"The Skinny" By Eric Hornick Eastern Conference Round 1, Game 5 Carolina 6, Isles 3 Carolina Wins Series 4-1 School is out. Jack Drury and Stefan Noesen scored goals eight seconds apart in the third period to break a 3-3 tie as the Carolina Hurricanes eliminated the Islanders with a 6-3 victory before a sellout crowd of 18,874 at PNC Arena. Carolina wins the series 4 games to 1. The Isles trailed 2-0 just 3:13 into play and later allowed a penalty shot goal to Evgeny Kuznetsov but battled back on goals by Mike Reilly, Brock Nelson, and Casey Cizikas to earn a 3-3 tie after 40 minutes.&n ..read more

"The Skinny" By Eric Hornick Eastern Conference Round 1, Game 4 Isles 3, Carolina 2 (2-OT) Carolina Leads Series 3-1 They're Alive! Mathew Barzal deflected Robert Bortuzzo's shot at 1:24 of the second overtime for his second goal of the game as the Islanders defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. Carolina still leads the series 3 games to 1. Both Carolina goals came on the power play, as did Jean-Gabriel Pageau's third period goal that gave the Isles a lead early in the third period. Game five will be played at RBC Arena in Raleigh on Tuesday ..read more

"The Skinny" By Eric Hornick Eastern Conference Round 1, Game 3 Carolins 3, Isles 2 Carolina Leads Series 3-0 Sebastian Aho scored 7:14 into the second period to give Carolina a 3-1 lead and the Isles would never catch them, dropping a 3-2 decision to the Canes before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. Carolina now leads the series 3 games to 0. Pierre Engvall and Brock Nelson twice cut 2-goal deficits in half, but the Isles could never get even; Brett Burns and Dmitry Orlov scored in the first period for Carolina.  Game four will be played at UBS Arena on Saturday at 2:00pm ..read more

"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