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New York Islanders
vs
Columbus Blue Jackets
Today's Featured Sports Pick

Game Date:
02/09/2016
7:05pm EST

Lines:
New York -1.5
Columbus +1.5

Total:
Over 5.5 (-105)
Under 5.5 (-105)

Community Picks: New York Islanders 0% vs Columbus Blue Jackets 0%

New York Islanders and Columbus Blue Jackets Thread

Team Tweets & News Articles
New York Islanders
The New Jersey Devils' unexpected success this season has come without any distinguished face of the franchise, a moniker that fit Martin Brodeur for 20-plus seasons. Connor McDavid's status as the Edmonton Oilers' poster boy is in its infancy. The Devils will honor Brodeur at Prudential Center on Tuesday night before attempting to avoid matching their longest skid of the season against McDavid and the last-place Oilers. Continue to Article
February 09, 2016 1:34:am EST
New York Islanders
The New York Islanders are brimming with confidence after finishing with their highest goal total in five seasons. The visiting Islanders look to complete a four-game sweep of the Blue Jackets and make it eight straight meetings without a regulation defeat in the series Tuesday night. Kyle Okposo recorded his second career hat trick, Nick Leddy had a career-high three assists and John Tavares added a goal and two assists in the Islanders' highest-scoring effort since a 9-3 win over Pittsburgh on Feb. 11, 2011. Continue to Article
February 08, 2016 1:17:pm EST
Columbus Blue Jackets
There's a pretty simple way to break down the resurgence of Sidney Crosby that, on the surface, is very damning for former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Johnston. - Sidney Crosby's career average points per game before Johnston arrived: 1.4. - Sidney Crosby's average points per game under Johnston: 0.98. - Sidney Crosby's average points per game since Johnston left: 1.36 One of these things is very obviously not like the other, and you can see why every Penguins fan had been complaining about the offensive output for world's best player under Johnston. Less than a point a game is pretty clearly not what we would or perhaps should expect out of Sidney Crosby. It also doesn't help that Crosby was only averaging about three shots per game under Johnston, as opposed to the almost 3.4 in his entire career prior, and 3.6 since. But obviously there's more to player performance over stretches of 100-plus games than the production of shots, goals, and points. Now, I got under the hood on a lot of Crosby's numbers in the immediate wake of the Johnston firing and found that, all things considered, your old pal No. 87 performed more or less as well under Johnston as he did under Dan Bylsma. But this is a topic worth revisiting because of one simple fact: He's ripped the doors off the league under Mike Sullivan. The fact that he's now top-10 in the league in scoring, a spot which was almost inconceivable just two months ago, is out of control. He's up to 30 points in 22 games under Sullivan, including 18 in his last 10. It's kind of amazing how closely Crosby's numbers pre- and post-Johnston adhere to one another. A gap of 0.04 points per game is easily explainable as noise. But here's the thing: He only played 105 games under Johnston (though Johnston coached 110 in Pittsburgh overall) and you can very easily make the case that this admittedly rather long stretch was similarly just noise. People would really, really like there to be a reason that explained the apparent decline of the greatest player of the last decade. The coaching issue is an easy one to pull, too. Crosby scored at a rate almost observed in the league before Johnston arrived. Crosby scored like a normal superstar under Johnston. And in the first 20-something games in the wake of Johnston's immediate departure, he's back to scoring at more or less the same superhuman rate. In most sets of 110 games over his career, Crosby has been scoring somewhere between 130 and 140 points, so to come in at just 108 under Johnston is worrisome. But there was a fairly sharp decline in production even before Johnston came aboard. And under Johnston I think you can say a lot of his problems stemmed from one of the lowest shooting percentages of his career for a stretch of 110 games. Continue to Article
February 08, 2016 10:08:am EST
New York Islanders
As they attempt to forget about a frustrating loss to another division rival, the Philadelphia Flyers can draw upon the confidence gained from a recent road win over the Washington Capitals. The teams face off at Verizon Center for the second time in 12 days Sunday with the first-place Capitals aiming for a third consecutive win and charging Philadelphia looking to extend its point streak to five games. Philadelphia stopped the Capitals' 12-game home winning streak with a 4-3 overtime victory on Jan. 27, the final game for both before the All-Star break. Continue to Article
February 06, 2016 6:43:pm EST
Columbus Blue Jackets
Who is head of the class in the National Hockey League?  The Washington Capitals are getting a serious challenge from the Chicago Blackhawks, but have Joel Quenneville's defending champs finally caught them? And is there any way for the Columbus Blue Jackets to climb out of the basement? Every other week, Yahoo Sports will be bringing you NHL Power Rankings as voted on by the Y! Sports staff and Puck Daddy editors. Please keep in mind these rankings were created prior to Monday night’s games. Feel free to provide your own rankings in the comments section. See you in two weeks! Questions? Comments? Hit us at  puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com . Continue to Article
February 06, 2016 9:46:am EST
 
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