11:23 am: Okay, birthday boy Cal in the line-up and Conacher gets to sit. It's Halak facing Nabokov tonight
Anthony Santaniello …@AJ_Santaniello · 3h3 hours ago Capuano: (Bailey) has to keep playing with a 4th line mentality. If he does that, he's gonna be a big part going forward." #Isles
It’s Game Day for the Isles and the faithful are excited!
Pat Sadowski …@Sadowski24 24m24 minutes ago ITS ISLES GAME DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Isles take on the Lightning, LETS GET A WIN LETS GOO ISLANDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! #Isles #GetAWin #LetsGoBoys
DenISLE …@DenP77 2h2 hours ago Center Moriches, NY Really important game tonight! Bolts are tough, but certainly not unbeatable, need the A game!!! 60 min of all go ! #rockthebarn #isles
Kevin Dexter …@K_Dexter 9h9 hours ago With tonight's #NYR loss, #Isles are the only NY area Hockey, Basketball or Football team with a winning record.
IslesBlog …@IslesBlog 9h9 hours ago Tampa's post-game team speculating tomorrow's starter. All signs point to Nabby's Coliseum return. #Isles
From the Islanders website, there are a few notes from practice:
Capuano said he’ll be adjusting the top power-play unit to bust out of a 1-for-16 slump. The coach had Johnny Boychuk and Frans Nielsen practicing on the top unit.
A scouting report from Captain John Tavares:
“[Nikita] Kucherov is a real tricky player,… Tavares said. “He's got some great hands. He's very creative. [Tyler] Johnson is just a very underrated, smart player. He always seems to be in the right spot, very high hockey IQ and, obviously, can produce. Those couple guys can make a lot of plays and on their back end, they just have guys with a lot of size who move the puck well."
Butch GoringVerified account …@91Butch #Isles Nhl allows 23man roster, team has 15 forwards,8 defensemen and 2 goalies. Depth is always a good thing but somebody is going to unhappy