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Ted Nolan did it all by himself tonight. Nolan took back the coaching reins and won just as the Hall of Famer did on Saturday, with clutch offense from Miroslav Satan.
Satan broke the tie with 8:48 left Tuesday night and Rick DiPietro made 28 saves to push the Islanders to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers.
Satan completed a winning rally for the second time, and the Islanders, with three goals in the final period, snapped the Rangers' winning streak at 4 games.
"We're a resilient bunch," said DiPietro. The New York Islanders trailed 2-1 on Saturday when DiPietro left the game in the second period after getting hit in the eye by a high stick of Pittsburgh forward Sidney Crosby. Satan scored twice in the third period to give Arbour his 740th victory with the team.
"The last game is something we will always remember," Nolan said. "This is a real good character kind of team that doesn't quit."
The New York Rangers, who went 5-1 on a homestand that concluded Monday with a 2-0 victory against Philadelphia, scored only 12 goals during that stretch but managed to keep winning with Henrik Lundqvist in the pipes.
They recorded 22 shots in the first period Monday and 45 overall, but ran into more resistance against the New York Islanders. "I think that our mental sharpness left something to be desired over the course of three periods," coach Tom Renney said. "We weren't as crisp as we needed to be, weren't as precise as we needed to be."
Henrik Lundqvist has played in every game this season and allowed more than one goal for the first time in 5 games. That was enough to drop the Rangers to 0-5-1 on the road.
"We've got to find a way to finish the job," forward Sean Avery said. "We didn't get it done. It's just upsetting sitting in this locker room with a loss."
DiPietro made 36 saves in the Islanders 2-1 win over the Rangers and now the Islanders are riding an 8-1-2 surge against their biggest rivals with DiPietro backstopping 7 of the wins.
"It's a good rivalry," he said. "Anytime you step on the ice it's always extra loud, extra intense. We enjoy playing them."
DiPietro said he wasn't concerned about getting right back into a game after his eye injury. He was given the go-ahead to practice Monday and made his seventh straight start Tuesday.
"It still feels a little different than the other one. It's hard to explain," he said. "The doctors cleared me to play and I did.
DiPietro made two key saves with three minutes left as the Islanders went on to win their third straight and fifth in six games.
Chris Drury gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead in the second period. Paul Mara restored the one-goal edge in the third. Hunter got the Islanders even 1-1 at 1:08 when he took a pass in the right circle and fired a shot that beat Lundqvist's glove and got under the crossbar to make it 1-1.
Fedotenko took advantage during a power play, when the teams were skating 4-on-3, by putting in a quick shot to Lundqvist's right off a cross-slot pass from Mike Comrie at 9:15.
It was the first short-handed goal the New York Rangers allowed in 24 chances after they were perfect at home.
henrik Lundqvist finished with 24 saves after three shutouts in his previous 6 outings.
The Rangers, held in check by the Islanders during the first half of the game broke through on a power play, the first infraction whistled against the Islanders, when Drury made it 1-0 with his third of the season off a pass from Mara at 13:40.
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