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Islanders finally get another crack at No. 1 The top three 2000 NHL draft picks from left to right, Dany Heatley, left, picked second by the Altanta Thrashers, Rick DiPietro, centre, picked first by the New York Islanders, and Marian Gaborik picked third by the Minnesota Wild, give a thumbs up.

In hindsight, it's not surprising that extreme youth and inexperience combined with injuries totaling 581 man games lost produced the last-place season the Islanders concluded at the Coliseum.

Phil Kessel had three goals and an assist to help the Boston Bruins wrap up their Eastern Conference championship with a 6-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Sunday.

Michael Ryder, Marc Savard and Chuck Kobasew also scored for the Bruins, who will face Montreal in the first round of the playoffs.

Tim Thomas made 32 saves for his 36th victory.

Radek Martinek and Doug Weight had goals for New York. The Islanders finished last overall in the NHL, losing their last four games. They had 47 regulation losses.

Yann Danis made 29 saves, and the New York Islanders snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.

Richard Park, Radek Martinek and Josh Bailey scored for the Islanders, who took three of four meetings this season against Tampa Bay. Jesse Joensuu and Bruno Gervais each had a pair of assists.

Matt Pettinger had the only goal for the Lightning, losers of six straight (0-4-2).

If nothing else, the Islanders have learned how to deal with injuries and adversity in this "Shorthanded Season." But after playing .500 hockey in their previous 30 games , the loss of leading goal-scorer Kyle Okposo and leading points producer Mark Streit, their two best players, was too great a strain to overcome in a 5-1 loss to Montreal last ...

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.

The Washington Capitals will try to move closer to a second straight Southeast Division title when they host the New York Islanders tonight at Verizon Center.

Mike Richards' goal in the second round of a shootout Saturday rallied the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders.

Joffrey Lupul scored twice in regulation and Scott Hartnell added a goal for the Flyers , who rallied from a 2-0 deficit and strengthened their playoff chances.

New York Islanders' Jeff Tambellini celebrates scoring a goal in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils, Saturday, March 7, 2009, in Uniondale, N.Y. The Islanders won 2-1 ...

With Thursday's loss at the Coliseum, the Islanders are 4-1-3 in their last eight home games.

Whether through anger over their roles, frustration with losing, determination to please rookie coach Scott Gordon or the most basic reason of all - professional pride - the last-place Islanders have not quit ...

Yann Danis stopped 31 shots to secure his second consecutive home shutout and Sean Bergenheim scored twice as the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres , 2-0, at Nassau Coliseum.

Tim Stapleton ended his first N.H.L. game with a decisive shootout goal. Stapleton scored in the third round of the shootout, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-4 victory over the host Islanders on Thursday ...

Stapleton scored in the third round of the shootout, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-4 win over the New York Islanders 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.

On the scoreboard, it was another 3-1 loss to the Rangers last night at Madison Square Garden , but if nothing else, the Islanders left knowing they had put up a good fight in every sense of the word.

After establishing a career high for goals earlier in the game, Parise scored his 34th with 7:25 remaining in the third period to lift the Devils to a 4-2 victory over the Islanders on Wednesday night at ...

The New York Islanders will try to halt a four-game losing streak when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers for this afternoon's Atlantic Division battle at the Wachovia Center.

The official NHL scorers had a rare hat trick yesterday afternoon at Wachovia Center.