After the their win on Saturday night, Your
New York Islanders also knocked the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators from the
ranks of the NHL’s undefeated. Through a
tenacious and relentless tempo of play, the Isles refused to become a statistic
for their opponents. With their stars
leading the way and strong efforts throughout the lineup, New York set
themselves up to reach 3-1-1 on the season that included 3 straight wins at
home.
Your New York Islanders saw #1 goaltender, Jaroslav
Halak and ironman D, Thomas Hickey make their season debut to face the San Jose
Sharks at the Barclays Center. After Mikhail
Grabovski would miss on a penalty shot, the Sharks took a 1-0 lead into the
first intermission, but 5 goals (3 by NY) would be scored in the 2nd
period, resulting in the Isles tying the score 3 times. Johnny Boychuk (Strome & Tavares) tied it
at 1-1, then Anders Lee PPG (Strome & Tavares) knoted it at 2-2, then Josh
Bailey (Nielsen & Okposo) tied it at 3-3.
The third period saw Kyle Okposo (Bailey), Brock Nelson and Frans
Nielsen ENG (Okposo) stretch the Isles lead to a 6-3 final after 3 unanswered
tallies. Nielsen reached the 100th
goal and 200th assist of his career in tonight’s game. Jaro Halak got his first win of the season
after going 22/25 with an .880Sv%. The Isles
were 1/3 on the PP and 2/2 on the PK. Shots
were 34-25 in favor of New York. Line
mates, Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen & Josh Bailey were named the top 3 stars
of the game. Seeing Sharks G, Stalock deliberately knocking his mask off to try and negate an eventual Isles goal had to be the low-light for San Jose in tonight’s game.
On Thursday, the undefeated Nashville Predators
got off to a 2-0 lead, your New York Islanders fought back and scored 4 goals
in the next 2 periods to take the lead and prove resilient throughout the game. Anders Lee (Tavares & Strome) opened the
scoring for the Isles and Kyle Okposo (Grabovski) tied the game in the second
period with a determined snipe on Rinne.
Nikolay Kulemin (Nelson & Grabovski) scored his 100th
career goal and John Tavares (Lee & Hamonic) helped give New York a 4-2
lead mid-way through the 3rd period.
The Preds would score again to close within 1, but the Islanders would
hold on for an impressive, physical & hard fought 4-3 win. Thomas Greiss kept his team in it, fighting
off a strong Nashville attack and finished the night making 44 saves with a
.936Sv% on 47 shots. New York was 0/2 on
the PP and 2/2 on the PK while Mikhail Grabovski & Kyle Okposo were named 2nd
and 3rd stars of the game.
The Isles are at Columbus on Tuesday @ 7pm, face
Boston @ 7:30pm home on Friday & away in St. Louis @ 8pm on Saturday.
Isles Notes:
Eric Boulton is on IR with a lower body injury.
Per Arthur Staple, “Isles Midweek October
home attendance last season: 10/16 vs. SJ, 11,248; 10/21 vs. TOR, 11,408; 10/28
vs. WPG, 11, 508. So last two games at
Barclays Center in line with last year at Coliseum. Isles haven't been Oct. home draw in a long
while.”
Louis Leblanc (NYI) on unconditional waivers. Apparently going to KHL.
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