At an 85 rating, Lindholm is the fourth best forward on the team. Most interestingly, Elias Lindholm’s primary position is listed as center, although its been a few years since he has consistently played that position. With the dominance of the Tkachuk/Backlund/Mangiapane line as weel as Backlund’s individual success last season, it’s inaccurate to have such a gap between the team’s top two centremen. After a poor season by his usual standards, Monahan posted a below average xGF% of only 48.0% and scored only 22 goals. Sean Monahan clocks in at an 86 rating (with elite potential), and Mikael Backlund at an 83. Brind’Amour said earlier Tuesday that Drury doesn’t have a concussion.Things are also interesting at centre.
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New York missed the playoffs last year and hadn’t scored in the first period of a playoff game since Nelson’s score at 13:30 of Game 2 in a seven-game series loss to Tampa Bay in the 2021 Stanley Cup semifinals.Ĭarolina forward Jack Drury didn’t play Tuesday after being was knocked early from Game 4 on a hard hit into the boards by Ryan Pulock. Yeah, it’s hockey, it happens.”Įngvall’s goal ended a nine-game postseason streak for the Islanders without a first-period goal. Obviously the guy was probably not aiming for my face either. “I just kind of didn’t know what hit me,” Aho said. He returned midway through the period after getting stitches. For me it was nice, it was right there and I was able to get a stick on it in the air and go in.”Īho eventually skated back to the bench while doubled over, then straight to the locker room. “(Engvall) with his speed and size kind of found himself in the slot with a little lane,” Nelson said. But the Hurricanes came up short on a night that included the Islanders successfully challenging a first-period put-away on Stefan Noesen’s one-timer for coming on an uncalled offsides as Carolina pushed into the zone with the man advantage. The Hurricanes certainly would’ve preferred to close this one out Tuesday considering how they’re grinding forward with an injury-depleted group of forwards - including top names like Andrei Svechnikov (season-ending knee injury) and Teuvo Teravainen (broken hand suffered in Game 2).Īho’s score off a behind-the-net feed from Seth Jarvis cut the deficit to 3-2 midway through the third period. Pierre Engvall got the Islanders a lead midway through the first period after getting a 1-on-1 shot at Raanta off Carolina’s failed clear, while Sorokin finished with 34 saves to lead the Islanders.Īho - who exited briefly after Nelson’s goal - and Paul Stastny scored for the Hurricanes, who were coming off a 5-2 win that ended an eight-game postseason road losing streak dating to 2021. Instead, New York sent the series back to UBS Arena for Friday’s Game 6. ShowBiz Minute: Met Gala, Writers' Strike, Paltrow We came in tonight and played a very solid hockey game and put everything on the line.” “That was no different coming into this evening. “We believe in one another, we believe in this group and what we can do and how we can play,” Islanders captain Anders Lee said. The Islanders trailed 3-1 in the best-of-seven series, but staved off elimination by scoring the game’s first two goals and never trailing while playing in front of a rowdy crowd eager to see the Hurricanes become the first team to advance to this year’s second round. That was enough to keep them alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs.īrock Nelson scored by knocking in an airborne puck that had bounced off the face of Carolina’s Sebastian Aho, and the Islanders added two goals following turnovers to beat the Hurricanes 3-2 on Tuesday night and extend their first-round playoff series.
(AP) - The New York Islanders were ready to capitalize, both on a bizarre bounce of the puck and mistakes by the Carolina Hurricanes.
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