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Rick DiPietro notched a milestone win on Monday. (AI Wire photo)

Oh, the hooligans in the 300 section at Madison Square Garden weren’t liking this. Not even a lively rendition of the famous “Potvin Sucks” chant could take away the sting of watching the Rangers surrender a momentous victory to the Islanders’ young goalie.

Rick DiPietro is quickly becoming public enemy No. 1 among supporters of the Broadway Blueshirts. He stopped 18 shots Monday night and earned his 100th career victory as he led the Islanders to a 2-1 upset in the latest edition of the Battle of New York. The loss ended the Rangers’ five-game winning streak and dropped them to 0-3 against their Atlantic Division rivals from Long Island.

The Islanders paid +160 on the puckline (meaning a winning hockey bet of $100 would net a healthy $160) and the betting total was under five goals.

DiPietro blanked the Devils on Friday night and is emerging as an early candidate for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top netminder.

Ruslan Fedotenko and Josef Vasicek scored for the Isles while Michal Roszival tallied for the Rangers.

In other NHL action on Monday:

Ottawa 4, Montreal 2: Dany Heatley’s ninth goal stood up as the winner as the Senators paid -125 on the road. Heatley also had two assists.

Atlanta 4, Tampa Bay 3: Todd White won the game in overtime with a power-play tally at 2:11. Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 17th goal for the Thrashers, who paid -115 at home.

Florida 4, Washington 3: The Panthers built a 4-1 lead and held on for the road victory. Olli Jokinen scored twice as Florida paid +130.

St. Louis 2, Nashville 1: Paul Kariya had a power-play goal and an assist as the Blues paid -125 at home.

Dallas 3, Los Angeles 0: Mike Smith stopped 22 shots and Steve Ott scored the winner for the Stars, who were -180 favorites at home.

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