It is special whenever a player reaches a milestone. Even more so when that milestone helps win a game. On Oct. 26, Phil Kessel scored 1:07 into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets. It was the 300th goal of Kessel’s career. Two days earlier, Kessel also netted the […]

When the New York Islanders faced the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, it gave them their first look at the expansion team. Although so far, the Golden Knights have not been your typical expansion team. With an 8-2-0 record, Vegas is off to the best start of any expansion […]

One of the best rivalries in the National Hockey League resumes Thursday when the New York Islanders face the New York Rangers in Round One of the Battle of New York for the 2017-18 season. Both teams have gotten off to sluggish starts this season. The Islanders are 2-3-1 for five points and are coming […]

Break up the Vegas Golden Knights. With wins in their first three games, the Golden Knights became the first expansion team in the 100-year history of the National Hockey League to start 3-0-0. James Neal has led the way for Vegas with five goals in the three games. During their home opener against the Arizona Coyotes, […]

Four games into the season and the New York Islanders have a win, two regulation losses and a shootout loss. What does that tell us? Probably that the Islanders aren’t as bad as they played in their season-opening, 5-0 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. And that the Isles are more likely somewhere in between […]

When it comes to the Stanley Cup playoffs, the New York Islanders arguably are the Kings of Overtime. Some of the goals they’ve scored in OT are not only memorable […]

When the Los Angeles Kings failed to qualify for the NHL playoffs, it meant another season without a repeat Stanley Cup champion. The last team to win back-to-back Cups was […]

My father worked at the New York Telephone Company with a man named Mr. Gerby. When I was in high school in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Mr. Gerby […]

It stood to be a signature moment in the New York Islanders’ season. Trailing the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night by three goals, the Islanders staged a comeback over the […]

No New York Islanders fan will forget May 24, 1980. Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final against the Philadelphia Flyers at Nassau Coliseum. Bob Nystrom redirects a pass from […]