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With an extra day between games and preceding a rare home back-to-back, it’s a good day to sit back and relish the joy, the rarity and surreal fact that the Islanders are 10-0 in games decided in overtime this year. Mathew Barzal’s streaking goal in St. Louis was the latest addition to the chronicles, largely […]
The Islanders’ incredible overtime magic continued with their 10th OT winner of the season, this time built off the foundation of a three-goal comeback and a rare double-power-play conversion from a team whose power play can rarely shoot straight. Mat Barzal finished the 4-3 win in St. Louis, using his speed to wrongfoot forward Jordan […]
The New York Islanders made a big addition at the trade deadline, landing veteran center Brayden Schenn from the St. Louis Blues in an 11th-hour deal just before the 3pm ET buzzer. Schenn had to be convinced by GM Mathieu Darche & head coach Patrick Roy, however, to waive his no-trade clause before the deal was consummated. The Islanders, as it turns out, didn't have the same luck with their own player, forward Anthony Duclair. According to insider David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period , h...
The Islanders’ final out-of-time-zone road trip comes to a conclusion tonight in St. Louis, with a golden chance to go .500 on a four-game trip that began with a couple of stinkers in Southern California. The Blues are in the middle of a cratering season that has brought Brayden Schenn to Long Island. However, they […]
Dan is joined by Lighthouse Hockey’s Jenny Berman to discuss the acquisition of Brayden Schenn and the games surrounding this season’s Trade Deadline. It was a wild weekend for the Islanders, who dropped two massive duds in Anaheim and LA, then made a shocking last minute trade for the St. Louis Blues captain on Friday’s […]
The Islanders finish their four-game road trip with a stop to help Brayden Schenn pack up in St. Louis, where the Blues are returning from a lottery-spoiling perfect four-game western road trip of their own. In full selloff mode, the Blues somehow took out the Kraken, Sharks, Kings and finally the Ducks, with a 4-0 […]
No-trade clauses became the big topic of discussion around and after the trade deadline this year. And for good reason. It's become exceedingly apparent that there are a whole lot of them around these days. And teams want to see something done about it eventually. Additionally, there were also plenty of vetoed trades that seemed to stymie a lof of the action we normally see at the deadline. Colton Parayko said no to the Buffalo Sabres ; Tyler Myers vetoed a trade to the Detroit Red Wings...
The San Jose Sharks had little to say after a 2-1 overtime loss to the New York Islanders. It was the team’s second overtime loss in as many days and it was clear that the is one stung a lot more than the 3-2 loss to St. Louis on Friday night. For the first half of the game, the Sharks seemed to figure out how to hang with the Islanders, but as the game wore on, San Jose got its scoring chances, but could not maintain puck possession as well as the Islanders did. There were a lot of one-a...
Bo Horvat scored with a nifty backhand on a breakaway as the Islanders continued their insane overtime record (9-0) and salvaged a win from their California swing, defeating the San Jose Sharks, 2-1. Brayden Schenn made his Islanders debut and was a presence for both the regulation goal for and against, settling in next to […]
The San Jose Sharks welcome Matthew Schaefer and the New York Islanders into SAP Center for the second night of back-to-back games tonight. This is going to be a tough go-around for the Sharks, as the Islanders had a chance to rest up for the game. New York was in San Jose, watching the Sharks play against the St. Louis Blues last night. New York is doing well this season and is, surprisingly, in a playoff spot as of this evening. The Islanders sit in third in the Metropolitan Division, w...
The 2025-26 New York Islanders begin the rest of their season with a roster that has three veterans they did not have a couple of months ago. Two of them were once semi-stars but are now in their decline — while carrying cap hits that reflect the former phase than the latter — but Mathieu […]
Well this was all most unexpected. Amid rumors of New York Islanders interest in Robert Thomas or Jordan Kyrou of the St. Louis Blues, who were reportedly requiring exorbitant prices for those locked-in prime-age centerpieces, the Isles instead sent a 1st-round pick for 34-year-old Blues captain Brayden Schenn — a center who has declined into […]
The New York Islanders have finally gotten into the action at this trade deadline, making a big splash, as have the St. Louis Blues, as Brayden Schenn is headed to the Island. The official deal for Brayden Schenn to NYI. pic.twitter.com/03tHXXjLl2 — PuckEmpire (@puckempire) March 6, 2026 It’s a 2026 first-rounder, a third-rounder, and Jonathan Drouin and Swedish prospect Marcus Gidlof going back to St. Louis. The 34-year-old Schenn has been seemingly on the block for a couple of years no...
Along with Sabres reporter Joe Yerdon, we remember Chad Johnson & Michal Neuvirth, back-up goalies who were traded for each other at the deadline but didn’t help the Islanders much at all. On paper, Chad Johnson was the perfect addition to what looked to be a quality Islanders team in 2014. He was coming off […]
On the NHL’s trade deadline day, the New York Islanders are in playoff position but far from contender position. They have a Vezina candidate (favorite?) goalie and a Calder favorite who have driven an exciting season above expectations. Their power play is abysmal, and their overall team defense often leaves us scratching our head. They […]
The New York Islanders could have a new trade piece emerging ahead of Friday's 3pm trade deadline. According to Stefen Rosner of The Elmonters , forward Max Shabanov is open to a trade as he looks for a bigger opportunity elsewhere after struggling to secure a consistent role on Long Island this season. #Isles F Maxim Shabanov is a name to watch ahead of the Trade Deadline. Told he's open to a change of scenery to gain more #NHL experience. That + more on this trade deadline day [Free Fr...
It’s a good thing the Islanders managed three dramatic comeback wins coming out of the Olympic break, because then they headed to southern California and played like doodoo. Actually, their starts and play in SoCal wasn’t that much different from the prior three games, just the bounces and outcomes were a little different. They followed […]
The Islanders’ Olympic-spanning win streak ended in a Husso in Anaheim Wednesday night, but they have another chance to pick up points from Southern California tonight vs. the Kings. First Islanders Goal picks go here. Islanders News Elsewhere
The California trip got off to a thud of a start with a 5-1 loss in Anaheim as the Islanders could not get much going and could not finish nor get better looks against the Ducks’ backup-backup goalie. Ville Husso made 42 saves, but the game really turned in the first period as the Islanders […]
The Islanders and their five-game win streak touched down in California and got their skating legs going at practice Tuesday. A back-to-back begins tonight in Anaheim, which will be playing its own back-to-back after losing at home last night to the Avalanche. After an orange-heavy kickoff, this trip includes Los Angeles tomorrow and San Jose […]
One team that many of us may be sleeping on as we approach Friday's deadline is the New York Islanders . There haven't been a lot of rumors about who they might be chasing. But we do know that GM Mathieu Darche wants to reward his team for the unexpected playoff-bound season they're having. According to Vancouver Canucks insider Rick Dhaliwal , we should all be keeping an eye on the Islanders. He says that Conor Garland is on their radar. Dhaliwal: Keep an eye on the Isles. T...
The New York Islanders are starting to look like a real team to watch in the Jordan Kyrou rumor mill, with reporting out there that Isles GM Mathieu Darche has checked in on Kyrou as the St. Louis Blues embrace selling ahead of the March 6 deadline. Islanders trade interest in Jordan Kyrou is getting real According to The Hockey News' Stefen Rosner , Darche has called on both Kyrou and Robert Thomas, which suggests the Islanders are hunting for a true difference-maker with term, not ju...
The Islanders are headed West, where the Kings are falling but the Ducks are surging again. A few bounces here or there and they could be beginning this trip under a dark cloud, but the comebacks and magical individual efforts to win the last three games have them six points ahead of the next Metro […]
Mike and Dan are relaxed and excited as the Islanders win three in a row and put themselves in good position for both the playoffs and the NHL Trade Deadline. We were worried that going into two places they never win in – Montreal and Columbus – and coming back to face the rabid Panthers […]
The Florida Panthers cloudy playoff picture grew even more muddled with a 5-4 loss to the New York Islanders at UBS Arena. Anders Lee scored the game-winning goal, skating around Aaron Ekblad and going backhand-to-forehead to beat Sergei Bobrovsky with 32 ticks left in regulation to hand the Cats a second consecutive one-goal loss. After struggling to score Friday against Buffalo, the Panthers got off to a great start, opening up a two-goal lead on the Islanders. Bobrovsky rippe...