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The Flyers had lost five straight, and eight-of-nine coming into to tonight's game against the Isles.  Make it eight-of-ten, with both victories over their personal punching bags, the Islanders.  On to the trick: 1.  Mike Richards scored twice in the first period, Jeff Carter added a pair in the second period, and Claude Giroux added two goals in the third period for the Flyers.  2.  John Tavares had both goals for the Islanders, but ...

Mike Smith made 30 saves to record his ninth career shutout as the Lightning blanked the Isles 4-0 on Saturday night. The Isles are winless in Saturday road games in 2009, with one final chance coming on Dec. 26 at Madison Square Garden. They are 1-15-5 over the last two years in Saturday road games. On to the trick: 1.  It was clear early that this wasn't going to be the Isles' night. Ryan Malone dug the puck out of ...

Matt Moulson scored threeáconsecutive goals and the Islanders rallied from a 1-0 deficit as New York defeated Atlanta 4-1 at Philips Arena on Thursday niight. On to the trick:á 1.Vyasckeslav Kozlov scored Atlanta's only tally at 9:01 of the first period, and the Thrashers carried that lead into the intermission.á It was the only goal allowed by Dwayne Roloson, who made 26 saves to win his third straight startáand improved to ...

For 50 minutes, the Islanders competed with the Devils.  For the final 10 minutes, though, the Devils played with the Islanders, scoring four times to defeat the Isles 6-1 at The Rock.  On to the trick: 1.  Once again, the Isles started well, as Richard Park opened the scoring midway through the first.  Park now has two goals on the season: one in the final game of October and one in the final game of ...

November 28, 1979. Saturday is the 30th anniversary of Billy Smith becoming the first goalie in NHL history to be credited with a goal.  On November 28, 1979, the Isles trailed Colorado 4-3 in the third period  when the Isles were called for a delayed penalty.  Colorado defensemen Rob Ramage put the puck into his own goal and the goal was credited to the last Islander to touch the puck, originally believed to be Dave ...

Sean Bergeheim and John Tavares scored third period goals as the Isles rallied to defeat the Penguins 3-2. On to the trick: 1. Josh Bailey and Evgeny Malkin traded first period goals. Bailey's goal gave the Islanders four players with at least seven goals before Malkin became just the second Penguin to reach the 10 goal mark. Mark Streit and Freddy Meyer assisted on the Bailey goal. Streit has an assist ...

When the Islanders are able to maintain the same intensity for 60 minutes, they may very well become a good team. They are not there just yet, as they once again could not hold a lead, and dropped a 2-1 decision to the Flyers.  On to the trick: 1. Trent Hunter scored to give the Isles the lead on a first period power play and stop an 0-16 drought on the ...

Dwayne Roloson made a franchise record (and career high) 58 saves as the Islanders beat the Leafs, 4-3 in overtime at the Air Canada Centre.  With the win, the Isles complete the franchise record-tying seven-game road trip with a 3-2-2 record.  On to the trick: 1. Roloson's 58 saves broke the club record of 56, set by Rick DiPietro in a shootout loss to the Rangers in 2007.  The 61 shots allowed by the Islanders broke a club record that had ...

In perhaps their most solid effort of the season, the New York Islanders went into Boston on Monday night and pounded the Bruins, 4-1.á The Isles have earned a point on all four games of their road trip (2-0-2) and are 3-0-2 in their last five overall.á On to the trick: 1.á Matt Moulson scored twice to become the first Islander to reach double-digit goals with 10.á His second goal, with 1:11 left ...

It was John Tavares early and Kyle Okposo late, as two of the key building blocks in the Islanders' rebuilding played leading roles as the Isles built, and blew a three-goal lead, before emerging victorious in overtime.á On to the trick: 1. Tavares scored twice in the first period, once on a power play as he batted the puck out of mid-air, and once just after another power play ...