Brian Rolston, Al Montoya help Isles past short-handed Sabres

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    The New York Islanders are showing they're capable of winning on the road. And goalie Al Montoya finally got some payback against Buffalo sniper Thomas Vanek.

    Montoya stopped 30 shots in a 2-1 win over the Sabres on Tuesday, and the first thing that came to the goalie's mind was how he didn't allow Vanek to get the better of him as happened when the two first met in the 2003 Frozen Four semifinal -- and in this same building, no less.

    "Get out of here, I can remember it like it was yesterday," said Montoya, who eight years ago was playing for Michigan and gave up the overtime goal to Vanek in a 3-2 loss to Minnesota. "It's my college hockey nightmare."
     

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