Vanecek, Wilson Lead Capitals Past Islanders
The Islanders were 0-3 on the power play and fell to 5-10-2 when they fail to capitalize on the man advantage.
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The Islanders were 0-3 on the power play and fell to 5-10-2 when they fail to capitalize on the man advantage.
Last-place New York extended its point streak to five games (4-0-1).
Anders Lee and Anthony Beauvillier scored for the Islanders, who got their first win beyond regulation this season after losing the first six.
Mathew Barzal added a goal and two assists as the Islanders improved to 3-5-3 at UBS Arena after an 0-5-2 start in their new ornate home.
The league took an extended holiday break in the hope that COVID cases won't continue to disrupt the season. Games resumed Tuesday night.
Beginning the annual holiday break two days early means five additional games will be postponed, bringing the total this season to 49.
Shea Theodore scored twice and added another in the shootout, former Islander Robin Lehner made 29 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat New York 4-3 on Sunday for their fifth straight victory.
Cal Clutterbuck scored twice and Semyon Varlamov stopped 40 shots for his first win of the season as the New York Islanders beat the depleted Boston Bruins 3-1 on Thursday night.
The Islanders had won two of three following an 11-game losing streak.
The Islanders' seven-game winless streak at UBS Arena had been the longest stretch in NHL history to open a new arena.
The Islanders led 3-2 after Noah Dobson's goal early in the third, but Nashville came back to keep New York winless in seven games at its new arena.
Anders Lee had two goals and the Islanders snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.
Patrick Kane scored the only goal in the shootout and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Islanders 3-2 Sunday night, sending New York to its 11th straight loss overall and its sixth straight setback its new arena.
Oliver Wahlstrom had two power-play goals, Cal Clutterbuck scored short-handed, and Mathew Barzal had two assists as the Islanders earned a point for the second straight game and fell to 0-8-2 during their skid.
New York, which had lost eight straight in regulation, is winless in five games at UBS Arena, its $1.1 billion new home next to Belmont Park.
Fairfield National defeated South Dakota 13-1 to get within one game of playing for the U.S. championship in Williamsport.
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Mayor Eric Adams and the City of New York are calling on the federal government to end its practice of arresting people who appear at immigration court.
New Yorkers have a chance to weigh in on the MTA's proposed subway and bus fare hikes tonight in Brooklyn.
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President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency administrator returned to Long Island to focus on the safety of battery storage plants.
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Fairfield National defeated South Dakota 13-1 to get within one game of playing for the U.S. championship in Williamsport.
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The New York DMV is warning of a scamming method known as social engineering where you receive texts with links to fake websites.
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More seniors are living safely in their homes instead of going to assisted living facilities. The practice is known as aging in place.
A golfer is in critical condition after being struck by lightning while on the course in New Jersey Sunday evening.
A fiery crash on I-280 in East Orange, N.J. closed the eastbound on ramp to the Garden State Parkway for the morning rush.
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President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency administrator returned to Long Island to focus on the safety of battery storage plants.
Supporters of the Medicaid cuts say the changes will reduce fraud and abuse, but others worry about impacts to the vulnerable.
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After spending more than a half century at the bottom of the Long Island Sound, a long lost college ring has been reunited with its owner.
Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam the GOP-dominated state's top education official says is designed to safeguard against "radical leftist ideology."
Several New York physicians are speaking out against what they say are inhumane conditions at an immigration holding facility in Lower Manhattan.
The New York City mayor's race candidates honed in on fighting crime and prostitution after the mass shooting took quality of life issues front and center.
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Twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the Justice Department for adding a new immigration enforcement rule to crime victim grants.
There are now 108 confirmed cases of the potentially deadly form of pneumonia in Harlem since late July, NYC officials said.
Supporters of the Medicaid cuts say the changes will reduce fraud and abuse, but others worry about impacts to the vulnerable.
A traveler who was infectious with measles spent several hours over two days at Newark Liberty International Airport recently, New Jersey health officials said.
The Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem has been traced to 12 cooling towers, including several at city-run buildings, officials said.
Northwell Health's plan to expand Lenox Hill Hospital, which faced stiff opposition from some Upper East Side residents, was approved by the New York City Council Thursday.
The Oscar-nominated actor famously played arch-villain General Zod in "Superman" and "Superman II."
The life and work of journalist and educator David Diaz was celebrated Thursday, on the eve of what would've been his 83rd birthday.
A special exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Bruce Springsteen album "Born to Run" is coming to the Jersey Shore.
Prosecutors said Wednesday they are ready to proceed to with a third trial of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
President Trump announced this year's "truly exceptional class" of Kennedy Center Honorees and said he will host the annual ceremony himself.
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A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and other state officials shared an update on their storm response Tuesday morning.
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Erika Elliott, executive artistic director of Summerstage and the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival to discuss the festival.
The NYPD said 26-year-old Desean Maryat, of the Bronx, was arrested Monday afternoon.
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