April 1st, 1984 (Game Two)
NHL Quarter Finals
New York Islanders at
Montreal Canadiens
The Islanders won game one after taking a quick 3-0 lead and Montreal could not recover. Montreal will need to recover with a win in game two.
The Islanders will start G
Marek Picek, he has a career 1-5 record in the playoffs with a 2.82 GAA and .901 save % in 6 games. Montreal goes with G
Wilf Nestor, he has a 0-5 record in the playoffs with a 3.41 GAA and a .907 save % in 5 games.
Montreal gets on the board 1st as LD
Lance Lambright gets his 1st of the playoffs at 2:19. The Islanders make it 1-1 at 6:51 when C
Joel Marshall gets his 1st of these playoffs. Montreal out shot the Islanders 11-6 in the 1st.
Montreal goes up 2-1 at 1:15 when LW
Kevin Forfar gets his 2nd of the playoffs. Montreal C
Ed Parks extends the lead to 3-1 at 2:37 when he gets his 1st of the playoffs. Montreal goes up 4-1 at 7:45 when LW
Kevin Forfar gets his 2nd of the night, 3rd of the playoffs. Montreal's
Bryce Spencer and Islanders LW
Steven Spring got into a fight. The shots 15-5 for Montreal.
The Islanders make it 4-2 at 2:06 of the 3rd as RD
Kevin Lundberg gets his 1st of the playoffs. The Islanders pulled their goalie for an extra attacker and it paid off with a 4-3 goal with 29 seconds left by C
Joel Marshall, he 2nd of the game. Thats as close as they would get. The shots were 11-8 for Montreal in the 3rd. The Islanders were 0 for 4 on the PP while Montreal was 0 for 5. The final shots were 37-19 for Montreal.
Montreals LW
Kevin Forfar was the 1st star with 2 goals and an assist. The 25 year old now has 3 goals and 4 points with 0 PIMs in 2 playoff games this year. Forfar had a career high 5 points in the playoffs in the 1980-81 season with the Oilers in 7 games.
Montreal 4 Islanders 3
Series tied 1-1.
Around the NHL.............
Boston Bruins LD
Arnold Christopher had 1 goal and 3 assists in a 6-5 win over the Lightning. The 25 year old now has 1 goal and 4 points with 5 PIMs in 2 playoff games. He had a career high of 7 points in 11 games last year with the Bruins in the playoffs.
Boston leads series 2-0
Columbus Blue Jackets LW
Benjamin Morel had 3 assists in a 5-4 win over the Red Wings. The 22 year old now has 0 goals and 3 points with 0 PIMs in 2 playoff games. He had a career high of 10 points in the 1981-82 playoffs in 13 games.
Series tied 1-1
New York Rangers RW
Francesco Spandoni had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win over the Hurricanes. The 21 year old now has 1 goal and 2 points with 0 PIMs in 2 playoff games. He had a career high of 5 points in 5 games during the 1982-83 playoffs.
Series tied 1-1
Winnipeg Jets C
Alex Morin had 2 goals in a 2-1 win over the Ducks. The 22 year old now has 2 goals and 2 points with 0 PIMS in 2 playoff games. He had a career high 3 points in 11 games during the 1982-83 playoffs.
Winnipeg leads series 2-0
Nashville Predators LW
Pier-Olivier Beaudry had a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win over the Avalanche. The 21 year old now has 2 goals and 3 points with 0 PIMs in 2 playoff games. He had a career high 6 points in 7 games during the 1982-83 playoffs.
Nashville leads series 2-0
St Louis Blues C
Jason Rustad had 3 goals in a 5-4 win over the Canucks. The 21 year old now has 4 goals and 4 points with 0 PIMS in 2 playoff games. He had a career high 25 points in 21 games during the 1981-82 playoffs.
Series tied 1-1
San Jose Sharks RW
Joe Whittey had a goal in a 2-1 win over the Coyotes. The 28 year old now has 1 goal and 1 point with 12 PIMs in 2 playoff games. He had a career high 8 points in 13 games during the 1981-82 playoffs.
San Jose leads series 2-1