The Latest Breaking News from New York Islanders

A trio of powerhouse NHL defenseman all retired on Tuesday.

NHL legend Zdeno Chara has announced his retirement aged 45, surrendering his position as the oldest active player across the major sports leagues in North America - the NHL, NFL, NBA, and MLB

Islanders fans have 25,000 reasons to pay attention to the next drawing

CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks are expected to name Montreal Canadiens assistant Luke Richardson as their new head coach, sources confirmed to the Chicago Tribune on Friday.

Stated simply, if it were easy to win the Stanley Cup three straight times somebody would have done it since the New York Islanders won four straight championships, starting in 1980.

Tampa Bay are headed to the Stanley Cup final for the third straight year after beating the Rangers 2-1 in Game 6 of the East finals

The Tampa Bay Lightning are headed to the Eastern Conference finals for the sixth time in eight years after sweeping the Florida Panthers in four games

ST. LOUIS — The New York Islanders came out trying to play rough.

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Lightning ended the toughest part of their schedule — that much-discussed 11 games in 11 cities stretch that included contests across two countries and four different time zones — with a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders on Sunday afternoon at UBS Arena.

PHILADELPHIA — Before longtime Flyers captain Claude Giroux departed via trade to the Florida Panthers, he told 22-year-old winger Joel Farabee that he would break all of his records one day.

VANCOUVER — Coach Bruce Boudreau hopes his Vancouver Canucks learned something this week.