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Isles' Hickey defends own hit, lets coach vilify Lightning's
Thomas Hickey feels fine, and he agrees with his coach. That was the sentiment coming from the Islanders’ defenseman after Thursday’s practice, in which he participated fully following a massive...
The John Tavares matchup that may make or break the Isles
The Islanders are more than one man, and have shown how they have to be more than one man if any hope exists to make it into the conference finals....
Brian Boyle won't be suspended, to Islanders coach's chagrin
The Islanders must move on. If they still are thinking about Brian Boyle’s controversial, series-changing hit on defenseman Thomas Hickey at the end of their Game 3 overtime loss, they’re...
Islanders call out head-hunter who cost them the game
Jack Capuano is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore. The Islanders coach was enraged after his team lost Game 3 of its second-round series against...
'Soft' Isles can't break Boychuk's playoff cardinal rule again
Here is the Islanders’ motto, as proven by the split of the first two games of their second-round series against the Lightning in Tampa last week, and as spoken by...
You can measure Josh Bailey's appreciation by his beard length
Josh Bailey has been in the NHL and with the Islanders since 2008, and he has never been able to grow a playoff beard quite this long. But there he...
Islanders coach backs off 5-game ouster fears
Maybe it was a miscue in timing when Islanders coach Jack Capuano used his postgame press conference after a 4-1 loss to the Lightning in Game 2 of the second-round...
Why all these off days are playing into Isles' hands
All these off days are actually turning in favor of the Islanders. Despite coach Jack Capuano’s jokingly unrealistic longing for no days between games, the two days that will separate...
Why numbers don't tell story of ugly Isles power play
TAMPA, Fla. — It’s one of the four tenets Islanders coach Jack Capuano always preaches for postseason success. Among luck, health, goaltending and special teams, the latter is the only...
Capuano hints at Isles changes after Brock Nelson letdown
TAMPA, Fla. — Moving Brock Nelson up in the lineup spurred an offensive outburst from the Islanders in Game 1. Keeping him there was a detriment in Game 2. Now...
Why Isles coach Jack Capuano has forgotten about Game 1 win
BRANDON, Fla. — Momentum? Nah. At least that was the mentality the Islanders will take into Game 2 of their second-round playoff series against the Lightning on Saturday afternoon at...
Islanders need Ryan Pulock back to put fear into Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. — The largest part of Ryan Pulock’s progress as he tries to return from an upper-body injury is the prospect of how the big right-handed Islanders defenseman can...
Isles' surprise Game 1 statement confirms the old Isles are gone
TAMPA, Fla. — Maybe the Islanders surprised the Lightning a little bit. Maybe the difference in pedigree allowed the Lightning to forget the Islanders are a team predicated on hustle...
Alan Quine finds NHL foothold at most precious Isles moment
TAMPA, Fla. — Alan Quine was sitting there, shaking his head, smiling. “No,” he kept saying. “I couldn���t have expected it.” The 23-year-old Islanders forward is in a rare place...
Islanders coach takes puck to the face
Islanders coach Jack Capuano was hit in the face with an errant puck midway through the third period of his team's 5-3 victory in Game 1.
Islanders-Lightning matchups: The deciding factor in Game 7
TAMPA, Fla. — The Islanders have won a playoff series for the first time in 23 years, beating the Atlantic Division-winning Panthers in six heart-pounding games. Now they’re faced with...
The seismic decision hanging over Islanders' playoff run
TAMPA, Fla. — At some point in the relatively near future, Jack Capuano is going to have a very tough decision to make. According to Capuano, regular starting goalie Jaroslav...
Islanders stuck with short turnaround, big Lightning test
TAMPA, Fla. — In this quick preamble before the second round starts, the Islanders were focused on driving home one message above all else. “It was a great series, but...
Isles' Quine makes Capuano look brilliant in gutsy gamble
SUNRISE, Fla. — The gamble paid off. Islanders coach Jack Capuano split up his top line, inserting rookie Alan Quine in place of Frans Nielsen, and the 23-year-old came through...
Jaromir Jagr's unfathomable futility continues
It may be a matter of time, but time is running out. Jaromir Jagr is the third-leading scorer in NHL history, and at 44, is again an MVP candidate after...