ST. PAUL, Minn. — Frans Nielsen scored the only goal in the shootout while Al Montoya had his glove in good form, giving the Islanders their first extra-time victory of the season, 2-1 over the Wild last night. Andy McDonald scored in his first game back from injury for the Islanders...
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December 17, 2011
Frans Nielsen scored the only goal in the shootout while Al Montoya had his glove in good form, giving the New York Islanders their first extra-time victory of the season, 2-1 over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
Andy McDonald scored in his first game back from injury in the second period for the Islanders, but Cal Clutterbuck tied it midway through the period. Niklas Backstrom...
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December 17, 2011
Frans Nielsen scored the only goal in the shootout while Al Montoya had his glove in good form, giving the New York Islanders their first extra-time victory of the season, 2-1 over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
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December 17, 2011
New York Islanders veterans Brian Rolston and Steve Staios are dealing with concussion-like symptoms.
Rolston has been ruled out indefinitely after exiting Thursday's game against the Dallas Stars in the first period.
The 38-year-old Rolston has collected three goals, four assists and four penalty minutes in 27 games this season.
Staios has been sidelined throughout the week...
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December 17, 2011
The home coming for Kyle Okposo was outdone by the home coming of Andrew MacDonald scoring his second goal of the season in his first game back after missing seven. At 11:13 of the second period MacDonald put the Islanders on the board 1-0. John Tavares assed his 15th assist point and Moulson his 9th. Things were going well. Shots on goal were 9 - 5 in the first period, but increased...
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December 17, 2011
Forgive us as while we got our holiday season off with a Friday night case of the flu, New York Ranger and New York Islanders for the most part just played some "mind was elsewhere hockey."
It is hard to blame these young players as the majority of them have been away from their homes since the beginning of August. Anyone who has gone away for college or military training...
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December 18, 2011
Game 30
Isles 2, Wild 1 (SO)
Frans Nielsen scored the only goal of the shootout and Al Montoya made 20 saves as the Islanders earned their first point beyond 60 minutes this season with a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild in front of 18,20...
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December 17, 2011
Frans Nielsen scored the only goal in the shootout while Al Montoya had his glove in good form, giving the New York Islanders their first extra-time victory of the season, 2-1 over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
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December 17, 2011
Frans Nielsen scored the only goal in the shootout while Al Montoya had his glove in good form, giving the New York Islanders their first extra-time victory of the season, 2-1 over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
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December 17, 2011
Team Record: 9-14-6
Last Game: 3-2 L vs. DAL
Season Series: 1-0-0 of 2
Team Record: 20-8-4
Last Game: 4-3 SOL vs. CHI
Season Series: 0-1-0 of 2
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December 17, 2011
The Minnesota Wild played to a shootout for the second game in a row, losing to the New York Islanders 2-1. C Frans Nielsen scored the winner in the SO. D Andrew MacDonald scored for the Islanders and RW Cal Clutterbuck tied it for the Wild in the...
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December 17, 2011
The fist-place Minnesota Wild will try to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season when they host the lowly New York Islanders for this evening's clash at Xcel Energy Center.
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December 18, 2011
It can be tough to settle on a Selke Trophy leader in the first half of the season because defensive play is hard to quantitatively assess. It is a tough judgement call to pick the best defensive forward in the league even when armed with a large array of hockey games watched and the best statistics available. In the later part of November I picked Loui Eriksson of the Dallas...
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