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The New York Islanders have followed up one of their hottest months in years with an almost identical performance. Two teams on the opposite ends of the Eastern Conference playoff race will face each other Tuesday night, when the Sabres host the Islanders. Both teams were off Monday after playing Sunday, when the Islanders earned their third straight win by edging the visiting Minnesota Wild, 2-1, and the host Sabres fell to the Winnipeg Jets, 3-1. Continue to Article

February 11, 2019 6:08:pm EST

Justin Bailey called up by Flyers, expected to enter lineup soon originally appeared on nbcsportsphiladelphia.com Chuck Fletcher continues to size up the Flyers' prospect pool with an emphasis on size. A day after adding defenseman Philippe Myers (see story), the club promoted 6-foot-4 winger Justin Bailey from the Phantoms on Sunday. "He's played very well and I think Justin is certainly deserving of an opportunity and that's something we will have to look at here pretty quickly," Fletcher said Saturday. Continue to Article

February 10, 2019 11:44:am EST

The fading Colorado Avalanche continued their second half slide on Saturday afternoon by blowing an early two-goal lead against the New York Islanders and dropping a 4-3 overtime decision to lose for the 20th time in their past 25 games. Keep in mind this same team was a much more reasonable 8-8 in such games a year ago. Continue to Article

February 09, 2019 5:36:pm EST

After rallying from two goals down early in the second period to take the lead in the third, the New York Islanders didn't get discouraged when Colorado tied the score late. Ryan Pulock scored his second goal of the game 2:23 into the extra period to lift New York to a 4-3 victory Saturday. "We kind of dug ourselves a hole to start, getting down 2-0, but we stuck with it," Pulock said. Continue to Article

February 09, 2019 5:31:pm EST

A day after the Sabres clarified several comments made off the ice, coach Phil Housley was impressed watching his team clean up its various mistakes and deficiencies on it. The power-play got goals from Casey Mittelstadt and Kyle Okposo, goalie Linus Ullmark didn't have to resort to acrobatics in stopping 28 shots behind a tighter-checking defense, and Buffalo beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 on Saturday. ''I think they refocused, but that's the thing for me is that's a tight group in there,'' Housley said. Continue to Article

February 09, 2019 5:30:pm EST

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