They’re almost finished! The Islanders will finish their season-long seven-game road trip in Seattle tonight, with a chance to make it 4-2-1, which would be a success no matter how they get there. Seattle has lost three in a row and is just outside the wild card in the West. But they feel like they’re […]
They’re almost finished! The Islanders will finish their season-long seven-game road trip in Seattle tonight, with a chance to make it 4-2-1, which would be a success no matter how they get there.
Seattle has lost three in a row and is just outside the wild card in the West. But they feel like they’re healthy for the first time all season. (Don’t wanna hear it, try losing a top-six winger and top-four D for the whole season.)
Reminder that tonight’s 9:30 start is on TNT/HBO Max. First Islanders Goal picks go here.
Islanders News
- Previewing tonight: The rematch of an epic…1-0 shootout win in November on Long Island. [Isles]
- The Islanders are hoping to end this road trip with two victories. They’re halfway there. [Newsday]
- The secret to Anthony Duclair’s recent surge is he did what any of us would do when slumping: try Casey Cizikas’ stick. [Post]
- Max Tsyplakov’s second season has been a tough one, and being essentially benched in the second half of the game in Vancouver doesn’t help. Patrick Roy wants to use him again (and more) though. [Post]
- Prospect Report: Kashawn Aitcheson continues to roll. [Isles]
- ICYMI: This week’s Islanders Anxiety podcast featured an epic MasterLeafs Theater that I personally joined to narrate, because I am a great appreciator of fine literature. [LHH]
- Matthew Schaefer continues to make history in his rookie year. [THN]
- Islanders coaching legend John MacLean reflects on (finally) getting into the Devils’ Ring of Honor. [NHL]
Elsewhere
Last night’s NHL scores include wins for the Canadiens, Senators and the Sabres, who now have an identical record with the Islanders.
This goalie fight between Bobrovsky and Nedejlkovic was warranted and beautiful:
- We have a trade to announce: Kiefer Sherwood goes to the Sharks for a couple of picks and such. [NHL]
- Stan Fischler digs into the archives from 1979 and an interview with the late Glenn Hall on how he became a goalie and developed “the butterfly.” He loved playing on the ponds as a kid: “Forwards didn’t have to worry about staying in their lanes and coaches weren’t around to bother us.” [NHL]
- How did the Rangers rebuild fail — despite gobs and gobs of good fortune — so badly? By being the Rangers. Team APPLESAUCE. [Gretz Substack]
- Speaking of which, the Tri-State Hockey Podcast with Arthur Staple takes on the Rangers Applesauce letter, the Islanders road trip and probably something about the Devils, too. [YouTube]
- Adam Foote receives a vote of confidence from management in Vancouver, and honestly I wouldn’t want to waste an epic tank opportunity either. [NHL]
- And coincidentally, he called out the team’s veterans for a bad culture after the loss to the Isles. [Sportsnet]
- Darcy Kuemper is injured again. [Sportsnet]
Category: General Sports
