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Whaddya know... play net front and score.

I'm calling game. It takes clean entries and net front. Neither of which the Canes are executing.

This is not good.

Closed.

Canes got caught below the goal line too many times last game. Too many opportunities for the Isles having a guy on the doorstep and Freddie having to make a huge save. NY wants to muck it up below the goal line and try to draw a d-man too deep or get just one more guy to bite down low and open up the crease. Canes try to play more offense down low and net front, it'll pull the Isles closer to the net and Carolina can get some easy entries. Otherwise, the Isles just clog up the middle like the Rags do and it works against the Canes.

As much as I think it could be Staal, Noesen or KK.... I'm going with Jack Drury. He took a puck to the nose late in Saturday's game, came back out with tampons in his nostrils and won the faceoff in the Canes D-zone. Puck went to the wall where Necas muscled it away from Dobson and scored the empty-netter. Isles are trying to rough him up a little, but he's been fighting right back.

Guentzel (re-sign) - Aho - Jarvis (re-sign) Svechnikov - Kuznetsov - Vet FA Martinook (re-sign) - Kotkaniemi - Fast Nadeau - Drury (re-sign) - Noesen (re-sign) Vet FA Slavin - Burns Orlov - Chatfield (re-sign) Skjei (re-sign) - Morrow Vet FA Andersen Kochetkov ------------------------- With the departure of Necas, TT and Staal retiring, there's plenty of cap space. The first domino is Guentzel, obviously. If he doesn't want to stick around, I think the priority then becomes Necas, TT or finding yet another goal scorer.

Pyotr will get a game in NY.

"That's why they get paid." "I'm not happy. We need to clean this up." Kuzy is all business.

Patrick Roy has done this team well. This ain't the same Islanders.

Jarvis is pissed he got sent down a line, and he crushed Dobson.

They had a very long O zone possession and the crowd got into it. Next shift Noesen scores.

Jarvis is the only guy on the top line who's playing a decent game.

Isles pushing hard. Slavo just saved a goal.

9 SOG almost halfway thru the 2nd?

PP guys, let's go.

Canes have had chances, just gotta get it into the net.

Svech went head high with his stick.

Svech with a bad penalty he didn't need to take.

Canes getting killed in the faceoff circle.

Popsicle still has a chance calling Freddie with the shutout Nobody called #92's number.

Varlomov never saw it go over his shoulder.

Kuznetsov!

PP less than 2 minutes in.

First goal is locked as of right now. 5:10PM