It was lauded as a matchup between the 1st and 3rd overall picks in this past years draft but it was the great goaltending (again) of Dwayne Roloson and the clutch goal by Kyle Okposo that was the story as the Islanders defeated the Avalanche by a score of 3-2.
New York climbs back to 500 with the win and also welcomed back Rick DiPietro who dressed and backed up Roloson. Would not be suprising to see DiPietro get the start Friday night in Dallas.
Rob Schremp scored a truly highlight reel goal by catching a puck and batting it out of mid-air. Jon Sim also scored for New York.
John Tavares was again held pointless and did not register a shot on goal but he did work hard and setup Okposo with a nice one timer that was stopped by Avs goalie Craig Anderson. JT also got ice time in the last minute indicative of the his competency in all three zones tonight. Matt Duchene was held scoreless for the Avs as well but did have several glorious chances that he was unable to finish.
Off to Dallas.
Game Stats:
+1/ 16:02TOI/ Faceoffs 5-5
Links:
DiPietro on bench as Isles top Avalanche
Avalanche's heralded rookie Duchene takes on Islanders'counterpart Tavares
Tavares going through some rookie growing pains
TAVARES SIGNS AT MODELL'S
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