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WASHINGTON — Bo Horvat apologized before the game for a comment that sounded like a dig against his former team. All of the Islanders should be saying sorry for a weak effort against the depleted, playing-out-the-string Capitals in a game that may keep them out of the playoffs.

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Islanders knew what to expect from the Flyers and knew what they had to avoid in their tense playoff chase. Facing teams a mere week away from their offseason vacation but with players trying to win jobs for next season is never easy.

The clock was ticking toward its final minute and the Florida Panthers were at risk of wasting a dominant third period Saturday. They had already rallied once and blown one lead, and they were tied with the Washington Capitals for 19 minutes of the third period until Matthew Tkachuk, on…

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Islanders had to win to keep up in the playoff chase.

WASHINGTON — Igor Shesterkin looks ready for the playoffs. And so does the Kid Line. Now the task will be for the rest of the Rangers to get their games in order by the time the postseason begins on April 17.

The 2022-23 NHL season is coming down to the wire, folks.

Sneha Deepthi made her cricketing debut for India in 2013, and has since been married and had a child. Now she's fighting her way back onto the elite circuit, amid all the pressures of motherhood.

TAMPA, Fla. — With the postseason on the horizon, the Lightning have bought into the formula that games are won by stopping goals more than by scoring them.

WASHINGTON — The odds indicate the Islanders will qualify for the playoffs. But Wednesday night reinforced what this whole season has showed: It ain’t gonna be easy.

New ownership will have its hands full.

PITTSBURGH — In a matchup that’s been billed as Sidney Crosby versus Alex Ovechkin for the better part of the last two decades, naturally it was Evgeni Malkin who seized the spotlight.