Tonight, your New York Islanders met their
rival, New York Rangers for another important two points in the race to the
playoffs. In what was a tightly
contested, physical game, where both teams checked well, moved the puck and got their
chances. With the Islanders being the
better team in the game tonight.
Photo by @IslesEnforcers
Offensively, the Isles out shot the Rangers
29-20. John Tavares and Matt Moulson
got the puck on net and all four lines generated chances against
Lundqvist. Defensively, the Isles were
all over the Rangers and really limited their shots on net. Visnovsky, Hickey and MacDonald stood out
for the Isles on Defense. Even after a
few posts by Cizikas and Okposo, both goaltenders played so well, it would take
an extra period to reveal a winner.
Girardi took a nice pass from Brassard and beat Nabokov on the perfect
shot.
1-0 Rangers in O.T.
The Islanders shouldn't be satisfied, but they
should learn from this game. They need
to take their point and refocus on the 6 remaining games starting on Tuesday
with the Florida Panthers at home.
After that, its on the road to finish this thing.
Heart is there.
Fight is there. Lesson
learned. What's next?
Isles Notes:
Since 1972, the
Isles have faced NYR more than any other opponent in franchise history (282 times
including playoffs).
Sound Tigers Notes:
4/12 Sound Tigers WIN!! @BNelson29
fires upstairs from the slot over Desjardins' glove! Sound Tigers come back to
beat the Crunch 3-2 in OT!
Hockey Notes:
Yale defeats
Quinnipiac for the NCAA crown.
Drew LeBlanc of St. Cloud won the Hobey Baker Award and signed with the Chicago Blackawks yesterday.
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