islanders erased 1-0 and 2-1 deficits and earned their sixth straight win, by defeating the Montreal Canadiens 3-2, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.  Cole Caufield and Casey Cizikas traded third period goals to force overtime. Palmieri's tally was his sixth career overtime goal. The win keeps the Isles in third place in the Metro Division, three points ahead of Pittsburgh and four points ahead of Washington. The ..read more