This game belonged to Nashville goaltender, Pekka Rinne. He was awesome, stopping 36/37 shots with a .973 Sv%, preserving a 3-1 win for Nashville. The Isles out shot the Preds and played a physical game, but made sloppy plays that their opponent capitalized on.
Although shaky at the start, giving up two goals on the first two shots, Kevin Poulin stopped 29 of the last 30 shots he faced. John Tavares scored a nice tip-in goal on a set up by Moulson and Okposo, but it was too little, too late. It was definitely a game to put behind them and serve as an example of what not to do.
Would they be able to rebound against the Caps?
The Islanders came out swinging against the surging Washington Capitals, Alex Ovechkin and Tomas Vokoun the following night. They played a solid and consistent game while not giving anything to the Dale Hunter led Capitals to feel good about. Their were beautifully executed plays, a tight defensive scheme and a complete team contribution that helped the Islanders improve to a 17-21-6 record.
John Tavares scored a goal and PA Parenteau netted two in the next two periods for his first multi-goal game. Eric Hornick reports that John Tavares has 17 points over the last ten games. Tavares' 10-game point streak is the longest by an Islander since Mark Parrish had a twelve-game streak (5-8-13) in October/November, 2001 and the second-longest in the NHL this season. (Boston’s David Krejci at 11 ended Monday)The Isles out shot the Capitals 28-17.
Arthur Staple notes that the win vs Washington was the Islanders first SO of season and the first since 2/19/11. Nabokov is 10-1-0 vs Washingtn over his careeer. Tommy Salo was last Isles goaltender to get shutout against the Washington Capitals. 17 shots against a season low for NY.
Line up vs Washington:
Forward lines: Moulson-Tavares-Okposo, Grabner-Nielsen-Parenteau, Rolston-Bailey-Martin, Wallace-Pandolfo-Niederreiter.
Defensive pairs: Streit-Jurcina, MacDonald-Hamonic, Eaton-Reese.
Nabokov in goal, Montoya backing up. (Kevin Poulin Returns to Bridgeport after Montoya’s return to line up after 4 weeks recovering form a concussion, compliments of Evander Kane’s cheapsot.)
Steve Staios out for rest. Dylan Reese in on defense.
# # #
The Islanders face Maxim Talbot and the Flyers again in Philadelphia on Thursday at 7:00pm. Per nhl.islanders.com, the Flyers improved to 26-2-0 against New York since the beginning of the 2007-08 season with a 3-2 victory on Long Island last Thursday. Philadelphia (27-13-4) has won all eight meetings since the start of 2010-11. New York's last win in Philadelphia was 4-2 on April 7, 2007. Which Isles team will show up tomorrow? Will Talbot seek "revenge" for the "cheap" hit that he took from Steve Staios that didnt even warrant a penaty called on the ice?
Isles Notes:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers defeated the Binghamton Senators 3-2 for their seventh straight win on Sunday, It marks their longest streak since November 2003. Anders Nilsson got the win in net and Trevor Gillies was back in the lineup.
Islanders’ prospect C Ryan Strome will miss 2-4 wks with Niagara (OHL) after having surgery for 2 cracks in his cheekbone received Friday night.
And don’t forget:
No comments:
Post a Comment