Matthew Schaefer, what can you say? Ye gods, that kid. My Bossy, our luck. His performance last night, on another high-minutes night after Ryan Pulock left early with an injury, was astounding.
Even accounting for his one(?) mistake that led to the equalizing goal, he had another dominant night on up through the OT finish that just had me shaking my head.
Overall it was really strong, gutsy effort in a tight game against a very good team. When the Wild scored on the first shift with their dominant
top line, it looked like it could be a long night. In the end it was a long night, but not in that way. The Islanders made it hard on the hosts, and eventually came away with the extra point.
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Islanders News
- Returning to Minnesota reminded the Islanders players of how much fun they had at the Anders Lee pond hockey game last year. They miss him. [Newsday]
- Matthew Schaefer is a cyborg who never tires. [Newsday | Post]
- Ryan Pulock left early with an injury. [Post]
Elsewhere
- Dylan Larkin is now sitting out, with ol’ pal Pat Brisson saying he’s “had enough of the situation.” The Red Wings have thus suspended him and interim GM Shawn Horcoff will field your calls. [NHL | Sportsnet]
- The Larkin situation is one of a few messes the Red Wings find themselves in. [TSN]
- Barry Trotz spoke with Alex Ovechkin on the Putin hostage prop’s last visit to Nashville. [NHL]
- Matt Rempe could be the answer to Mike Babcock’s…prayers? And various other more interesting trade rumors around the league. [Sportsnet]
- Steve Staios is shopping for scoring. [TSN]
- Man, Bill Guerin has lost the narrative on this Quinn Hughes situation. [Sportsnet]
