The Calgary Flames defeated the New York Islanders by a score of 2-0 at the Scotiabank Saddledome tonight in Calgary, Alberta.
Boxscore
CGY: 1, NYI: 0 - Curtis Glencross; Matt Stajan, Jay Bouwmeester
CGY: 2, NYI: 0 - Lee Stempniak; Alex Tanguay, Chris Butler
Notables
- The Islanders sent a true "B" squad for a one-night trip to Western Canada, and it showed. The only true veterans on the team tonight were Blake Comeau, Marty Reasoner, Evgeni Nabokov, Steve Staios, Jay Pandolfo, and Milan Jurcina. Reasoner, Staios, and Pandolfo wore "A"s tonight for the Isles.
- Nabokov played well, stopping 15 of 16 shots. He wandered out of his net a little too much, but overall had a solid debut for the team. It's highly doubtful Isles GM Garth Snow will be looking to make any sort of move at that position at this time.
- A kid contingent of Ryan Strome, Calvin de Haan, Matt Donovan, and Kirill Kabanov played in this game. Donovan and de Haan led the team in ice time with 23 minutes and 22 minutes, respectively. Strome and Kabanov each had over 15 minutes of ice time as well, including a few powerplay shifts.
- The Islanders could not escape with injury, this time being hit twice. Milan Jurcina went down with a strained groin and Rhett Rakhshani, fresh off a concussion, succumbed to a knee injury.
AT: I think most of us expected this outcome, but I think the most notable thing to take out of this was the decent play of Nabokov after worries of rust and predictions based on his poor play in Russia. With a defense that was not playing too well tonight, Nabokov took advantage of his opportunity and looked pretty solid. That's about the only thing you can take out of a game like this.
Next Game
The Islanders will play their fourth pre-season game of the season Friday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey against the Devils. Game time is 7:05 and it will be streamed in the New York area on the Islanders website.
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