Piles in Beantown | Islanders @ Bruins GNT

[SLY]

ISLANDERS (30-37-12) at BRUINS (44-24-11)
LAST 10: New York 3-5-2; Boston 5-3-2
79 GP 79
30 W 44
37 L 24
12 OT 11
72 P 99
0.456 P% 0.627
2.73 G/G 2.99
3.10 GA/G 2.32
16.7 PP% 16.5
83.0 PK% 82.7
29.1 S/G 33.0
31.8 SA/G 32.7
50.2 FO% 51.7

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[ISLANDERS]
New York has lost four of five games, but the one win was a thorough 6-2 beating of the rival New York Rangers last Thursday. The Islanders have had injury problems all season, and center Frans Nielsen's concussion is the latest season-ending ailment for the team. Nielsen leads the NHL in shorthanded goals with seven.

John Tavares is two goals shy of 30, which would give the Islanders three players with at least that many. No NHL team has three 30-goal scorers this season, but the Islanders are close, as are the Maple Leafs (Mikhail Grabovski has 29) and the Ducks (Teemu Selanne has 28) each need one more player to reach the benchmark as well.

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[BRUINS]
Boston's chances of claiming the No. 1 spot in the East all but disappeared Monday night when they coughed up a 3-0 lead to the Rangers in a 5-3 loss. Goaltender Tim Thomas has been stout this season but he allowed four goals in less than 26 minutes -- including a pair 51 seconds apart late in the third period.

The Bruins had won five of seven before the collapse, including shutouts of Montreal and Chicago and a win in Philadelphia. There are no more games against playoff teams, so the Bruins will be trying to fine tune for a postseason run and could rest some key players if coach Claude Julien so desires.

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[INJURY REPORT]
Nielsen and defenseman Milan Jurcina (hip) join a long list of Islanders who won't be back until the fall. Also not available are defensemen Mark Streit (shoulder), Mark Eaton (hip), Andrew MacDonald (hip) and Mike Mottau (hip), forwards Doug Weight (back) and Trent Hunter (knee) and goaltender Kevin Poulin (knee).

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LETS GO BRUINS!!!​

 

[dboy97]

I will be missing tonights game to attend class. I don't think I am going to miss anything except the return of Shawn Thornton after having his stiches removed. I am almost positive Rask plays goal tonight and if the Bruins hold true to form when Rask plays they don't. Islanders 3-1.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Nice GNT Jeff!

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Jack Hillen is out with a shoulder injury as well. Matt Campanale will be making his NHL debut on D for the Isles

Bruins should win this game without any problems. Dipietro will be in goal. Playing in front of family & friends could inspire him but the defense in front of him is in shambles.

 

[Automattic]

Go Blake C!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Automattic]

Go Blake C!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fantasy hockey purposes. I don't really care about your little hockey game thingy you guys got going on....

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Fantasy hockey purposes. I don't really care about your little hockey game thingy you guys got going on....

I understand. I have Moulson, Kaberle & I picked up Travis Hamonic a few days ago.

 

[Automattic]

I understand. I have Moulson, Kaberle & I picked up Travis Hamonic a few days ago.

Oh shit! And Montoya too if he is starting. He's been treating me well.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Oh shit! And Montoya too if he is starting. He's been treating me well.

Red Light Ricky will be in goal. Boston is his hometown. It was a no brainer for Capuano.

 

[beantownmaniac]

Gallery Gods winner-Shawn Thornton
Elizabeth Dufrayne winner- Tim Thomas
Jonh Bucyk winner-Andrew Ference
#3 star winner-The beast-Milan Lucic
#2 star winner-Patrice Bergeron
#1 star winner-Tim Thomas

 

[beantownmaniac]

GAME ON!!!

 

[SLY]

Im at work, keep me updated bro

 

[beantownmaniac]

2 man advantage for 2 minutes

 

[SLY]

Wow, what the fuck is wrong with the Sox?

 

[SLY]

2 man advantage for 2 minutes

WHOO!!!!

 

[beantownmaniac]

Couldn't even score on a 5 on 3

 

[IPostedWhat]

Couldn't even score on a 5 on 3

It's called Vacouveritis.

 

[SLY]

Couldn't even score on a 5 on 3

We gotta win at least 2 of our last 3 just to show some life going into the postseason. I mean, its not a must, and I am sure these guys can kick it into high gear in the playoffs, it would just be nice to go out with a couple wins. That loss to the rags was not cool.

 

[beantownmaniac]

THORTON SCORES WITH 1 TENTH OF A SECOND LEFT ON THE CLOCK!!!!!

 

[SLY]

WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!