Brent Johnson

The Islanders will face the Penguins in the first round. That much is settled. It doesn't have much of an effect on the Isles' approach to their first playoff appearance in six seasons. It went down to the last period of the last game of this NHL season...

Evgeni Malkin scored his 50th goal of the season and added an assist to lock up his second NHL scoring title and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 on Saturday. Malkin finished the regular season with 109 points and became the ninth...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — While Ilya Kovachuk refuses to take credit for the New Jersey Devils' surge since the All-Star break, his teammates can see that the forward has elevated his game. Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists, and the Devils extended...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dennis Wideman scored on a power play 2:48 into overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. Wideman rifled a shot from just inside the right circle past goalie Brent...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Wisconsin at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Louisville at Connecticut, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Duke at Virginia, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Vanderbilt at Georgia, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Louisiana Tech at North Dakota, 7 p.m. (Midcontinent...

Here's this week's Irvine Lake fishing report, written by veteran angler Steve Carson: The action on big trout exploded this week at Irvine Lake, reported Jimmy Getty at the Pro Shop. "We had a monster 20-4 rainbow weighed in; it’s......