DETROIT, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Kris Draper scored twice and Dominik Hasek made 25 saves in his first start in a week Friday night as the Detroit Red Wings handed Chris Osgood and the surprising New York Islanders their first regulation loss of the season, 2-1.
Osgood spent his first eight seasons with Detroit and backstopped the Red Wings to the Stanley Cup in 1998. After Hasek was acquired from Buffalo, Osgood was claimed in the waiver draft and helped the Islanders to the best start in franchise history at 9
1-1. But he has been unable to beat his former team, suffering a 5-4 overtime loss at home on Oct. 13.
In his first trip back to Joe Louis Arena, Osgood stopped 26 shots but was beaten twice by Draper as the Islanders had a six-game unbeaten streak stopped.
Hasek sat out two games and part of a third while battling the flu. He did not miss a beat, however, stopping everything he saw after Shawn Bates opened the scoring 65 seconds into the game.
A slashing penalty on Brendan Shanahan gave New York a power play in the final minute and the Islanders pulled Osgood for a six-on-four advantage. But a blast by defenseman Adrian Aucoin went just wide of the right goalpost with 33 seconds left and Hasek denied defenseman Roman Hamrlik with 7.2 seconds remaining as the Red Wings held on for their fourth straight win.
