Islanders News: Lightning strike snaps streak, visit to The Professor, Pulock pulls the wagon

Islanders news

• Recaps of a washout: LHH | Newsday | NHL.com | Islanders | Raw Charge | Hornick's Skinny
• A trip to Tampa means catching up with the ol' Professor, Evgeni Nabokov [Newsday | Lightning.com with a cameo appearance by Arthur Staple]
• Tale of the Tape: Tavares vs. Stamkos. [The Hockey Writers]
• Garik tracks the Islanders in the neutral zone through the first 15 games. [LHH]
• Ryan Pulock scored twice in Bridgeport's 5-2 win over Hartford. [BST | Soundin' Off notes]
• Songs of Ho-Sang: Ho-Sang marches to his own beats and leaves some behind [Windsor Star] | Color of Hockey on Ho-Sang's trade to Niagara.

Around the League

• The shootout of last night's Penguins-Rangers game had more twists than an Elmore Leonard novel. [SB Nation]
• Dallas' dynamic Valeri Nichushkin will miss four months after having hip surgery, something that won't help the Stars' season. [SB Nation]
• Jordan Leopold goes from St. Louis to Columbus in a Saturday trade. [The Cannon]
• Elliotte Friedman's 30 Thoughts has a lot of Vegas possibilities.
• The top scorers adjusted for era contains some fun names, especially one dear to Islanders fans. [Copper and Blue]
• Indy Spotify carpetbomber has a bunch of songs about NHLers. [Sporting News]

The teaser for Defector, the story of Alex Mogilny's trek from Soviet Russia to Buffalo. No, really, that was a step up. [Sportsnet]