Monday, September 23, 2013

Isles Lose First To Preds


Your New York Islanders were shut out for the second game in a row. This time, it was by the Nashville Predators on Sunday night by the score of 2-0 (Losing 3-0 to NJ on Saturday).  Anders Nilsson (23/25 .920Sv%) played the entire game pretty well for New York.  “I thought it went okay,” Nilsson said. “It’s good to get back in the flow and play a full game from the start. I’m pretty happy with the way it went, I thought the team played a good game in front of me," per islanders.nhl.com.  The Islanders will need even and PP goal support to win games consistently.
 
 
 
 


Although the game wasn't available on television or streamed live on the internet, I was able to get the following details from the contest.  Peter Regin (5), Ryan Strome (3) and Pierre-Marc Bouchard (3) led the Islanders on shots.  The Islanders were 0/2 on the PP and killed 3/3 PP opportunities for Nashville with strong positioning and a good forecheck.  They won 23/49 face-offs and blocked 16 shots against.  The Predators scored twice in the second period and kept the limited Isles roster off the scoreboard behind Pekke Rinne and Carter Hutton.

 

 
Forwards:  Grabner-Regin-Bouchard, Lee-Nelson-Strome, Halmo-Sundstrom Bruton, Boulton-Wetmore-Johnson.

 
Defensive Pairings:  Finley-Martinek, Hickey-Pulock, de Haan-Carkner.

 
Anders Nilsson, starter.  Ken Reiter as backing up.

 

The Isles will play the Preds again @7pm on Friday, 9/27 and the Ottawa Senators on Sunday, 9/29 @6pm at the NVMC.



 

Isles Notes:

 

Per NYI:  Goalie Parker Milner has been released from his NHL Training Camp ATO & will report to BST Camp.

 
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