SB Nation New York - Voracek's Overtime Winner Gives Isles 14th Straight Losshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48977/ny-fave.png2010-11-25T01:01:29-05:00http://newyork.sbnation.com/rss/stream/15983012010-11-25T01:01:29-05:002010-11-25T01:01:29-05:00Blue Jackets 4, Islanders 3 (OT): Isles Winless in 14
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<p>Uniondale, NY (Sports Network) – <span>Jakub Voracek</span> scored on a rebound with 2:29 left in overtime to lift the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.jacketscannon.com/">Columbus Blue Jackets</a> to a 4-3 win over the hapless <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com/">New York Islanders</a>.</p>
<p>The Islanders extended their club-record losing streak to 14 games.</p>
<p><span>R.J. Umberger</span> scored the game-tying goal in the second period for Columbus, which extended its season-best win streak to five games.</p>
<p>The Blue Jackets also received goals from <span>Antoine Vermette</span> and <span>Chris Clark</span> and they got 21 saves from <span>Mathieu Garon</span>, improving to 8-1-0 on the road this season.</p>
<p>New York earned a point, but remained winless (0-11-3) since October 21. <span>Trent Hunter</span>, <span>Michael Grabner</span> and <span>Frans Nielsen</span> all had two points in the loss.</p>
<p>Midway through the overtime period, Columbus defenseman <span>Kris Russell</span> carried the puck into the zone and ripped a shot on Islanders goaltender <span>Rick DiPietro</span>. Voracek hammered home the rebound at 2:31 for the game-winner.</p>
<p>DiPietro was peppered with 38 shots in the loss, turning aside 34. He made 10 saves in the third period to keep the Islanders in the game.</p>
<p>But New York failed to win in its fourth game under interim head coach Jack Capuano, who took over after Scott Gordon was fired last week. The Islanders are 0-2-2 with Capuano on the bench.</p>
<p>DiPietro made his best save in the first two minutes of the game, spinning around to his right stop a wide-open shot that Voracek was trying to stuff into the net.</p>
<p>The Islanders then opened the scoring midway through the first period on Hunter’s goal, which he wristed off Garon’s shoulder from the left side. But Columbus would have the lead before the period was over.</p>
<p><span>Derick Brassard</span> threaded a pass down low on the power play to Vermette, who one-timed it into the net to even the score at 1-1 with 6:12 remaining in the period.</p>
<p>Chris Clark gave the Blue Jackets a 2-1 lead, beating DiPietro on a rebound he hammered home just 2:10 after Brassard’s tally.</p>
<p>Grabner evened the game at 2-2 for the Islanders when he scored on a backhand 51 seconds into the second period.</p>
<p><span>John Tavares</span> made 3-2 New York just 1:33 later, finding himself in the right place at the right time when the puck caromed off the glass and landed in front of the net. Tavares tipped it through Garon’s legs.</p>
<p>Umberger netted the equalizer at 6:46 of the final period and the teams remained knotted through the end of regulation.</p>
<p>Game Notes</p>
<p>Columbus won for just the second time in its last six meetings between the teams…The Blue Jackets snapped a three-game losing streak on Long Island…The Islanders suffered through a 15-game winless streak from November 22 to December 23, 1999, but that drought featured three ties.</p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/new-york-islanders/2010/11/25/1835797/blue-jackets-4-islanders-3-ot-isles-winless-in-14Steve Lepore2010-11-24T11:28:19-05:002010-11-24T11:28:19-05:00Columbus Blue Jackets At New York Islanders: Islanders Try To Avoid 14th Consecutive Loss
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<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">(Sports Network) - It's been over a month since the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">New York Islanders</a> last celebrated a victory. They'll try to change that tonight at Nassau Coliseum against a <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.jacketscannon.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Columbus Blue Jackets</a>' club that has won in each of its last four trips to the ice.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Islanders have lost 13 in a row since last winning at Tampa Bay on Oct. 21 and the 0-11-2 stretch marks the longest losing streak in club history. New York did suffer through a 15-game winless streak from Nov. 22-Dec. 23, 1999, but that drought featured three ties.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">New York's most recent setback came in heart-breaking fashion, as <span>Dustin Byfuglien</span> scored 90 seconds into overtime to lead the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/atlanta-thrashers" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Atlanta Thrashers</a> to a 2-1 victory Sunday at Philips Arena.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">In the extra session, Byfuglien received a pass from <span>Tobias Enstrom</span> in the high slot, glided to the mid slot and snapped a wrister past <span>Rick DiPietro</span> for the win. DiPietro stopped 33 shots in the loss and <span>Michael Grabner</span>scored the lone goal for the Islanders.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"A loss is a loss. We're doing things better and the effort is there, but it's very frustrating to lose," DiPietro said.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The loss dropped New York to 0-2-1 under interim head coach Jack Capuano, who took over after Scott Gordon was fired last week.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Tonight marks the start of a three-game homestand for the Isles, who have lost four straight at the Coliseum. New York is just 2-4-1 as the host this season.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Isles center <span>Doug Weight</span> missed his second straight game with back spasms on Sunday and he is questionable for tonight's game. Defenseman <span>Mike Mottau</span> will be sidelined indefinitely after getting hit in the eye with the puck against the Thrashers. Mottau was taken to the hospital and was released on Tuesday.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Blue Jackets picked up their fourth consecutive victory on Monday night and posted their second straight shutout in the process. Columbus posted a 3-0 victory in San Jose on Saturday and then recorded a 2-0 decision Monday against visiting Nashville.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Mathieu Garon</span> stopped 35 shots to blank the Sharks while <span>Steve Mason</span> made 27 saves on the Predators to record his first shutout of the season. It was the first time in team history that Columbus recorded back-to-back shutouts with different goaltenders.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"Obviously a shutout is a total team effort and tonight, much like we have had in our past couple of games, the defensemen have been great -- a lot of big blocked shots -- and they are really making both goaltender's jobs easier," Mason said.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">It's unclear if head coach Scott Arniel will go with Garon or Mason tonight.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Rick Nash</span> extended his points steak to nine games with a goal in Monday's victory at Nationwide Arena. Nash also has recorded goals in six straight games, posting nine markers over that stretch.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>R.J. Umberger</span>, <span>Nikita Filatov</span>, <span>Jakub Voracek</span> and <span>Derick Brassard</span> each recorded assists in the win. Umberger has one goal and six helpers during a six-game point streak.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Columbus has been terrific on the road this season, going 7-1-0 away from the Buckeye State. The Blue Jackets have won their last three as the guest.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Isles won both meetings with the Blue Jackets last season past regulation and New York has taken four of the last five matchups in the series. Columbus has lost three straight on Long Island.</p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/2010/11/24/2325022/columbus-blue-jackets-at-new-york-islanders-islanders-try-to-avoidJoseph Fortunato