Isles Can't Solve Lundqvist, Fall 1-0 In OT

Tonight, before a sold out crowd at the Coliseum the Islanders fell by a score of 1-0 to the Rangers in overtime.  Here are some of my notes:

-Islanders had so many chances but couldn't cash in!  Lundqvist really helped out the cause for the Rangers by making a couple huge saves.

-Outside of the defensive breakdown in overtime the defense played a solid game!  They basically made non factors of Nash & company which is impressive given the stretch they had been on.

-While the refs weren't great, they were far better then the last time these two teams met!

-The penalty kill was working tonight, didn't really let the Rangers get much of anything on the powerplay.

-Matt Martin was a solid physical presence tonight!

-Great crowd, but was a little disappointed!  With the teams recent play, I was hoping there would be a bigger presence of Islander fans at the game tonight.  I understand the reasons for staying away because of how the team is managed and your feelings on the owner because we probably have the same feelings.  However, the way these players have played, they deserve your support.  If you won't support these guys, what team will you support?

Coming in, this game figured to be an epic match up between two rival teams.  This game definitely lived up to that bill!  This game was as tight checking as they come and featured boarder line fantastic goalie performances from both net minders.  With the overtime loss the Islanders still pick up a point and remain ahead of the Rangers in the standings.  They also still have the tie breaker on them.  While this loss is as frustrating as they come, you just need to put it behind you and get ready for Tuesday.

Next Game: Tuesday 4/16 @ Home VS The Panthers (The last regular season home game of the season)

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	42	23	17	2	48	20	129	118	+11	12-8-0	11-9-2	3-0	8-1-1	WON 7
4	BOSTON	NE	41	26	11	4	56	22	116	91	+25	14-3-2	12-8-2	4-2	5-4-1	LOST 2
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	41	21	14	6	48	17	101	89	+12	13-3-3	8-11-3	4-4	5-5-0	WON 2
7	NY ISLANDERS	ATL	42	21	16	5	47	18	119	122	-3	9-11-3	12-5-2	3-1	7-1-2	OT 1
8	NY RANGERS	ATL	41	21	16	4	46	17	100	96	+4	13-6-2	8-10-2	4-4	6-3-1	WON 2
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	41	15	16	10	40	13	96	113	-17	10-9-2	5-7-8	2-7	1-5-4	LOST 2
11	BUFFALO	NE	42	17	19	6	40	12	108	127	-19	9-8-3	8-11-3	5-4	4-4-2	WON 1
12	TAMPA BAY	SE	41	17	21	3	37	16	132	128	+4	11-8-2	6-13-1	1-2	4-4-2	OT 1
13	PHILADELPHIA	ATL	41	17	21	3	37	16	108	126	-18	12-6-2	5-15-1	1-2	4-5-1	LOST 4
14	CAROLINA	SE	41	17	22	2	36	17	107	131	-24	8-13-0	9-9-2	0-1	2-8-0	WON 1
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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