SB Nation New York - Senators Clip Islandershttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48977/ny-fave.png2011-01-14T00:36:46-05:00http://newyork.sbnation.com/rss/stream/16972582011-01-14T00:36:46-05:002011-01-14T00:36:46-05:00Senators 6, Islanders 4
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<p>Uniondale, NY (Sports Network) – <span>Robin Lehner</span> recorded a win in his first <span class="caps">NHL</span> start with 20 saves as the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.silversevensens.com/">Ottawa Senators</a> satiated the need for a win in a 6-4 romp of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com/">New York Islanders</a> at Nassau Coliseum.</p>
<p><span>Milan Michalek</span>, <span>Zack Smith</span>, <span>Jesse Winchester</span> and <span>Chris Kelly</span> each tallied a goal and an assist as the Senators halted a six-game losing streak where they scored just seven goals during the slide. <span>Daniel Alfredsson</span> and <span>Nick Foligno</span> also scored for the victors.</p>
<p>“All four lines contributed,” said Senators center <span>Corey Locke</span>. “Our defense was solid and Robin played great in the net. It was great to be a part of it.”</p>
<p><span>Milan Jurcina</span> posted a goal and an assist for the Islanders, who continue to slip with three straight losses. <span>Trevor Gillies</span>, <span>P.A. Parenteau</span> and <span>Blake Comeau</span> each tallied in the loss.</p>
<p><span>Kevin Poulin</span> started the game for New York, but after giving up two goals on eight shots, he was pulled in favor for <span>Nathan Lawson</span>, who then gave up four second period goals. Poulin came back in the third where he made 11 saves.</p>
<p>“I don’t think they played bad,” Parenteau said of the Isles’ goalie play. “There was a few bad bounces in the second period. I don’t think we played very well in front them.”</p>
<p>It took just 32 seconds for the Senators to get on the board after <span>Mike Fisher</span> picked off a pass just outside the offensive zone. He then rushed into the zone where he dropped the puck off to Alfredsson, who stuffed home a rebound off of his initial shot.</p>
<p>The Islanders knotted the game seven minutes later with Gillies’s first career goal. <span>Zenon Konopka</span> fed a crossing pass to the top of the crease where a charging Gillies knocked the puck into the net with his body — the goal was reviewed and upheld.</p>
<p>Winchester gave Ottawa the lead back, 2-1, at the 9:50 mark of the opening period. He picked up a loose disc near the left boards and brought it into the faceoff circle where he wristed a low shot past Poulin.</p>
<p>The 20-year-old New York netminder was pulled after the goal as Lawson came in before giving up four goals in the second stanza.</p>
<p>The Sens made it a 3-1 game on a short-handed goal from Michalek at the 7:13 mark of the second. The play was set up by <span>Matt Carkner</span>’s pass from the defensive zone to mid-ice where Kelly led a 2-on-1 rush. He then finished the charge by crossing it to Michalek, who chipped it past an outstretched Lawson.</p>
<p>The goals continued in bunches as the two teams traded scores just 20 seconds apart from each other.</p>
<p>The Islanders made it a one-goal game after Comeau picked up a rebound in the slot and slid toward the left faceoff circle before ripping a shot into the back of the net at the 10:31 mark.</p>
<p>But Ottawa negated the New York goal and some with three straight scores of its own. Kelly’s goal off a scorching wrister from the point started the rally just 20 seconds after Comeau’s goal.</p>
<p>The cushion grew for the Senators on Foligno’s sixth goal of the season and Smith made it a 6-2 rout with a backhander past Lawson with 5:33 left in the middle period.</p>
<p>The Islanders looked to spark a possible comeback just 1:49 into the final frame with Parenteau’s tip-in off of a Jurcina shot from the right point. Nine minutes later, Jurcina tallied an unassisted goal, but New York was unable to find the net the rest of the game.</p>
<p>Ottawa has won six of seven overall in the series…Lehner, 19, became the youngest goaltender ever to start a game in an Ottawa uniform…Carkner had two assists in the game…Neither teams scored on the power play. The Sens were 0-for-3, while the Isles were 0-for-2.</p>
https://newyork.sbnation.com/new-york-islanders/2011/1/14/1934375/senators-6-islanders-4Joseph Fortunato2011-01-13T14:50:06-05:002011-01-13T14:50:06-05:00Ottawa Senators At New York Islanders: Both Ottawa And Islanders Try To End Losing Streaks
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<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) - With rumors about head coach Cory Clouston's job security swirling around, the <a 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;" href="https://www.silversevensens.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Ottawa Senators</a> will try to halt a six-game losing streak when they visit the <a 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;" href="https://www.lighthousehockey.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">New York Islanders</a> tonight at Nassau Coliseum.</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 Senators are 0-4-2 since posting their last win against Pittsburgh on Dec. 26 and Ottawa currently is third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference with just 38 points on the year. The Islanders are five points back in 14th place.</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;">Clouston's club turned in an awful performance Tuesday night in Boston, as the Sens were blown out in a 6-0 loss to the Bruins. <span>Patrice Bergeron</span> notched his first career hat trick in Boston's victory at TD Garden.</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>Brian Elliott</span> was shelled in defeat for five goals on 27 shots through two periods for the Senators, who are in the midst of their worst skid since another six-game slide from Nov. 7-20, 2008.</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>Mike Brodeur</span> took over for Elliott to start the third period and finished with 11 saves on 12 shots.</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;">"Not a lot of good out of that game," Clouston said. "We just had too many errors against a very good team that capitalized on their chances."</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;">Ottawa hasn't lost seven straight since Nov. 21-Dec. 4, 2007.</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 Senators have also lost three in a row on the road and are just 7-9-4 as the visiting club this year.</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;">On the injury front, Sens winger <span>Alex Kovalev</span> is expected to miss a second straight game with a knee injury.</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 two straight and New York has also dropped three out of four tilts after recording seven wins in its previous nine contests.</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 dropped a 4-3 shootout decision Tuesday night when it hosted the <a 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;" href="https://www.nucksmisconduct.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Vancouver Canucks</a>, who are the top team in the Western Conference this season. <span>Ryan Kesler</span> scored on the final shot of the shootout to lift the Canucks to victory at Nassau Coliseum.</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;">After <span>Roberto Luongo</span> stopped <span>John Tavares</span>, Kesler skated in on net, slowed down and flicked a snap shot into the right corner of the net for a win.</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>Blake Comeau</span> had a goal and an assist while <span>Jack Hillen</span> and Tavares each lit the lamp 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;"><span>Kevin Poulin</span>, making just his second NHL start, stopped 48 shots in a losing effort for the Isles. Poulin or fellow rookie <span>Nathan Lawson</span> is expected to get the start tonight as <span>Rick DiPietro</span> is questionable again with a strained adductor muscle.</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 forward <span>Frans Nielsen</span> is also questionable for tonight after has missing the last four games with a strained groin. Nielsen has five goals and 19 points in 37 games for New York 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;">New York began a five-game homestand Tuesday against the Canucks and is 7-7-4 as the host this year.</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 and Sens met just once this season back on Nov. 4, when Ottawa recorded a 4-1 home victory.<span>Jason Spezza</span>, who is currently sidelined indefinitely with a shoulder injury, had a goal and three assists in that win for the Sens.</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;">Ottawa has won five of six overall in the series, but the Isles have taken three of the last four encounters on Long Island.</p>
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https://newyork.sbnation.com/2011/1/13/2327975/ottawa-senators-at-new-york-islanders-both-ottawa-and-islanders-tryJoseph Fortunato