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As Game 6 looms on Saturday afternoon at 12 noon, the Islanders could be playing at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for the final time in their storied franchise history. Is this add an emotional aspect for this New York franchise?

Islanders center John Tavares scored the game-winning overtime goal against the Capitals to chants of "M-V-P" at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. So, Barry Melrose, is Tavares going to win the MVP?

The sleeping giants on the Washington Capitals woke up on Friday night as the Caps evened up series against the Islanders with a 4-3 win.

A bad Game 5 for the Rangers could get worse.

Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist blocked 40 of 41 shots from the Canadiens in Monday's 3-1 victory at Montreal on Monday night.

As physical and undisciplined as they are, we knew the Flyers would take penalties.  What we didn't know was whether the Rangers would take advantage.

Rangers-Flyers is always a battle - a bruising, Rocky-esque prize fight. Rangers-Flyers in the playoffs?  That'll be a war.  The type that leaves only a wasteland of flaming devastation. The teams split their season series this year, and the bad blood that has fueled this rivalry for years was evident in each.  These two flat out don't like each other.  And now, after the Rangers bested the Flyers

The chase for Lord Stanley's cup begins tonight in Boston. Here's the full schedule of First Round match ups. EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST-ROUND MATCHUPS SERIES A - A1 vs. W2 TIME (ET)    vs.   NETWORKS Friday, April 18 7:30 p...

It seems the NY islanders have finally started to recognize their core base of young talent and are intent on keeping that core together.. The Isles have re-upped center Josh bailey to a new 5 year contract. The deal is said to be worth 16...

I have watched Ranger hockey a long time. What took place Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden will easily rank as 1 of the most disappointing  nights in this fans memory. Forget any of the stats, that being shots on goal, hits, anything...

Oh those feisty Detroit Red Wings. Paying little mind to the prognosticators who looked at the Red Wings as a mere bump in the road (I raise my hand), Detroit used a solid goaltending effort from Jimmy Howard to defeat the heavily favored Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 and grab a 2-1 lead in the best of 7 Western Conference semi finals...

With an exciting first round of the 2013 NHL playoffs now complete, eight remaining teams will continue their quest for the Stanley Cup in the conference semifinals beginning this week. Here's a preview of the four NHL playoff series ready to get underway: All series are best-of-seven...