Islanders Gameday News: Flames arrive, Tigers on fire

Who's ready for traditional Monday Night Hockey?! The Islanders host the 2-6 Flames tonight. Should be fun and flammable. Leave your FIG picks here.

Islanders Reads

• A safe bet St. Louis Overtime Hero Mikhail Graovski is digging being a center again. [Newsday]
• Break up the Sound Tigers, they won again and are now 6-2, their best-ever start. [CT Post | BST | Soundin' Off live blog]
• Try a flee clinic on the Isles' dime on Long Island Nov. 7. [Isles]
• Hockey Night in NY podcast features a visit from NHL.com's Brian Compton talkin' Isles. [Blog Talk Radio]
• That odd feeling when you start to think that in coin flips, the odds are with the Islanders. [Altar of Bossy]
• Ex-Isles news: Michal Neuvirth is on IR but it's not serious. [Flyers]
• The first game of this road trip for the Flames, last night at the Garden, did not go well. [M&G | Flames Nation]

Beyond Brooklyn

• Suspension coming? Dustin Byfuglien basically hipchecked Jason Pomminville in the head, so that's bad. [SB Nation]
• Byfuglien, by the way, is no fan of this 3-on-3 OT madness. [Puck Daddy]
  
• Jonathan Quick saved the day with an amazing save against Connor McDavid. OR DID HE?! [SB Nation]
• The penalty kill is one source of discontent for why the Leafs are so bad. [TSN]
• The Oshies sure are into Halloween. [Puck Daddy]
  
• "You might say this Jets fan gave the Wild paws." [SB Nation]
• Eric Staal has long been the key to the Hurricanes, but he's a UFA and...? [Puck Daddy]