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The Islanders already have clinched the worst record in the league, and now the only thing that matters is what happens on Tuesday, when the NHL holds its draft lottery.

Last game: Won, 6-4, against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night at the St.

Saku Koivu scored the first of Montreal's three power-play goals, and Alex Kovalev had three assists as the Canadiens opened a season-ending road stretch with a 5-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.

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Marian Gaborik had two goals and two assists, Andrew Brunette and Owen Nolan each scored once and set up two others, and the Minnesota Wild beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Wednesday night to snap a five-game road losing streak.

As a hockey hotbed, Howell has few peers in Michigan. The sport is wildly popular at the youth level, with hundreds of Howell-area kids playing on teams at the Grand Oaks Ice Arena in Genoa Township and at ...

The Islanders' Kyle Okposo celebrates with teammate Andy Hilbert after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime against Montreal.

Kyle Okposo celebrates his second-period goal against the Coyotes with teammates Dean McAmmond and Andy Hilbert.

Yann Danis made 40 saves as the New York Islanders completed a successful weekend by clipping Phoenix, 3-2, at Nassau Coliseum.

Martin Brodeur finally lost.

Sean Bergenheim scored two of the three goals in his first NHL hat trick against the Devils' superstar goalie, and the New York Islanders beat New Jersey 7-3 Saturday.

The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for the Devils since Brodeur came back from a four-month absence for elbow surgery.

Radek Martinek, Kyle Okposo, Jeff Tambellini and Blake Comeau also scored for the Islanders, who are 7-2-3 in their last 12 home games. That run that includes the Devils' previous loss, two weeks ago on Feb. 21.

Is today the day Islanders captain Bill Guerin ships out? Or will he return to a kind of purgatory for the rest of the season, trying to play the string out professionally despite his differences with coach ...

Ian White takes one for the team from Andy Hilbert in Long Island on Thursday night.

For 150 minutes and six seconds, Islanders goaltender Yann Danis was perfect. He hadn't given up a goal since a long shot by the Rangers' Scott Gomez bounced between his legs a week earlier.

No goals for 57 minutes-plus against the NHL's worst team. Not much jump, either. No, the Pittsburgh Penguins didn't miss Sidney Crosby.

At least not enough to lose to the New York Islanders, who were even more dismal offensively than they were _ and, in this one-goal-was-enough game, that was difficult.

Petr Sykora scored with 2:28 remaining and the Crosby-less Penguins did little offensively most of the game but still beat the Islanders 1-0 on Wednesday night.

With the two Atlantic Divisions teams threatening to go into overtime scoreless, defenseman Sergei Gonchar threw the puck from the right circle toward a crowd in front of the net, and Sykora gathered it and stuffed it in the side of the net before goalie Yann Danis could react.

EDMONTON 3, LOS ANGELES 2 : Dwayne Roloson, right, made 39 saves in regulation and stopped both shots he faced in the shootout, leading the Oilers past the Kings on Saturday in Los Angeles.

The New York Islanders will host a Presidents' Day matinee matchup this afternoon, as they welcome the Pittsburgh Penguins and their new head coach for an Atlantic Division clash at Nassau Coliseum.

Martin Biron won his first game in more than a month and Scottie Upshall had a goal and an assist and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the New York Islanders 5-1 on Saturday afternoon.

Coming off his first shutout in nearly five years, Clemmensen is likely to be back in goal Wednesday night as the host Devils try for a fifth consecutive victory over the rival New York Islanders .

Earlier in the year, you may have seen Doug Weight or Bill Guerin during a shootout, but fitting the current Islanders' attitude, there were no veterans involved after the Isles survived OT.

Jack Johnson scored the only goal of the shootout in the final round as the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday night.