The Islanders have lost their second straight game to the Rangers in a home and home series. It seems like their offense didn't show up last night as they failed to get a good amount of shots on net. Shots on goal were 21-17 Rangers, most of the time the Isles not even hitting the net. That's certainly a problem.
Dwayne Roloson, the Isles starting goaltender, was the story for the Islanders tonight. Him and Rick DiPietro always give the Isles a chance to win and keep them in the game, giving up a few amount of goals, but the Islanders offense fails to find the back of the net.
In the orange and blues last 17 games played, they have lost 16, according to Philly.com. Also, the Isles have gone 0-32 on the power play. That isn't good. The Islanders need power play goals if they want to win. They have a hard time scoring on even strength already so the power play should help them out, but that's only if they do the right things on the ice and obviously, they're not. Coach Capuano stated:
"I'm not going to waste around with the same personnel. If guys aren't going to do it, other guys are going to play".
I really believe that the Isles should make a trade. They need guys that can be top tier talent up front and they don't have that. You might say when Okposo comes back, he'll help this team out but how is one guy going to make a difference? Enough is enough. When you lose 16 games in 17 with the one win against the Devils, the second worst team in the NHL right now, you need a change up front. Something needs to be done if the Isles want to be a factor.
Jon Sim had three penalties in the game. Two for goaltender interference (a questionable call as he clearly had been pushed into Henrik Lundqvist) and yet another one for his third of the game.
The Rangers two goals came from Marc Staal and Brian Boyle. When Sim took a penalty the Rangers were on the power play. Staal fired one from the point and passed a screened Dwayne Roloson. The Isles would pull Roloson with one minute remaining in the third and Brian Boyle wrapped the game up, hitting the empty net with under ten seconds remaining.
The Islanders will go back at it tomorrow night at the Coliseum vs Philadelphia. We all know the Isles aren't too great against them being the majority of the games, they loose. But it's a new season and hopefully these young Islanders can figure out a way to win. Watch out for the Isles fourth line...
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