Islanders News: Flying Colors; Grabbo Scare; Rain check for Reinhart; Gillies vs. Gillies

Two games in and the Islanders "test" week has gone as well as it possibly could have (aside from Mikhail Grabovski's possible injury). A division win against the Rangers and now a quality shootout win over the previously undefeated Sharks. Next test is in Pittsburgh against the always formidable Penguins on Saturday night. My advice: be confident, be smaht and get the hell out of there with whatever points or pride you can carry.

Islanders Things

• Recaps: LHH | New$day | NY Post | NY Daily News | Fear the Fin
• Mikhail Grabovski health updates will be posted when we get them. He was leveled by John Scott, hit the ice and left the game visibly woozy. He will be re-evaluated Friday.
  
• Grabovski, Ryan Strome and Brock Nelson have been good in these early games. Let's hope Grabovski returns to health soon and they continue. [New$day]
• Calvin de Haan returned and Lubomir Visnovsky should be next. [New$day]
• Dom's plus/minus post-gamer loves the crowd, the Boss, the Stalock and the captain.
• Griffin Reinhart gets a ticket to Bridgeport and a pat on the back from Jack Capuano [LHH | NY Post]
• So far this season, the Islanders have been slot machines. [Eyes on Isles]
• It's a big season for a lot of reasons and the Islanders have matched it. [LIB Magazine]
  
• Paul Stewart  at Hockey Buzz tells the Tale of Two Gillies - Clark and Trevor. Aside from sharing a last name and one team between them, the two are unrelated in nearly every way.
  
• Hornick tells a forgotten story about forgotten helmets. [NYI Skinny]
• A little more info on the Nassau Coliseum: The Next Generation courtesy of a speech by Bruce Ratner. [IPB]
• Mick Vukota will be on Sportstalk1240 this Sunday at 8 pm.
  
• Goal: N.Y. Islanders Cast-Offs, Schremp 1 (Kabanov) [Ice Box TV Twitter]
• Josh Ho-Sang had two goals in his return to Windsor, an 8-5 win over Saginaw. [Windsor Star]

Other Things

• Last night's NHL scores. Like the Sharks, the Devils' unbeaten streak is no more after a rout in Washington. The Habs beat the Bruins and Milan Lucic didn't kill anyone. But he's still a douche [EOTP].
  
• Pascal Dupuis left the Penguins' game against Dallas on a stretcher after being hit in the neck with a puck. [SB Nation]
• The Flyers are bad at shootouts. Like, really really bad. [Philly.com]
• The Kings signed defenseman Jake Muzzin to a really tidy 5-year deal. [JFTK]
• The Devils' first home game of the season is Saturday (?!) and they'll see some improvements around The Rock. [NY Daily News]
  
• Audio: James Mirtle on analytics changing hockey. [CBC.ca]
• Athletes are sometimes very very flawed human beings. Making heroes of them  can be complex. [Arctic Ice Hockey]
• Also complex: marketing hockey to women. Teams need to be less stupid about it. [Stars Insider]
  
• Someone stole a laptop from NHL HQ in New York. Surely there is information of prime importance on it. [NY Post]
• Yes, one of the St. Louis Rams has a giant, classic Mighty Ducks tattoo. [CBS Sports]
• A hilarious new feature from the SBN Mothership: The Connor McDavid Power Rankings.
• All the NHL goal horns and songs on one page. To be bookmarked immediately [WeJustScored.com]. And the story behind its creation [Puck Daddy].
• Phil Kessel's awesome OT goal gets the NHL '94 treatment. [NHL Twitter]