1.   Along the walls, in the corners and in open ice, they were outfought for many loose pucks.

2.   And Nieuwendyk made a marvelous move in open ice to answer back after Armstrong had given the Islanders a flicker of hope so late in the game.

3.   As soon as Messier left the penalty box, he crushed Watt in open ice as Watt was going for a big hit in the neutral zone.

4.   But Beukeboom and LaFontaine suffered their injuries in open ice, not along the walls.

5.   He finds open ice.

6.   He deked Straka and kept the puck, then slid it past Werenka and into open ice.

7.   He banked a pass off the right boards to Messier and bulled to the net, creating more open ice for Messier.

8.   He got the puck to Doan in open ice and Doan fired on Potvin.

9.   He saw open ice, a lot of open ice.

10.   He saw P.J. Axelsson with the puck behind the Rangers net and found open ice in front of Richter, so why not?