NEW YORK -- New York Islanders coach Jack Capuano asked for more than just
offence from his top line when they took on the rival New York Rangers.
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Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo were also being counted on to slow down sizzling
Rangers forward Rick Nash. That plan didnt go so well early. Nash scored twice
in the first period, but the Islanders erased a two-goal deficit for the second
straight day and beat the Rangers 5-3 on Tuesday night. "There was a time during
the first period that I was going to probably break that line up," Capuano said,
"but I wanted to see how they handled it. I thought they responded as the game
went on and did a good job." Nash didnt do any more damage, Vanek scored the
tiebreaking power-play goal with 4:38 left, Tavares had three assists, and
Okposo added two as the Islanders won for the ninth time in 11 road games. The
Islanders have won two of the first three meetings with the Rangers. The teams
will play twice more in the next 10 days, including outdoors at Yankee Stadium.
"Division games are huge this time of year. Its nice to beat these guys,"
Tavares said. "They got those two early goals, but I think for the most part we
were the better team. We did a good job ... and finished off the game. Big win.
Character win." Vanek capped the comeback as the Rangers were trying to kill a
penalty for too many men. Colin McDonald and defenceman Thomas Hickey scored in
the second period to get the Islanders even. Matt Martin scored a rare goal in
the first, and Frans Nielsen added an empty-netter. Kevin Poulin made 30 saves
in front of a nearly full crowd on a snowy night in New York. "The secondary
guys came up big," Capuano said. "Our top line struggled a little bit in the
first, but they came around. Your best players have got to be your best players.
We were fortunate with that break with the too many men, but we were able to
capitalize." Nash posted his second straight multigoal game, and Chris Kreider
added a goal for the Rangers, who had won three in a row. Cam Talbot made 32
saves while subbing for Henrik Lundqvist, who missed the game due to illness. It
was the first time in eight games the Rangers allowed more than two goals. "We
wanted the two points, and we put ourselves in a good position to get them,"
Nash said. "We didnt get the job done." The Rangers pressed hard in the final
minute after Talbot was pulled for an extra skater, but couldnt tie it. Unlike
Monday in a 4-3 shootout win at home over Philadelphia, the Islanders didnt wait
until the third period to tie it. "It was a good win," Capuano said, "but weve
got a stretch coming up where weve got to make sure that were focused and were
committed and doing the right things." After Kreider restored the Rangers
two-goal lead at 9:34 of the second with a power-play goal, Hickey began the
comeback with his fourth of the season off a perfect feed from Okposo with 6:38
left in the period. Just 3:14 later, McDonald got to a rebound off a hard shot
by Tavares and fired a drive that beat Talbot for his fourth of the season to
tie it. "Youre up 3-1 and you think maybe you can get through the period and
play a good solid third, but we didnt," forward Brad Richards said. "We made
some mistakes. Some nights other teams will capitalize, and some nights you get
away with it. We didnt get away with it." For the second straight game, Nash
struck quickly and gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead. Nash took a pass from behind the
net from Kreider and wristed a shot past Poulin at 1:02 -- 8 seconds faster than
Sunday when he put New York in front against Washington. The Islanders put lots
of pressure on the Rangers in their end, but couldnt get a shot past Talbot.
When Okposo failed to cleanly handle a pass near the right circle, Rangers
defenceman Dan Girardi spotted Nash alone at centre ice and sent a pass to him.
Nash received the puck with his back to the Islanders net, and quickly turned up
ice and came in on a breakaway. Nash shifted the puck several times on his stick
before sliding a shot in at 11:07 for his 16th of the season, fifth in three
games, and ninth in nine games. The Islanders got one back with 2:38 left in the
first when Martin took a pass in the slot from Tavares and scored his third of
the season. NOTES: Martin went 38 games without a goal, dating to Nov. 1 at
Ottawa. Hickey netted his first in 12 games, dating to Dec. 29 at Minnesota. ...
Nash netted the winning goal in the previous four games in which he scored. ...
The Rangers signed G David Leneveu to back up Talbot.
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. Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday.
George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled
back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up.Got a question on rule
clarification, comments on rule enforcements or some memorable NHL stories?
Kerry wants to answer your emails at cmonref@tsn.ca! Hello Mr. Fraser, In the
Leafs and Pens game Wednesday night, it appeared that Evgeni Malkin pushed Leaf
netminder Jonathan Bernier into the net before putting the puck in. Should this
have been called goaltender interference resulting the goal being
disallowed? Thank you!Andrew Shirtliff --- Hello Kerry, Was the game-tying goal
by Malkin a good goal in your opinion? It looks like he pushed Bernier into the
net with his forward motion before slapping the puck in the net. Not sure what
the rule book says here and would like some clarification. Thank you! Ryan
Sneek, Toronto Andrew and Ryan (and a vast multitude who submitted a question on
this same play, I thank you), Evgeni Malkins game tying goal should have been
disallowed by the referee(s) on two counts. (i) The puck slid under the pad of
Leafs goalkeeper Jonathan Bernier as he established a butterfly position and
made the initial save on Sidney Crosbys skate to stick redirection at the top of
the crease. The puck remained trapped under Berniers pad (did not continue to
slide toward the goal) constituting not only a "save" but a frozen puck with
players crashing the crease. The whistle should have been blown to stop play in
this instant or at the very least "intent to blow the whistle!" In fairness, a
quick whistle was an unlikely option since the referee in the corner had a
severely obstructed view looking through the backs of Crosby, and Leaf
defendders Paul Ranger, Carl Gunnarson and Nazem Kadri.
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violation of rule 69 - Interference on the Goalkeeper. (ii) Rule 69.3 states,
"If an attacking player initiates contact with a goalkeeper, incidental or
otherwise, while the goalkeeper is in his goal crease, and a goal is scored, the
goal will be disallowed." (See also 69.6 - In the event that a goalkeeper has
been pushed into the net together with the puck by an attacking player after
making a stop, the goal will be disallowed) Evgeni Malkin used his stick
intentionally and deliberately to push Berniers pad off the covered puck and in
the process deposited both Bernier and the puck into the net. A conference
should have been conducted by the four officials (standard operating procedure)
and concluded from their various angles that goalkeeper interference had
occurred and Bernier and the puck were illegally deposited into the net. While a
minor penalty could have resulted to Evgeni Malkin for his deliberate and
intentional contact with Jonathan Bernier (69.2) an argument could be made that
Malkin was digging for what he thought to be a loose puck and no penalty would
result. Either way (penalty or not) a clear violation of goalkeeper interference
took place and the goal should have been waved off. This dirty goal is just
another example for the ongoing need to allow the referee(s) to conduct a video
review when goalkeeper interference is suspected. If a Coachs Challenge was
allowed, Randy Carlyle would have rightly tossed the flag instead of just
blowing a gasket to no avail.
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