• Islanders fans throw beer on ice in ‘dangerous,’ crazy scene after OT win

    Islanders fans throw beer on ice in ‘dangerous,’ crazy scene after OT win

    The Islanders nearly got knocked out — by their own fans. After Islanders forward Anthony Beauvillier scored in overtime Wednesday to force a Game 7 in the semifinal against Tampa Bay, fans threw...
  • Mat Barzal’s antics put unrecognizable Islanders in bad spot

    Mat Barzal’s antics put unrecognizable Islanders in bad spot

    For this Monday night in Tampa, the Islanders were imposters, unable to compete in any facet of the game.
  • Mathew Barzal’s goal lifts Islanders to Game 4 win over Bruins

    Mathew Barzal’s goal lifts Islanders to Game 4 win over Bruins

    Game 4 certainly had the Islanders in their element, as they bulldozed their way to a 4-1 win over the Bruins Saturday night at Nassau Coliseum to knot the second-round series at two wins a piece.
  • Major top-line mismatch has been Islanders’ undoing

    Major top-line mismatch has been Islanders’ undoing

    You don’t have to have invented the game to be able to distill this 3-1 Eastern Conference finals lead the Lightning have taken over the Islanders with Sunday’s 4-1 Game 4 victory to its most elemental point(s). And those are the ones recorded by the unleashed Tampa Bay top line of Brayden Point between Nikita …
  • History says this is no time for Islanders panic

    History says this is no time for Islanders panic

    The line was dominant and dazzling, the Anders Lee-Mat Barzal-Jordan Eberle combination owning staggering peripherals. At five-on-five, the unit built a 32-11 advantage in attempts, a 22-5 edge in unblocked attempts, a 15-5 edge in shots, a 91.49 xGF and a 17-3 advantage in scoring chances, per Naturalstattrick.com. Lee scored on the power play with …
  • Thom Brennaman’s slur was wrong but so is selective justice

    Thom Brennaman’s slur was wrong but so is selective justice

    Who’d a thunk it? In our exchanges, he’d never even cussed. Can’t say the same for myself. I know Fox and Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman long enough to be shocked that he’d speak a slur for homosexuals — the F-word — even when he thought he was off the air, let alone while attached to …