Resurrecting the Isles (EHM)

[crayzman]

December 8th-14th, 2008

December 9th, 2008

Atlanta Thrashers (10-16-1) at New York Islanders (11-11-4)

1st Period:
12:24 - NYI Goal: Guerin (8), Assists: Sim, Weight (PP)
17:05 - ATL Goal: Little (2), Assists: Williams, Lehtonen
19:15 - NYI Goal: Sim (11), Assist: Sutton (PP)

2nd Period:
2:11 - NYI Goal: Sutton (1), Assist: Weight
14:06 - NYI Goal: Guerin (9), Assists: Comrie, Gervais (PP)

3rd Period:
No Scoring

Final Score:
Islanders 4, Thrashers 1

Shots:
ATL - 19
NYI - 34

3 Stars:
1st Star: Guerin (NYI) - 2 Goals
2nd Star: Sutton (NYI) - Goal, Assist
3rd Star: Sim (NYI) - Goal, Assist


December 10th, 2008

New York Islanders (12-11-4) at New York Rangers (14-12-2)

1st Period:
No Scoring

2nd Period:
7:24 - NYR Goal: Zherdev (14), Assists: Rissmiller, Gomez
16:41 - NYI Goal: Tambellini (1), Assist: Christensen

3rd Period:
5:45 - NYR Goal: Rissmiller (6), Assists: Gomez, Zherdev
7:27 - NYI Goal: Tambellini (2), Assists: Meyer, Gervais
10:07 - NYR Goal: Naslund (9), Assists: Fritsche, Redden

Final Score:
Rangers 3, Islanders 2

Shots:
NYI - 21
NYR - 25

3 Stars:
1st Star: Tambellini (NYI) - 2 Goals
2nd Star: Rissmiller (NYR) - Goal, Assist
3rd Star: Naslund (NYR) - GW Goal

Notes:
-DiPietro is getting a rest in our next game.


December 12th, 2008

Florida Panthers (16-8-4) at New York Islanders (12-12-4)

1st Period:
13:15 - NYI Goal: Weight (6), Assists: Edler, Sutton
18:39 - FLA Goal: Horton (9), Assists: Olesz, Skrastins

2nd Period:
18:57 - NYI Goal: Edler (4), Assists: Booth, Bergenheim

3rd Period:
0:16 - FLA Goal: Chistov (3), Assists: Ballard, LaCouture
8:58 - NYI Goal: Park (5), Assists: Sim, Gervais
19:26 - NYI Goal: Guerin (10) (PP, EN)

Final Score:
Islanders 4, Panthers 2

Shots:
FLA - 29
NYI - 27

3 Stars:
1st Star: Edler (NYI) - Goal, Assist
2nd Star: Danis (NYI) - 27 Saves
3rd Star: Park (NYI) - GW Goal

Player of the Week:
Joffrey Lupul (PHI) - 4 GP, 4 G, 3 A, 7 PTS.


Week Recap:
2-1, never going to complain about that. Goaltending was good and we got enough goals except for in the loss. Not sure if I'm going to start DiPietro or Danis though. Probably go back to DiPietro for now.

[crayzman]

December 15th-21st, 2008

December 15th, 2008

Toronto Maple Leafs (18-10-2) at New York Islanders (13-12-4)

1st Period:
9:31 - TOR Goal: Bell (9), Assists: Hagman, Kulemin
17:57 - TOR Goal: White (4), Assists: Mayers, Hagman

2nd Period:
6:28 - NYI Goal: Booth (8), Assists: Comrie, Hunter (PP)
18:47 - TOR Goal: Steen (10), Assists: Kulemin, Ponikarovsky

3rd Period:
No Scoring

Final Score:
Maple Leafs 3, Islanders 1

Shots:
TOR - 33
NYI - 27

3 Stars:
1st Star: Toskala (TOR) - 26 Saves
2nd Star: Hagman (TOR) - 2 Assists
3rd Star: White (TOR) - Goal

Notes:
-Danis gets next game since it's... tomorrow. We're going to need more offense if we want to win it.


December 16th, 2008

New York Islanders (13-13-4) at Boston Bruins (15-12-3)

1st Period:
5:02 - NYI Goal: Sim (12), Assists: Meyer, Guerin (PP)
17:52 - BOS Goal: Chara (6), Assists: Kessel, Bergeron (PP)

2nd Period:
16:52 - BOS Goal: Ryder (11), Assists: Lucic, Ference
18:41 - NYI Goal: Campoli (1), Assists: Christensen, Tambellini

3rd Period:
10:56 - NYI Goal: Hunter (10), Assists: Comrie, Booth

Final Score:
Islanders 3, Bruins 2

Shots:
NYI - 23
BOS - 28

3 Stars:
1st Star: Hunter (NYI) - GW Goal
2nd Star: Danis (NYI) - 26 Saves
3rd Star: Chara (BOS) - Goal

Notes:
-Might as well stick with Danis. He's getting us wins.


December 19th, 2008

Carolina Hurricanes (21-8-1) at New York Islanders (14-13-4)

1st Period:
13:21 - CAR Goal: Brind'Amour (8), Assists: Babchuk, Corvo (SH)
14:28 - NYI Goal: Gervais (4), Assist: Comrie (PP)

2nd Period:
3:31 - CAR Goal: Walker (12), Assists: Miller, Laaksonen
6:33 - CAR Goal: Williams (17), Assists: Ruutu, Saprykin

3rd Period:
No Scoring

Final Score:
Hurricanes 3, Islanders 1

Shots:
CAR - 33
NYI - 22

3 Stars:
1st Star: Brind'Amour (CAR) - SH Goal
2nd Star: Ward (CAR) - 21 Saves
3rd Star: Walker (CAR) - GW Goal

Notes:
-Lack of scoring yet again it seems. Anyways, back to DiPietro.

December 21st, 2008

Dallas Stars (17-12-3) at New York Islanders (14-14-4)

1st Period:
10:58 - NYI Goal: Sim (13), Assists: Guerin, Weight (PP)
15:16 - DAL Goal: Ott (6), Assists: Polak, Maenpaa
18:35 - NYI Goal: Weight (7), Assists: Hunter, Meyer (PP)

2nd Period:
10:11 - NYI Goal: Hunter (11), Assists: Booth, Comrie (PP)
15:58 - DAL Goal: Morrow (13), Assist: Zubov

3rd Period:
19:47 - NYI Goal: Guerin (11), Assists: Booth, Comrie (EN)

Final Score:
Islanders 4, Stars 2

Shots:
DAL - 28
NYI - 31

3 Stars:
1st Star: Hunter (NYI) - Goal, Assist
2nd Star: Weight (NYI) - Goal, Assist
3rd Star: Guerin (NYI) - Goal, Assist

Player of the Week:
Scott Walker (CAR) - 3 GP, 5 G, 1 A, 6 PTS.

Week Recap:
2-2 and too much inconsistency still. Nothing I can really do about though other than hope we can start to play well more often. Not a game off, game on.

[rdnk]

Dang, you scored a lot of powerplay goals this week. More than you did even strength.
Too bad no one wants to make trades with you, cause if you stay at .500, you'll have to make a run after the deadline.

[crayzman]

Quote: Originally Posted by rdnk

Dang, you scored a lot of powerplay goals this week. More than you did even strength. Too bad no one wants to make trades with you, cause if you stay at .500, you'll have to make a run after the deadline.

Yeah, an absolute ton of goals on the powerplay. But yeah, we're going to have to pick it up a bit if we want to become a playoff team.

[crayzman]

December 22nd-28th, 2008

December 23rd, 2008

Chicago Blackhawks (17-15-3) at New York Islanders (15-14-4)

1st Period:
14:18 - NYI Goal: Gervais (5), Assists: Sim, Weight (PP)
15:59 - CHI Goal: Toews (16), Assists: Campbell, Berard

2nd Period:
No Scoring

3rd Period:
4:19 - CHI Goal: Toews (17), Assists: Sharp, Kane
17:04 - CHI Goal: Lang (15), Assists: Eager, Ladd

Final Score:
Blackhawks 3, Islanders 1

Shots:
CHI - 25
NYI - 19

3 Stars:
1st Star: Toews (CHI) - 2 Goals
2nd Star: Huet (CHI) - 18 Saves
3rd Star: Gervais (NYI) - Goal


December 27th, 2008

Ottawa Senators (19-13-3) at New York Islanders (15-15-4)

1st Period:
11:36 - OTT Goal: Rachunek (5), Assists: Fisher, Spezza
14:41 - NYI Goal: Booth (9), Assist: Comrie

2nd Period:
8:38 - NYI Goal: Comrie (9), Assists: Booth, Hunter (PP)
11:17 - OTT Goal: Alfredsson (16), Assists: Heatley, Spezza (PP)
14:52 - OTT Goal: Alfredsson (17), Assists: Fisher, McAmmond (PP)
15:22 - NYI Goal: Hilbert (2), Assists: Edler, Campoli

3rd Period:
No Scoring

Overtime:
No Scoring

Shootout:
NYI: Comrie - Goal (1-0 NYI)
OTT: Heatley - Goal (1-1)
NYI: Hunter - Goal (2-1 NYI)
OTT: Fisher - Goal (2-2)
NYI: Guerin - Miss (2-2)
OTT: Alfredsson - Miss (2-2)
NYI: Weight - Goal (3-2 NYI)
OTT: Spezza - Miss (3-2 NYI Final)

Final Score:
Islanders 4, Senators 3 (SO)

Shots:
OTT - 39
NYI - 18

3 Stars:
1st Star: Alfredsson (OTT) - 2 Goals
2nd Star: Comrie (NYI) - Goal, Assist
3rd Star: Booth (NYI) - Goal, Assist

Player of the Week:
Jason Arnott (NSH) - 3 GP, 3 G, 1 A, 4 PTS.


Week Recap:
1-1. PK almost cost us in the final game there. But DiPietro had a pretty good game and kept us in it and we managed to score a few goals on few shots. Unfortunately though, Gervais is out for a couple of months with an ankle injury.

[rdnk]

Wow Ottawa doubled your shots...
Nice shootout win though.

[crayzman]

Quote: Originally Posted by rdnk

Wow Ottawa doubled your shots... Nice shootout win though.

More than doubled, haha. But we won and that's all that matters in the end. I'll take an ugly win over a well-played loss.

[crayzman]

December 29th, 2008 - January 4th, 2009

December 29th, 2008

Atlanta Thrashers (13-22-1) at New York Islanders (16-15-4)

1st Period:
8:51 - ATL Goal: Reasoner (6), Assists: White, Kovalchuk
15:19 - ATL Goal: Valabik (2), Assists: Klee, Slater

2nd Period:
8:01 - NYI Goal: Hunter (12), Assists: Comrie, Booth

3rd Period:
7:59 - NYI Goal: Comrie (10), Assists: Booth, Witt
17:18 - NYI Goal: Weight (8), Assists: Guerin, Sim

Final Score:
Islanders 3, Thrashers 2

Shots:
ATL - 26
NYI - 26

3 Stars:
1st Star: Comrie (NYI) - Goal, Assist
2nd Star: Weight (NYI) - GW Goal
3rd Star: Booth (NYI) - 2 Assists

Notes:
-Danis starts tomorrow against Buffalo.


December 30th, 2008

Buffalo Sabres (17-15-3) at New York Islanders (17-15-4)

1st Period:
9:35 - NYI Goal: Campoli (2), Assist: Hunter (PP)

2nd Period:
13:35 - BUF Goal: Connolly (13), Assists: Hecht, Afinogenov

3rd Period:
9:36 - BUF Goal: Lydman (3), Assists: Hecht, Kotalik (PP)
19:36 - BUF Goal: Roy (11), Assist: Paetsch (PP, EN)

Final Score:
Sabres 3, Islanders 1

Shots:
BUF - 25
NYI - 33

3 Stars:
1st Star: Miller (BUF) - 32 Saves
2nd Star: Lydman (BUF) - GW Goal
3rd Star: Hecht (BUF) - 2 Assists

Notes:
-Back to DiPietro.


January 2nd, 2009

Montreal Canadiens (16-21-2) at New York Islanders (17-16-4)

1st Period:
No Scoring

2nd Period:
5:35 - MTL Goal: Petrovicky (3), Assists: Chipchura, Markov
10:21 - MTL Goal: Koivu (10), Assists: Hamrlik, Komisarek

3rd Period:
No Scoring

Final Score:
Canadiens 2, Islanders 0

Shots:
MTL - 27
NYI - 21

3 Stars:
1st Star: Price (MTL) - 21 Saves
2nd Star: Petrovicky (MTL) - GW Goal
3rd Star: Koivu (MTL) - Goal


January 4th, 2009

New York Islanders (17-17-4) at New Jersey Devils (24-9-5)

1st Period:
12:37 - NJ Goal: Elias (10), Assists: Gionta, Rolston (PP)

2nd Period:
8:41 - NJ Goal: Elias (11), Assist: Martin
9:19 - NYI Goal: Comrie (11), Assists: Edler, Witt
14:12 - NJ Goal: Nagy (13), Assists: Lagenbrunner, Gleason (PP)

3rd Period:
8:58 - NYI Goal: Hunter (13), Assists: Booth, Tambellini

Final Score:
Devils 3, Islanders 2

Shots:
NYI - 26
NJ - 31

3 Stars:
1st Star: Elias (NJ) - 2 Goals
2nd Star: Nagy (NJ) - GW Goal
3rd Star: Brodeur (NJ) - 24 Saves

Player of the Week:
Eric Staal (CAR) - 3 GP, 3 G, 4 A, 7 PTS.

Player of the Month:
Joffrey Lupul (PHI) - 14 GP, 12 G, 3 A, 15 PTS.


Week Recap:
1-3.. and the scoring has really dried up once again. I think it's time to really shake up the lines apart from the top line. After note:The lines did get mixed up a little, but not as much as I'd have liked but the 4th line will now be playing as much as the 3rd line at the expense of playing time from the 2nd line. Once we get some players going well, we'll re-establish a true 2nd line.

Four of our players have been named to their respective World Junior teams (not sure why the date of the tournament is off but whatever) and they are:
D Jyri Niemi (FIN) of the Saskatoon Blades - 39 GP, 12 G, 26 A, 38 PTS, +38.
D Blake Kessel (FIN) of the Assat Pori - 26 GP, 4 G, 7 A, 11 PTS, +24.
LW Maxim Gratchev (RUS) of the Rimouski Oceanic - 40 GP, 26 G, 17 A, 43 PTS, +39
LW Kim Johansson (SWE) of the Malmo IF - 28 GP, 11 G, 12 A, 23 PTS, +24.