Bailey Gets Two As Isles Defeat Bruins

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Tonight, our Islanders made a statement by defeating the Bruins by a score of 2-1.  With this win, the Islanders are now 8-1-1 in their last ten games.  Here are some of my notes:

-I don't think Josh Bailey in his career has played with as much confidence as he is playing with now.  His play along with the play of his line is just awesome!

-Great game by Nabokov, if Bailey was the first star tonight Nabokov was 1a.

-Tuukka Rask was great for the Bruins, he made some great saves!

-Solid game from Thomas Hickey, could he be another stolen talent from the Kings?  His play thus far this season seems like that could be the case.

-Moulson is frustrating, he had some golden chances tonight that he couldn't convert.  Sure did Rask make some nice saves?  But, Moulson needs to get the puck off the ice on shots.

-Solid game from Mark Streit, he made some big defensive plays!

-If anyone questioned Travis Hamonics toughness for whatever reason, I don't think they will anymore after tonights game.  When he got hurt I thought we were in trouble, but not only did he return but he returned within around 5 minutes of game time.  Then after the game he gave this quote to Newsday, "I'd play on one leg if I had to. Take a lot more than that to keep me out."  This guy is the definition of a gamer!

Coming into this game, most fans chalked this up as a loss.  Going into Boston and not just winning but winning in regulation is a real statement from this team.  Saturday was already going to be a crazy game, after this win now I am expecting it to be a war zone in what will probably be the biggest Islander Ranger game in 10+ years.  Some older fans I know have started to compare this team to the 1975 team, which I wasn't around for but that is some comparison given the success they had.

Next Game: Saturday @ Home VS The Rangers 

EASTERN	DIV	GP	W	L	OT	P	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STREAK
1	Y - PITTSBURGH	ATL	41	31	10	0	62	28	138	101	+37	16-5-0	15-5-0	3-0	8-2-0	WON 3
2	X - MONTRÉAL	NE	40	26	9	5	57	23	127	95	+32	13-5-3	13-4-2	3-2	6-4-0	WON 1
3	* - WASHINGTON	SE	41	22	17	2	46	19	123	113	+10	11-8-0	11-9-2	3-0	8-1-1	WON 6
4	BOSTON	NE	40	26	10	4	56	22	114	87	+27	14-3-2	12-7-2	4-2	6-3-1	LOST 1
5	TORONTO	NE	40	22	13	5	49	22	123	112	+11	11-7-2	11-6-3	0-5	6-1-3	OT 1
6	OTTAWA	NE	40	20	14	6	46	16	99	89	+10	13-3-3	7-11-3	4-4	4-6-0	WON 1
7	NY ISLANDERS	ATL	41	21	16	4	46	18	119	121	-2	9-11-2	12-5-2	3-1	8-1-1	WON 3
8	NY RANGERS	ATL	40	20	16	4	44	16	99	96	+3	13-6-2	7-10-2	4-4	5-3-2	WON 1
9	WINNIPEG	SE	42	21	19	2	44	20	109	123	-14	11-9-0	10-10-2	1-2	5-5-0	WON 3
10	NEW JERSEY	ATL	40	15	15	10	40	13	96	111	-15	10-8-2	5-7-8	2-7	2-4-4	LOST 1
11	BUFFALO	NE	41	16	19	6	38	11	107	127	-20	8-8-3	8-11-3	5-4	4-4-2	LOST 2
12	PHILADELPHIA	ATL	40	17	20	3	37	16	108	125	-17	12-6-2	5-14-1	1-2	4-4-2	LOST 3
13	TAMPA BAY	SE	40	17	21	2	36	16	127	122	+5	11-8-2	6-13-0	1-2	4-5-1	LOST 1
14	CAROLINA	SE	40	16	22	2	34	16	103	129	-26	7-13-0	9-9-2	0-1	1-9-0	LOST 7
15	FLORIDA	SE	40	13	21	6	32	10	98	139	-41	7-9-5	6-12-1	3-1	5-5-0	LOST 1

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