| With leads of 3-0 and 4-3 and Bobby Holik's goal | | | | was open. |
| with 1:22 remaining, the NY Islanders almost found | | | | It was a rough night for goalies. The Islanders |
| themselves in a third straight loss at Philips Arena. | | | | jumped to a 2-0 lead in the 1st period when Mike |
| Even their own coach referred to it as a bad | | | | Comrie put one under Lehtonen and then Hunter |
| hockey game. With 3 straight goals the Thrashers | | | | intercepted the puck from the Thrashers' goalie |
| scored in the 2nd period to tie the game at 3 | | | | and passed in front to Vasicek for the shot. A |
| things seemed to be falling apart. Fortunately, | | | | beautiful play from Bill Guerin to Bryan Berard |
| they found a way to get the 2 points. | | | | coming up the right side to Andy Hilbert for the |
| The Islanders aren't the best team for 4-on-4 | | | | deflection at the left post made it 3-0 at 1:02 of |
| play in overtime. However, forwards Josef | | | | the 2ndperiod. |
| Vasicek and Trent Hunter found a way to make | | | | Berard's turnover with the Islanders on the power |
| it work. Vasicek lost a faceoff to Holik but still got | | | | play led to a breakaway by Craig Perrin, and |
| the puck on the back wall and passed out front | | | | Berard hauled him down to give him a penalty |
| to Hunter, whose goal with 1:09 gone in overtime | | | | shot. Perrin scored the twelfth shorthanded goal |
| gave the Islanders a 5-4 win. Vasicek struggled | | | | against the Islanders this season. Then Klee came |
| against Holik all night on faceoffs, but when Holik | | | | down the middle on a 3-on-2 rush and slid a shot |
| drew this one back to defenseman Ken Klee, | | | | through goaltender Rick DiPietro's pads at 13:46, |
| Vasicek anticipated a pass behind the net and got | | | | and former Islander Alexei Zhitnik tied it with a |
| on it. Hunter called for it and let Vasicek know he | | | | shot at 15:00 of the second. |