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NHL roundup: Isles top Sens, stretch win streak to 10 Cole Bardreau scored his first NHL goal -- on a penalty shot -- to give the red-hot New York Islanders the lead for good Tuesday night, when the Islanders ran their winning streak to 10 games with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Ottawa Senators. Cal Clutterbuck, Casey Cizikas and Josh Bailey also scored for the Islanders, whose winning streak is the second-longest in team history behind only a 15-game run during the 1981-82 season, when New York won the third of four straight Stanley Cups. It is also the longest winning streak in the NHL since the Tampa Bay Lightning won 10 in a row from Feb. 9-27, 2019. Continue to Article

November 06, 2019 6:51:pm EST

Welcome to But First, Sports, a daily Yahoo Sports Canada podcast that gives you a full update from the previous evening's biggest sports stories every weekday morning. Find the show on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. On this morning's show: The Toronto Maple Leafs did just enough to get themselves two points against a struggling Los Angeles Kings team. Continue to Article

November 06, 2019 8:48:am EST

Cole Bardreau's road to the NHL has been far from conventional, so it's only fitting that his first career goal in the league was, too. Playing in his seventh NHL game on Tuesday evening against the Ottawa Senators, the New York Islanders forward was hauled down on a breakaway in the second period and awarded a penalty shot – and he made it count. With the tally, Bardreau not only etched his name into the league record books as one of seven players to score their first NHL goal on a penalty shot, but also bookended an incredible journey to the NHL. Continue to Article

November 05, 2019 11:37:pm EST

Captain Anders Lee collected a goal and two assists as the New York Islanders recorded their eighth straight win, a 5-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday in Uniondale, N.Y. Derick Brassard scored in his fourth straight game and joined Mathew Barzal and Josh Bailey with a goal and an assist for the Islanders, who last won eight in a row in a single season in 1989-90. Defenseman Ryan Pulock also tallied, and Thomas Greiss finished with 33 saves in the victory. Yanni Gourde and defenseman Ryan McDonagh scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy turned aside 21 shots for the Lightning, who have dropped three of their past four (1-2-1). Continue to Article

November 01, 2019 11:21:pm EST

Since opening the season with three losses in four games, the New York Islanders have been unbeatable thanks to sheer teamwork. Anders Lee had a goal and two assists in New York's three-goal third period, and the Islanders beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 Friday night for their eighth straight win. Mathew Barzal and Ryan Pulock scored in the second period, Josh Bailey and Derick Brassard had goals in the third, and Thomas Greiss stopped 33 shots for New York's longest winning streak since a nine-game run in the 1989-90 season. Continue to Article

November 01, 2019 11:00:pm EST