On Friday, your New York Islanders met the
Columbus Blue Jackets. The Isles traded
goals with Columbus in the first two periods with Frans Nielsen (Boulton &
MacDonald) and Thomas Hickey (Tavares & Donovan) answering for New
York. In the third period, Columbus
scored three unanswered goals for a 5-2 final.
The Isles were out shot 29-26 in the game and Evgeni Nabokov struggled
with a 22/24 night with a .852Sv%.
Thomas Vanek was injured by what is being termed
as an "upper body injury."
Not much is known on his status and more information should be available
in the coming days.
Forwards: Thomas Vanek – John Tavares – Kyle Okposo, Pierre-Marc Bouchard – Frans Nielsen – Josh Bailey, Michael Grabner – Peter Regin – Colin McDonald, Eric Boulton – Casey Cizikas – Matt Martin
D-Pairings: Andrew MacDonald – Travis Hamonic, Thomas Hickey – Aaron Ness, Matt Donovan – Matt Carkner
Evgeni Nabokov - Starter in net, Kevin Poulin w in reserve.
While you could say the Isles were unlucky with
a few examples of bad luck, they once again fell short in the consistency
department. The team seemed to un ravel
in the third period and get beat by Columbus in every aspect of the game. That wont be good enough if the team wants
to take their game to next level this season.
Per Arthur Staple, "Colin McDonald: "I think it's time to stop talking
about last year. We need to focus on what's happening now.
Matt Martin:
"This is what we did 2-3 years ago, when we were in the basement of the
league. It's unacceptable. We did it again."
Capuano:
"They've got to figure it out. We're not talking systems and structure
here, we're talking battles. We're losing battles."
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