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UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- What a fitting end to the Islanders' 2013 season, that they left the ice with the Nassau Coliseum crowd on its feet -- even after a heartbreaking 4-3 overtime loss to the Penguins in Game 6 -- saluting the team's stellar effort in ...

The Islanders are still waiting on Sunday night's game between the Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators to learn their first-round opponent, but the team recalled eight players on Sunday in advance of this week's action. Among the list of players sum...

The Islanders didn't leave Carolina with a win Tuesday night, but you can bet there will still be one heck of a celebration on the team's flight home. For the first time since 2007, the Islanders are headed to the playoffs. With a point earned ...

The Southeast Division has been the subject of derision and ridicule as the uncontested weakest grouping of teams in the league, but it has not lacked for drama or entertainment value. Perhaps the division title is a somewhat dubious honor, but t...

At a glance: Ready for a real rivalry? Too many times in recent years the Battle of New York has failed to live up to its billing, but not this season. After missing the playoffs for five straight seasons, the Islanders are poised to make their first...

New Jersey Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov has been suspended four games for elbowing Boston's Brad Marchand, the NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Thursday.

Rangers' Brad Richards returned to the lineup Friday night after missing the past two games with injury, coach John Tortorella announced in his pre-game news conference.

At a glance: With two points separating the clubs in the Eastern Conference standings, the eighth-place Rangers host the sixth-place Ottawa Senators in a rematch of the 2012 conference quarterfinals. The Rangers enter Friday's match on a season-high ...

New Jersey's Bobby Butler was claimed off waivers Monday by the Nashville Predators, the Devils announced this afternoon. Butler was waived Sunday in a move to create roster "flexibility," Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello told local reporters...

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Winless in their past four games, the Rangers appear to be in line for a big boost heading into Thursday's game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison Square Garden. Although neither player would give a firm commitment, it...

Although there was optimism that Rick Nash could rejoin the New York Rangers on the back end of their two-game swing through Canada, the injured forward will not meet the team in Montreal.

• It was a historic night for the Sabres -- Thursday's game was the first in 16 years without Lindy Ruff behind the bench -- but not even the jolt of dismissing the team's long-tenured coach was enough to get Buffalo past the Toronto Maple...

The New York Rangers will be without star winger Rick Nash for the second straight game Thursday against the Ottawa Senators.

On the heels of the NHL lockout that began Sunday, New Jersey Devils star Ilya Kovalchuk is headed home to his native Russia to play hockey during the work stoppage.

The NHL and NHLPA remained at an impasse in the latest round of collective bargaining talks as the deadline for a lockout looms.

At a glance: The Devils have a chance to dispose of their Hudson River rivals and secure a spot in the Stanley Cup Finals with a win on home ice against the Rangers on Friday night in Game 6. There's no panic from the top-seeded Rangers, however. Alt...