Resurrecting the Isles (EHM)

[crayzman]

February 9th - 15th, 2009

February 9th, 2009

New York Rangers (30-24-3) at New York Islanders (26-23-5)

1st Period:
13:32 - NYI Goal: Weight (11), Assists: Bergenheim, Okposo
16:49 - NYR Goal: Redden (9), Assists: Mara, Drury (PP)

2nd Period:
16:48 - NYI Goal: Edler (6), Assists: Campoli, Pouliot (PP)
18:44 - NYI Goal: Hunter (19), Assists: Pouliot, Witt

3rd Period:
No Scoring

Final Score:
Islanders 3, Rangers 1

Shots:
NYR - 18
NYI - 22

3 Stars:
1st Star: Pouliot (NYI) - 2 Assists
2nd Star: Edler (NYI) - GW Goal
3rd Star: DiPietro (NYI) - 17 Saves

Notes:
Weight's goal was his 1000th point of his career. We play in Montreal tomorrow so Danis will get the start.


February 10th, 2009

New York Islanders (27-23-5) at Montreal Canadiens (27-25-3)

1st Period:
12:16 - NYI Goal: Booth (16), Assists: Edler, Pouliot
15:37 - NYI Goal: Sillinger (3), Assist: Streit

2nd Period:
7:32 - MTL Goal: Kovalev (21), Assist: Tanguay (PP)
10:55 - NYI Goal: Campoli (5), Assists: Comrie, Pouliot
11:23 - MTL Goal: Tanguay (19), Assists: Higgins, Gorges

3rd Period:
0:58 - MTL Goal: Koivu (13), Assists: Vasicek, A. Kostitsyn
10:48 - MTL Goal: Koivu (14), Assists: Perezhogin, Markov
13:44 - MTL Goal: Tanguay (20), Assists: Higgins, Belle
14:21 - MTL Goal: Hamrlik (8), Assists: Markov, Koivu

Final Score:
Canadiens 6, Islanders 3

Shots:
NYI - 27
MTL - 27

3 Stars:
1st Star: Tanguay (MTL) - 2 Goals, Assist
2nd Star: Koivu (MTL) - 2 Goals, Assist
3rd Star: Markov (MTL) - 2 Assists

Notes:
Well... guess I should've started DiPietro haha. Clearly he'll be back in net.


February 12th, 2009

New York Islanders (27-24-5) at Boston Bruins (27-23-6)

1st Period:
7:53 - BOS Goal: Alberts (3), Assist: Savard
18:48 - NYI Goal: Okposo (8), Assists: Streit, Sim (PP)

2nd Period:
6:41 - NYI Goal: Comrie (16), Assists: Sim, Sutton
10:07 - NYI Goal: Pouliot (16), Assists: Booth, Hunter
14:08 - BOS Goal: Kessel (13), Assists: Chara, Savard (PP)
17:26 - BOS Goal: Lucic (15), Assists: Kessel, Wideman (PP)

3rd Period:
6:33 - BOS Goal: Chara (10), Assists: Kessel, Wideman (PP)
9:46 - BOS Goal: Kobasew (15), Assists: Stuart, Ference

Final Score:
Bruins 5, Islanders 3

Shots:
NYI - 22
BOS - 26

3 Stars:
1st Star: Kessel (BOS) - Goal, 2 Assists
2nd Star: Chara (BOS) - Goal, Assist
3rd Star: Wideman (BOS) - 2 Assists

Player of the Week:
Jason Williams (ATL) - 3 GP, 3 G, 3 A, 6 PTS.


Week Recap:
3 games against 3 teams all close to us in the standings and we went 1-2... not good. Not good at all especially considering we only beat the team furthest away from us and the fact we blew 2 goal leads in both of those games as well. Didn't help that our PK was atrocious either.

[rdnk]

Too bad Ryan has been a non-factor.
Do you think the defense or the goaltending has been the problem?
Maybe if you got some more puck moving d-men, I dunno just an idea.

[crayzman]

Quote: Originally Posted by rdnk

Too bad Ryan has been a non-factor. Do you think the defense or the goaltending has been the problem? Maybe if you got some more puck moving d-men, I dunno just an idea.

DiPietro has been great for the most part once he became the starter again. A puck moving d-man... maybe, Edler looks like he's becoming one but to go out and acquire one in a trade will be tricky without giving up a youngster and I don't think it'll be worth it for this season even if it would help us make the playoffs.

[crayzman]

February 16th - 22nd, 2009


February 16th, 2009

New York Islanders (27-25-5) at Edmonton Oilers (30-25-4)

1st Period:
7:42 - EDM Goal: Moreau (10), Assists: Tarnstrom, Brule
10:05 - EDM Goal: Hemsky (21), Assist: Souray
13:21 - EDM Goal: Penner (14), Assists: Visnovsky, Tarnstrom (PP)

2nd Period:
7:38 - NYI Goal: Pouliot (17), Assists: Hunter, Witt

3rd Period:
11:32 - NYI Goal: Booth (17), Assist: Edler (SH)

Final Score:
Oilers 3, Islanders 2

Shots:
NYI - 22
EDM - 27

3 Stars:
1st Star: Tarnstrom (EDM) - 2 Assists
2nd Star: Penner (EDM) - GW Goal
3rd Star: Booth (NYI) - SH Goal


February 18th, 2009

New York Islanders (27-26-5) at Colorado Avalanche (29-24-5)

1st Period:
No Scoring

2nd Period:
10:01 - COL Goal: Svatos (20), Assist: Wolski (PP)
11:15 - COL Goal: Stastny (20), Assist: Svatos
13:43 - NYI Goal: Bergenheim (3), Assists: Meyer, Campoli
17:02 - COL Goal: Guite (4), Assists: Tucker, Laperriere

3rd Period:
No Scoring

Final Score:
Avalanche 3, Islanders 1

Shots:
NYI - 27
COL - 25

3 Stars:
1st Star: Svatos (COL) - Goal, Assist
2nd Star: Raycroft (COL) - 26 Saves
3rd Star: Stastny (COL) - Goal


February 22nd, 2009

New York Rangers (31-25-4) at New York Islanders (27-27-5)

1st Period:
9:14 - NYR Goal: Fritsche (18), Assists: Prucha, Drury

2nd Period:
5:11 - NYI Goal: Park (7), Assists: Streit, Sutton
7:35 - NYR Goal: Naslund (27), Assist: Redden
8:13 - NYR Goal: Fritsche (19), Assists: Prucha, Drury

3rd Period:
No Scoring

Final Score:
Rangers 3, Islanders 1

Shots:
NYR - 29
NYI - 24

3 Stars:
1st Star: Fritsche (NYR) - 2 Goals
2nd Star: Lundqvist (NYR) - 23 Saves
3rd Star: Prucha (NYR) - 2 Assists

Player of the Week:
Sidney Crosby (PIT) - 4 GP, 4 G, 4 A, 8 PTS.


Week Recap:
0-3. 1-5 in our last 6. We're now sub-.500 for the first time in who knows how long. Danis will get the next start, look for some youngsters to be called up and some trades to be made.

[IslandersHockey09]

Yeah, it seems like your going to have to tank this season and settle for a high draft pick in a very deep draft. You should try and trade Comrie/Wieght/Witt for some draft picks and bring up Comeau/Nielsen/Joensuu to see how they do in the nhl...

[crayzman]

Quote: Originally Posted by IslandersHockey09

Yeah, it seems like your going to have to tank this season and settle for a high draft pick in a very deep draft. You should try and trade Comrie/Wieght/Witt for some draft picks and bring up Comeau/Nielsen/Joensuu to see how they do in the nhl...

Yep, that's actually the plan haha. Though not so much Witt, he's a decent stay at home d-man which we have very few of. But I'm definitely willing to get rid of him, just not as badly as Comrie, Weight and Sillinger.

[crayzman]

February 23rd - March 1st, 2009

February 24th, 2009

Washington Capitals (30-27-5) at New York Islanders (27-28-5)

1st Period:
2:17 - NYI Goal: Bergenheim (4), Assists: Comrie, Christensen
15:52 - WSH Goal: Green (8), Assists: Semin, Backstrom

2nd Period:
10:01 - WSH Goal: Bernier (29), Assists: Ovechkin, Green (PP)

3rd Period:
7:22 - WSH Goal: Semin (22), Assists: Ovechkin, Pothier

Final Score:
Capitals 3, Islanders 1

Shots:
WSH - 27
NYI - 22

3 Stars:
1st Star: Green (WSH) - Goal, Assist
2nd Star: Ovechkin (WSH) - 2 Assists
3rd Star: Theodore (WSH) - 21 Saves

Notes:
DiPietro back in net, not that it'll make a difference if we're only going to score one goal yet again.


February 25th, 2009

New York Islanders (27-29-5) at Pittsburgh Penguins (28-29-4)

1st Period:
7:19 - PIT Goal: Orpik (2), Assists: Fedotenko, Malkin
10:18 - NYI Goal: Booth (18), Assists: Pouliot, Campoli (PP)

2nd Period:
5:41 - NYI Goal: Ryan (1), Assists: Weight, Hunter
7:53 - NYI Goal: Okposo (9), Assists: Campoli, Sutton
8:32 - PIT Goal: Crosby (32), Assists: Whitney

3rd Period:
1:22 - PIT Goal: Beech (2), Assists: Fedotenko, Orpik
18:32 - PIT Goal: Fedotenko (24), Assist: Malkin

Final Score:
Penguins 4, Islanders 3

Shots:
NYI - 29
PIT - 22

3 Stars:
1st Star: Fedotenko (PIT) - Goal, 2 Assists
2nd Star: Orpik (PIT) - Goal, Assist
3rd Star: Campoli (NYI) - 2 Assists


February 27th, 2009

New Jersey Devils (39-18-5) at New York Islanders (27-30-5)

1st Period:
18:28 - NYI Goal: Hunter (20), Assists: Pouliot, Edler

2nd Period:
6:05 - NJ Goal: Lagenbrunner (18), Assists: Parise, Rolston
7:43 - NJ Goal: Rolston (23), Assists: Gionta, Parise (PP)
12:06 - NJ Goal: Nagy (22), Assists: Elias, Lagenbrunner

3rd Period:
No Scoring

Final Score:
Devils 3, Islanders 1

Shots:
NJ - 27
NYI - 18

3 Stars:
1st Star: Rolston (NJ) - Goal, Assist
2nd Star: Lagenbrunner (NJ) - Goal, Assist
3rd Star: Parise (NJ) - 2 Assists

Notes:
Danis will get the next start and the lines are getting mixed up a little.


March 1st, 2009

Carolina Hurricanes (39-19-4) at New York Islanders (27-31-5)

1st Period:
11:13 - CAR Goal: Staal (26), Assists: Ruutu, Pitkanen
13:24 - NYI Goal: Joensuu (1), Assists: Tambellini, Witt

2nd Period:
9:21 - CAR Goal: Bayda (3), Assists: Schastlivy, Whitney

3rd Period:
7:38 - CAR Goal: Williams (38), Assists: Staal, Ruutu

Final Score:
Hurricanes 3, Islanders 1

Shots:
CAR - 33
NYI - 21

3 Stars:
1st Star: Staal (CAR) - Goal, Assist
2nd Star: Ruutu (CAR) - 2 Assists
3rd Star: Ward (CAR) - 20 Saves

Player of the Week:
Wade Redden (NYR) - 4 GP, 3 G, 4 A, 7 PTS.

Player of the Month:
Chris Drury (NYR) - 12 GP, 9 G, 12 A, 21 PTS.


Week Recap:
0-4.. ouch. 1 win in our last 10 games.. pathetic. Oh well, here's hoping our high draft pick turns out well. Oh, and Gervais is finally back, so with his return, Blake Comeau was returned to the AHL.

[rdnk]

You were doing good, then bam offense dies out. You were playing playoff teams though.
Now I'm interested in what you will do in the offseason.