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ELMONT, N.Y. — tipped home ’s shot 1:24 into double overtime to keep the Islanders alive with a 3-2 win over the . Bortuzzo, who only got a few shifts in the first overtime, let a slap shot go that deflected in front and past to send the series back to Raleigh for Game 5 on Tuesday. Advertisement tied the game with the Canes’ second power-play goal of the day at 14:08 of the third, tapping in a feed from . J-G Pageau had given the the lead on a power play 1:38 into the third after Frederik An…

ELMONT, N.Y. — Patrick Roy made sure to steer a question about to the Islanders as a whole. “It was a great team win,” the coach said after the Isles staved off elimination with a double-overtime Game 4 win. We won’t disagree with Roy. But may we also present Barzal as Exhibit A in the case for having a star talent raise his game in the playoffs. Twice in Game 4, with their playoff lives on the line, the Islanders were fighting for every inch of space on the UBS Arena ice. Probably more than tw…

Two goals in eight seconds sent the out of the . broke a 3-3 tie with 15:24 to go and a bad bounce on a dump-in off the ensuing faceoff led to ’s goal into an empty net with 15:16 to go, sending on to face the after a 6-3 win on Tuesday and a 4-1 series victory over the Islanders. Advertisement and scored second-period goals to pull the Islanders even heading to the third after an overwhelming start to the game from Carolina. scored on the game’s first shot, beating cleanly just 1:23 in to…

The Islanders’ season ended on Tuesday. In reality, it was on the rocks from about November on, when a seven-game winless streak set them on a roller-coaster ride that included multiple blown leads of two and even three goals, porous defense, a coaching change, a furious finish to get into the postseason and then a 4-1 series loss at the hands of the Hurricanes to erase all the hard work of the final month of the regular season. Advertisement The coming offseason brings many questions to a group…

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — It goes against the grain of what playoff hockey is all about: The intensity, the win-or-go-home stress of each night on the ice, followed quickly by a chance to do it again. The , though, put their first-round series to bed quicker than anyone in the playoffs. That meant an indefinite stretch of down time that’s rare in the playoffs. It’s even rarer for this franchise, with the seven-day (at minimum) break between rounds matching the longest postseason stretch between series…

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — No one’s retiring. No one needs any major offseason surgeries. No one thinks this team is very far off from being a real contender. That’s about the full summation of the Islanders’ breakup day Friday. If you were expecting a tearful announcement from either or , the two most senior NHLers on the roster, you might have been surprised. Ditto if you thought 81-year-old Lou Lamoriello was going to call it quits — or be forced to wait and see whether principal owner Scott Malki…

NEW YORK — The jumped out early and held on late to take a 4-3 win over the Hurricanes in Game 1 of their second-round series at Madison Square Garden. brought within a goal with 1:45 go and the Canes net empty, scoring off a scramble in front of . Carolina’s offense had been quiet much of the game but the Canes poured on the pressure with on the bench for a sixth skater and Jarvis found a loose puck to make the final stretch a chaotic one. Advertisement It got more chaotic when was called f…

NEW YORK — swatted home a bouncing puck at 7:24 of double overtime to give the a 4-3 win and a 2-0 series lead over the Hurricanes. Trocheck drew a penalty to to get the Rangers on the power play and then smacked the puck through ’s pads off a scramble to end it. Advertisement “I couldn’t tell you what happened,” Trocheck said. “It went in… I’ll watch it later and let you know.” scored twice for and had two for the Rangers, who rallied to tie on ’s power-play goal 6:07 into the third. The g…

RALEIGH, N.C. — ’s between-the-legs deflection Thursday night gave the a 3-2 win at 1:43 of overtime and a 3-0 stranglehold on their series with the . Carolina tied it with 1:36 to go in regulation but the Rangers’ pounced on a turnover, sent a pass to the slot and Panarin neatly tipped it by for the win and a chance for the Rangers to complete a second straight sweep this postseason on Saturday. Rangers goaltender made 45 saves as he continued his strong postseason. Advertisement The Ranger…

RALEIGH, N.C. — ’s power-play goal with 3:11 left kept the Hurricanes alive in the series. The goal, ’s first on the power play in 17 chances this series, snapped a 3-3 tie and sent the series back to Madison Square Garden for Game 5 on Monday. Skjei’s shot beat high on the glove side. Advertisement on going home for Game 5: “We’re going to have a pretty rambunctious crowd, it’s going to be a fun game to play.” had tied the game at 2:04 of the third, bringing the all the way back from a two-go…