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Update 5 - Isles Fall in Overtime

November 26th, 2007 by Tom

Richard Park’s shorthanded goal in the second period has put the Islanders up 1-0 over the Dallas Stars tonight. The game just reached the midpoint of the second period.
Park scored when Sergei Zubov pinched on a power play and the puck was cleared to the Stars’ blueline. Park easily beat all skaters to the puck, including keeper Marty Turco, and put a backhand right into the open net. It was Park’s eigth career shorthanded goal.
Moments later, Park was the first to a loose puck again. This time Turco got the better of Park, clamping down on a slap shot towards the top right corner.

It’s the first time Dallas has visited the Island in four years, according to Howie Rose. Normally, the Stars are scheduled to visit the Coliseum once every three years. The extra year is due to that little strike they had a few years back.

We’ll keep you posted as the game continues.

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Mike Modano just beat DiPietro to tie the score at 1 with about seven minutes to go in the second. That guy just keeps on producing.

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With 15:30 left in the game, Chris Simon redirects a pass right at the crease and raises his arms in celebration. Comrie follows suit. No red light. No siren. Refs review the play and it turns out Turco made a heck of a save, trapping the puck between his legs. Two minutes later, a Zubov cross in the Isles’ zone deflects off of Sillinger right to Jeff Halpern at the side of the net. Halpern beats DP for the go-ahead goal.

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With about three minutes left, the Isles go on the power play. They were unsuccessful on three previous man-advantage situations. Berard fires a shot from the point. The puck is blocked and goes to Bergeron at the blueline. Bergeron fires. Turco makes the save. Satan is there to put in the rebound! Tie Game! That goal was typical Islander power play scoring. Work hard and gain the advantage in position and get the shot off. Rarely pretty, often effective. 2-2. I wonder how hard Dallas will play the rest of the way. They might just want to get out of town with the one point for the regulation tie.

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We’re in overtime. Each team is assured of one point. I expect the Islanders to be very aggressive here.

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Well that was fast. The Stars took control right from the OT faceoff. Modano crashes the net for a rebound and puts it right past DiPietro for his second goal of the night. Dallas escapes New York with back-to-back 3-2 wins and six straight victories overall. The win also snaps the Islanders’ six game win streak against the Stars.

It was a pretty evenly played game. Stars were just more active in the brief (very, very brief) overtime. They get the win. Still, nice job by the Islanders skating with the Stars all night and fighting back for the tie when it looked like a regulation loss was in the cards.

Next up, Ottawa on Wednesday.

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