One Year Ago
Tonight (2013): The Isles have also played only once at home on this date, and
it happened last season.
In what would
become a familiar pattern, the Isles built a 2-0 lead heading to the third,
only to fall 3-2 in a shootout to the
Columbus Blue Jackets.
Lubomir
Visnovsky and Matt Moulson scored the Islander goals; each also had an
assist. John Tavares had two helpers,
but Nick Foligno was credited with the tying goal when the puck was deflected
in off the Islanders' Peter Regin and then Cam Atkinson had the shootout winner
for the Jackets.
"I don't think we were bad," Frans Nielsen told Newsday's Arthur Staple. "We were maybe a little too open, trading chances, when we should have been tighter with the lead."
Visnovsky's goal extended an unusual streak –
a different defenseman has scored the first Islander goal on home ice in five
straight seasons, joining Mark Streit, James Wisniewski, Andrew MacDonald and
Travis Hamonic (the last Isles forward to score the first goal of the season at
home was Mike Comrie in 2008)
All-time, the
Isles played one October 5th game at the Coliseum, and finish with a 0-0-1
record on this date at 1255 Hempstead Turnpike in Uniondale.
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