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Islanders Gameday: Back to Toronto

The Islanders are back in Toronto for the second and final time in this young season, The Leafs are coming off a loss where they benched their first-overall pick Gavin McKenna, for reasons Justin Bourne is not feeling. Kirill Marchenko had a hat trick playing with John Tavares, who left the game with an injury […]

Islanders Lose to Senators 2-1 as Semyon Varlamov Starts Again

Islanders lose to Senators 2-1. The Islanders played a game in Ottawa against an upset Senators team that was upset. The Islanders were coming off narrowly beating the Vancouver Canucks, who are one of the worst teams in the National Hockey League. The Senators, however, are coming off an embarrassing loss against a weak St. […]

Islanders vs. Senators game thread:

The Islanders visit the 5-2 Ottawa Senators, who are dealing with the blow of learning William “Eklund The Lesser” is out 10-12 weeks with ankle surgery. Yeah, well, at least you got seven games out of him, say Romanov fans. It sounds like Semyon Varlamov, who took the option on today’s morning skate, will start […]

Senators getting tons of good news ahead of clash with Islanders

The Ottawa Senators are off to a terrific start in 2026-27 despite being shorthanded, sitting at 5-2-0 and tied for first in the Atlantic Division through seven games. That’s largely without star defenseman Jake Sanderson and entirely without reliable blueliner Artem Zub, who were key pieces of the Sens advancing to the Stanley Cup Playoffs […] The post Senators getting tons of good news ahead of clash with Islanders appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Islanders Gameday: Over the border again

The Islanders begin a short Ontario road trip with a visit to Ottawa tonight, followed by a second visit to Toronto on Saturday. The Senators are without Brady Tkachuk (who had a hat trick the other night) due to classic Sibling Envy. Speaking of brothers, they’re also without Eklund the Lesser after a foot/ankle injury. […]

Canucks' Make Surprising Decision Waiving Aatu Raty

The Vancouver Canucks are one NHL team that has had issues reaching contender status since their last trip to the playoffs under Rick Tocchet as a fringe candidate.  Once the team dealt players like J.T. Miller back to the Rangers and Bo Horvat to the Islanders , there was a real drop-off in talent aside from Elias Pettersson.  Raty was acquired in a trade for the Canucks former captain, Horvat, forward Anthony Beauvillier, and a conditional 2023 first-round pick. Raty was considered...

Islanders 3, Canucks 2: Palmieri pair prevails

The Islanders did not make it easy on themselves, but they got what you’d consider a pretty necessary two points amid the 84-game slog of a regular season. The Vancouver Canucks came in on a tailspin and the Isles had a good first period to open a 2-0 lead that made it seem like the […]

Instant Reaction: Leevi Meriläinen stands out in Canucks’ 3-2 loss to Islanders

Welcome back to Instant Reaction, the series here at CanucksArmy/Daily Faceoff Vancouver, where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Vancouver Canucks game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below!   Lineup DeBrusk – EP40 – Lekkerimäki Cotter – Rossi – Karlsson Öhgren – O’Connor – Boeser Bains – Sasson –…

Islanders vs. Canucks game thread: do your job

The Islanders host the Vancouver Canucks in their best chance of the season to get back to .500, briefly. Ilya Sorokin is set to get the start against a team that is struggling. It will be another Meeting of the Schenns, brothers who’ve combined to play over 2,200 NHL regular season games and each get […]

Demotion to third defensive pair for Canucks’ Buium ‘not a step backward’ according to Malhotra

Manny Malhotra says dropping Zeev Buium to a third pair alongside Luke Schenn for tonight’s game against the New York Islanders ‘isn’t a step backward’ for the promising 20-year-old defenceman. Speaking to media on Long Island after the Vancouver Canucks morning skate, the head coach was asked about the message being sent to Buium by…

Islanders Gameday News: Should win but probably won’t

The Islanders continue their mediocrity-destined season with a visit from the sadsack Canucks, who just lost to a “gritty, resilient” Rangers team, so you know we’re screwed. The Canucks are 2-5 and have lost four in a row, so they are due an uplifting win on Long Island. First Islanders Goal picks go here. Islanders […]

Islanders Anxiety – Episode 382 – A Staggering Level of Mediocrity

Mike and Dan recap a week of close-but-no-cigar games and discuss the season-ending injury to Alexander Romanov (and Igor Shesterkin). In losses to the Rangers and Lightning, the Islanders showed some good things, but ultimately came away with zero points, which is a problem even this early in the season. At 2-3-0, they once again […]

The Atlantic Current: Week 2

(1) Tampa Bay Lightning (4-1-0, 8 PTS) Goals For: 16 (T-12th in the NHL)*; Goals Against: 12 (T-7th fewest in the NHL)* *As of October 11th Last week: (3-0-0) Monday, October 5, 2026 PHI: 1 TBL: 4 Four goalscorers lead Lightning to 4-1 victory over Flyers Thursday, October 8, 2026 MIN: 2 TBL: 3 Carlson scores twice as Lightning defeat Wild, 3-2 Saturday, October 10, 2026 TBL: 5 NYI: 3 Hagel’s hat trick bails Lightning out in 5-3 win over Islanders Upcoming Schedule: Tu...