• Islanders and Lou Lamoriello relishing Game 7 shot

    Islanders and Lou Lamoriello relishing Game 7 shot

    Islanders GM and president Lou Lamoriello is looking forward to his team's Game 7 against the Lightning on Friday night in Tampa.
  • ‘Special’ Islanders built for the NHL playoff grind

    ‘Special’ Islanders built for the NHL playoff grind

    The Islanders, who scored a 5-3 series-clinching victory over the Penguins, are built to make long runs in the playoffs.
  • Islanders’ next step is to go from contender to champion

    Islanders’ next step is to go from contender to champion

    And so it ends, six wins shy of the Stanley Cup for this Islanders team that went farther than their ancestors had over the last 27 years. It ends in disappointment, if not despair, with this 2-1 overtime defeat in Game 6 to the Lightning, who will face the Stars in the Cup final that …
  • Twenty-seven years later, the Islanders have arrived again

    Twenty-seven years later, the Islanders have arrived again

    The 1992-93 NHL contained 24 teams. In the years between then and now, 23 of those clubs — including four franchises that moved locations — had advanced to the conference finals at least once. The one that had not, the one that could not make it to a Stanley Cup finals over all that time, …
  • Could James Dolan save the Islanders’ Coliseum?

    Could James Dolan save the Islanders’ Coliseum?

    Maybe Jim Dolan will ride to the rescue. How would that be if the Garden CEO swooped in to save the Coliseum for the Islanders for one more season before the team can settle into its new digs at Belmont Park for 2021-22? Because the Grand Old Barn that Dolan’s and MSG’s affiliated Oak View …