With revenge on their minds, the Tampa Bay Lightning will no doubt be ready to face your New York Islanders at the St. Pete Times Forum tonight. Themes to remember are that Victor Hedman took liberties against John Tavares last game. With Trevor Gillies in the line-up, I think that will be addressed. Also, Mathieu Garon, and not Dwayne Roloson, will get the start tonight vs the Islanders. Garon is undefeated against the Isles in his career; however, he posts a 0-1-1 record this season. Per Arthur Staple, After the 5-1 Isles win against the Lightning, PA Parenteau told Staple he was "so happy" that the Isles chased Roloson to the bench; a couple of other players, who did not want their names used, expressed similar sentiments about Roloson being a bad teammate during his final weeks with the team last season. Roloson said that he wasn't bothered by Parenteau's comments.
The Islanders need more scoring from different places than the first line. It’s a big positive to see the Tavares with Moulson and Parenteau doing as expected, but the team needs to take advantage of their depth and get offense from different areas to beat the stronger teams in the league and take the next step as a contender. The isles must also contain Stamkos and St. Louis, and establish their game early. They need to keep special teams buzzing and answer all challenges against a dangerous and starting to be desperate team having been on the losing side of a 7-4 score vs the Florida Panthers.
Montoya will start in the net tonight vs Tampa Bay.
Comeau, DiPietro and Jurcina watching from the box.
The Florida Panthers will face the Isles on Saturday night. Former Islander, Sean Bergenheim is always pumped to play his former team, but only has 1 point so far this season. Brian Cambell, Kris Versteeg and Stephen Weiss are tops on the team with 7,7 and 6 points respectively. Jose Theodore is having a strong start to the season so far and will most likely face the Isles in Florida.
In other news, Dee Karl mentioned that former Isles Coach,Ted Nolan has been chosen to coach the Latvian National team.
See you all to recap the weekend and preview the first meeting with the #Pengwhines
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