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DENVER — Often this season, the Islanders have not played well. Almost as often, they just haven’t gotten the breaks. This loss was the latter.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Islanders didn’t have top playmaker Mathew Barzal, and perhaps won’t for a while. But they had goalie Ilya Sorokin, and they got a focused performance across their lineup less than 24 hours after coach Barry Trotz said his players spent too much time guessing defensively in…

LOS ANGELES — Things have gone wrong all season for the Islanders, but Saturday night’s problems in a 5-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena seemed extreme.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – It’s been a while since the San Jose Sharks have come away from a home game with two points – a major reason why they’ve fallen off the pace in a bid for a playoff spot.

There was plenty of talk coming out of a prior night’s defeat about how the Kraken would have to avoid spending too much time in their own defensive zone.

The Islanders are far from being mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.

Hope may be all that’s left for the Islanders this season but they certainly clung to it on Thursday night with a throwback performance.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Kyle Palmieri could feel good about his game with his first multi-goal effort as an Islander after a stint as a healthy scratch. But that was the only solace in another loss in a sinking season that likely is too late to salvage.

Nothing about the New York Islanders’ latest loss provided optimism as they started the second half of their season.

The Islanders’ scoring chances and odd-man rushes kept coming for a second straight game. This time, though, the goals did not follow.

ELMONT, New York — Among the bigger challenges for the Kraken during this four-game road trip through some of the NHL’s tougher buildings was demonstrating consistency in their give-no-quarter play.