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As a franchise, the Isles have a long history of winning Game 6 at home to force a Game Volek.

May 3, 2013; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; New York Islanders defenseman Andrew MacDonald moves the puck under pressure from Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Pascal Dupuis during the second period in game two of the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs at the CONSOL Energy Center.

Crosby finished fourth in the NHL with 56 points despite missing 12 games because of injuries.

Tomas Vokoun stopped 31 shots in his first playoff start in six years and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 4-0 on Thursday night in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.

Content with their approach if not the outcome in Games 2 and 3, the New York Islanders made it an optional skate today as they recharge between adrenaline-fueled playoff games.

The mystique and repeat battles of the playoffs make it tempting to tie everything into a narrative, connect every game to every other game, treat the components of each series like rounds of a boxing match.

With no action around Fleury's net in Game 1, CONSOL fossil fuel burners shut the lights off in his end as part of their green initiative.

Jack Capuano tried to be coy about his lineup changes, but the extra on-ice work of a few Islanders gave away his likely Game 2 lineup.

A pre-series chat with our rival's blog covering topics of interest to Penguin fans from the Islander perspective.

John Tavares of the Islanders celebrates his game winning shoot out goal against Martin Biron of the Rangers .

The story goes that in the early 1980s the New York Islanders started a long lasting tradition of growing a beard during the playoffs.

Feb. 23, 2013; Buffalo, NY, USA; New York Islanders right wing Colin McDonald skates to the puck against the Buffalo Sabres at First Niagara Center.

Despite their respective positioning in the standings, tonight's game looks to be an evenly matched affair, considering the recent play of both teams.

Yes. Good teams lose games. But you have to worry after this one, especially coming on the heels of a flat effort against the lowly Hurricanes , who the Isles lost to in a shootout.

Islanders' Casey Cizikas, Matt Martin, Josh Bailey and Michael Grabner celebrate a shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets.

Through the first two months of the season the Islanders are floating between 9th and 13th place in the east with a horrible minus goal differential.