Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala and Mikey Anderson scored on Tuesday night for the Los Angeles Kings, who continued surging with a 3-1 win over the New York Islanders in Elmont, N.Y.
The Islanders needed this one, but more than that, they needed this one in this way. They needed to hold a lead in the third period, something they’ve failed to do in five of the past seven ...
Islanders netminder Semyon Varlamov, who has now won three straight games, was strong in the first and had to be strong to start the second as he stopped a point-blank chance from Mikael Backlund.
16 points in 16 games is substandard in the NHL as an 82-point season would leave the Islanders far from a playoff spot. Last season, they qualified with 94 points and the cutoff in the Eastern ...