AP News, December 10th, 2006
Miroslav Satan and Viktor Kozlov scored in the shootout as the New York Islanders came from behind to beat the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Saturday night.
Ville Peltonen and Rostislav Olesz both missed against Rick DiPietro, enabling the Islanders to earn their 15th win of the season (15-11-3).
Andy Hilbert, Arron Asham, Radek Martinek and Miroslav Satan scored for the Islanders, who got 28 saves from DiPietro. The win snapped a two-game losing streak at home.
Nathan Horton, Gary Roberts, Stephen Weiss and Ruslan Salei scored for the Panthers, who have earned points in three straight games (2-0-1). Alex Auld stopped 31 shots.
The Islanders won for the first time this season while trailing after two periods (1-10).
Hilbert scored 90 seconds in to give New York a 1-0 lead. His wraparound backhander sneaked under Auld, but video review was needed to determine the position of the net, which rocked up but not off its moorings.
Hilbert scored a previous goal against the Panthers this season, but it didn't count in his stats since he scored the winning goal in the 10th round of a shootout on Oct. 28.
Asham made it 2-0 for the Islanders at 9:16, as he grabbed the rebound of Mike Sillinger's shot and wristed it past Auld. It was Asham's fifth goal and third in four games.
Florida got back in the game at 17:56 when Horton blasted a shot over DiPietro's glove while the Panthers were on their first power play.
The Islanders had four minutes of power-play time, including 91 seconds of a two-man advantage, but never got a shot on net. The Panthers capitalized by scoring twice in a 24-second span just 23 seconds after killing the penalties.
Roberts tied it 2-2 at 17:26 after wristing a drop pass from Horton past DiPietro.
At 17:50, Weiss took a shot from the right dot that deflected into the net off an Islanders player.
Martinek made it 3-3 at 4:47 of the final period. He picked off a Florida clearing attempt at the blue line, faked a slap shot, skated down to the right circle and beat Auld with a wrist shot.
Satan gave New York a 4-3 lead with 1:50 left in regulation when he put a loose puck into the open left side.
The Panthers pulled Auld and tied the game with 42.5 seconds left when Salei intercepted a clearing attempt and got a high shot past DiPietro, who was scrambling to get back in front of the net.
Florida outshot New York 7-0 in overtime, including five shots during a power play. The Islanders had one chance late, but Jason Blake's break-in try went wide of Auld.
Notes@: The Islanders have the worst penalty-killing unit at home (20-for-87, 77 percent), while Florida is third overall in power-play percentage (29-for-136, 21.3 percent). Florida is 0-7-2 on Saturdays. The Panthers' only point came on their last visit to Long Island, a 4-3 shootout loss on Oct. 28.
