Matt Moulson, Nino Niederreiter and Jared
Spurgeon are at the Coliseum tonight with the Minnesota Wild. All are former Islanders. Fan favorite, Matt Moulson will make his first
return to L.I. since the trade and should be met with appreciation from the Isles
crowd while Nino Niederreiter will probably be jeered for wanting a trade. The lesser known or remembered Jared
Spurgeon was a 6th round Islander pick
in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, but never entered their system by being signed. Recent Isles acquisition, Kevin Czuczman will make his professional debut
tonight for the Islanders of the blue line.
Forwards: Lee-Nielsen-Okposo;
Bailey-Nelson-Clutterbuck; Martin-Strome-McDonald; Halmo-Cizikas-Sundstrom.
D-Pairings: Czuczman-Hamonic; Hickey-Visnovsky;
de Haan-Strait.
Anders Nilsson is in
goal with Evgeni Nabokov on the bench.
14,888 came to the
NVMC to see your NYI face the Minnesota Wild.
Matt Mouslon comes out to the cheers and Nino, to jeers. All is well in Isles country! The first period starts with a solid effort
by Ryan Strome. Strong effort in and around the Wild net. The NVMC crowd gives Matt Moulson a standing
cheer after a video tribute is played on the center ice jumbotron. Nino is booed every time he touches the
puck, and gets crushed by Travis Hamonic.
Niederreiter comes close to an own goal as well. Minnesota with pressure in the Isles zone
and Matt Moulson gives Minnesota a 1-0 lead.
The NVMC with a loud cheer for Moulson.
D, Matt Czuczman victimized a little there on Moulson's goal. Anders Nilsson lets one in from Jared
Spurgeon from Niederreiter, 2-0 Wild.
You can't even make stuff like this up.
Anders Nilsson looks rattled and uncomfortable so far in the period. Anders Lee looking dangerous with a few
scoring chances. Isles out shoot Minnesota
16-6, but somehow manage to go down 2-0.
The second period
sees Anders Lee back on the offensive with a good start. On the other hand, Isles still look shakey
on defense. Minnesota makes it 3-0 with
3:58 remaining in the second period. Islanders look desperate to stay up with
Minnesota, but seem scattered and out of position out there. Team needs some
direction & focus ASAP! Isles out
shot 10-8 in second, but hold 24-17 edge in the game. Bryzgalov has had a few posts and lucky breaks in the game thus
far. The Islanders have to do a better
job with offensive pressure.
To make things worse,
Isles announce Brian Strait out
with broken left hand from bad slash. Arthur Stape adds, "Season probably about done for
him."
Isles fail to score
on PP to start 3rd period, Minnesota scores on a rush out of the box as
pentalty time expires, 4-0 Wild. Anders
Nilsson having troubles in net tonight, 5-0 Wild. Islanders are imploding in flames and our coaching staff is
incapeable of making an adjustment.
Nilsson has been bad at times, but he is not getting any help out there. Matt Moulson scores his second of the night,
6-0 Wild. Its a season high for
Minnesota in scoring. Anders Nilsson
finishes going 16 for 22 with a .727Sv%.
Matt Czuczman had an educational night as an Islanders defensemen, made mistakes but played well enough in his first game. Credit Anders Lee and Ryan Strome for trying to make a difference.
Islanders out shoot
Wild 12-5 in third period and 36-22 in the game, but lose 6-0 to Minnesota and
are booed off the ice. There is nothing
left to say. The team was awful tonight
and this game will be a wound will that will resonate throughout the summer
beacause Matt Moulson was the one weilding the blade.
Per Daniel Friedman,
"Let's go Moulson' chant rains down from whatever's left of the home
crowd." Crowd now chanting
"We Love Moulson." That kind of night.
Per Michael
Russo, "Yeo on how Isles fans treated Moulson: 'Very classy of their crowd
and reflects what kind of person this is, what he’s meant to this org."
"Moulson: 'I was here for a long time and this team had a big place in my heart. The fans are great supporters. It was pretty emotional."
"Moulson: 'I was here for a long time and this team had a big place in my heart. The fans are great supporters. It was pretty emotional."
Isles Notes:
Per Daniel Friedman,
"Ryan Strome had 4 points in 15 games during his first NHL call-up stint.
Has 6 points in 9 games since re-joining Isles after the Olympics."
Sound Tigers Notes:
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