GAME THREAD: NHL: NY ISLANDERS (3-3) at WASHINGTON (3-2)

NHL: NY ISLANDERS (3-3) at WASHINGTON (3-2)

<h3>Sputtering Capitals and Islanders face off</h3>

<div class="pre">NY Islanders (3-3-0) at Washington (3-2-0) 7:00 pm EDT</div>

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Only one team can snap out of its rut whenthe Washington Capitals host the New York Islanders onThursday.


Both teams started the season well, but have hit a lull, havingeach dropped two straight decisions.


The Islanders, who won two straight to open the season, arecoming off a disheartening 3-1 loss to Philadelphia on Saturdayin which they outshot the Flyers, 15-6, in the third period.

New York's problems can be traced to the recent struggles of itstop line. Mike Comrie, Bill Guerin and Ruslan Fedotenko havecombined for just one goal in the last four games after workingtogether for five in the first two games.


One thing is for sure, goaltending has not been the problem.The Islanders, who have lost three of four overall, have beengetting solid play out of Rick DiPietro, who stopped 20 of 22shots in Saturday's loss. He owns a sparkling 2.22goals-against average thus far.


New York may have the upperhand in the matchup since it has an8-2-1 record over the last 11 meetings. Prior to that stretch,the Islanders had lost 28 of the previous 29 meetings.

One of the reasons the Islanders had struggled so much in thepast against Washington has been netminder Olaf Kolzig. Kolzigstopped 30 shots in a 2-1 win on October 8 to improve his recordto 26-9-0 over New York, the most wins he has against any team.

Kolzig has been on top of his game this season, posting a 1.35GAA, good for second in the league.


The Capitals won three straight games to open the season, buthas been outshot, 91-54, in dropping their last two, including a7-3 loss at Buffalo on Saturday. Washington surrendered 53shots in that latest setback.

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL AT WASHINGTON
STARTING GOALIES: NYI - RICK DIPIETRO
WAS - OLAF KOLZIG

OFFICIALS: REF - BILL MCCREARY, CHRIS LEE
LIN - RYAN GALLOWAY, THOR NELSON</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NY ISLANDERS VS WASHINGTON - SCRATCHES

NY ISLANDERS WASHINGTON

D BOOTLAND HEALTHY B SUTHERBY HEALTHY
S BERGENHEIM HEALTHY J ERSKINE HEALTHY
B GORDON BACK SPASMS</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NY ISLANDERS VS WASHINGTON - SCRATCHES

NY ISLANDERS WASHINGTON

M BERGERON HEALTHY B SUTHERBY HEALTHY
D BOOTLAND HEALTHY J ERSKINE HEALTHY
B GORDON BACK INJURY</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 0
WASHINGTON 0 19:55 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 0
WASHINGTON 0 15:50 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 0
WASHINGTON 0 11:50 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 0
WASHINGTON 0 7:50 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 1
WASHINGTON 0
1ST PRD: NYI - SEAN BERGENHEIM 1 (MIROSLAV SATAN, JOSEF VASICEK) 15:13</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NY ISLANDERS 1 1
WASHINGTON 0 0 END OF THE 1ST

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NYI - SEAN BERGENHEIM 1 (MIROSLAV SATAN, JOSEF VASICEK)
15:13

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NYI 13 13
WAS 5 5

GOALIES: NYI - RICK DIPIETRO
WAS - OLAF KOLZIG</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">CORRECTION

NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NY ISLANDERS 1 1
WASHINGTON 0 0 END OF THE 1ST

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NYI - SEAN BERGENHEIM 1 (MIROSLAV SATAN, JOSEF VASICEK)
15:13

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NYI 5 5
WAS 13 13

GOALIES: NYI - RICK DIPIETRO
WAS - OLAF KOLZIG</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 1
WASHINGTON 0 19:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 1
WASHINGTON 0 15:50 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 2
WASHINGTON 0
2ND PRD: NYI - (PP) BILL GUERIN 1 (CHRIS CAMPOLI, BRYAN BERARD) 7:38</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 2
WASHINGTON 0 11:05 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 2
WASHINGTON 0 7:25 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 2
WASHINGTON 0 3:35 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NY ISLANDERS 1 1 2
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 END OF THE 2ND

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NYI - SEAN BERGENHEIM 1 (MIROSLAV SATAN, JOSEF VASICEK)
15:13
2ND PRD: NYI - (PP) BILL GUERIN 1 (CHRIS CAMPOLI, BRYAN BERARD) 7:38

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
NYI 5 8 13
WAS 13 8 21

GOALIES: NYI - RICK DIPIETRO
WAS - OLAF KOLZIG</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

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Ny Islanders 1 1 --2
Washington 0 0 --0
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Islanders, Sean Bergenheim 1 (Miroslav
Satan, Josef Vasicek), 15:13. Penalties: D Brashear, Was (hooking),
8:47.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Ny Islanders, Bill Guerin 1 (power play)
(Chris Campoli, Bryan Berard), 7:38. Penalties: B Berard, Nyi
(hooking), 1:50; V Kozlov, Was (tripping), 5:50; O Kolzig, Was
(roughing served by T Poti), 6:36; R Martinek, Nyi (tripping), 10:43;
B Gervais, Nyi (slashing), 11:51; R Fedotenko, Nyi (hooking), 14:16.

Shots on goal:
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Ny Islanders 5 8 --13
Washington 13 8 --21
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Goalies : Ny Islanders, Rick DiPietro (21 shots, 21 saves).
Washington, Olaf Kolzig (13 shots, 11 saves). Referees: Bill
Mccreary, Chris Lee. Linesmen: Ryan Galloway, Thor Nelson.</div>

 

NHL: NY ISLANDERS at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NHL NY ISLANDERS 2
WASHINGTON 0 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>