Islanders fans flocked to Nassau Coliseum on April 11, 2015 for the last regular-season game, ending the franchise's best season since 1983-84. Head coach Jack Capuano, center John Tavares and defense Johnny Boychuk talk about the game, the fans, and the start of the playoffs. (Credit: Newsday / Bobby Cassidy, Chuck Fadely and Chris Ware).

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The Islanders will be playing their sixth game in nine nights before the Olympic break on Thursday, and their focus needs be on getting two points against the Devils.

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The Islanders entered Tuesday night's game against the Penguins off back-to-back regulation losses in which each game turned in the second period.

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Bo Horvat, who had a pair of goals, scored on a breakaway 52 seconds into overtime at UBS Arena.

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The Capitals scored twice in 31 seconds in the second period and moved within two points of the Islanders for third place in the Metropolitan Division.

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Chances are, if the past is prologue, this will wind up being a temporary change.

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How they fare against Nuggets, Pistons and Celtics will determine if they have truly found their groove.

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His mother, Angela, wrote a children's book based on Logan's path to the major leagues and read it to about 85 fifth-graders at McKenna Elementary School.

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Following the death of her father, Long Beach's Mindi Dovberg began swimming in the ocean every day to help "shock the grief out of her system." NewsdayTV's Jamie Stuart reports.

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West Babylon's Rivers triplets are making history as skiers for Jamaica. One of the triplets will compete in February's Winter Olympics.

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What to know about Long Island's sidewalk snow cleanup laws. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

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One young Long Island mother said getting pregnant at 16 has meant putting off plans to go to law school.

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Fire officials on Long Island are sounding the alarm, on shortages in both recruitment and retention. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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