Islanders sweep season series against Rangers
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Schaefer's late-game heroics against the Rangers rewrite Islanders history, surpassing Bobby Orr with a franchise-defining goal.
NEW YORK (AP) — Carson Soucy scored against the team that traded him 72 hours earlier, Matthew Schaefer got the 14th goal of his stellar rookie year and the New York Islanders defeated the Rangers 2-1 on Thursday night.
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Islanders fan wants no part of Rangers center’s Mika Zibanejad stick that flew over the glass
Rangers star Mika Zibanejad lost his stick over the glass, but the Islanders fan who caught it wanted no part of it.
Schaefer's late-game heroics against the Rangers rewrite Islanders history, surpassing Bobby Orr with a franchise-defining goal.
Matthew Schaefer talked the talk, and then walked the walk. And as such, the New York Islanders finished a season
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The Rangers equalized on a Will Cuylle goal (originally credited to defenseman Scott Morrow) at 8:18, but at 9:00, the Kings were back in front, on a goal by Kevin Fiala after a bad giveaway by Gavrikov, whose cross-crease pass to Jonny Brodzinski was intercepted by Fiala in the low slot and converted for his 18th goal.
Zibanejad suddenly is playing his best hockey of the past two seasons – a level that could make him more attractive in a trade.
Lucas Raymond has 116 career goals, which is one shy of tying Sergei Fedorov (117) for fourth most by a Red Wings player age 23 or younger in franchise history, behind Yzerman (229), Howe (160) and Marcel Dionne (139). Raymond will turn 24 on March 28.