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Rangers fight hard on all fronts but fall to Maple Leafs in shootout

TORONTO — In a game between two of the hottest teams in the NHL, the Rangers were extinguished. Six points now separate the second-place Blueshirts and the fourth-place Maple Leafs...

Maple Leafs star booed by Islanders fans again in latest return

Islanders fans kept on booing John Tavares on Thursday when the Maple Leafs visited Long Island for the last time this season.

The latest disturbing acts by Draymond Green, LeBron James show media will never stop embracing them

They all wanted to relate some form of awareness that Green, as if there were previous doubt, had cemented his post-NBA career status as a must-hire TV presence, The Post's...

NHL analyst 'declaring war' after Islanders legend fumes over attack on fans

Paul Bissonnette has gotten under Islanders great Butch Goring's skin again.

Boos erupt as ex-Islander star earns 1,000th point

It had to be against the Islanders.

Ex-Isles GM opens up about time with Isles, says John Tavares doesn't deserve fans' scorn

Garth Snow is free to speak his mind. It has been five years, after all, since he was let go as Islanders general manager.

What the Islanders might salvage if the Maple Leafs' upveaval becomes a full implosion

Could a Maple Leafs team embarking on a reset after another disappointing postseason bring some unexpected help to the Islanders?

The Post ranks top 50 Islanders players: Nos. 1-20

In recognition of the Islanders’ 50th anniversary season, The Post ranks the top 50 players in franchise history. Second of a two-part series.

The Yankees of the NHL keep getting sadder

The Maple Leafs have lost five consecutive opening-round series.

Maple Leafs' John Tavares out of hospital after frightening injury

John Tavares's stay in the hospital was short. The Maple Leafs announced the star center was released on Friday morning and is out resting after his scary injury Thursday night....

'Sick to my stomach': NHL star stretchered off ice after scary collision

Toronto captain John Tavares, a former Islander, was taken off the ice on a stretcher after a collision early in Game 1 of the Maple Leafs' first-round playoff matchup with...

Devils have no answers for Auston Matthews, John Tavares

TORONTO — Auston Matthews had his first hat trick since scoring four times in his NHL debut and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New Jersey Devils 7-4 on Tuesday...

Islanders and Devils are taking rarest of roads to newfound success

We wouldn't advise amateur general managers — Fess up, that’s you and that’s you and that’s you, as well — to try this at home, but when the Islanders lost...

Devils find crazy way to lose in latest ugly defeat

Damon Severson had never scored an overtime goal in the NHL, and this wasn't how he envisioned his first. The Devils defenseman backhanded the puck into his own net with...

Ranking the top 10 NY athletes of the decade

With the end of the 2010s upon us, The Post polled 43 members of its sports department across a variety of categories to determine the best and worst of the...

Skidding Rangers blitzed by Maple Leafs in Garden stinker

Goaltender Alexandar Georgiev was supposed to be the Rangers’ secret weapon. After two stellar performances last season against the Maple Leafs —when he stopped 99 of 101 shots on goal...

'We don't need you': Islanders clip John Tavares' Maple Leafs

The Islanders’ depth paid dividends once again. Anthony Beauvillier scored twice, Derick Brassard had a goal and two assists, and the streaking Islanders held off the John Tavares-led Maple Leafs...

Islanders turncoat named captain of Maple Leafs

TORONTO — John Tavares was named the 25th captain in Toronto Maple Leafs history Wednesday night before the season opener against the Ottawa Senators, filling a role that had been...

Islanders fans let John Tavares off easy the second time around

You remember Nov. 16, 1976, don’t you, when Eddie Giacomin and the Red Wings returned to the Garden exactly two weeks after the momentous “Eddie-Eddie-Eddie” night memorialized forever by the...

John Tavares deals blow to Islanders' home ice hopes

They’re over it. At least, as much as they ever will be. The Islanders and their fans have moved on from John Tavares in more ways than one, and it...