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Isles climb out of basement to beat the Habs at the Bell Center
Montreal - Kyle Okposo scored in the fourth round of a shootout, lifting the New York Islanders to a 4-3 win Thursday over Montreal.
The Islanders came back to tie the game three times, never leading before Okposo snapped a shot that beat Alex Auld in the left side of the net.
"I picked a good shot to win it," he said.
Okposo was the only player to score in the shootout. New York goaltender Mikko Koskinen stopped all four shots at the other end for his first career NHL win.
Koskinen, a 22-year-old Finn who made his debut Tuesday in a loss against Toronto, had 10 saves in the third period of this one to keep New York in it.
"There was a great atmosphere and it was a lot of fun to win here," said Koskinen, who finished with 37 saves for the game. "I'm pretty confident with my shootout skills. We have that in the AHL and so I was pretty confident."
Michael Grabner had two goals and John Tavares also scored for the Islanders, who won for just the third time in eight games to climb past Ottawa and out of last place in the Eastern Conference.
Lowly Isles beat the Habs at home
Montreal - Kyle Okposo scored in the fourth round of a shootout, lifting the New York Islanders to a 4-3 win Thursday over Montreal.
The Islanders came back to tie the game three times, never leading before Okposo snapped a shot that beat Alex Auld in the left side of the net.
"I picked a good shot to win it," he said.
Okposo was the only player to score in the shootout. New York goaltender Mikko Koskinen stopped all four shots at the other end for his first career NHL win.
Koskinen, a 22-year-old Finn who made his debut Tuesday in a loss against Toronto, had 10 saves in the third period of this one to keep New York in it.
"There was a great atmosphere and it was a lot of fun to win here," said Koskinen, who finished with 37 saves for the game. "I'm pretty confident with my shootout skills. We have that in the AHL and so I was pretty confident."
Michael Grabner had two goals and John Tavares also scored for the Islanders, who won for just the third time in eight games to climb past Ottawa and out of last place in the Eastern Conference.
Lowly Isles beat the Habs at home
Hmmmmmmm, thought 'bout that for a few secs but I think it's because he's a skilled agitator that can throw opponents off their game + plays top pair minutes that really gets him lots of attention.
Think Avery but instead of yappin' for 10-12mins per game, he's on the ice 20-24mins a game in just about every situation PP PK Even PLUS yapping away at you the whole time. That's got to be F'ing irritating for every opponent. Like Avery, I don't think he can fight.
Typical BS bravado by the lgster. If it DOES happen, by all means feel free to brag - but you of all people should have learned by now not to brag about the future because the future never seems to be what you predict. Just look back at your hotshot predictions for the Leafs in at least the last two seasons, look back at all the bets you offered (although for reasons I'm sure you don't want to discuss, none of the bets ever took place - luckily for you, because you would have lost EVERY SINGLE ONE in spite of your bragging beforehand). Just look back at how you predicted Flyers in 6 over the Hawks in the final last year, while I correctly predicted Hawks in 6. Hey, everybody's right sometimes (so cheer up - one day in the future you will probably be right also) and everybody's wrong sometimes, but someone who's wrong as consistently as you should learn not to keep opening his mouth in advance.
In fact, neither. As always, I'm a Wings fan first and foremost. Also, as always, I can enjoy and respect talent on ANY team - in fact if the Leafs ever had talent, I might even respect it there.
I'm sure you've noticed that the Devils are on fire and are now in 27th, right behind the 26th place Leafs...and so I say AGAIN: Go Devils Go!
(Besides, you HAVE to be impressed by the AMAZING turnaround Lemaire has engineered. What a difference between Jacques Lemaire and John McLean - we won't even mention Ron "Mr. Not Quite Popular With NHL Players, Journalists, and Fans" Wilson!)
sorry brah, i call em as i see em and yes the habs got it handed to them vs. the bruins, big time! If nothing else, it should wake up gauthier on somehow someway obtaining some bigger forwards in the offseason, if not by the trade deadline.
I wasn't referring to your comments on the Bruins victory. I was referring to "like they will this Sat. night". If it happens, then brag...but UNTIL it happens don't be a big talker...because you usually just end up looking foolish. Wise people FIRST achieve something and THEN talk about it. That way they end up not looking like idiots if their prediction doesn't come true.
You be a fairweather fan if thats how you choose to be and i will be the type of fan and support my team the way i choose.. 
if ya dont like it, dont comment, simple.
if ya dont like it, dont comment, simple.You be a fairweather fan if thats how you choose to be and i will be the type of fan and support my team the way i choose..
Here's a suggestion (actually, two suggestions for the price of one): try READING what people write and then try WRITING something that actually makes sense.
Actually, here is a better suggestion, why not learn to take back what you love to give?, you might find yoursefl less angry, maybe ? I want full price for that.
Actually, here is a better suggestion, why not learn to take back what you love to give?, you might find yoursefl less angry, maybe ? I want full price for that.
Who's angry? What I feel for you is abject pity. I wish you the best.
LOL! Yea sure, and i am a wings fan!!!!!!!!!
Speaking of the Wings, there is a rumor going around they may be looking at getting JS Giguere... i wonder what Burke would get in return, maybe a draft pick? JSG wont likely be back next season anyways.
Speaking of the Wings, there is a rumor going around they may be looking at getting JS Giguere... i wonder what Burke would get in return, maybe a draft pick? JSG wont likely be back next season anyways.
Here is a good article about the game:
It was a throwback to the old days of the NHL--and we mean old. But what else would you expect from the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens? In a rivalry that’s lacked fire since the departure of some key villains over the past few years, these two Northeast counterparts separated by a mere two points heading into play, engaged in a good ole’ Adams Division match-up bolstered by nearly a century's worth of animosity.
Capped by 192 total minutes in penalties, and three different line-brawls of sorts, the thought seemed to be that the big and bad Bruins took advantage and bullied the undersized and finesse-based Habs. The classless, thug-like, and flat out disgraceful Boston squad turned a decided hockey game into a boxing match, yes? Wrong, because while the dust has settled this morning, these Habs are anything but innocent.
Matched up for the fourth time this season, for the Bruins, this one carried some emotional weight with it after Boston's continued embarrassment at the hands of the liberty-taking Canadiens.
Headlined by P.K Subban‘s huge open-ice hit on Brad Marchand in December that prompted the B’s irritant to sit out three games with ‘body soreness’, with the kerosene on the campfire coming on Max Pacioretty‘s shove to Bruins captain Zdeno Chara after scoring the overtime goal that capped an improbable Montreal comeback last month, the Bruins took this game personal.
It meant more than two points, and it meant more to them than just showing up to the rink for another installment of perhaps the NHL’s most historic rivalry. It was Boston’s final chance to establish any hopes of splitting a season series that has been all Habs with little push-back from the often-hostile Bruins.
However, while Boston was more than willing to answer the bell in every facet of this 8-6 contest, it was the ones sporting the ‘CH’ on their chest that decided to play the role of the kid who pokes the bully with no awareness of the ramifications such an action can produce.
And to put it blunt, the bullies got sick of it.
With Montreal’s agitation charge led by who else but Subban, and aided by guys such as Pacioretty, Travis Moen, and a few assorted cast members of the Canadiens, the fight-friendly Bruins quickly decided that enough was enough.
"He took a run at me there and I saw him coming, I ducked under him. But after that it was kind of game on and I wanted to hit him any chance I had and I know he was trying to come at me," Marchand said of Subban's play. "In a game like that where it’s getting pretty rough, guys start taking liberties with guys, and that was just part of the game."
Dubbed ‘Punk Kid’ by the Flyers’ Mike Richards, and considered to be one of the most arrogant players in the NHL, Subban’s act grew stale upon the Bruins until there was no where else for the exciting rookie to turn. In the face of a Boston player during each whistle, but hiding behind the referees or a teammate time and time again, Subban’s true bravery was shown when he was shoved by Boston’s Nathan Horton after an off-sides call.
In a decided game with time winding down and on the receiving end of a shove from Horton, who had been pestered by #76 all game long, the 21-year-old Subban dropped the gloves and did what he’s done best against the Bruins in his short NHL career--play the role of faux-tough guy.
Opting to take cover behind Hal Gill while he could, and then hanging on for dear life after getting in the grasp of both Adam McQuaid and then Milan Lucic in the scrum, Subban’s refusal to answer the bell didn’t expose a ‘bully’ side of the Bruins as professed by many, but rather a side of the club that tells everyone that these fraudulent acts aren't going to fly with this group of Bruins.
"We are going to stand up for one another," Lucic said after the game. "We are going to stand up to anyone and we want to be team-tough I think that is what we showed against Dallas and that is what we showed tonight."
Reinforcing their will when Andrew Ference continued the fisticuffs for the Bruins after a Moen post-whistle shoving bout that ended with the Boston blue-liner adding some punches to the fallen Moen, and concluding their night of punches in bunches when McQuaid took exception to an attempted slewfoot by Pacioretty in the Boston end, what advantages did the Bruins take upon the Habs?
Was it when Ference sent two shots down to Moen after he fell? Now if that's accusing the Bruins of being gutless, how do we play off Price's underhanded cross-checks to Lucic's back outside of the crease in the waning moments of the first period? How about Subban's persistent attempts to get under the skin of the Boston squad with post-whistle antics? Or Roman Hamrlik's shot at Thomas after the whistle had sounded with three minutes left to play?
Let's face facts, here. This wasn't a case of the Bruins bullying their undersized opponents, but merely a tougher team beating up on a team that wasn't prepared for what the end result of trying to match a gritty style would be.
Extending their divisional lead to four points over Montreal, exposing Subban and company's fraudulent tough-guy act, and out-muscling the Habs for the first time in too long, the Bruins did everything the way it should be done--with authority and brute force.
And while this will be looked upon in the box score as just another game in a rigorous 82-game season, this could the psychological edge the always-physical Bruins needed to establish over their fist-shy rivals.
It was a throwback to the old days of the NHL--and we mean old. But what else would you expect from the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens? In a rivalry that’s lacked fire since the departure of some key villains over the past few years, these two Northeast counterparts separated by a mere two points heading into play, engaged in a good ole’ Adams Division match-up bolstered by nearly a century's worth of animosity.
Capped by 192 total minutes in penalties, and three different line-brawls of sorts, the thought seemed to be that the big and bad Bruins took advantage and bullied the undersized and finesse-based Habs. The classless, thug-like, and flat out disgraceful Boston squad turned a decided hockey game into a boxing match, yes? Wrong, because while the dust has settled this morning, these Habs are anything but innocent.
Matched up for the fourth time this season, for the Bruins, this one carried some emotional weight with it after Boston's continued embarrassment at the hands of the liberty-taking Canadiens.
Headlined by P.K Subban‘s huge open-ice hit on Brad Marchand in December that prompted the B’s irritant to sit out three games with ‘body soreness’, with the kerosene on the campfire coming on Max Pacioretty‘s shove to Bruins captain Zdeno Chara after scoring the overtime goal that capped an improbable Montreal comeback last month, the Bruins took this game personal.
It meant more than two points, and it meant more to them than just showing up to the rink for another installment of perhaps the NHL’s most historic rivalry. It was Boston’s final chance to establish any hopes of splitting a season series that has been all Habs with little push-back from the often-hostile Bruins.
However, while Boston was more than willing to answer the bell in every facet of this 8-6 contest, it was the ones sporting the ‘CH’ on their chest that decided to play the role of the kid who pokes the bully with no awareness of the ramifications such an action can produce.
And to put it blunt, the bullies got sick of it.
With Montreal’s agitation charge led by who else but Subban, and aided by guys such as Pacioretty, Travis Moen, and a few assorted cast members of the Canadiens, the fight-friendly Bruins quickly decided that enough was enough.
"He took a run at me there and I saw him coming, I ducked under him. But after that it was kind of game on and I wanted to hit him any chance I had and I know he was trying to come at me," Marchand said of Subban's play. "In a game like that where it’s getting pretty rough, guys start taking liberties with guys, and that was just part of the game."
Dubbed ‘Punk Kid’ by the Flyers’ Mike Richards, and considered to be one of the most arrogant players in the NHL, Subban’s act grew stale upon the Bruins until there was no where else for the exciting rookie to turn. In the face of a Boston player during each whistle, but hiding behind the referees or a teammate time and time again, Subban’s true bravery was shown when he was shoved by Boston’s Nathan Horton after an off-sides call.
In a decided game with time winding down and on the receiving end of a shove from Horton, who had been pestered by #76 all game long, the 21-year-old Subban dropped the gloves and did what he’s done best against the Bruins in his short NHL career--play the role of faux-tough guy.
Opting to take cover behind Hal Gill while he could, and then hanging on for dear life after getting in the grasp of both Adam McQuaid and then Milan Lucic in the scrum, Subban’s refusal to answer the bell didn’t expose a ‘bully’ side of the Bruins as professed by many, but rather a side of the club that tells everyone that these fraudulent acts aren't going to fly with this group of Bruins.
"We are going to stand up for one another," Lucic said after the game. "We are going to stand up to anyone and we want to be team-tough I think that is what we showed against Dallas and that is what we showed tonight."
Reinforcing their will when Andrew Ference continued the fisticuffs for the Bruins after a Moen post-whistle shoving bout that ended with the Boston blue-liner adding some punches to the fallen Moen, and concluding their night of punches in bunches when McQuaid took exception to an attempted slewfoot by Pacioretty in the Boston end, what advantages did the Bruins take upon the Habs?
Was it when Ference sent two shots down to Moen after he fell? Now if that's accusing the Bruins of being gutless, how do we play off Price's underhanded cross-checks to Lucic's back outside of the crease in the waning moments of the first period? How about Subban's persistent attempts to get under the skin of the Boston squad with post-whistle antics? Or Roman Hamrlik's shot at Thomas after the whistle had sounded with three minutes left to play?
Let's face facts, here. This wasn't a case of the Bruins bullying their undersized opponents, but merely a tougher team beating up on a team that wasn't prepared for what the end result of trying to match a gritty style would be.
Extending their divisional lead to four points over Montreal, exposing Subban and company's fraudulent tough-guy act, and out-muscling the Habs for the first time in too long, the Bruins did everything the way it should be done--with authority and brute force.
And while this will be looked upon in the box score as just another game in a rigorous 82-game season, this could the psychological edge the always-physical Bruins needed to establish over their fist-shy rivals.
I'll let the Bruins fans respond to your usual nonsense. You must have drank too much kool-aid when you were a kid!
Maybe to better educate yourself, you could actually watch the games & then listen to the various talk shows on Mtl tv & radio. Not a single person i've been listening to since last night doesn't believe the Bruins kicked the Habs' butts severely. It was a major ass-woopin' by the mighty Bruins last night!
(Poor P.K....at times, he must have felt what it was like for his forefathers last night.....)
Yeah right ! here's the news about your article...
The Flyers will eliminate them as always like they did last year.
Coming back from 3 games I believe ?
Historic collapse I believe it was called !
Another one was 'Colossal collapse'.
Something only the Islanders and yes the Maple Leafs were able to achieve...but that was 70years ago.
So yeah.. why not praying for a psychological edge... every bit will count in order to forget the fact they didn't win since 1972.
Funny isn't it ?
Here's another one ! also 10 players ejected.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veX55rLYAgQ&playnext=1&list=PL2EBBD8B487236D55
We even have a tv serie recreating the good old time !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_série_Montréal-Québec
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