![]() ![]() Shot attempts were 10-1 for the Lightning when Pageau, Zajac and Palmieri were on the ice. He was uncharacteristically demolished in his five-on-five matchup against Yanni Gourde’s line. Pageau was struggling even before his penalty-killing shift late in the first period. I expect him fully to be in the next game.” “So when they got their fourth goal, I basically just said, you know what, he's going to be fine for the rest of the series, I'm not going to put him in any more danger. “He just tweaked something,” Trotz insisted. The matchup centre appeared to be favouring his left side, possibly due to a groin injury.Īny Pageau injury could be a series-changer, especially as the teams head to Long Island where Trotz would likely exercise his last change by matching Pageau and wingers Zajac and Kyle Palmieri against Kucherov’s line. The Islanders’ leading post-season scorer and arguably their best player in the playoffs, Pageau laboured off the ice late in the first period after accelerating to reach a lead pass from Travis Zajac on a shorthanded rush. It got about as much attention in the Islanders’ post-game press conferences as backup goalie Ilya Sorokin’s seven-minute relief appearance in the first period, but outstanding two-way centre Jean-Gabriel Pageau played only four shifts in the second period and three in the third - and not at all in the final 13:32. Obviously, you guys know there were too many men on the ice they had seven guys. “The second goal, that one hurt quite a bit because now if they get the third one, there's a little bit more separation. “We knew a very good hockey team (in Tampa) was going to have a very desperate push, and I really felt we were in good shape,” Trotz said of the first two periods. Lightning defenceman Jan Rutta, who had been pointless in the National Hockey League playoffs and hadn’t scored a goal of any kind in 19 months, took advantage of a failed clear by Anthony Beauvillier to make it 3-1 2:16 into the third period and the Islanders unsuccessfully chased the game from there before losing 4-2. The Islanders weren’t the same team after the goal at 13:15 of the middle frame. Naturally, New York coach Barry Trotz was furious at the non-call after reviewing the play on his iPad. Laurent, as well as linesmen Ryan Gibbons and Michel Cormier. But Game 2 got away from them late in the second period when the Lightning’s Ondrej Palat broke a 1-1 tie while half the Tampa lineup seemed to be on the ice behind Palat and Nikita Kucherov, who set up the goal.Ī fairly obvious too-many-men penalty was missed by referees Dan O’Rourke and Francois St. With house money already pocketed after winning Game 1 of their Stanley Cup semifinal, the Islanders had a chance to break the bank on Tuesday by taking a 2-0 series lead on the road against the defending champions. The Tampa Bay Lightning didn’t let a blown call beat them. ![]()
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