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Then Vladimir Tarasenko stepped up for the St. Louis Blues. Tarasenko scored his second goal of the game at 3:37 of overtime, and the Blues cooled off the Chicago Blackhawks with a 2-1 victory Thursday night in a possible playoff preview. St. Louis (49-23-9) won for the eighth time in nine games to remain tied with Dallas for the Central Division lead. Continue to Article

April 08, 2016 12:16:am EST

NEW YORK – For the first time in the 44-year history of their cross-borough battles, the New York Islanders swept a season series from the New York Rangers, completing the broom act with a 4-1 win at MSG on Thursday night. “Yeah, that’s what they said,” said coach Jack Capuano when asked about the feat. “We’ve had some luck against teams this year. You can’t put a finger on why that happens.” Luck’s a funny thing. One might consider it lucky to finish in the No. 3 seed in the Atlantic Division and shuffle the Rangers down to the wild card – a possibility, now that the Islanders matched the Rangers in points, thanks to 36 saves from goalie Thomas Griess – and have two games remaining against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday and the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday, both at home. Then again, some might consider it unlucky to face the streaking Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs rather than the Florida Panthers, against whom the first wild card will play. Just don’t try to tell the Islanders they’d be better off leaving points on the table. “We’re not going to take a single night off,” said winger Casey Cizikas, who scored the Isladners’ second goal. “We want to win every game. We want that momentum as we go into the playoffs. Be at the peak of our game. Knowing what it takes to be successful, and playing that way.” Capuano said the only lineup changes you’ll see from the Islanders will be the ones necessitated by injuries. “If guys need time, we’re going to give it to them,” he said. Otherwise, the Islanders are gunning for wins at the end of the season, not postseason seeding. “That’s not the way we prepare. We have a lot of character guys,” said Capuano. -- Greg Wyshynski is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact him at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or find him on Twitter. His book, TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE PUCK , is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. MORE FROM YAHOO HOCKEY: Continue to Article

April 07, 2016 10:27:pm EST

St. Louis Blues center Steve Ott has been diagnosed with colitis and will be out up to two weeks. Ott was on the verge of getting back into the lineup following double-hamstring surgery, which forced him to miss the past 53 games. - - The Tampa Bay Lightning recalled forward Jonathan Drouin and defenseman Matt Taormina from the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League. Continue to Article

April 07, 2016 8:04:pm EST

The Chicago Blackhawks think they will be at full strength when the NHL playoffs start next week. The defending Stanley Cup champions will be without goaltender Corey Crawford and forwards Artem Anisimov, Marian Hossa and Andrew Shaw when they take on the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Crawford, Anisimov and Shaw are out with upper-body injuries, and Hossa is making his way back from a lower-body injury. Continue to Article

April 07, 2016 3:14:pm EST

Dan Bylsma and John Tortorella have both hoisted the Stanley Cup as coaches and have expectations their players often have trouble meeting, leading to plenty of frustrating moments during their first seasons overseeing the rebuilding of fledgling clubs. Buffalo's progression has been most noticeable lately, though, giving Bylsma plenty of hope for the future. Tortorella just witnessed one of Columbus' best performances since he took the job eight games into the season. Continue to Article

April 07, 2016 2:04:pm EST

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