Defensemen: Streit-Staios; Jurcina-MacDonald; Eaton-Ness
Nabokov gets the start in net
Milan Jurcina returns to the line up. Aaron Ness will get his first game at home as an Islander.
DiPietro out for 10 weeks with sports hernia/knee swelling. Mark Katic sShoulder), Mike Mottau (concussion) and Marty Reasoner (broken hand) are out indefinitely or with no timetable for their return.
The Islanders lead the NHL with 907 blocked shots coming into tonight’s game.
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The Montreal Canadiens came to town in a similar scenario as their hosts. Your New York Islanders with a record of 22-22-8 and Montreal at 21-24-9 know the importance of each and every game left in the season.
The Islanders continued to battle and Matt Moulson scored a cherry picker goal from out of mid air. It ended a scoring drought of over 172 minutes. Evgeni Nabokov was pulled for an extra attacker, and just like that, Isles scored again. Streit brought it to within 1. Isles scored 2 goals in 48 seconds with the score, 3-2 Canadiens late in the third period. The Islanders continued to buzz, but time expired.
Officials missed an icing call in the final seconds of the game that could have given New York another face off in the Montreal zone with Nabokov pulled. But instead, Pacioretty made it a 3 goal game with an empty net goal at the buzzer with just 1/10 of a second remaining.
The Islanders are under .500 again at 22-23-8, losing 4-2 to Montreal. Its hard to keep playing from behind while you spot the opponent a multiple goal cushion, but it must be said that New York did not show any signs of quit and fought their way back into the game. They had Montreal reeling, but just ran out of time. Their record when giving up the first goal is now 2-7-2.
Give the credit to Carey Price (31 saves, .939 Sv%) and Max Pacioretty with his first career hat-trick. Montreal move up and Isles move down in the standings, other games in progress.
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