Islanders Vs. Rangers: Islanders Put Dent In Rangers Playoff Hopes With 6-2 Win

The New York Rangers at least found the first goal and the last goal of the game against the Islanders. Unfortunately for them, the Islanders found the six goals in between to defeat the Rangers 6-1. Vinny Prospal got the scoring started at the 14:25 mark of the first period and that was the only goal of the game through the first twenty minutes.

The Islanders started to find their scoring touch at the 3:25 mark of the second period. Blake Comeau scored off a rebound and then Radek Martinek scored 33 seconds later. The Islanders rested a bit before scoring two goals in a matter of 1:16 from Joe Joensuu and PA Parenteau. The Islanders finished the second period with a 4-1 lead. The Islanders then scored two more times in the third period, one goal from Matt Moulson and the other from Trevor Gillies, his second of the season. The final Rangers goal came with 14 seconds left in the game, from Brandon Prust.

The New York Islanders found their offense in the second period with four goals against in their matchup against the New York Rangers on Thursday night.

Blake Comeau got the scoring started in the second at 3:24. Comeau picked up a rebound from a Josh Bailey shot and put it past Henrik Lundqvist. Radek Martinek scored 33 seconds later to give the Islanders a 2-1 lead. The Islanders offense took a break until Joe Joensuu scored at the 13:28 mark of the second period. PA Parenteau scored 1:16 later in the second to give the Islanders the 4-1 lead they finished the period with.

In the final Battle of New York, the New York Rangers have taken an early 1-0 lead in the first period against the Islanders. The Rangers goal came from Vinny Prospal who scored with 5:35 left in the first period. The assist came from Marion Gaborik.

The storyline that will ultimately follow this game is the boarding penalty that Rangers’ forward Marion Gaborik took on Franz Nielsen. Gaborik took a bad boarding penalty on Franz Nielsen in which Nielsen was playing the puck along the boards and Gaborik leveled him with his shoulder. Gaborik received a double minor, two minutes for boarding and two minutes for roughing in the scrum that ensued afterwards. The hit is the type of hit that the league is looking to get rid of and the league should take a look at it again.

Game time is 7 p.m. Eastern. For more information on this game please visit our Rangers site, Blueshirt Banter, and our Islanders site, Lighthouse Hockey.