The Jets play the second half of a New York back-to-back Wednesday, so good luck to them at the Garden. Almost four minutes later, Tavares scored the Islanders’ second power-play goal of the game by collecting the rebound of a shot by defenseman Marek Zidlicky and snapping it past Pavelec to make it 3-0.The Jets were shorthanded six times during the first two periods and were whistled for eight minor penalties.Scheifele got the Jets on the board with 4:19 remaining in the second period.
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With the loss, the Jets fell to 2-1-0 after three games on the road to start the 2015-16 season. Winnipeg has a pretty solid roster and a good balance of youth and experience but they play in a very tough Central division and will have to contend with the likes of St. Louis, Chicago, and Minnesota all season and landing a top three spot against those teams will be a tall task.
The Islanders are entering their first season at the Barclays Center – home to the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets since 2012 – after spending their first 43 years at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, 23 miles east of Brooklyn.
Stoll’s assist on Moore’s first period goal was Stoll’s first point as a Ranger since being signed as a free agent in the offseason to a one-year deal … right wing Kevin Hayes went to the Rangers’ locker room for a stretch of the first period after taking a huge hit from Columbus defenseman Jack Johnson.
In the third, Dustin Byfuglien got the Jets within one goal of Islanders, but they couldn’t get the equalizer.
Brock Nelson made it 2-0 on a wrist shot from the right wing at 6 minutes 46 seconds in the second after Tavares slid him the puck from the left side. “You could just tell we had a lot more familiarity, we seemed to be more in sync and were hungry on loose pucks”. “Pav played a great game”. I was so exhausted from the three games-in-four nights and travel that I could barely untie my skates.
Capuano said of Strome afterwards, “We talked with Ryan (Sunday), and he knows he had to pick his game up”. That’s where it made a big difference for us.
He and Kyle Okposo assisted on Ryan Strome’s power-play tally with just 12 seconds remaining in the first period to open the scoring. “You just go out and you play”, Capuano told Newsday regarding his words of advice to Berube, who made his National Hockey League debut against the reigning champs after being claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings less than a week before the season started.
“That’s one area I’m still trying to sort out is our power play personnel”, he said. “I think every team you play, any given night, you’ve gotta bring your best or else it’s gonna be tough to manufacture points”. Neither player has appeared in a game this season. The Isles experienced six power play opportunities this afternoon and were able to find the back of the net twice.
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Isle Have Another: There is still no indication when Jaroslav Halak, the Islanders’ projected starting goaltender who established a franchise record with 38 wins last season, will be between the pipes for New York. “I think we know what it takes to get it done, it’s just a matter of going out and doing it”.
