Islanders Fall to Pens in OT

Last night the Islanders hosted the much hated Penguins. Kyle Okposo scored 2 goals for the team both in the first period, but that wasn't enough as the Islanders ended up losing in overtime on a game winning goal from Sidney Crosby. The game was not an entire failure for the Islanders, because they did come out of it with a point. Their record is now 8-15-5.

Islanders Penguins history at the Coliseum

The Islanders and the Penguins have had many noteworthy games throughout the years. A lot of these games have had a lot of fighting in them. Below are a couple links to brawls at the Coliseum between the two teams.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irKvQgEVPHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA-oOLjhwqE

Islanders to host Pittsburgh tonight

The Islanders are coming off a couple nights off, but they are set to host the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight on the Island. They are looking to get out of the funk that they are in right now. This is the first game the Islanders have hosted the Penguins since the playoffs last season, so maybe that will spark something in them for tonight.

Islanders are now 3rd to last in the East

The Islanders are currently riding a 2-7-1 slide in the past 10 games. Because of this they are now the third worst team in the Eastern Conference. It's been a rough slide, but there still is a lot of season left and they can still recover. With that said there are a lot of negatives of this current down streak for the team. They are 8-15-4 overall with 20 points, so it hasn't been a very good season yet. They need to step it up if they want to make the playoffs this year.

Rough week for the Islanders.

In the past week the New York Islanders have taken 2 of the possible 6 points. Wasn't a very good weekend with loses to the Kings and Maple leaves. The only 2 points of the week came from Saturday in a 5-4 shootout win against The Red Wings. In the shootout Franz Neilsen was the only one to score giving the Islanders the w. The Rookie Brock Nelsen scored in the second period and goals also came from John Tavares, Casey Cizikis and Cal Clutterbuck. But The Islanders record dropped to 8-10-3.

Islanders finally get the "W"

It's been a rough week for the Islanders. They lost all of their last 4 games getting outscored 16-6 by The Capitals, Hurricanes, Blue Jackets and Canadiens. Last night was a different story though as The Islanders came ready to play when the Predators traveled to Long Island. In the First period The Islanders out skated the Predators and in a 0-0 game Matt Martin and Rich Clune dropped the gloves and had a nice scrap. Later in the Period John Tavares netted one on the power play to take the lead. A few minutes later in the period Pierre-Marc Bouchard wrist-ed one in making it 2-0. Kyle Okposo scored as well in the second period and then Predators got a late goal in the third period to make the final score 3-1 Islanders. The big story of the game though is how well Kevin Poulin played. He only allowed 1 goal, while making 33 saves. Playing like that I'd be surprised if he doesn't start in net Thursday against the Kings. Below is a link to Matt Martin's fight and all of the Highlights from the game.

  http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/119473
http://islanders.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013020264

Weekend of winning

This past weekend the Islanders took 4 points. On Friday night against the Ottawa Senators. Frans Nielsen tied the game at 4 in the third period and then went on to score in the shootout to win for the Islanders. The team had a solid performance. Tavares and Vanek played well together, Vanek assisted him on a goal and had a few chances of his own. On Saturday night the Isles hosted the Boston Bruins. Thomas Vanek had a goal and an assist on Tavares' goal as well. The Islanders won the game 3-1 and look to take their momentum into DC to battle the Capitals tonight. Since the addition of Thomas Vanek to the squad he has 2 assists, a goal and the team is 2-1.