There's also the matter of his left shoulder that was hit by Daniel Paille's third-period shot.
The Sabres were coming off two shootout losses in which they squandered third-period leads.
It was the second straight game in which the Islanders squandered a third-period lead.
The Rangers had one more chance to get even, but couldn't connect on a late third-period power play.
"We were down but we weren't playing that poorly, " Bruins captain Zdeno Chara said of the team's third-period mindset.
Ryan Callahan's and Mats Zuccarello's third-period goals were fitting postscripts to a dominant victory in what had been a tense matchup.
Ryan Callahan scored on the fourth shootout attempt and the Rangers recovered after blowing a three-goal, third-period lead to beat the Bruins 4-3.
Neal started the third-period flurry with a power-play goal at 1:59.
Goals from Patrick Marleau, Brenden Morrow and Ryan Getzlaf saw Canada storm into a 3-0 lead only for Slovakia to mount a fine third-period comeback.
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Vezio Sacratini claimed a third-period brace and Greg Burke bagged an eighth for London with captain John Purves replying for poor Panthers, who were outshot 45-18.
The Sabres are having difficulty holding third-period leads, which they've squandered a league-worst 10 times, and have six times blown two-goal leads, according to STATS LLC.
That was no more evident than at Montreal on Tuesday, when the Sabres squandered a 2-0, third-period lead before pulling out a 3-2 win in overtime.
The Islanders also beat the Panthers 4-3 in Florida on March 16 when they squandered a three-goal, third-period lead, but were rescued on a late goal by Cizikas.
Peca who started a Quinnipiac third-period rally on Saturday that avoided an upset at the hands of Canisius, the No. 16 seed, picked up on Sunday where he left off.
The Sabres have squandered two-goal leads six times this season, and they were coming off a game in which they blew a third-period lead in a 5-4 shootout loss at Florida on Thursday.
New Jersey had about five good chances to tie it but Lundqvist stoned them, making a great stop on David Clarkson from between the circles in the second period and stopping a couple of slap shots by Kovalchuk on a third-period power play.
So despite the fact that our homes have become remarkably more energy efficient with a nearly one-third drop in total energy per square foot, residential energy demand didn't go down--it went up about a third over the two-decade period.
Sony Ericsson has spent the past two years cutting costs and has shed 4, 000 staff - more than a third of its workforce - throughout the period.
Brooklyn burst out of the locker room with a 10-4 run, and back-to-back 3-pointers later in the third period by Gerald Wallace kicked off an 11-2 surge that got the Nets within 69-65 on Williams' free throw with 5:29 left.
Derek Stepan scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, as Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Monday night.
Minnesota overcame a 2-0 deficit in the third period, cutting it to one on Nate Schmidt's power-play goal and tying it on Zach Budish's goal with 6:20 left.
The Bruins became the first team to overcome a three-goal deficit in the third period of a seventh game and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Bergeron's goal in overtime.
Jakob Silfverberg and Zack Smith scored in a 68-second span early in the third period to tie the game after the Islanders led 3-1.
Tavares, who is second to Steven Stamkos in the NHL's goal-scoring race, gave the Islanders breathing room 9:13 into the third period with his ninth power-play goal.
Novak's third 3-pointer of the period made it 44-22 with 7:06 remaining, about 40 seconds after Stoudemire exited to a loud ovation.
Filings in December alone were a third below the year-ago period.
The Canadiens entered the third period down 2-0, but got goals from Max Pacioretty and Colby Armstrong to tie the game and avoid only their second regulation loss in their past 18 games.
Their 22-year-old center, John Tavares, rapped in a go-ahead goal on a rebound midway through the third period, and the Islanders won, 6-4.
Selanne scored the tiebreaking power-play goal early in the third period, Jonas Hiller made 21 saves, and the Ducks rolled to a 3-1 victory over the Red Wings on Tuesday night.
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