Game Thread: New York Islanders @ Carolina Hurricanes Apr 20 2024 5:00 PM
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| Time Clock |
|:–:|
|Final
| Teams | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
| NYI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CAR | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
**Scoring summary**
| Period | Time | Team | Strength | Description |
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–|
| 1 | 01:35 | CAR | PP | [Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) Wrist, Assists: Martin Necas (1) Brady Skjei (1) ](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6351331722112)|
| 1 | 08:20 | NYI | Even | [Kyle MacLean (1) Snap, Assists: Anders Lee (1) Alexander Romanov (1) ](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6351330914112)|
| 3 | 03:44 | CAR | Even | [Stefan Noesen (1) Backhand, Assists: Brady Skjei (2) Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) ](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6351335747112)|
| 3 | 18:28 | CAR | Even, EN | [Martin Necas (1) Snap, Assists: Brett Pesce (1) Jack Drury (1) ](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6351336163112)|
**Penalties**
| Period | Time | Team | Type | Min | Description |
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–|
| 1 | 01:22 | NYI | MIN | 2 | Anders Lee holding against Brady Skjei |
| 1 | 10:45 | CAR | MIN | 2 | Andrei Svechnikov high sticking against Alexander Romanov |
| 2 | 05:29 | NYI | MIN | 2 | Matt Martin delaying game puck over glass |
| 3 | 11:28 | CAR | MIN | 2 | Stefan Noesen high sticking against Mike Reilly |
| 3 | 13:27 | NYI | MIN | 2 | Kyle Palmieri slashing against Jaccob Slavin |
| Team | Shots | Faceoff % | Blocked Shots | Hits |
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
| NYI | 34 | 41.38 | 21 | 17 |
| CAR | 26 | 58.62 | 13 | 23 |
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36 Comments
Definitely can beat em
They dive so much I hate it
We looked good for most of the game
Canes like to flop – we can beat them
📯 I’m often critical of this team. Probably overly critical at times.
Straight up, the better team lost this game. If the Isles play like this all series, they’ll win it.
(Btw I put the horn at the top so Canes fans know to cheer)
They took their chances better. Simple as that.
Come back in Game 2, and bring it back to the island
If the shitty pp goal at the start of game didn’t happen and the lucky bounce in the 2nd. We wouldn’t have needed to pull in the third. It would be realistically 1-0, isles.
I know people are gonna laugh at butchie saying they should go to the locker room feeling good but I agree completely they need the puck to bounce their way
Ugh fine… Isles in 5
Played well. On to monday
What should we call them, the flopicanes or the leprecanes?
Series far from over but if they’re going to flop it going to be hard to beat the refs
🐬🐬🐬
All in all a good game from the Isles, I just don’t know how you stop that diving bullshit.
You can’t stop playing physical but they going down like a sniper shot them.
God that pisses me off more than anything. Just play hockey.
refs let it be known they will coddle the Canes. we played so well and physical. this game came down to three things. goalies standing strong. refs making a shit call and no call leading to a goal against and a stolen goal for.
This just leaves such a poor impression when a good game is ruined by the outcome coming from weak calls all going one way
Of course that flop determined the game. Very annoying.
That needed to be the game you steal. They played well.
So many missed chances, reminded me of game 6 vs them last year.
Their goalie looks incredibly shaky on rebounds. I’m sure the boys will learn a lot from this game and turn it around
That was a rough one to lose.
They flop so much cause they know they’re gonna get calls, cause when they don’t get calls BrindAmour just bitches and yells at the refs and complains in the post game presser
Rough to see the pipes beat the Isles. Lady Luck was with Carolina today. The Islanders looked better
We were the better team 5 on 5 except for about 5 minutes in the 3rd period. Don’t need to change a ton. Stay out of the box (hard when they’re getting calls on clear dives) and keep grinding.
As someone neutral on both teams watching this series for fun, I’m now fully rooting for you guys. Canes gifted 2 pp’s from obvious diving and overall just seem like a very soft team. Don’t get me started on that horn lol. Best of luck you guys can totally win this if it stays 5 on 5
Can’t even blame dobson that much for lacking physicality, he rushed back from an injury that is obviously still effecting him. He was basically inches away from tying in the 3rd too
The big positive takeaway tonight is that they did not at all look overmatched, or like they were playing a vastly superior opponent. 3 periods of what we saw in the final 40 minutes tonight gets the job done on Monday, I think.
I also was very pleased with how they adjusted to Carolina’s defensive intensity after the first period, so good on Roy and the boys for that. PK was much improved the last 2 times out as well. So let’s cross our fingers and see what the hell happens in game 2.
We were a total of about 5 inches away from being up 3-1 at one point. They can be beaten just need to keep playing our game
Really hate to lose that game, especially because that would have changed the course of the series. Varlamov had a mid showing and lost the duel to Anderson, so I think Sorokin gets the nod next game. It’s realistically lights out anyway if they drop the next one.
Barzal and Horvat were dreadfully bad and need to be better, but otherwise there’s a lot to build on there.
Isles played decently well. Andersen was very good, the Isles probably should have 3 goals at least
My take…
That was about as good an effort as we can expect.
If they play that way all series, it will go longer than I expect.
No other notes.
CAROLINA FLOPPERCANES
We can beat them, especially with Pageau back
Just keep playing that game. The calls and bounces will change.
Played well. Couple bounces go the other way they win
Neutral fan. You guys looked good. Had the better goaltending, really. Terrible dive.
Isles played a good game. Bummer of a loss