Islanders Gameday News: Back-to-Back Boston/Buffalo Bonanza; Frans forges a path; Lubo on scratchings

The Islanders take that short end of the stick they got from last night to Buffalo. Leave FIG picks for the Sabres game here. Puck drops at 5 pm.

Islanders Notes

• Recaps: LHH | Newsday | Islanders | NHL.com | Hornick's Skinny
  
• Watch Ryan Stome's first fight again and again. [The Score]
• The stats recap and Case for the Return of Lubo. [LHH]
• Visnovsky isn't happy to be scratched but is on-board for any changes the help the team win. [Newsday]
• The Islanders on the difference between chasing teams and being chased. [Newsday]
• Today's Big Read: On the day of his 500th game, Frans Nielsen and others reflect on his status as a pioneer for Danish hockey. [Newsday]
• Boston remembers Bossy. [Herald]
• Johnny Boychuk was back in Boston again and taking about his season on Long Island. [CSNNE]
• Bridgeport won its second straight OT game, this time over Hartford. [BST | Fornabaio post game]

Sunday Readings

• And in other surprising healthy scratch news: zillion dollar man David Clarkson watched  from the press box as the Maple Leafs snapped their 11-game losing streak. [Sportsnet]
• In case you missed it in yesterday's preview: Zdeno Chara is now a licensed real estate agent. [Boston Globe]
• Philly is in a bad, bad salary cap situation. [NHL Numbers]
• A new slate of stats are coming to NHL.com and Nick Leddy is, literally, the poster boy for a few of them. [Daily News]
• Matt Fenwick talks Corsi and stats revolutions. [Battle of Alberta]
• The Blues got back to winning when they stopped trying to out-fancy each other. [USA Today]
• Zach Parise finds his game after his dad finds peace. [Star Trib]
• Every person in Saskatoon turns out to celebrate the life and career of the one-and-only Gordie Howe. [Elliotte Friedman for Sportsnet]

The dad's trip continues today, and this preview from last night's game talks to Mr. Clutterbuck and Mr. Strait about the experience.