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Friday, February 11, 2011

Isles scoreless in 164:26 vs Pittsburgh

The Isles will need a goal in the first two periods on Friday to avoid setting a
club record for the longest scoreless streak against one opponent.  The record
of 202:00 was set in 1973.  The Isles got real close to the record in 2003, but
Michael Peca ended a goal-less streak against the Devils 16 seconds shy of the
record.

2-Dec-72  24-Feb-73 Vs Detroit  202:00        

22-Mar-03 16-Dec-03 Vs New Jersey 201:44        

10-Dec-72 18-Feb-73 Vs New York  191:52        

20-Apr-95 25-Oct-95 Vs Philadelphia 186:42        

12-Mar-00 27-Jan-01 Vs Buffalo 175:03        

29-Dec-01 23-Dec-02 Vs Montreal 169:05        

29-Dec-10  CURRENT Vs Pittsburgh 164:26  since Bailey scored at 26 seconds of
2nd pd during shootout win (12/29/10)

(List only include streaks that include at least 1 shutout.  The Devils shutout
the Isles 3x during their streak; the other streaks listed included two
shutouts.)

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home
telecasts since 1982. Visit my blog: forever1940.blogspot.com and follow me on
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