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Angelo Ogbonna Juventus Jersey .Y. -- John Tortorella was pleased his Vancouver Canucks left Long Island with two points he
felt they shouldve had two days earlier in Columbus. How they got these is
another story. "I thought it was an absolute mess, right on through," the
blustery coach said after the Canucks rallied for a 5-4 overtime victory against
the New York Islanders on Tuesday night. "It seems like every time we come into
this building ... it turns into a cluster." The Canucks erased a 2-0 deficit in
the first period, a 3-2 hole in the second, and overcame a tying goal by the
Islanders Frans Nielsen with 1:12 left in regulation. Vancouver improved to
3-1-1 on its seven-game trip that has two stops remaining. This win took a
little bit of the sting off a 3-1 loss at Columbus on Sunday. "I give them
credit," Tortorella said. "It was ugly. We made a ton of mistakes, they made a
ton of mistakes, but we found a way to win. Thats what I was so disappointed in
Columbus about. It was a game that good teams win. We didnt. "Tonight is another
type of game where I think if youre going to get there in the end, you have to
win." Brad Richardson provided the deciding goal, banking the puck in off
Islanders goalie Evgeni Nabokov 2:16 into overtime with Vancouvers 33rd shot.
The Islanders salvaged a point at the end of their 1-1-2 homestand when with
Nabokov pulled, Nielsen fired the rebound of MacDonalds shot into the open left
side, past the outstretched glove of Roberto Luongo to tie it at 4. "We found a
way in the third period," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. "We need some guys
to play better. We need some guys to engage more if they want the ice time they
want. That will be addressed." Chris Higgins had given the Canucks their first
lead -- 4-3 -- with 17.2 seconds left in the second. He scored off a feed from
defenceman Kevin Bieksa, who took the puck away from Brock Nelson in the New
York zone. "It wasnt the prettiest one but well take it," said Higgins, a Long
Island native with dozens of friends and family in attendance. "It was a bad
game to watch but you have to grind out some ugly ones." Ryan Kesler scored his
fourth of the season to get Vancouver on the board, and Daniel Sedin tied it 2-2
with his second 4:12 later. Vancouver will play on back-to-back days at New
Jersey and St. Louis to finish this long trip. "As you go further and further,
you wear down a bit. Its natural," Tortorella said. "Its a situation that teams
have to fight through." New York grabbed the lead just 2:26 in on Nelsons first
NHL goal and went ahead 2-0 just 2:15 after that on the first of Matt Moulsons
two power-play goals. Islanders captain John Tavares earned an assist to stretch
his point streak to eight games, but New York finished its homestand 1-1-2.
Vancouver started its comeback 16 seconds later, taking advantage of a shaky
Nabokov, who made 28 saves. Moulson put New York back in front 4:48 into the
second, but Henrik Sedin answered that one at 12:39. The Islanders looked ready
to run the road-weary Canucks out of the Nassau Coliseum in Vancouvers first
visit since a shootout win on Jan. 11, 2011. Cal Clutterbuck sent the puck
behind the net from right-wing wall to Peter Regin, who carried it out by the
left post and tried a jam shot. Nelson came to the right post and knocked in the
rebound. New York struck again on its first power play after Higgins slashed
Nielsen. Tavares sent a pass down to Nielsen near the left post, and he moved
the puck across the crease to Moulson, who was first denied by Luongo but then
knocked in the rebound. Islanders fans were still celebrating that one when
Kesler cut the Canucks hole in half. Defenceman Dan Hamhuis fired a long shot
from inside the Islanders zone that Nabokov blocked with his chest but couldnt
control. The puck bounced into the slot, and Kesler beat New York defenceman
Andrew MacDonald to it and knocked it past Nabokov. Nabokov wasnt any sharper a
few minutes later when Jannik Hansen sent a pass from the right circle to
Daniel Sedin in the left circle for a drive that sailed past the Islanders
goalie to make it 2-2. The 38-year-old goalie has played in all but one of New
Yorks nine games, but could soon lose playing time to backup Kevin Poulin. "Im
not going to discuss the goaltending," Capuano said. "Poulin is going to get his
chance shortly. If he plays well, hes going to play more." Luongo, the No. 4
pick in the 1997 NHL draft by the Islanders, found his game and made a pair of
stellar saves to deny Moulson and Thomas Hickey to keep it tied before the
intermission. Only Moulson had the touch to beat him again. Moulson let go a
wrist shot from the right circle that found its way over Luongos glove and into
the top right corner of the net. NOTES: Luongo improved to 8-10-3 against the
Islanders in 24 games, the same number he played for them in his one season
before being traded to Florida. ... Nelson was in the lineup for speedy RW
Michael Grabner, who served the first game of a two-game suspension for hitting
Carolina forward Nathan Gerbe in the head on Saturday. ... Canucks LW
David Booth was a healthy scratch.
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in an ACC tournament game against North Carolina and had a career-high 23
points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots against Kentucky.
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