Isles Get a Point, Still Drop 4th Straight
December 6th, 2007 by murph
Couldn’t watch the game last night, but I caught the highlights on the NHL Network this morning. Which by the way, has become a staple of my morning routine now. Wake up, turn on the NHL Network, get ready while peeping all the highlights from the previous night (how about that Devils’ comeback last night?). Highly recommended.
What’s not recommended however, is letting Atlanta score TWO shorthanded goals last night. That’s about as ugly as it gets. Trent Hunter’s powerplay goal in the third earned the Isles a tie though, giving them 28 points on the season so far, good enough for 8th in the Conference right now. The Isles PP struggles continue with a 1/7 performance. The Isles’ PK gets some love, shutting Atlanta down on 9 chances last night.
Vasicek rang the post in OT, but Ilya Kovalchuk’s goal in round 3 of the shootout gave Atlanta the extra point. Guerin and Satan were stopped for the Isles - anyone remember when Satan was money in the shootout? I know we’ve only had two shootouts this year, but it just seems like years ago when Satan was nearly unstoppable for us in the shootout.
Coach Nolan was less than impressed with the team’s performance last night.
“It’s surprising,” coach Ted Nolan said. “We talked about it before going out for the third period. We just can’t do those type of plays from those type of players. Certainly, things are going to happen once in awhile, but Comrie gave it away twice on the same play. We just can’t have that.”
“Maybe we shouldn’t have gotten the one point,” an unhappy Nolan said, shrugging. “Giving up opportunities when you’re on the power play is doubly bad.
Tom Says
3 Goals!
Dec 6th, 2007 at 5:39 pm