Florida Panthers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2008 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Panthers 35-29.
Mike Comrie scored twice. Brett McLean, Sean Bergenheim, Mark Streit and Nathan Horton also scored.
Joey MacDonald made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tomas Vokoun stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Brett McLean (2)Nick Boynton (7)1–018:24 FLA
2nd period
Mike Comrie (5)Kyle Okposo (6), Blake Comeau (4)1–107:50 NYI- Mike Comrie (6)Doug Weight (23), Mark Streit (22)1–215:05 NYI · PPG
Sean Bergenheim (6)Freddy Meyer (5)1–319:36 NYI
3rd period
Mark Streit (8)Kyle Okposo (7), Bill Guerin (15)1–413:34 NYI · PPG
Nathan Horton (8)David Booth (5), Stephen Weiss (15)2–419:32 FLA
Team stats
FLANYI
29Shots on goal35
55%Faceoff %45%
0/4Power play2/6
12Penalty minutes8
13Hits18
10Blocked shots16
11Giveaways9
11Takeaways16
Penalties
- 1st 02:55
Jon Sim · tripping2 min - 1st 13:56
Gregory Campbell · slashing2 min - 1st 15:48Jon Sim · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 03:14Chris Campoli · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:05Brett McLean · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:48Radek Dvorak · interference2 min
- 3rd 08:13Nick Boynton · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 10:31Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 12:52Bryan McCabe · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:55Stephen Weiss · tripping2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 9Stephen WeissC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:34 |
| 10David BoothL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:01 |
| 16Nathan HortonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 53Brett McLeanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:25 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:19 |
| 13Anthony StewartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:01 |
| 14Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 18Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:34 |
| 41Shawn MatthiasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:14 |
| 61Cory StillmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:48 |
| 74Nick TarnaskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:42 |
| 2Keith BallardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 4Jay BouwmeesterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 26:33 |
| 22Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 24Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | L | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 39:49 |
| 31Craig AndersonG | 13 | 12 | 1 | .923 | 19:05 |
New York Islanders
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:50 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21:28 |
| 2Mark StreitD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 25:40 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:00 |
| 20Sean BergenheimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:03 |
| 57Blake ComeauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 93Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:02 |
| 44Freddy MeyerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 10Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 12Josh BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 15Jeff TambelliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 16Jon SimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:15 |
| 28Tim JackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:25 |
| 77Trevor SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 10:55 |
| 8Bruno GervaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 14Chris CampoliD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 |
| 17Thomas PockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:41 |
| 32Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Yann DanisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Joey MacDonaldG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 59:58 |