The New York Islanders are playing their best hockey of the season, and they're doing it against some of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. Andrew Ladd scored in the second period and Jaroslav Halak stopped 36 shots to lead the Islanders to a 4-2 victory over the crosstown-rival Rangers on Tuesday night. John Tavares, Jason Chimera and Scott Mayfield also scored at Barclays Center to help the last-place Islanders improve to 4-0-1 in their last five games. Read more http://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=400884780
