On Friday, the depleted Isles looked to rally
behind its younger impact call ups and reliable vets to battle the Flames in
Calgary. Despite a SHG by Calgary just
2:00's in the game, the Isles played hard and saw Colin McDonald (Strome &
Hickey) even the score at 1-1 to end the first period. New York would continue to press hard as Kyle
Okposo (Grabner) and Brock Nelson (Bailey & Donovan) gave the Isles a 3-1
lead going into the third period.
Characteristically and as "luck" would have it, the Isles were out played, fumbling
the lead to the Flames in the span of five minutes midway through the third
period for a 4-3 final. The Isles were
once again 0 for 4 on the PP and shaky
in the final period of the game. Isles
maintained the edge in shots by a 26-23 margin. Anders Nilsson went only 19 of 23 with an .826Sv%.
Per Eric Hornick,
"4th time Isles have lost a gm in regulation time that they held a 2-goal
lead in the third period."
"Isles now 2-7-5
after blowing a 2-goal lead this season, 9-6-5 when leading after 2 periods.
8th time they have blown a 2-goal lead in 3rd."
Isles Country sums up
recent fan frustrations by mentioning, "We've lost 3 games in a row to
bottom 4 teams in the league, blowing a lead in the 3rd period."
The stories of each game played out as a tale of two games for New York. While the players failed to get it done and
the team defense was ultimately responsible for the let down, Coaching remains
the biggest component of team inconsistency in the mind of this blogger to
date. Per Arthur Staple, " have had a 2-goal lead or more 24 times
this season. Have given it away 14 times."
One final game remains on the current road trip vs. a
struggling Vancouver team on Monday night.
Isles Notes:
Per Brett Yormark of NYI off-ice business ops
responds to Isles fans ire against Snow and organization after trade deadline, "Understood.
Isles in Brooklyn will be big time . Trust me on that. We will make you
proud." Would this indicate a rumored "move"
by Russian billionaire Nets owner, Mikhail Prokhorov? No. There hasn't been any word or indication of any move at this point.
Per Daniel Friedman, "By the way -- with 19 games to go, the supposedly
"declining" Matt Moulson is just 11 points shy of another respectable
50-point season."
NHL Notes:
Per @EyeOnHockey,
"After being traded to the Buffalo Sabres, Rostislav Klesla decides to
retire from the NHL."
Per Bob McKenzie,
"Caps have for years eagerly anticipated (Evgeni) Kuznetsov's arrival, been
battling red tape for past week, but 2010 1st-rder finally in fold." The Caps organization has been trying to bring this player onto their roster for four years, similar to Isles and their Kirill Petrov situation.
Hockey Notes:
No comments:
Post a Comment