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{allcanada} ISLANDERS (26-12-1) at CANUCKS (22-12-3)

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

10:00 PM ET

ISLANDERS (26-12-1) at CANUCKS (22-12-3)

TV: MSG+, SNP

Season Series: The New York Islanders return to Rogers Arena for the first time since March 10, 2014, when they scored seven goals in the third period to earn a 7-4 win against the Vancouver Canucks. Josh Bailey, Anders Lee and Frans Nielsen each had a goal and an assist, and Kyle Okposo had three assists.

Team Scope:

Islanders: New York coach Jack Capuano was less than pleased with the Islanders' effort on Sunday, when they lost 5-2 at the Edmonton Oilers. Capuano hinted after the game that changes to the lineup would be coming, which could mean the return of forward Michael Grabner, who hasn't played since Dec. 13 because of a lower-body injury. Okposo, John Tavares, Lubomir Visnovsky and Thomas Hickey were all minus-3 in the loss. "It's just unacceptable," Tavares said. "That's really the only way to describe the effort tonight. We were slow coming out and let them do some things they wanted to do. Give them some credit, but we were just slow and out-worked and just not good enough, and it starts with me." The Islanders flew to Vancouver after the game but did not practice Monday.

Canucks: Vancouver is 4-1-1 in its past six games, including a 4-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday in the second of a five-game homestand. Canucks goalie Ryan Miller had lost seven of his previous eight games against his brother, Red Wings forward Drew Miller, but the Canucks goaltender made 29 saves for the victory. At practice Monday, coach Willie Desjardins reunited forward Alexandre Burrows with Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin on the top line. "Willie talked to me about the change and it's been a while, but I'm excited," said Burrows, who has nine goals and eight assists in 32 games.

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