Last night, your first place Metro Division New
York Islanders traveled to Nationwide Arena to face the 0-6 Columbus
Bluejackets. Always a scenario that
makes me a little uneasy. The Islanders
have been playing a fast paced, hard hitting game this season and were riding a
3 game winning streak. Jaroslav Halak is
back and playing well and Thomas Hickey has brought back some punch to a much
improved blue line.
Nikolay Kulemin (Zidlicky & Hamonic) put the
Islanders on the board (1-0) in the closing seconds of a very evenly played
first period. The Isles answered any renewed
efforts by Columbus with a strong, spirited resurgence of their own that buried
their opponent. Johnny Boychuk showed some
grit when he answered Scott Hartnell’s hit on Frans Nielsen with his own brand
of physicality. The fired up Islanders added
three more goals late in the game inspired with a much better effort and added
urgency. Thomas Hickey had a strong game
and added an unassisted goal (2-0) to start the 3rd period run. A few minutes later, Cal Clutterbuck scored
from a 2 on 1 with Brock Nelson to give the Isles a 3-0 lead. John Tavares (Marin & Lee) added an ENG
to seal the 4-0 win for New York. Jaro
Halak was huge on the PK in the third and made 37 saves for his first shutout
of the season and extends the Isles winning streak to 4. The Isles PP was 0/1 and
as a team, blocked an impressive 28 shots.
New York's remains tops in the Metro with a 4-1-1 record.
Jaroslav Halak, Thomas Hickey & Nikolay
Kulemin were named the three stars of the game.
Today, Todd Richards was fired as
head coach of the CBJ. John Tortorella
was named his successor. Oh, and
Vancouver nets a 2nd round pick with his hire.
Isles Notes:
Prospect, Mikko Koskinen's stunning save
against Ak Bars was good enough to add him to the KHL's top three of the week.
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