Show N. N NY Y Islanders drop sixth in a row Greg Logan I New York Islanders captain Alexei Yashin was vas benched by coach Ted red Nolan for all but one shift of the second period and ind nd goaltender Rick DiPietro was hit with an conduct call that gave Carolina Hurricanes a three on power play that produced the winning goal as the Islanders suffered their sixth straight loss by a 4 2 margin last night at Center The Isles fell to at 3 19 reached the as they point mid-point of the season To top it off they were for 6 on the power play and now are in a for 36 rut over the last nine games and 1 for Yashin hasn't scored a point during the past six games and while he might still be fighting the effects of the sprained right knee that caused him to miss three weeks in December Nolan believes he can do more It was a benching Nolan said Hes got to play better He knows it and we know it Maybe the injury set him back but hes he's got to get better Some guys are fragile with any kind of injury and some guys can play with a broken leg legand legand legand and it doesn't affect their performance Yashin has got to learn to fight through this thing until he gets himself back percent The Hurricanes had lost four of their previous five and were coming off two straight shutout losses But the game was only old when Islanders Tom Poti was called for throwing his stick on a breakaway by Erik Cole resulting in a penalty shot However Cole lost the puck as he tried to make a move and never got the shot off Even though the Isles generated pressure they once again found themselves playing from behind when Justin Williams netted a I power power- ower- ower play goal one second beforetime before beforetime beforetime time expired in the first period to end Carolinas Carolina's shutout streak at 45 The hole got deeper just 37 seconds into the second period when Cole skated right past Islanders Bruno Gervais to take a pass from Ray Whitney right of the crease and lift it over DiPietro as ashe ashe ashe he tried to stack his pads |