Well Isles lose 4 to 2 on a game that is not exactly what the score shows.
Lets start out with a few of the good things that were seen in this game.
Brad Boyes has been playing surprising well here on the island not only is he a kind of speedy player with a few tricks on his sleeve the guy is pretty physical when called upon. Thats always a nice thing to see.
John Tavares looked pretty good as always but also at time looked a little out of breath because his line and the power play were on the ice for a good part of the game. I feel Cappy leaves his better players on the ice a little to much and they often get winded .
The things that bothered me while i was at the game were as follows.
The power play although there were 16 shots recorded on the man advantage and a few chances that should have been connected the power play was mostly terrible. The captain Mark Streit looked terrible on the power play fumbling the puck at times where the Isles were pressing in the zone. The 2nd group of isles players on the power play looked even worse and spent much more time bringing the puck into the zone then getting rid of it with out bothering to set up the play.
Also there was a time in the first when the isles were down 1-0 and started to turn on the pressure and had a good few chances but then i believe MM on the powerplay shot one and there was a quick whistle. Even though it was a quick whistle JT knocked it in the net and the ref still blew it dead. Granted this would have tied the game and eventually would have led to a different outcome there was nothing you could do about it .
The Penguins had a 3 goal lead about 2 mins into third period of a weak goal on a odd man rush that Naby gave up. Then grabner scored on a feed from okposo and about 1 minute late brad boyes knocked in a nice goal. At that point the crowd of about 11 thousand was going nuts and the place was rocking. But as soon as the it calmed down about 2 mins later the isles once again looked flat and really didn’t have anything left. It just felt like a typical islanders game from any other past year. I hope i am wrong about this team but i still don’t see it.
The main reason the isles lost this game was because they were 0-for 7 on the man advantage and it is finally catching up with them. They now sit back at 4-4-1 and things arent going to get any easier playing a pissed off ranger team at the garden on Thursday. I also expect to se NABY maybe get a day off because he could have been better tonight definitely not his best game.
The main reason the isles lost this game was because they were 0-for 7 on the man advantage and it is finally catching up with them. They now sit back at 4-4-1 and things arent going to get any easier playing a pissed off ranger team at the garden on Thursday. I also expect to se NABY maybe get a day off because he could have been better tonight definitely not his best game.
