GREENBURGH, NY – Forward Dryden Hunt was activated from injured reserve and Barclay Goodrow was cleared from the COVID-19 protocol on Tuesday. Ryan Strome missed training for the second day in a row, but Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said Strome will be “ready to go” … Read More

PHILADELPHIA —The first 65 minutes were not the cleanest for the Islanders, and the subsequent nine-round shooting could go down as one of the worst in NHL history. But all that mattered to the Islanders was getting away with a 4-3 shootout victory Tuesday night … Read More

PHILADELPHIA – The NHL is preparing to relax its test protocols for COVID-19, and Islander Matt Martin, who reiterates the sentiment of many members of the NHL Players’ Association, is in favor of the changes. “I think that’s probably a good thing,” Martin said before … Read More

PHILADELPHIA – It’s just a number. Still, the chance to finally get back to the NHL .500 (wins and losses, no matter overtime or shootout defeats) for the first time in more than two months makes sense for the Islanders in their uphill battle to … Read More

Maybe the Islanders were sometimes not as disciplined or defensively healthy as they would like to be. It did not matter. They had Ilya Sorokin. The goalkeeper brilliantly dismissed several odd-man rushes to make 26 saves as the Islanders welcomed back coach Barry Trotz from … Read More

Barry Trotz is back with the Islanders and this time he was able to train a match. The Islanders’ coach was cleared of the COVID-19 protocol before the faceoff and was behind the bench for the first time since Dec. 30 when the Islanders met … Read More

GREENBURGH, NY – Morgan Barron is not blind. He can see what’s happening to the Rangers right now. Injuries and a bunch of guys who went into the COVID-19 protocol had forced them to pick up some reinforcements from Hartford to complete the just-completed road … Read More

The Islanders’ menacing task of playing back in the playoffs certainly seems daunting. But that’s not how the team sees it. “I do not think it is overwhelming at all,” Mathew Barzal said. “We know we have a ton of games in hand. We know … Read More

Semyon Varlamov is certainly used to long breaks between matches this season. The goalkeeper was Icelander’s best player in a 2-0 loss to the Capitals on Saturday afternoon at UBS Arena, where he stopped 34 of the 35 shots he encountered in his first outing … Read More

PHILADELPHIA – It has been 11 matches since Filip Chytil last scored a goal. So the 22-year-old had no intention of pretending that the score in the third period of Saturday’s 3-2 win over the Flyers did not feel very good. “I do not want … Read More