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Josh Bailey picked a perfect time to break out of his scoring slump. Bailey scored twice 1:23 apart in the third period, stopping a 12-game drought, and the New York Islanders beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 on Saturday. Nick Leddy and Brock Nelson also scored for New York, which had dropped two in a row and three of four overall. Continue to Article

March 23, 2019 5:20:pm EST

Josh Bailey scored the tie-breaking goal with 3:57 remaining and added an insurance goal 83 seconds later as the New York Islanders rebounded from a pair of shutout losses and edged the host Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 Saturday afternoon. Bailey recorded his first goal in 13 games since Feb. 26, and the clutch tally moved the Islanders to within one point of the Washington Capitals for first place in the Metropolitan Division and lowered their magic number for clinching a postseason spot to eight. The win also occurred after the Islanders came off a 5-0 loss to Boston Tuesday and a 4-0 loss at Montreal two nights later. Continue to Article

March 23, 2019 3:59:pm EST

Sidney Crosby scored the only goal of the shootout Thursday as the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Nashville Predators, who had their three-game winning streak halted. After Bryan Rust scored in the second period for Pittsburgh, Nashville's Ryan Ellis tied it 1-1 with 3:01 left in regulation with an unassisted sharp-angle goal from the bottom of the right circle. It was the third straight game the Penguins gave up a late tying goal. Continue to Article

March 21, 2019 11:04:pm EST

Here's what we learned in the Bruins' 5-0 decimation of the New York Islanders at [what I'm going to still call] the Nassau Coliseum. 1) Are the Bruins a more difficult team to play against with Torey Krug out of their lineup? Certainly the argument can be made that the B's are better defensively with No. 47 off the ice, and that's an easy case to make after a Tuesday night shutout in which the B's limited the Islanders to just two shots in the first period and only 13 shots total. Continue to Article

March 20, 2019 3:28:pm EST

Zdeno Chara vs. Captain America? Brad Marchand proposes "super" fight originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com Zdeno Chara can't be bothered by mere mortals. The Boston Bruins defenseman pummeled another poor soul Tuesday night, handling New York Islanders forward Matt Martin in an entertaining but brief fight. Continue to Article

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