Two In a Row

The Tigers sparked a victory againsts the Devils to bring their winning streak to 2 and put themselves 1 point behind the Devils with 2 games in hand. The defense still hasn't proven itself as this was the 8th overtime in 21 games with Dube having to field 34 shots.

The bright spots were Campoli, who finally appears to be earning his keep, Dube, who appears to be staying strong under heavy pressure, and Tambellini who has an impressive streak of having scored at least one point in the last eight games.

Remind me again why the Islanders kept Hilbert and sent Tambellini down?

Let's not leave without discussing the anomaly of the defense. The Tigers have the league-best penalty killing unit, yet still seem to be struggling 5 0n 5 as the Tigers were again outshot, this time by 10.

To this primate it appears that the offense appears to be ramping up while the defense is in neutral (in 5 on 5, that is). That being said, they pulled out a victory, their second in a row, and that is something to talk about.

We're proud of you Tigers...let's keep moving in this direction!