As the NHL season progresses, two unexpected contenders have emerged in the Eastern Conference playoff race: the New York ...

As the NHL season progresses, two unexpected contenders have emerged in the Eastern Conference playoff race: the New York Islanders and the Columbus Blue Jackets. Both teams are making strong ...

Horvat's two goals in a dominating three-goal second period for the Islanders leave Blue Jackets scuffling with back-to-back ...

Ilya Sorokin made 25 saves. Kent Johnson scored for Columbus and Elvis Merzlikins had 22 saves, but the Blue Jackets ended a seven-game point streak (6-0-1). The Islanders scored three goals in a span ...

His attempt to beat Vegas goalie Ilya ... gave the Blue Jackets their second straight victory and second consecutive win in OT after downing the Los Angeles Kings last Saturday in Columbus with ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets are in Las Vegas to play the Golden ... Pavel Dorofeyev leads the team with 22 goals. Ilya Samsonov is 12-6 with a .898 SV%. Adin Hill is 19-9 with a ...

Bo Horvat scored twice in the second period Monday night for the host New York Islanders, who beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 in Elmont, N.Y.

Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist and Bo Horvat had the game-winning goal while Ilya Sorokin stopped ... who left Monday's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with a lower-body injury.

The Isles are 8-5-7 in games decided by a single goal including 4-5 in regulation. They are 2-6 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 3-8 in games in which an empty-net ...

Backed by Sorokin's 25 saves, the Islanders defeated the Blue Jackets 3-1 in a key divisional matchup. ELMONT NY -- Desperate ...

901 save percentage, while Ilya ... Columbus is first in the NHL with 116 goals at 5-on-5, and their 3.30 goals per game are seventh in the league. In addition, the Blue Jackets have scored ...