MAYHEM: Islanders OUTLAST Dallas Stars as Mikko Rantanen’s HIT IGNITES NHL Safety Discussion

MAYHEM: Islanders OUTLAST Dallas Stars as Mikko Rantanen’s HIT IGNITES NHL Safety Discussion

The New York Islanders held on to beat the Dallas Stars 3 to2 in a game full of controversy, questionable calls, and a thrilling finish. We break it all down for you on today’s Locked On Islanders podcast. You’re Locked On Islanders, your daily podcast on the New York Islanders, part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. Welcome everybody to the Wednesday edition of the Locked On Islanders podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network, your team every day. I want to thank everyone who makes Locked On Islanders your first listen every day. Don’t forget to subscribe on YouTube or wherever you listen to podcasts so you never miss an episode. Today’s episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Download the FanDuel app now by visiting fanduel.com and win $300 in bonus bets if your first $5 bet wins. And again, thanks to everyone who helped make the Locked on Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network. We couldn’t have done it without you. What a crazy game. We have got so much to talk about. The Islanders hold on to for a 3-2 win and it looked like the Stars had tied it with less than a second to go. There was some questionable calls, some uh possible suspensions coming to star players. We’ll break it all down for you, try to make sense of it, and have our key takeaways from the game. We’ll also have our hero and go to the game, and we’ll have our weekly farm and prospects report. All that coming up as we talk about the future of the Islanders as of today. What a big win for the New York Islanders. They end up with a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars. And first of all, you win a game on the road in Dallas. A team that was on a fivegame winning streak that was, you know, had the best power play in the league is beyond the shadow of a doubt a Stanley Cup contender. You go into this game with your backup goalie and yet somehow the Islanders pull off a 3-2 win, but it wasn’t without controversy. Dallas appears to tie the score with less than 1 second left, but the referees get it right. They review it and they determine that there was goalender interference. No question that somebody did indeed bump into David Riddick in his crease before the puck arrived and that prevented Riddick from getting into position to make that save. that call was absolutely correct and you know it was such a dramatic finish and the fans in Dallas were obviously not happy and yet when you break down all the things that happened in this game, the controversial calls, the possible suspension coming up, the injury obviously to Alexander Romanov, we got to break it all down. So again, the game ended in controversial fashion, but I think they definitely got that call right. There’s no question that a Dallas player was in the crease and interfered with David Riddick. Riddick, to his credit, played a really strong game. 22 saves in 24 shots. And the Islanders, to their credit, played a really smart hockey game as well because what they essentially did is they were outplayed in the first period. They hung in there. They got out of the first period all even at 000. played better in the second, got out of the second period even at 1-1 and then managed to come back and get a big win and took a 3-1 lead and held on. And look, let’s let’s break down some of these controversies. Bo Horvat was there were no penalties first of all in this game until almost seven minutes into the third period and that’s when everything just starts to go a little bit crazy. So Bo Horvat is being tricked on a play. his stick hits Oscar Bach and he ends up with a double minor and a 10-minute misconduct. Now, if you watch replays of this play, the play, look, I understand the NHL rule, and the rule is you’re responsible for your stick at all times. So technically because blood was drawn was a double minor for high sticking the right call. Yeah, it was. However, the the the high stick was initiated because Bach took down Horvat and tripped him up. There was no call on that. Both referees did not call a penalty. The linesmen made the call. After the next whistle, they reviewed it. They saw the blood. They made the call. But then they also gave Bo Horvat a 10minute misconduct. Now, we don’t know the reason why actually that a 10-minute misconduct was called against Bo Horvat, but I’m going to go with the Bull Durham rule. And if you haven’t seen the movie Bull Durham, basically to make a long story short, Bo Horvette must have said something to the referees that resulted in this 10-minute misconduct. And I I have to say that misconduct call, whatever he said, it better have been really really bad. Okay? Uh because you then with literally 13 minutes and 12 seconds left in the third period take the Islanders best forward or if not their best certainly one of their two best forwards and you take him off the ice for the rest of regulation time which ended up being the rest of the game. So, I mean, it had to be something so egregious that he said or did. Did he push a referee? We didn’t see anything resembling anything physical, but whatever he did, it had to be something pretty egregious or I have to criticize the referees for just being a little too quick with that 10-minute misconduct because that is a gametering penalty. Now, the Islanders get fortunate. How? At that point in the game, they’re up two to one. Horvat had the go-ahead goal early in the third. And then short-handed, Kyle Palmary, a great short-handed unassisted goal. And then shortly after that, like what 11 seconds or so after, 12 seconds after that, Jamie Ben high sticks Scott Mayfield and that takes 2 minutes off of that 4minute power play. Remember, every day, and I mentioned it yesterday, the Stars had the number one or number two power play in the league coming into this game. A 4-minute power play would have been a disaster. Instead of the Stars tying it, the Islanders get the shorty. Ben takes the penalty. They play four on four. Nobody scores. The Islanders kill off the rest of the power play. Jason Robertson ends up scoring a goal with a little with a minute 59 left in the third period to make it 3-2. And then again you get the controversy. Mo Rantin chasing a loose puck behind the Islanders goal. A definite boarding call. Fiveminute major. Alexander Ramanov face first hits the boards. Hits the glass. He was down on the ice for a long, long time. Ranton gets a fiveminute boarding major and a game misconduct. And I have to say, Mo Rantnan is almost certainly going to hear from the NHL Department of Player Safety. That is a suspendable hit. It is exactly what the NHL does not want. Now, I am not going to say that I thought Mo Rantin intentionally tried to injure Alexander Romano. Was it a illegal hit? Yes. Was it a dirty hit? Yes. Does it deserve a suspension? Absolutely. But I don’t think he intended to injure him. I think he was hustling, trying to make a play in the, you know, closing seconds of a close game. I don’t think Rantin is is that kind of player who’s intentionally trying to injure anybody. But does he deserve a minimum of a two or three fivegame suspension and and the maximum fine? Absolutely. That is a hit from behind. The old adage when you’re especially when you’re near the boards, if you can read the name on the back of the jersey, you don’t make the hit. Well, he certainly could read Ramanov on the back of that jersey. And the hope obviously is that Alexander Ramanov is not seriously hit. You look at that, you think about concussion. You think about possibly a cheekbone or an orbital bone being injured. You think about his neck, you think about his shoulders. There are a lot of possible uh injuries. We will hopefully be updated on Romanov’s status at some point in the very near future and obviously we’ll keep you up to date on that here on Locked on Islanders. A scary moment. Romanov clearly in pain, shaken up, needed help to get back up, was down for a long time. And we wish Alexander Romanov a complete and speedy recovery. And I’m going to say this straight up. Mo Ranton, one of the most talented players in the NHL, a star. It should not influence his suspension. You treat this like it was Joe Blow, a fourthline journeyman, making the same play. The only thing is you have to check out, you know, what is Rantin’s history. Does he have uh previous incidents? Has he been suspended before? And you maybe add a game or take away a game depending on the history. But ultimately, you got to be fair. Whether it’s Mo Ranton or anybody else on the ice, that play is the textbook definition of a suspension being deserved. Wow, what a crazy finish, but a big win for the New York Islanders. We’ll have some more key takeaways from this game. We’ll have our hero and go to the game and a whole lot more coming up next on today’s Lockon Islanders podcast. Today’s episode is brought to you by Rouette. Let’s be real, making excuses doesn’t solve anything. We’ve heard them all before. It’s just stress. I’m tired or it happens to everyone sometimes, but when it comes to performance, sometimes your body just needs a little extra support. And that’s where rouette comes in. Rouette.com offers fast acting, doctor prescribed treatments for ED designed to help you stop making excuses and start making moves. Rouette makes it easy to get started. 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He has not contributed a lot of offense. He’s, you could see at the NHL level, he’s still kind of a little, I’m not going to say tentative, but he’s trying to make sure he doesn’t make a bad mistake. He’s trying to stick to basics, and this goal hopefully boosts his confidence a little bit in his offense. So great to see Richie get off the schneide, get that second career NHL goal, but first as an Islander, and that was uh certainly big. And then how about Kyle Palmary getting a short-handed goal that ends up becoming the game winner. That one was huge. and the Islanders, you know, it ends up being the margin of victory for the New York Islanders. So, yeah, big big goal by Palms. And I’ll tell you, the Islanders are a very dangerous team short-handed. Amil Heinman, the bad news, his streak of scoring the first goal of the game three games in a row did indeed come to an end. But the good news is he played well, led all forwards in ice time, picked up a key assist, and blocked three shots, which is not something you necessarily see from a forward. JG Pou and Ryan Pock and Alexander Romanov also uh excuse me, Romanov blocking three shots in this game as well among defenseman. And then Pacio uh among forwards also with Heinaman. So, good to see Heinaman continuing to contribute, continuing to play well for the New York Islanders. David Riddick comes up big and I I’ll tell you it uh it ultimately was an important win because here we go. We are now six games into a sevengame road trip and the Islanders are five and one. And you know the thing I love about this game and this win is that the Islanders started slowly. They were clearly outplayed in the first period. But this is not the first time this team is finding ways to hang around. Riddic kept them in the game, kept them even, and they, you know, rode out the the the part of the game where they were being outplayed, kept it close, in this case, kept it 000, and then played their game and found a way to win it. So the resilience, the stick tuitiveness, the ability to overcome a slow start, all of that, a big reason for this win. And now the Islanders on this road trip. They beat Vegas. They beat the Rangers. They beat the Devils. They play Colorado toeto- toe. Beat Utah. And now, I know I have the order wrong, but and now they end up beating the Dallas Stars. This team has really done well on this road trip and they have a chance to go six and one on this road trip on Thursday night when it ends in Detroit. And at least they’re back in the Eastern time zone for that one. Hero and GOAT of the game. Wow. Uh, I’m going to go with Kyle Palmary as the hero. He gets the game winner short-handed. There was a little karma involved in that after a questionable penalty call that the Islanders turn it around, get a shorty, and then you get the the call the other way that takes two minutes out of the four-minute power play. So, a little cosmic justice there uh in that one. Karma, right? Okay. and uh go to the game. You know, I usually would go I I could go with the referees for the for some of the calls, but ultimately I I’m I am going to to give the goat of the game penalty uh or the go of the game tag in this one. It I it absolutely has to go to Mo Ranton for that cheap shot. And you know, look, Tony D’Angelo made a terrible play on the first Dallas goal. He pinched. He got burned. We all know D’Angelo, his defense, not particularly good, never has been, probably never will be, but I I gotta give it to Ranton. And again, don’t think it was intentional, but boy, that was a cheap shot. and he deserves a suspension coming up. But a big big win for the Islanders and what a great road trip this has been. And uh wow, they can close it out in style Thursday uh against a conference opponent that they may end up battling for one of those wild card spots. So big game. Got to keep this going. But I like what I’m seeing from this team right now. All right, we have got more to get to. We have our weekly farm and prospect report. And for our Islanders birthday of the day, we have a winger from Rochester, New York, who played with the Islanders in the mid to late 201. Let’s see if you can guess who that is. We’ve got all that and a whole lot more coming up on today’s Locked On Islanders podcast. Today’s episode is brought to you by your friends at FanDuel. The NBA is back and there’s no better place to get in on the action than FanDuel, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. 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Time for our weekly farm and prospects report. And again, thanks to Josh for all of his uh help getting this package together every week. We uh always appreciate that. Rough week for the Bridgeport Islanders. We always start in Bridgeport. Uh they played three games. It started off last Wednesday with a 54 shootout loss. Uh the early morning, you know, 10:30 game against the Wilsar Scranton Penguins. And it was a lot of action. Uh you had a fight and then uh just 35 seconds in you had a goal by Cole Mcard and that was a quick lead for the Islanders. But you know, Adam Beckman scores on a pass from Matthew Majio. That was good. Mio then with a five uh game assist streak, seven assists in five games. But at the end of the day, a goal by Isaiah George. Uh that kept the Islanders in it. But 38 seconds left. Joey Larson ties it, deflects a shot from George to send it to overtime, but it goes to a shootout and the Islanders couldn’t pull it out. Meanwhile, another game against the Penguins. This one a couple of days later on the road. And uh this one ends in a 5-3 loss. Uh Cam Berg let off the scoring that put the Islanders up 1 to nothing. And then Alex Jeff scored on the power play to make it two to nothing. But the Islanders couldn’t hold on and they lose 5 to3. And then the third game of the week, a loss to the Rochester Americans by a 5-3 score. H they fell behind early in the first period three to one. Managed to tie it at three, but it just wasn’t enough. Cam Feing uh getting one of the goals and then uh Matthew Hymore scores one. Uh well, excuse me. He gets a shot. Mark Gatkam puts in the rebound and Julian Goautier ends up scoring in his first game back. So, not enough, but an 02 and one week basically for the Bridgeport Islanders. They are now in sixth place in the Atlantic Division standings, 58 and two on the season. Right now, Cole McWard and Matthew Majio tied for the team lead with 11 points. Uh Joey Larson leads the team with seven goals. He and Alex Jeff and Matthew Hymore all have 10 points. Marshall Warren has nine points and he’s only played 10 games for Bridgeport in part because he did spend time up with the big club. Marcus Hogberg a 281 goals against an 899 save percentage. Parker Gahhagen a 345 goals against and an 875 save percentage. Uh only two games this weekend for the Bridgeport Islanders. They’re at home Friday afternoon at 3:00. Well, excuse me. I’m I’m ahead a week. They are on the road, both of these games. Friday night in Rochester, uh, to take on the Americans. Saturday night in Syracuse to take on the Crunch. That’s a 7:00 Eastern time start. You can watch those games on AHL TV. Meanwhile, uh let’s talk a little bit more about some of the other prospects. And again, just so great. Uh Isaiah George did miss a little bit of time with an upper body injury. He’s now dayto day. Liam Foody out week to week with a lower body injury. Cole Eisermanman back playing for Boston University. So that is really good. And oh yes, Dennis Gud Bo, he is still playing in Sweden. He was traded uh to Carl’s Crona HK. Hope I’m coming close to pronouncing that. And uh Henrik Tikkin, by the way, now playing for Worcester of the ECHL. He had a 32 save shutout on Saturday. So always you always like to see you know those those players just the goalies coming up with a big performance like a shut out. So happy with that and uh again good to see these prospects playing well a goal for Danny Nelson this week. Uh but it was a fairly quiet week for a lot of the Islanders prospects. uh except for Tomas Pitin a twogoal four-point week in three games and uh that’s always great to see. So, a lot of these prospects doing their thing across both the miners, college hockey and even uh I if you think about it uh over in Europe. So again, good to see it and uh keep it up. We’ll keep you up to date every Wednesday on our weekly farm and prospect report. And thanks again to Josh for his help. Time now for our Islanders birthday of the day. We’re going back a few days. Sunday was the 33rd birthday of former Islanders winger Shane Prince. The Rochester, New York native, a second round pick by the Senators in 2011. Made his NHL debut with Ottawa in 2014 2015, but joined the Islanders midway through the 2015 2016 season. Spent most of 2016 2017 with the Isisles and a little bit of 2017 2018. then went on to play in Switzerland, the KHL, and is still active in the KHL right now. Has four goals in 14 games so far this season and one of his more memorable games as an Islander. Game one of the second round playoff series between the Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning uh down in Tampa on April 27th, 2016. Tomas Grace, the goalie for the Islanders, Ben Bishop gets the start for the Tampa Bay Lightning. And uh in this game with the score tied 1-1, our Islanders birthday of the day, Shane Prince scores a goal with 2 and 1/2 minutes left in the first period. Ryan Stro and Brock Nelson with the helpers. And then he scores again with less than 3 seconds left in the period. Ryan Strowman and Brock Nelson again with the helpers. Islanders go on to win this game by a score of five to three. An empty net by Cal Clutterbuck clinches the win. But for Shane Prince, he had two goals. He was a plus one. He had three shots on goal and scored two goals in only 9 minutes and 50 seconds of ice time. That puts the Islanders ahead in the series, one to nothing. Unfortunately, uh it would be their only win in this series. They’d lose the next four and be eliminated. But for Shane Prince, a magic moment, a twogoal playoff game that helped his team earn the first win of this series. Shane Prince is our Islanders birthday of the day. Thank you for making Lockdown Islanders your first listen today. For your second listen, check out the allnew Locked on NHL game night. every game, every night until a Stanley Cup champion is crowned. Get local analysis on a national scale. You can find NHL game night on Locked on NHL on YouTube or wherever you listen to podcasts. It’s part of the Locked On podcast network, your team every day. If you have a question, a comment, maybe a topic you’d like us to discuss on a future episode, email us at lockdown [email protected]. If you leave your first name and where you’re from, we’re happy to mention you on the show when we discuss whatever’s on your mind. You could follow the show on X at Locked on Isles. You could follow me, Gil Martin, on X at Icewars NYVSI. We’ll keep you up to date on all things Islanders all year long. And I am live tweeting during nearly every Islanders home and road game. So join me for a little instant insight and analysis. And it’s great to talk Island Islanders hockey with you. game time or anytime. Everydayers, we are back tomorrow. We will have a full preview of Thursday night’s game against the Detroit Red Wings as the Islanders kind of end this sevengame road trip. We’ll also hopefully have an injury update on Alexander Romanov and maybe uh anything we’re going to hear from the Department of Player Safety on Miko Ranton. So, make sure you join us for that. Until then, have a great day everybody. to stay safe and of course, let’s go Islanders.

New York Islanders edge Dallas Stars 3-2 in a controversy-filled thriller. Did a missed call and a last-second goaltender interference decision seal their fate—or spark playoff momentum?

Gil Martin unpacks Bo Horvat’s key goal, the dramatic closing seconds in Dallas, and a pivotal shorthanded tally by Kyle Palmieri. The episode spotlights a wild string of penalties, including a game-altering 10-minute misconduct for Horvat and Mikko Rantanen’s major boarding penalty on Alexander Romanov—raising questions about looming NHL suspensions and Romanov’s health. The weekly Farm and Prospects report provides fresh insight on Bridgeport’s struggles and Islanders pipeline progress, while hero and goat of the game honors are handed out.

Can the Islanders complete a standout road trip in Detroit? Tune in for bold analysis of New York’s resilience, lineup shakeups, and what it all means for their playoff chase.

All this and more on today’s Locked On Islanders Podcast with Gil Martin.

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