Rick DiPietro upholds the fine tradition of Islander goalies from Battlin' Bill Smith to Garth Snow for sticking up for his team mates. When Sabre Gaustad's cheap shot leveled Jason Blake into the dasher, Rick sped over and smacked the offender into reality, earning a 2:00 roughing minor for doing so. When did the NHL change the rule that penalized a goaltender for crossing the red line during an altercation? Sabres goalie Ryan Miller skated up to the Isles' blue line and was never called during this same incident.