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Islanders win fourth straight, beat Montreal Canadiens 4-1 as blizzard nearly postpones game
BY Denis Gorman
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Originally Published:Sunday, December 26th 2010, 10:18 PM
Updated: Monday, December 27th 2010, 12:21 AM
AS A COPIOUS amount snow covered Nassau County, one of the hottest teams in the NHL continued its ascent Sunday night.
Blake Comeau, Michael Grabner, P.A. Parenteau and James Wisniewski scored for the Islanders in their 4-1 win over the Canadiens at the Coliseum. Dwayne Roloson stopped 37 shots. Tomas Plekanec scored Montreal's lone goal. The Islanders have won four of five after having lost 20 of 21.
"Things are clicking," Wisniewski said. "I think we have a little more confidence in the way we are playing."
The win completed a bizarre day that started with some question as to whether the game would be played. The decision to carry on was made by the NHL despite arguments to postpone made by Nassau County and the team.
The Islanders posted a message to ticketholders on their website 21/2 hours before the game that it was on, but that fans who chose not to brave the blizzard could exchange the tickets for an upcoming home game. The announced attendance was 3,136, and was mostly pro-Canadiens.
Sunday night was the last time Montreal comes to Long Island this season, though the teams meet Feb. 10 at the Bell Centre.
While the Canadiens have the day off before playing the Devils Tuesday, the Islanders will be at the Garden tonight for a revival of their blood feud with the Rangers.
The Islanders did receive more encouraging news Sunday. Matt Moulson and Rick DiPietro participated at the morning skate and Moulson even played. He drew a cross-checking penalty on Scott Gomez and had two shots on goal in his first game after absorbing a violent hit from the Devils' Anton Volchenkov in the first period of the Islanders' 5-1 win Thursday in Newark.
"I felt good over the last two days," Moulson said after the early skate. "I think being away from everything was the best scenario."
DiPietro had been placed on the injured reserve last Tuesday with swelling in his right knee. He appeared fine skating and participating in the drills. Still, the Islanders are going to be cautious with DiPietro, who has only played in 27 of a possible 196 games dating back to 2008-09 season.
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