On the ice from Long Island Sign up for Inside the Islanders by Ethan Sears, a weekly Sports+ exclusive. Since it is the time of year for such exercises, and since the Maple Leafs are the topic du jour around the NHL, let’s do some wondering aloud about whether the Islanders can take advantage of…
DALLAS — William Karlsson scored two goals and had an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights advanced to their second Stanley Cup Final with a 6-0 rout Monday night over the Dallas Stars, who had extended the Western Conference Final to six games after losing the first three. William Carrier, Keegan Kolesar and Michael Amadio…
LAS VEGAS — With Dallas’ season on the line, the Stars got two critical goals from a player who was a healthy scratch the first two games of the Western Conference Final. Ty Dellandrea’s goals came within a 1:27 span midway through the third period, and the Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on…
Here is a Pass/Fail exercise for the teams that won’t hold Stanley Cup parades next month after qualifying for, and then being eliminated from, the playoffs. Could the season nevertheless be considered successful, gaining a Pass grade for 2022-23? Or was it a failure, colossal or otherwise, thus earning an F? That is the existential…
SUNRISE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal with 4.9 seconds left, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 36 shots to cap off a brilliant series, and the Florida Panthers earned their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 27 years by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Wednesday night to win the Eastern Conference title…
DALLAS — Jonathan Marchessault scored the first of three quick goals for Vegas, an early onslaught that knocked Jake Oettinger out of the game after captain Jamie Benn had already been ejected, and the Golden Knights went on for a 4-0 win in Game 3 that has them within one victory of reaching another Stanley…
The Battle of New York is retaking the outdoor stage… in New Jersey. According to multiple reports on Tuesday, the Rangers and Islanders are slated to compete in the 2024 Stadium Series at MetLife Stadium next season. It is expected to be one of two hockey games hosted at the home of the Jets and…
The Mahomes family must be feeling the heat all the way from Phoenix. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was reminded of his younger brother, Jackson Mahomes, getting arrested on aggravated sexual battery charges after the QB suggested that the Arizona Coyotes should move to Kansas City and play at T-Mobile Center. After a vote in Tempe,…
If Team Canada makes a run through the IIHF World Championship bracket, they’ll have to navigate without their second-leading scorer. Joe Veleno, a center for the Red Wings, was suspended five games for an incident in the second period of Canada’s loss Saturday against Switzerland, when he stomped on Nino Niederreiter’s leg — or area…
Filip Chytil is resting at his home in Czechia after leaving the IIHF World Championship tournament in the aftermath of taking a stick to the side of his face in the first period of Team Czechia’s May 14 match against Kazakhstan in Riga, Latvia. The exact nature of the injury to the 23-year-old center is…
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – Could Arizona’s loss be Connecticut’s gain? Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) will meet with National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman to discuss relocating the Arizona Coyotes to Hartford, Nexstar’s WTNH has learned. News of the governor’s plan comes after voters in Tempe, Arizona, rejected a referendum to build a new arena…
The Rangers were largely spoiled this past season by their backup goaltender, Jaroslav Halak. After an 0-5-1 start, Halak went 10-4-4 the rest of the way while playing more games than he had since 2019-20. The Rangers signed the 38-year-old Slovakian to a one-year, $1.5 million deal last offseason after they traded their backup of…
LAS VEGAS — Brett Howden scored from behind the net off Dallas Stars goalie Jake Oettinger 1:35 into overtime Friday to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 4-3 victory in Game 1 of their Western Conference final. Jamie Benn forced the extra time when he scored on a 6-on-5 with 1:59 left in regulation. This…
It’s not the Carolina Hurricanes — originally the Hartford Whalers — but Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont wants a hockey team back in the state. Lamont told reporters on Friday that he reached out to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and hopes to schedule a meeting for next week, according to the Associated Press. “This is a…
RALEIGH, N.C. — Matthew Tkachuk beat Frederik Andersen in the final seconds of the fourth overtime to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes early Friday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final. Tkachuck took a feed from Sam Bennett after Florida won a battle for the puck as Carolina…
On the ice from Long Island Sign up for Inside the Islanders by Ethan Sears, a weekly Sports+ exclusive. As it looks more likely with each passing day that the Islanders will remain status quo with Lou Lamoriello and Lane Lambert, the pressing business in front of the non-restructured front office must include treating Ilya…
ESPN’s choice to air the final inning of an inconsequential Sunday Night Baseball broadcast instead of a pivotal elimination Stanley Cup Playoff game has angered sports fans. With the Boston Red Sox losing 9-1 at home to the St. Louis Cardinals at the end of the eighth inning, hockey fans were tuned in and hoping to…
Former Islanders defenseman Gerry Hart, a member of the inaugural 1972 team, died Saturday, the team said in a release. He was 75. Hart, who played for the Islanders from 1972-79, returned to Long Island after his playing career to launch an ice rink in Hauppage. Gerry HartNHL.com The Islanders reached the playoffs five times…
It does seem somewhat far-fetched, does it not, this scenario we tweeted midweek under which, A) Toronto general manager Kyle Dubas would leave the Maple Leafs on an expiring contract to take over the Penguins; B) He would bring coach Sheldon Keefe with him; C) That, in turn, would leave Mike Sullivan without a job;…
Commercial content 21+. The Toronto Maple Leafs did what they needed to do in Game 4. Down 3-0 in their best-of-7 series with the Florida Panthers, the Leafs played a solid, structured style of hockey to eke out a 2-1 win on the road. It’s not the type of game we’re used to seeing Toronto…