Condon is 4-0-1 with a 1.60 goals-against average this season and made 25 saves before allowing a goal in overtime of a 2-1 loss to Ottawa on Tuesday.
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It was an awesome moment for Cizikas, who has only scored 23 goals in 223 career games.
“The Islanders” vaunted fourth line of Cizikas, Martin and Cal Clutterbuck has six goals and seven assists this season, after combining for 24 goals and 24 assists a year ago. “Casey and Marty have been together here for years – we’re all capable of contributing the way we know how”.
The New Jersey Devils power play continues to cash in and Zajac has been the main beneficiary. “We take tremendous pride, we want to be the hardest-working line on the ice”. “We did a good job of being physical”. That’s what we need to do…. “It sounds cliché, but that’s just the type of players the three of us are”. “[The fourth line] brings a lot of energy every night”. Tavares was an active participant in practice on Wednesday, one day removed from the Islanders’ snapping a three-game winless skid (0-1-2) with a 2-1 triumph over Metropolitan Division-rival New Jersey.
“Disappointing not to get a point? Yeah”, Devils coach John Hynes said. “It’s another game, but one we easily could have had a point and probably could have found a way to get two”.
“We’ve gotten pretty confident in those situations”, Schneider said.
Despite an National Hockey League season-high 63 hits and a 34-24 shot advantage, the Islanders spent most of the game throwing single shots on Schneider and unable to crash and bang for more.
The Islanders improved to 7-3-3 on the season while the Devils fell to 6-5-1. Marek Zidlicky sent in a shot from the top of the left circle that Schneider stopped, but Nelson poked at the puck and it went in off Schneider’s blocker. “We”ve got to be better five-on-five when the special teams are really clicking like they have been.”.
“There’s just too much continuity with that line”, he said. “I don”t expect him to be back with us for a little bit.”. They chip in offensively. They’re going to give us the big goals, and they’re timely goals.
The fourth line, noted more for its tough, defensive style than its offensive prowess, has already produced 13 points (six goals, seven assists) this season.
“He”s still not feeling well,” Jack Capuano said after the team practiced without Tavares at IceWorks on Monday.
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Tavares still leads the club with 11 points in 10 games, but he hasn’t played since October 29 and is a definite maybe for Thursday’s contest in Montreal.
