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Friday, 15 October 2010 07:03

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

When and where: 7 p.m., Consol Energy Center.

TV: FSN Pittsburgh, MSG Plus.

Record: 1-1-1, three points. The Islanders are in seventh place in the Eastern Conference and second place in the Atlantic Division.

Leading Scorer: Blake Comeau, four points (three goals, one assist).

Last Game: 2-1 road loss to the Capitals, Wednesday. Dwayne Roloson made 24 saves for the Islanders.

Last Game against the Penguins: 6-5 overtime home loss, April 11. Sidney Crosby had two goals and three assists for the Penguins.

Islanders Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Comeau. His first career goal came in a 4-2 road win at Mellon Arena, Dec. 21, 2007.

Ex-Penguins on the Islanders: Eric Cairns, player development; Mark Eaton (above), D; Matt Moulson, LW (Moulson was a Penguins draft pick but never actually played for the organization); Jon Sim, LW; Garth Snow, general manager.

Ex-Islanders on the Penguins: Arron Asham, RW; Mike Comrie, C; Dan Bylsma, head coach; Eric Godard, RW.

Useless Islanders Trivia Vaguely Related to the Penguins: Former Penguins forward Miroslav Satan holds the Islanders' career record for total shootout goals with 13.

Best Islanders Video We Could Find: When he was a member of the Islanders, former Penguins forward Bill Guerin - along with a few teammates - wanted you to have a clean dog:

Probable goaltenders: Brent Johnson (1-0-0, 1.00 GAA, .968 SV%) for the Penguins and Rick DiPietro (1-0-1, 3.84 GAA, .855 SV%) for the Islanders.

Injuries: For the Penguins,defenseman Brooks Orpik (groin) is day to day. Defensemen Zbynek Michaek ("upper body") is out. Centers Casey Pierro-Zabotel (finger), Jordan Staal (foot), right winger Arron Asham ("upper body") and defenseman Alex Grant (wrist) are on injured reserve. For the Islanders center John Tavares (concussion) is day to day. Defenseman Steve Wisniewski (We guess you could call this one "lower body") is suspended. Goaltender Manny Lawson (knee), right winger Kyle Okposo (shoulder), center Rob Schremp (back) and defenseman Mark Streit (shoulder) are on injured reserve.

Potential lines and defensive pairings:

-The Penguins did not skate with a full compliment of players yesterday. Their primary lines and defensive combinations Wednesday against the Maple Leafs were:

Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Pascal Dupuis
Eric Tangradi - Mark Letestu - Evgeni Malkin
Matt Cooke - Maxime Talbot - Tyler Kennedy
Eric Godard - Craig Adams - Mike Rupp

Kris Letang - Paul Martin
Alex Goligoski - Ben Lovejoy
Deryk Engelland - Andrew Hutchinson

-The Islanders' primary lines and defensive combinations against Washington were:

Blake Comeau - Josh Bailey – P.A. Parenteau
Nino Niederreiter - Doug Weight - Michael Grabner
Matt Moulson - Frans Nielsen - Trent Hunter
Trevor Gillies - Zenon Konopka - Jon Sim

Radek Martinek - Mark Eaton
Milan Jurcina - Mike Mottau
Andrew MacDonald - Jack Hillen

Notes:

-"We know we need to be better because 1-3 isn't good enough." - Craig Adams.

-"He could have three points right now if we hit an open net or it doesn't clang off the post for a guy he passes the puck to." - Dan Bylsma on why he benched Mike Comrie against the Maple Leafs.

-Bylsma wouldn't say if he's starting Johnson or Marc-Andre Fleury Saturday in Philadelphia (PG+).

-Welcome back Mark Eaton.

-The Penguins will be wearing their "dreaded" blue throwback jerseys. Buy bread and milk.

(Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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written by DEC, October 15, 2010 - 10:34 AM

Not to be a dork, but Sid had 2 goals and 5 points

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written by s_rorabaugh, October 15, 2010 - 10:38 AM

DEC +1 for the heads up.

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written by DEC, October 15, 2010 - 10:57 AM

No problem. Love the blog!

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written by nctarheel, October 15, 2010 - 11:10 AM

Crosby got the day off yesterday, he was a little dinged up in the preseason, and he has been struggling during games. Is the reason he is struggling that he is a little dinged up and is trying to play through the pain?

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written by entitynein, October 15, 2010 - 12:41 PM

Ex-Penguins on the Islanders: Eric Cairns, player development; Mark Eaton (above), D; Matt Moulson, LW (Moulson was a Penguins draft pick but never actually played for the organization); Jon Sim, LW; Garth Snow, general manager.

Richard Park?

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written by eman41, October 15, 2010 - 01:59 PM

He's playing in Europe this year, I believe.

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written by Strohs58, October 15, 2010 - 02:03 PM

Ugh the Powder Blue? 1-4 here we come. Those uni's just need to go away.

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written by entitynein, October 15, 2010 - 02:30 PM

Is he? I wondered about that, I can't say I've watched an Islanders game yet this year. That seems odd. I always thought he played pretty well for them.

Guess I should have wiki'd first: Genève-Servette HC, (also called "Servette" or "GSHC")

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written by nctarheel, October 15, 2010 - 02:44 PM

I'm actually thinking the blue unis will be good to counter the bad mojo. I am calling this a 4-2 win for the good guys on account of the unis.

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written by Strohs58, October 15, 2010 - 04:24 PM

A tarheel liking powder blue??? Who'd a thunk it?

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written by BlitzBurghDude, October 15, 2010 - 05:55 PM

GUARANTEED WIN TONIGHT!

- First Igloo loss...Habs

- Last Igloo loss...Habs

- Last regular season Igloo win...Isles

- First regular season Goal Mine win...Isles

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