Kevin Poulin

The Sports Xchange By John Perrotto, The Sports Xchange Penguins 4, Islanders 0 PITTSBURGH -- Coach Dan Bylsma felt changes were in order for his heavily favored Pittsburgh Penguins to regain momentum in a series that seemed to be slipping away. So...

Penguins' Vokoun shuts out Islanders PITTSBURGH - Tomas Vokoun has a simple philosophy as a backup goaltender. "You better always be ready to play," he said. "If you're not, then you're in the wrong business." Vokoun proved he was ready Thursday...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Penguins 4, Islanders 0 Penguins 4, Islanders 0: Tomas Vokoun turned aside 31 shots in his first postseason appearance since 2007 and captain Sidney Crosby collected a goal and an assist as host Pittsburgh seized a 3-2 advantage...

Penguins 5, Islanders 0: Pascal Dupuis scored twice and Marc-Andre Fleury rebounded after struggling in last year's playoffs to turn aside 26 shots as host Pittsburgh breezed to victory in Game 1 of its Eastern Conference first-round series with eighth-...

Top-seed Penguins overwhelm Islanders in Game 1 PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders faced off in a playoff series for the first time in 20 years on Wednesday night. The Penguins came in as the heavily-favored top seed in the...

Pascal Dupuis scored twice and Marc-Andre Fleury posted a shutout with 26 saves to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 5-0 thumping of the New York Islanders in Game 1 of this Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. Playing without team captain Sidney...

(Updated: Updates 3rd graph - Islanders tied with Ottawa and NYR) Flyers 2, Islanders 1: Oliver Lauridsen scored with 6:31 to play and host Philadelphia snapped visiting New York's 11-game point streak. Danny Briere had a power-play goal and Ilya...

The Sports Xchange Flyers coll off Islanders PHILADELPHIA -- Oliver Lauridsen is making the most of his time in the NHL. Lauridsen scored his second goal in as many games and Danny Briere had a goal to lead the Philadelphia Flyers past the New York...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Flyers 2, Islanders 1 Flyers 2, Islanders 1: Defenseman Oliver Lauridsen scored with 6:31 to play and host Philadelphia snapped New York's 11-game point streak. Danny Briere netted a power-play goal and Ilya Bryzgalov made 21...

April 25 (SportsDirect) - Highlights of Thursday's National Hockey League games. - - - Rangers 4, Hurricanes 3 (OT) Captain Ryan Callahan scored 2:55 into overtime as visiting New York clinched a playoff berth for the third consecutive season. Derek...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Islanders at Sabres With fifth place in the Eastern Conference now out of the question, the New York Islanders attempt to claim a spot higher than eighth when they visit the Buffalo Sabres on Friday in the regular-season...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Auto Racing--NASCAR Sprint Cup, Daytona 500, 11 a.m. (FOX); Drag Racing, Arizona Nationals, same-day tape, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Basketball--Illinois at Michigan, Noon (ESPN); Cincinnati at Notre Dame, 1 p.m. (CBS);...