Sorry - having problems with the files I have created, so had to do some re-arranging…. 

Interesting scenarios tonight:

1.  Hasek/Nolan - no love lost.  Should be interesting in the hallways tonight…

2.  Witt back - the WARRIOR! 

3.  Poti out - small upper body injury - getting the night off for good behavior.

4.  Should see more work by Campoli - winning the coach over with play and passion.

Key on Rick - keep the Isles in the game early.  Let our “O” be aggressive and take action on Hasek.

Here is Roger’s Esoteric:

Compliments of Roger Farina:

Congratulations to Aaron Asham whose first goal tonight was the 16,000th point in Islander’s history.  Congratulations to Rick Dipietro on his second 20 consecutive win season.  See below for break down.

SCORING
HUNTER has played in 211 Games and is #81 on the list of all-time games played tied with Gary Nylund.  His Goal tonight, his 11th on the season was his 52nd with the Isles and is #46 on the list tying him with Stefan Persson.  His Assist tonight is good for the #69 spot and his 56th helper has him breaking a tie with Rich Pilon. His 2-Point night enters him into the top #60 of all-time in scoring with 108 Points.  He jumps over Dave Langevin and is 1 behind Bryan Berard.
ASHAM had a 2 Goal night. his 8th and 9th on the year and 44th and 45th as an Islander.  He now sits alone, all-time in the #54 spot breaking a tie with Roman Hamrlik and is 1 Goal behind Jean Potvin.  He now has 97 Points and is #67 all-time, only 1 Point behind Brad Lauer.  He has played in 267 Games and is #61 all-time, 8 Games behind Steve Thomas.
ROBITAILLE’s 8th Goal as an Islander is his 3rd Goal this year and this stint with the team.  His 4 total Goals with the Isles is #179th all-time tying him with 10 others to include Terry Crisp.  His 8th Point with the team is #215, tying him with 12 others including Kelly Hrudey.  He has now played in 27 Games and is #249th in all-time Games played tying him with Kirk Muller and 3 others.
HILBERT’s 6th Goal on the year and 6th with the Islanders ties him at #152 with 14 others including Pilon, Kasper and Big Z.  His Point ties him with Justin Papineau at #169 with 16 Points all-time.  He has seen action in 48 Games and is #214 on that list tying him with three others including Arnie Brown.
PARK, POTI, and SILLINGER have all played in 49 Games are all tied in Games Played with 7 others including non-active players, Josh Green and Jim Mair.  They are #205 on the all-time Games Played list.
PARK,s 9th Assist with the team is #184 tying him with 5 others including Chico.  His 14th Point is #174th on the list and ties him with Bob Beers and Daniel Marois.
POTI’s 18th Assist is tied with 3 others at #127.  His helper gives him 22 Points and the #143rd spot tied with Gino Odjick.
SILLINGER’s 22nd Assist leaves him 1 Assist behind Mike Watt and Big Z in the #123 spot.  His 37th Point is good enough for #119 all-time in Points and is 1 Point behind Randy Boyd.

PENALTIES.
Only 8 penalty minutes on the night.
SATAN’s 2 PIMs for x-checking gives him 86 PIMs and is #116 tied with Reichel and Connolly.
BATE’s 2 PIMs for hooking gives him 222 PIMs and is #59 in 327 Games Played.  He is 2 PIMs behind Joe Reekie.
SILLINGER’s 2 PIMs for hooking gives him 32 PIMs and the #192 spot tied with Brad Luckowich.
HILL’s 2 PIMs for slashing gives him 62 PIMs and the #138 spot tied with Ken Leiter and 1 behind erstwhile Captain Trevor Linden.

GOALIES
DIPIETRO played in his 119th Game and is now #126 on the all-time Games Played List.  He is #5 on the all-times Game Played list for Goalies, 5 Games behind Tommy Salo.
Ales Kotalik’s Goal Against is Ricks’ 489th Goal Against and moves him into sole possession of the #5 spot in all-time given up Goals.  He breaks the tie with Tommy Salo.
His Win 20th Win tonight gives him two consecutive seasons with 20 plus wins.  A feat which has only been done by 5 other goalies and hasn’t been accomplished since Tommy Salo did it with 20 and 23 wins in the 96/97 and 97/98 campaigns.  His win moves him into #4th all-time in Wins breaking at tie with Roland Melanson.
GOALIES WITH 20 PLUS WINS in consecutive seasons.
Dipietro - 06/07 & 05/06
Salo - 96/97 & 97/98
Hrudey - 86/87 & 87/88
Melanson - 81/82 & 82/83 & 83/84
Smith - 76/77 & 77/78 & 78/79; 80/81 & 81/82
Resch - 75/76 & 76/77 & 77/78 & 78/79 & 79/80.