Islanders fired up by late whistle that cost them power play
Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but the Islanders were frustrated with a call late in Monday’s game.This one, though, was on a call that was eventually made on Ben Chiarot for boarding Anders Lee at the 16:10 mark of an eventual 4-2 loss to the Red Wings at UBS Arena.The Islanders were upset over the fact that the call was not made until after Lee got up and fought Chiarot, incurring a double-minor for roughing.So, what would have been an Islanders power play had the call been immediately made instead turned into a pair of four-minute penalties canceling each other out, with Chiarot picking up a roughing call in addition to the boarding.“I think they decided to give him one once they knew they could give Anders one as well,” Brock Nelson said.“It is what it is.
It’s beyond our control, you have to go out there and play.”Coach Patrick Roy echoed the sentiment, while adding that Chiarot’s hit was roughly equivalent to Grant Hutton’s late in the second period on Tyler Motte, which did draw a quick whistle.“We should’ve had a power play at the end, personally,” Roy said.“I don’t think there was a big difference between the one they called against Hutton or that one.
Actually, I think this one was probably worse than the Hutton [one].”Roy said he would consider changing the power-play units after the Islanders went 0-for-3 on the man advantage Monday.The club has just two power-play goals in its past nine games and is an abysmal 8-for-63 (12.69 percent) on the season.
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