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NHL: Vancouver 5, Anaheim 4 (SO)

Thu, 12/09/2010 - 11:53 by Rakhi

Vancouver, British Columbia -- Jeff Tambellini scored the only shootout goal Wednesday, completing a Vancouver rally that brought the Canucks a 5-4 win over Anaheim.

Vancouver faced a 4-2 deficit as the game headed into the second half of the final period but Daniel Sedin brought Vancouver within one with 7:18 to go and Ryan Kesler tied it with just 22 seconds remaining.

Tambellini then scored on the first attempt of the shootout and Roberto Luongo stopped the three shots he saw. The Canucks opened a three-point lead over Colorado at the top of the Northwest Division.

Luongo got the win despite giving up four goals on just 20 shots in regulation and overtime.

NHL: Montreal 3, New York Islanders 2 (OT)

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 09:28 by shalini.bahadur

Montreal -- Roman Hamrlik's goal a minute and a half into overtime Monday gave the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders.

The teams alternated goals throughout the contest.

Montreal's Jaroslav Spacek opened the scoring with a goal at 13:34 of the first period. The Islanders tied it on a power-play goal by Jeff Tambellini late in the second.

Travis Moen put the Canadiens back in the lead with 7:44 left in the third and Tambellini tied it again 3 minutes later on another power play.

Jaroslav Halak stopped 29 shots for Montreal and Martin Biron had 28 saves for the Islanders.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

NHL: New York Islanders 4, Carolina 3 (SO)

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 07:33 by harsheeb

UniondaleN, Oct. 21 -- Jeff Tambellini, Frans Nielsen and John Tavares scored shootout goals Wednesday and the New York Islanders beat Carolina 4-3 for their first win of the season.

The win by the Islanders leaves Toronto as the only NHL team without a victory this season.

New York opened the season with three straight overtime setbacks before losing three straight in regulation.

The Islanders took a 3-1 lead into the third period against the Hurricanes before Eric Staal and Jussi Jokinen scored in a span of 74 seconds to tie it. Jokinen's goal came with 4:57 to play.

New York was then perfect on its three shootout efforts against Dwayne Roloson, who made 35 saves in regulation and overtime. Carolina lost its fourth straight.