The Islanders started a 4 game home stand on Tuesday against the Buffalo Sabres. With goals from Franz Nielsen, Matt Martin and Matt Moulsen the Islanders and the Sabres were tied at 3 at the end of overtime. In the following shootout Matt Moulsen scored, but the Sabres scored twice and took 2 points. The Islanders earned 1 point.
On Thursday the Islanders played the Edmonton Oilers. Much like the Islanders, the Oilers are a good young team. The first period had a goal from Josh Bailey for the Islanders, followed by 2 unanswered goals from Trevor Hall of the Oilers. Both goals happened to come within 8 seconds of each other. As incredible as that is, the Islanders were able to hold them to just those 2 goals. In the Second period Kyle Okposo scored, on the power play and then with a minute left in the period John Tavares netted what turned out to be the game winning goal for the Isles. 3-2 was the final score of the game and the Islanders got 2 more points.
On Saturday the Islanders hosted the Carolina Hurricanes. The first period was scoreless, but the Islanders played a lot harder than the Hurricanes did. One minute into the second period though the Islanders gave up a goal. The Hurricanes then Scored 2 more unanswered goals to take a 3-0 lead. The Islanders never stopped fighting though, because Matt Moulsen scored on the power play at the End of the second period. Even after the Hurricanes took a 4-1 lead in the 3rd period the Islanders still didn't give up. Franz Nielsen scored to make it 4-2 and then with a minute left Kyle Okposo made it 4-3 with a snap shot. They played hard, but the Islanders still came up short losing the game 4-3. They took 3 points in those games bringing their record to 3-3-2. They look forward to taking on the Vancouver Canucks tomorrow night at home. It should be a very physical game.
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