
Russian Oleg Kvasha became the main character of the match between the "Islanders" and "Buffalo", in which the "islanders" won 4: 2. On the account of the Russian legionnaire washer and two assists. Thus, the hopes of Buffalo for participation in the playoffs again became very weak.
Recall that the "Seibers" occupy ninth place in the Eastern Conference, and the Eighth is the "Islanders". “Buffalo” behind its rivals is already eight points, and “Islanders”, in turn, reduced the lag from the seventh, “Montreal” to one point.
The goalkeeper of the "islanders" Rick Dipietro set a personal record, parrying a 52 throw of the opponent. It should be noted that in the current Championship "Aylanders" won all four games at the Seibers. In addition to Kvasha, the “New York” was scored by Mariusz Cherkavski, Mattias Weinhandl and Roman Hamrlik. At Buffalo distinguished Chris Druri and Jean-Pierre Dumont. After the six -dimensional win -win series, Buffalo loses in the third match in a row.
Most Dani Hitley brought the victory to Atlanta over the “New Jersey” 3: 2. Note that Ilya Kovalchuk was in stock for passing the meeting of the team. Olaf Kolzig made 28 saves in a match where his Washington won 4: 1 by Florida. Meanwhile, Minnesota turned out to be a bat 3: 1 Dallas. Luke Richardson abandoned the decisive puck of Columbus in the match with Chicago 4: 3. Ethan Moro made a double and a program in a meeting with Koytots, won 7: 2. And finally, Patrick Marlo made a program and abandoned what his "San Jose" helped to win at Pittsburgh 4: 2.