The New York Islanders host the Buffalo Sabres, and we chat about it incessantly.

Chatting up a true NHL derby.

Our traditional in-game thread for general tomfoolery.

Chatting up the pre-Super Bowl matinee.

This is the thread for jawing over tonight's Isles-NJD game. Looking for Brian Strait talk? The Strait dope? Plenty of that in the preview and in the Strait contract post. Islanders (3-2-1,...

Panic! Cutting! Fuming! Hockey. Islanders (2-2-1) @ Penguins (3-2-0)7:30 p.m. EDT | **NBCSports**, TSN | Audio: NHL - WRHU[THIS SPACE FOR SALE TO SILLY CORPORATE NAMES] CenterPensboro: PensBurgh

Passport, please. Jets vs. Islanders8 p.m. EST | MSG+2* (*twice the plus!) | Audio: NHL - WRHU[Mystery Science Theater] CentereDustin' n' Bufflin': Arctic Ice Hockey

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Chatting up the New York Islanders game in Toronto.

The comment thread for chatting and entertaining for the home opener.