Last Night's Action: The Streak Is Over!

Islanders 2 Devils 0: In a battle between two of the worst teams in hockey, the Islanders emerged with their first win since October. Rick DiPietro stopped 29 shots, 13 in the third period to snap the Islanders 14-game streak without a win. Jesse Joensuu and Rob Schremp scored for New York.

Rangers 3 Florida 0: Henrik Lundqvist had his best game in a long time. The King stopped 40 shots, including 16 in the final period as the Rangers were dominated in every area except the scoreboard. New York only managed 16 shots, but they made them count. Derek Stepan, Ryan Callahan and Brandon Prust all scored for the Rangers.

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By Peter Trinkle in News on November 27, 2010 12:07 AM

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jaycjay

"the Rangers were dominated in every area except the scoreboard."

No, the Rangers were dominated in one area: shots on goal.

The were 1 of 2 on the power play while Florida was 0 for 5. Rangers also had a shorthanded goal.

The Rangers were credited with 34 hits; Florida 21.

Rangers made no giveaways, Florida 3.

Florida had a slight edge, 4-2, in takeaways and in faceoff wins, 28-23. Neither of those spell domination.

There's a reason you don't get points for shots on goal. In fact, it's very common for the winning team to have taken fewer recorded shots, because there's a lot more going on in the game than that. The "domination" in hits is basically the stat that illustrates how the Rangers won this game.

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