Sunday game scores

[Cheese]

Day 125
1154 JACKETS 1 THRASHERS 1 (OT)
1155 HAWKS 3 RANGERS 7
1156 CANUCKS 3 LIGHTNING 4
1157 KINGS 7 ISLANDERS 6 (OT)
1158 DUCKS 2 DEVILS 1

[notoepik]

This losing 3-7 crap is getting old

[Mango]

Not impressed.

[Angelino]

Kings Win a Game

Long Island, NY - The Los Angeles Kings were able to snap their longest losing streak of the year pulling out a gutsy 7-6 overtime win in Long Island against New York. It was the first victory in 7 games. The story of the game was a brilliant performance by sniper Marian Gaborik who recorded the hat trick.

"It is always nice when you are able to put everything together on the ice. I have my teammates to thank for being able to record the hat trick. I just wanted to put up as many points on the board as I could tonight. With the way we have been allowing goals we could not sit back." said Gaborik, reflecting on the game in the vistor's locker room.

"Well a victory is a victory and we will take any we can get at this point. The clubs play has gone beyond dismal the past few weeks, but hopefully we can build on this and play stronger hockey going forward. The goalies have to regain their focus for us to have any chance at the playoffs, this is not the kind of play that will get you far in any league." said GM Sra on the teams recent fortunes.

It was also noted that GM Sra has blocked access to the Grotto and other "festivities" in hopes the team will be able to regain some focus in their last stretch of games.

Goalie Statistics
Martin Prusek (KIN), 4 saves out of 5 shots, W, 17-17-2
Felix Potvin (KIN), 20 saves out of 25 shots
Cristobal Huet (ISL), 8 saves out of 10 shots, L, 1-5-1
Tomas Vokoun (ISL), 24 saves out of 29 shots

Power Play Conversions
KINGS 1 for 3
ISLANDERS 1 for 4

Game Stars
1 - Marian Gaborik (KIN)
2 - Oleg Tverdovsky (ISL)
3 - Marcel Hossa (ISL)

[droopydrew19]

Bolts are on a 2 game winning streak.... I know its not much but we will take it

[HelloHockeyFans]

ISLANDERS LOSE IN OT


Felix Potvin misses a shot in the 1st period from the stick of Mark Parrish.

UNIONDALE, NY - The Islanders built up a 4-1 lead in the first period but after squandering the lead, ended up losing by a 7-6 score in overtime.

The Los Angeles Kings have been a real sore point for the Islanders this season. With the season winding down and a playoff race in the Gretzky Conference getting extremely tight, the Islanders probably wished they didn't have to play them again, but unfortunately for them the schedule-makers of the CPHL had the Isles face off against the Kings Sunday afternoon, and have them playing them one last time in a few weeks.

So far this season, the Isles have failed to register a victory against the Kings, who have dominated in each game, outscoring the Islanders by a 17-13 margin in five games played. During the season series thus far, the Isles have posted a 0-3-2 record against Hollywood's best.

Obviously, the losses are getting into their heads.

After building up a 4-1 lead in the first twenty minutes thanks to a goals from Jiri Hudler, Mark Parrish, and a pair from defenceman Oleg Tverdovksy, the Kings stormed back in front of a shocked crowd at the Nassau Coliseum in the second period to come within one goal of tieing the game.

With the score 4-2 in the second period, Marcel Hossa received a pretty pass from Jaroslav Bednar and wheeled his way past the Los Angeles defenders to finish off the play with a highlight-reel goal only Hossa is capable of.

A three-goal lead however, was apparently not enough, as the Kings came back once again in the third led by a pair of goals courtesy Marion Gaborik to send the game into overtime.

Once the game reached overtime, it appeared the Islanders were expecting the worse, and it materialized at 1:46 when Karlis Skrastins fired a one-timer past a screened Cristobal Huet to cap the come-from-behind victory.

In the loss, the Isles gained a point which is a positive, but likely doesn't sit all too well for a team which had a three-goal lead after the first twenty minutes.

Every point counts at this time in the season, and this is especially true for a team which is on the outside looking in.

The Isles will try to exact revenge tomorrow evening when they visit the Maple Leafs in Toronto.

[Sylvanfan]

Well the Devils continue to suck. At least we can score a goal though. Canada can't score.

[Cheese]

Thrashers tie one on in Georgia!

Lalime holds the fort in a tough 1-1 tie.

The Columbus Blew Jackets rode into Georgia and left after stealing a point with the Thrashers on Sunday afternoon.
In a sound defensive game both teams employed strong defence in preparation for the playoffs due to start in just over a month.
Both Manny Legace and Patrick Lalime were outstanding in their efforts today. Oli Jokinen and Darryl Sydor traded goals and neither team could punch one through in OT.

Goalie Statistics Manny Legace (JAC), 22 saves out of 23 shots, T, 11-20-3
Patrick Lalime (THR), 26 saves out of 27 shots, T, 45-15-2

Power Play Conversions
JACKETS 0 for 1
THRASHERS 0 for 3

Game Stars
1 - Patrick Lalime (THR)
2 - Manny Legace (JAC)
3 - Olli Jokinen (JAC)

Thrashers next game tomorrow night in Washington vs the Capitals

[Prototype]

Originally Posted by notoepik

This losing 3-7 crap is getting old

It's funny, but you get used to it pretty quickly.