Last Night's Action: Hockey Night

Photograph of the Canadiens' Matt D'Agostini, left, is sent flying after running into Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist from the AP

Montreal 6 Rangers 2: It only took 24 hours for the Rangers to lose their momentum again. Then again, maybe they were a bit tired from Wednesday night’s win. Whatever the reason, they made far too many mistakes and gave up way too many chances in their own end. A lesser team might have been unable to capitalize on those mistakes, but Montreal is a good team and they pounced all over them. They jumped out to a 4-0 lead and they cruised home to an easy win, blitzing Henrik Lundqvist with 39 shots in the process.

Devils 3 Philadelphia 2 (Overtime): New Jersey tied things up late in the third thanks to a goal from Patrik Elias and then he provided the game-winner in overtime.,

Washington 5 Islanders 2: The Islanders made a nice comeback, battling back from a 2-0 deficit, but the Capitals blew things open with a three-goal third period.

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By Peter Trinkle in News on December 5, 2008 12:16 AM

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EricGewiz

The Isles aren't "entirely" inexperienced, though they are mostly. They've really been hit hard by injuries to big players in the early part of the season: DiPietro, Sillinger, Witt, Sutton, Martinek. And then youngsters, too: Okposo, Nielsen, Bergenheim, Tambellini.

It's going to be a looong season as always for the Isles. At least MacDonald in goal is a bright spot for the first two periods of every game.

whitecastlerock

Anytime I watch the Islanders it seems like the other team has 8 skaters. 5 of those skaters are always in front of the net....

EricGewiz

The Isles need to lobby with the league to eliminate the Third Period. If they could do that, they'd be a more than satisfactory club (not that they play satisfying nowadays anyway....)