DiPietro heroics not enough

Rick DiPietro made a franchise 記録，記録的な／記録する 56 saves for the New York Islanders last night but still ended up on the losing 味方する.

He was beaten by Matt Cullen as the New York 特別奇襲隊員s finally put away their 隣人s to 登録（する） a 2-1 victory at Madison Square Garden.

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Jason Blake opened the 得点する／非難する／２０ing for the Islanders late in the first period and Petr Prucha took the game into overtime when he （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 DiPietro with a wrist 発射 早期に in the third segment of play.

"It's my 職業 to make as many saves as I can. I was able to do that for the most part," said DiPietro, who made a career-high 15th straight start. "It's always 堅い to lose."

特別奇襲隊員s' goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made the biggest save of the night when he stopped Randy Robitaille on the final 発射 of the tiebreaker to 確実にする victory.

The 特別奇襲隊員s' second straight shootout success 解除するd them into a tenth-place tie in the Eastern 会議／協議会, two places and two points behind the Carolina ハリケーンs in the final プレーオフ 寝台／地位.

The seventh-placed Islanders are three points ahead of the defending Stanley Cup 支持する／優勝者s.

The Islanders won the first four 会合 with the 特別奇襲隊員s this season and have points in 18 of 20 games 全体にわたる (12-2-6). The teams will 会合，会う three more times on Long Island, 含むing Thursday night.

"We know we can play a lot better," Islanders coach Ted Nolan said. "We'll lick our 負傷させるs and get ready for the rematch."

The 特別奇襲隊員s snapped a five-game losing streak to the Islanders, which matched their worst stretch against their biggest 競争相手 since the series began in 1972.

Lundqvist made 29 saves for the 特別奇襲隊員s, who went 3-1-2 on a season-high, six-game homestand. Four were decided in shootouts.

The Boston Bruins are 支援する in the chase after 抱擁する 週末 勝利，勝つs over the Montreal Canadiens and New Jersey Devils. "We're 戦う／戦いing 支援する," said 星／主役にする Boston centre Marc Savard.

"We've put ourselves in a good position now. We've got a lot of games in 手渡す on the teams that are ahead of us. That's exciting, too. Carolina has 14 games left and we have 17. So it's in our 手渡すs."

The Bruins are four points behind Carolina, with Montreal, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the 特別奇襲隊員s and even the Florida Panthers also in the mix.

"It is going to be 利益／興味ing," ハリケーンs goaltender （機の）カム 区 認める. "There's a lot of teams 伴う／関わるd in the race.

"But the main thing for us is to just 焦点（を合わせる） on ourselves and what we need to do as a team and not get caught up in what other teams are doing."