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Pointing forward

They’ve been together for a long time now, and we should probably find a nickname for them, but Brandon DeFazio-Scott Campbell-Blair Riley was pretty much everywhere tonight in this nutty little game.

Watkins named captain/DiPietro waived

Well, the news of the day shifted a bit after the morning skate when Arthur Staple reported that Rick DiPietro has been placed on waivers. Should he clear tomorrow, he’ll come down and Kevin Poulin

Breaking out (in small amounts): Portland postgame (plus labor peace?)

Edit: Twitter lit up with reports shortly after 5 a.m. that the NHL and NHLPA have a tentative agreement, with much still to be done but an apparent deal on some of the biggest issues. Without

Breaking out (in small amounts): Portland postgame (plus labor peace?)

Edit: Twitter lit up with reports shortly after 5 a.m. that the NHL and NHLPA have a tentative agreement, with much still to be done but an apparent deal on some of the biggest issues. Without

Put it in the books

The Islanders announced today that they’ve signed Blair Riley to a deal for next year. Nice payoff for a kid who came up and did nothing but work for this team, defensively, on the PK, on the

Wrapping up further

Weird that it’s over like that. It happens. It does appear that Kevin Poulin’s 50 saves on 54 shots set a team record. Wade Dubielewicz made 45 on 48 shots in Game 6 of the 2006 playoffs. His 22 in

Upon review

Replay scoreboard: Fourth use, with… Wait. Let’s go back. Puck bouncing. Four penalties in the first assaults the flow. Bridgeport escapes with a lead. (Blair Riley, three-game goal streak.) Portland

Hitting hard

You could probably have written something like the script to this one before the game, though you might’ve taken a Providence power-play goal or two away for realism’s sake. Depleted lineup. Depleted

Tampa Bay claims Wallace

Afternoon edit: The Islanders sent Aaron Ness down this afternoon. Edit2: Cizikas up (possible NHL debut to come), Poulin down as well. Edit3: Kael Mouillierat’s agent says he’s agreed to terms. Tim

Adjust your depth charts (with Marcinko update)

Afternoon edit: Tomas Marcinko receives a three-game suspension from the league for Monday’s boarding penalty. Of note, both of the other guys who were suspended will miss a Bridgeport game: Cody Bass