The Islanders went into the broken home of Buffalo tonight and made things look easy. The Sabres pretty much looked like a classroom of kids with a substitute teacher (Ron Rolston), no control and huge lack of effort. Not much happened in the 1st period besides 2 interference penalties on the Islanders which at least made them look a live. Nabby took control in the 2nd period making some real nice saves. The period finished with goals from Streit and Grabs. I missed most of the 3rd period tho while checking out the Rags losing to the Habs, I however saw the goals scored by Tavares and Mcdonald. I also have to mention ex-Sabre Joe Finley the gentle giant finally starting to become evil with giving Kaleta a facewash with that giant hand.
The frustration of Ryan Miller really showed in the final seconds of the game wanting to throw down with Matt Martin after Martin was pushed into Miller. He was the same guy that played out of his head 2 weeks prior in the state of the art Coliseum to lead the Sabres to a win against the Islanders. Things just keep getting worst for Buffalo, the short season is against them as well giving them less time to bounce back.
Even tho Jesus Christ wasn't on the Islanders bench they were able to get away with the 4-0 win. The biggest advantage they had was the Sabres struggle on the PP who went 0-6. They have only 2 goals in the last 46 times with a man advantage. The Sabres are off until Tuesday when they skate in Tampa vs the Lighting and the Islanders will face Carolina tomorrow night in Uniondale. Maybe Marty Reasoner can tie his career high with the Islanders and score a goal tomorrow, giving him 1 on the year. Tomorrow will give the Islanders a chance to become a .500 team, and who knows, maybe we will see Kevin Poulin in net tomorrow, a young 22 year old who spent last night in the Marriot across from the Coliseum.
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