Pens-Rangers thoughts; Pens-Islanders Preview

The Penguins put in a workmanlike effort at home last night to beat the New York Rangers, 3-2.

• Tyler Kennedy has developed into a really handy player. He was all over the ice, and everything he touched seemed to transform into a scoring opportunity.
• Evgeni Malkin nor Sidney Crosby had great games, but they both made some offensive plays solely on talent and positioning to put the puck in the net.
• Marc-Andre Fleury's save on Vinny Prospal in the second period was one of his top five of all-time.
• Alex Goligoski looked supremely confident on the point.
• The Penguins need to start burying golden chances off of odd-man rushes. They blew several last night, and probably should have had at least five goals.

Now, to look ahead to the Islanders tonight at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island.

This game, more importantly than anything, marks the NHL debut of teenaged wunderkind John Tavares. The OHL star was drafted first overall this past June, and has been dubbed "The Next, Next One" and the savior of the troubled Islanders franchise.

Marc-Andre Fleury will be in goal for the Penguins, likely against Dwayne Roloson for the Isles.

Penguins-

14 Chris Kunitz- 87 Sidney Crosby- 13 Bill Guerin
26 Ruslan Fedotenko- 71 Evgeni Malkin- 9 Pascal Dupuis
24 Matt Cooke- 11 Jordan Staal- 48 Tyler Kennedy
17 Michael Rupp- 27 Craig Adams- 28 Eric Godard

44 Brooks Orpik- 55 Sergei Gonchar
7 Mark Eaton- 58 Kris Letang
3 Alex Goligoski- 74 Jay McKee

29 Marc-Andre Fleury

Islanders-

16 John Sim- 12 Josh Bailey- 21 Kyle Okposo
13 Jeff Tambellini- 91 John Tavares- 57 Blake Comeau
26 Matt Moulson- 10 Richard Park- 20 Sean Bergenheim
40 Joel Rechlicz- 45 Nate Thompson- 28 Tim Jackman

2 Mark Streit- 8 Bruno Gervais
32 Brendan Witt- 24 Radek Martinek
44 Freddy Meyer- 25 Andy Sutton

30 Dwayne Roloson