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Game: 49 Maple Leafs at NYIslanders 7:00PM RSO

hockeyfan1

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                              When:  Tuesday January24th/2012
                        Time: 7PM EST
                        Place:  Nassau County Coliseum
                        Where:  Long Island, NY
                        Tv/Radio:  RSO, AM640



This is the second game of a home-and-home series between these two teams.  The Leafs defeated the Islanders Monday night at home at the ACC, by a score of 3-0, with Jonas Gustavvson earning the shutout.  The Leafs managed to shut down the Islanders leading point getter, John Tavares, who was on a 12 game scoring streak.

As for the Islanders themselves, apart from the "face of the franchise" John Tavares, forwards Matt Moulson and Pierre Parenteau, there isn't really much to excite Isles fans this season.  Considering that this club finished near the bottom of the Eastern Conference last season, the IslesNation was expecting at least an improvement in the team's overall play...and a nudge in the standings, too.  No playoff expectations yet, but getting there.  Well, much to the fans disappointment, this season has been anything but a success.  When a team can count on a few core players to provide offense while being weak down the middle, and when out of six only one can be called a decent defenceman, and when your goaltending situation has resembled a three (make that four) ring circus for much of the year --  injuries to Montoya, Nabokov (all healthy now), DiPietro out for season with hernia surgury, and Kevin Poulin the rookie backup -- all does not add up to much of a resurgence, if one could call it that, for this team.

The Maple Leafs did all the right things in last night's victory over the Isles, leaving the LeafsNation to wonder why this team cannot be consistent enough over the length of the season.  The Leafs, once occupiers of sixth spot in the East, have free-fallen of late into ninth place.  A streaky team no doubt, winning in bunches, then losing for same, it leaves a puzzling impression as to why certain Leaf players aren't contributing in the goal-scoring department the way they once did (such as in last season).  Ditto MacArthur, Kulemin (a more well-rounded player some say, but, where are the goals?!), Schenn's early season deterioration on the defence (sans his long-departed defence partner, the trusted and experienced Tomas Kaberle), the goaltenders Reimer (still not completely a hundred percent apparently) and Gustavvson, playing well of late, but, these two still don't instill that sense of complete confidence.  Something is still lacking somewhat overall with Leafs as a whole.


                                          Line-ups 
                                  Toronto Maple Leafs                                                                                                                                     
                                      Forwards
                              Lupul-Bozak-Kessel
                              MacArthur-Grabovski-Kulemin
                              Lombardi-Connolly-Kadri 
                              Crabb-Steckel-Brown

                                          Defence                                   
                                        Phaneuf - Schenn   
                                Gunnarson - Komisarek                                   
                                  Gardiner - Franson           

                                    Goaltenders                                   
                                    Jonas Gustavvson                               
                                    James Reimer                               


                             
                                  New York Islanders 

                                      Forwards                                 
                                  Moulson-Tavares-Okposo                             
                                  Bailey-Nielsen-Parenteau                               
                                  Rolston-Reasoner-Grabner                                 
                                  Martin-Wallace-Niedereitter 

                                            Defence                                 
                                    MacDonald - Hamonic                             
                                    Streit - Jurcina                                 
                                    Staios - Eatons

                                          Goaltenders                                 
                                        Evgeny Nabokov                                 
                                      Al Montoya   


                                                  Leaders                                           
                                        Toronto Maple Leafs       
                                      Goals:  P Kessel - 25 
                                      Assists: J Lupul - 31
                                      Points:  J Lupul - 51 

                                              Goaltenders                                     
                                      GAA:    J Gustavvson - 2.84



                                            New York Islanders   
                                    Goals:  M Moulson - 22 
                                    Assists: J Tavares - 29
                                    Points:  J Tavares - 48


                                              Goaltenders

                                      GAA:    E Nabokov - 2.85


                                              Injuries


                                        New York Islanders
                                        D Mike Mottau  Concussion                            IR
                                        G Rick DiPietro  Hernia surgery/swollen knee  IR
                                        F Mark Kalic      Dislocated shoulder                IR




                                      Toronto Maple Leafs
                                        D John-Michael Lilles  Concussion symtoms  IR
                                        F Colby Armstrong  Concussion                  IR









Statistical Sources:  Yahoo!Sports, ESPNNewYork, TSN, RSO




                                               
                                 
                                 




                     
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with washington playing boston sans Ovie...a win tonight puts us back in 8th

and if buffalo can somehow beat jersey in regulation the leafs could be in 7th
 
Stronger Than All said:
Zee said:
Stronger Than All said:
well here comes another loss...
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You're so negative man...
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Don't worry about it..... ;)
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Although I gotta say, not happy with this quickie game day thread, Leafs won last night on my thread, I was going to stick with the "win and you're in" mentality...
 
Kessel Run said:
Please don't be a let-down game.
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I doubt that.  Leafs know a win could get them back into the playoff spot AND it's the last game before the break.  They can leave everything out on the ice tonight, no excuses for not going hard.
 
My sense is that the Leafs will carry over last night's play, dominate from start to finish, and head into the All-Star Break with a 4-1 win.
 
Same result as last night, por favor.

And also, while I'm wishing, 2 goals for Kulemin.
 
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