New York islanders

The Islander will upset te sharks tonight and start to prove that this team is a playoff contender. I think everyone is overreacting to the shaky start. We all know what this team is capable of. We saw the entire second half last year under cappy. We all need to have a little more confidence in DP because when healthy he can turn into this team into a playoff team.
Let's go Islanders!

Islanders 2 Panthers 4 (en)

Islanders 1 Lightning 4

NHL network gets Islanders head coach Jack capuano's name wrong

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Picture from openin night

Love seeing sold out coliseum.

Game 5 Preview- Islanders @ Lightning

The Islanders are set to take on the Lightning tomorrow at 7:30. I will report line combos starting goalies, injuries and scratches as I receive them.

First Live chat Thursday night

We will have our first live in game chat on Thursday so set your reminders an join the conversation the game starts at 7:30.

Weekly rundown Islanders stats

This is the Islanders stats through the first four games. Tavares and Parenteau leading the way with 8 and 7.

New York Islanders Upcoming schedule

Here is a look at the next month an a half for the Isles

Game 4- New York Rangers 2 @ New York Islanders 4

The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers in front of 16,234 fans at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum yesterday afternoon by a score of 4-2. The Islanders got their second win of their season improving to 3-1-0 on the season with 6 points which is good for 6th place in the east in this very early 2011-2012 campaign the Rangers fall to 0-0-3 and still have 3 points after. The game got off to a solid start for the Isles. The Standout: John Tavares (Hat Trick) Goalies W- E. Nabokov(1-0) L- H. Lundqvist(1-1) The Road Ahead: The Islanders will meet the Tampa Bay Lighting on Thursday at 7pm

1st Period Recap- Islanders First Line Breaks out 4-1 Isles after 1

A great first period for your New York Islanders. The first line got their season opening jitters out of them and lit up Roloson for four first period goals.Tavares had 2 goals 2 assists. Stamkos had one for the lightning. The Islanders have been shooting, skating and passing well thus far and Montoya continues to prove why he should be the number 1 goalie. Let's hope they can continue this effort. Be back after the second Feel free to comment!

Starting Lineups Game 3- TB Lightning @ NY Islanders

New York Islanders Moulson-Tavares-Parenteau Grabner-Nielsen-Okposo Rolston-Bailey-Comeau Martin-Reasoner-Pandolfo Streit-Staios MacDonald-Hamonic Eaton-Mottau Montoya in Net Tampa Bay Lighting Purcell-Stamkos-St. Louis Downie-Lecavalier-Malone Connolly-Moore-Shannon Hall-Ritola-Thompson Hedman-Brewer Clark-Kubina Bergeron-Gervais Dwayne Roloson in net

Game 2- Islanders 2 WIld 1

The New York Islanders beat the Minnesota Wild in front of 11,278 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum yesterday afternoon by a score of 2-1. The Islanders got their first win of their season improving to 1-1-0 on the season with 2 points which is good for 9^th place in the east in this very early 2011-2012 campaign  the Wild fall to 1-1-0 and still have 2 points after.  The game got off to a solid start for the Isles. An early penalty sent the Islanders to the power play after establishing themselves in the offensive zone P.A. Parenteaushot one off the right pad of Backstrom which the rebound was sent back to Andrew MacDonald who rang one off the post and in for the Islanders first goal of the season. Later in the period Mark Streit connected with Frans Nielsen to give the Islanders a 2-0 game. Al Montoya played a great game and was later named the first star of the game.

NYI Goals                                                   MIN Goals

A.      MacDonald (1)                                                M. Cullen (2)

F.   Nielsen         (1)

NYI Assists                                                 MIN Assists

P.A. Parenteau (1,2)                                  B. Bulmer (1)

M. Streit (1)                                              G. Latendresse (1)

T. Hamonic (1)

Goalies

W- A. Montoya (1-1)                                             L- N. Backstrom (1-1)

The Good: The Islanders showed improvement from Saturday Nights game. They skated, passed, and had their forecheck was actually noticeable. The penalty kill was tremendous going 8 for 8.

The Bad: The Islanders need to cut down on the Penalties and the refs need to watch a little closer on some boarding liberties the Wild took

      The Ugly: 8 penalties is unacceptable. Plain and Simple

      The Road Ahead: The Islanders will host the Tampa Lighting on Thursday at 7pm

Game 1-Panthers 2 Islanders 0

This game was ugly. The Islanders were flat from the puck drop. The panthers scored twice in the first and that would be all. Cappy said the fourth line played the best (Reasoner, Martin and Pandolfo). I guess I'd agree with that frankly they all played lackadaisical and really didn't seem to at any point have the pep in their step most would have expected considering they were in front of a sellout crowd. Montoya was the only standout playing excellent in net.
JUSTIN'S POV: I personally believe the culmination of the Islanders not really playing together as a group thus far in the preseason.
The Islanders will need to step it up and come out skating on Monday and take it to the Wild.

Islanders Announce Assistant Captains; Goal Song Vote

The New York Islanders announced their A's today John Tavares, Kyle Okposo, Steve Staios and Brian Rolston will have the A on their sweaters this year.
The Islanders also have a 48 hour vote on this year's goal song.
Go to  http://islanders.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=73911&navid=DL|NYI|home to vote
 Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue and Crowd Chant by Joe Satriani seem to be the apparent front runnes with Hell Yea by Rev Theory (Blue Mountain State Intro) and Heaven Can Wait by Iron Maiden behind
Line Combos for Saturday's opener will be up probably Saturday at 7ish

Welcome Back!!! Yes, It is finally is October and that means It's Hockey Season

Just to recap what has happened this past summer thus far:
1. The Islanders Signed Michael Grabner to a 5 year deal
2. The Islanders signed John Tavares to a 6 year deal
3. The Islanders selected and signed Ryan Strome
4. The referendum for the new Coliseum has been voted down
5. Mark Streit was named the 13th captain of the Islanders
6.The Islanders also made key additions in Marty Reasoner and Brian Rolston
7. The Islanders signed both Jay Pandolfo and Steve Staios from tryout invitations
8. Gillies and Nieddereiter appear to be out until early next week
9. Nabokov showed up at camp
10. Chris Botta also moved on from IPB to write for the times
Best of Luck To CB!

The Islanders wrapped up training camp earlier today by making final roster decisions:
Here are the projected lines for the home opener saturday
Forwards
Moulson-Tavares-Parenteau
Okposo-Nielsen-Grabner
Comeau-Bailey-Strome
Martin-Reasoner-Rolston
Pandolfo-
Defense:
Streit-Staios
MacDonald-Hamonic
Eaton-Mottau
Jurcina
Goaltending
DiPietro
Nabokov
Montoya