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