Anders Nilsson made Islanders history and got his team an important victory. The 21-year-old Swedish goalie kept his team in the Eastern Conference playoff race with a 1-0 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday. He also became the first goalie in Islanders history to record a shutout for his first win.

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PHILADELPHIA - Another early goal was enough for Flyers coach Peter Laviolette to rip into his players. It worked.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Another early goal was enough for Flyers coach Peter Laviolette to rip into his players. It worked.

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WASHINGTON - The Washington Capitals made up for 56 1/2 minutes of frustration with a 5-minute burst that provided a desperate team an improbable, uplifting victory.

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UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Erik Karlsson had a simple explanation for Ottawa's dominant performance Monday.

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So much for rust.

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John Tavares probably wishes the Islanders had four more games against the Carolina Hurricanes as they try to make a desperate push for the playoffs/ The Islanders' top scorer notched two goals and added an assist in the Islanders' 4-3 victory on Saturday night that completed New York's four-game season sweep of the Hurricanes.

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By now, you've probably heard something about this Jeremy Lin fellow that went from waiver-wire fodder to the starting point guard for the New York Knicks seemingly overnight. The Taiwanese-American basketball player has everything you'd want in a global sensation: … Continue reading ?

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The Islanders' alternating advancements and regressions in the playoff chase recently have been as simple as the difference between playing at home and on the road.

In reverse of conventional wisdom, that is.

The Isles dropped two of three on their recent home stand at Nassau Coliseum, but they posted their fourth consecutive win away from Long Island with a tight 3-1 decision Tuesday in Winnipeg. The road winning streak is the Isles' longest since they also won four straight in January 2008, and it moved their road record this season to 12-11-3 entering Thursday's visit to St. Louis. That mark offsets a middling 12-13-5 mark on home ice, leaving the Isles at 24-24-8 and in 11th position in the tightening Eastern Conference—six points behind No.

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WINNIPEG - Claude Noel is considering drastic changes to the Winnipeg Jets' power play to kickstart a crucial stretch of the season.

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