"The Skinny"
By Eric Hornick
Game 9
Boston 5, Isles 2
David Pastrnak scored a goal and added an assist, and Long Islander Charlie McAvoy added a pair of helpers as the Boston Bruins rallied from a 2-0 deficit for a 5-2 win over the Isles before a sellout crowd of 17,850 at TD Garden.
Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri gave the Isles a 2-0 lead for the third straight game, as they scored in the first 4:52, but the Bruins grabbed control of the game in the second period when they had ten of the first 11 shots and scored three times.
The loss ends the Isles' five-game point streak (4-0-1); the last two games of this four-game road trip will be played back-to-back, in Carolina on Thursday and Washington on Friday.
The Scoring:
1st Period
Bo Horvat (6) Jonathan Drouin (5) 01:08 NYI 1,BOS 0
Kyle Palmieri (4) Mathew Barzal (6), Bo Horvat (5) 04:52 NYI 2,BOS 0
2nd Period
Elias Lindholm (4) Pavel Zacha (8), David Pastrnak (9) 03:57 NYI 2,BOS 1 PPG
David Pastrnak (6) Hampus Lindholm (1), Andrew Peeke (2) 06:49 NYI 2,BOS 2
Michael Eyssimont (3) Charlie McAvoy (7), Nikita Zadorov (3) 07:48 NYI 2,BOS 3
3rd Period
Morgan Geekie (8) Charlie McAvoy (8), Elias Lindholm (5) 05:48 NYI 2,BOS 4 PPG
Fraser Minten (2)EN Michael Eyssimont (4) 16:37 NYI 2,BOS 5
The Skinny
The Isles had not trailed at any point of regulation in nearly ten periods, before the Bruins took the lead for good with 12:12 left in the middle period …The Isles have outshot the opposition in each of their first four regulation losses…Ilya Sorokin has allowed at least three goals in all seven starts; it is the first time that has happened at any point in his career…Bo Horvat had a goal and assist to climb to 6-5-11 in his first 9 games.… The Isles have led by at least two goals at some point in each of the last four games (2-1-1)...The Isles were credited with twelve shots on goal on their five power plays, but are now 0-13 this season away from UBS Arena…The Isles have outscored their opponents 6-0 in the first period, beginning with Emil Heineman's goal late in the first period last Tuesday against the Sharks.
Milestone Man
Anders Lee played his 100th consecutive game but saw his four-game assist streak end.
First Times in a Long Time
· Bo Horvat is the first Islander with at least 11 points in the first nine games since John Tavares (5-6-11 in 2014-15) and the first with at least six goals in that span since Brock Nelson (7 in 2021-22).
· Ilya Sorokin is the first Islander goalie to allow at least three goals in his first seven games of the season since Billy Smith in 1985.
· The Isles have been outscored the opposition 33-32 (including SO winners) through nine games. The 65 combined goals are the highest since 2014-15 (66).
Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game
1. Matthew Schaefer 27:40 10/25/2025 at PHI (SO)
2. Eric Brewer 26:57 4/3/1999 vs ANA (OT)
3. John Tavares 26:46 4/11/2010 vs. PIT (SO)
4. Matthew Schaefer 26:35 10/13/2025 vs. WPG
5. Matthew Schaefer 26:04 10/11/2025 vs. WAS
A 20-year-old Islander has played more than 27:40 seven times (Bryan Berard – four times; Travis Hamonic -3 times). The youngest of these was Hamonic in Montreal on February 10, 2011, when he was 20 years, 178 days old; Schaefer will not hit that age until March 1, 2028.
Most Games Played as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)
Tim Connolly 81
Dave Chyzowski 34
Mathew Schaefer 9
Nino Niederreiter 9
Brent Sutter 3
Brad Dalgarno 2
Paul Boutilier 1
Lots of Travel
The Isles are in a stretch where they are playing 11 of 14 games on the road. They are 0-1-1 in this stretch (0-0-0 home, 0-1-1 road).
Did Somebody Say Comeback?
The Isles have three come-from behind wins this season, including one when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win three times this season, including twice in the third period.
Overtime
The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 0-1 in shootouts.
Empty Netters
The Isles have scored 1 empty-net goal and allowed 2.
Building on a Lead
The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 5 times this season:
· Score the next goal: 1 time
· Allowed the next goal: 3 times
· Game ended with 2-goal difference: 1 time
Last Year vs. This Year
· 2025-26 4-4-1 for 9 points in 9 games
· 2024-25 3-4-2 for 8 points in 9 games
Offense from Defense
· Today: 0-0-0
· Season: 3-18-21
· Last Season (Final) 32-129-161
Home and Road
The Isles are 4-4-1 overall; they are 3-2-0 at home and 1-2-1 on the road.
Boston is 5-7-0 overall; they are 4-3-0 at home and 1-4-0 on the road.
East and West
The Isles are 2-3-1 against the East (0-2-1 vs. Metropolitan and 2-1-0 vs. Atlantic) and 2-1-0 against the West (0-1-0 vs. Central and 2-0-0 vs. Pacific).
First Things First
The Isles are 2-1-1 when scoring first and are 2-3-0 when allowing the opening goal.
The Shots
Isles 10-10-15=35
Boston 4-11-7=22
The Isles are 0-4-0 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-1 when the shots are even and 4-0-0 when the opposition has more shots.
In the Nets
Ilya Sorokin made 17 saves; he is 2-4-1 this season and 4-4-2 vs. Boston.
Joonas Korpisalo made 33 saves; he is 2-3-0 this season and 7-5-4 vs. the Isles.
Special Teams
The Isles were 0-5 (10:00); Boston was 2-4 (5:36).
The Isles are 2-1-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-3-1 when they do not. The Isles are 3-3-1 when they allow at least one power play goal and 1-1-0 when they do not.
The Isles are 2-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 2-3-0 when they are outscored, and 0-0-1 when special team goals are equal.
Three is a Magic Number
The Isles are 4-1-1 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-3-0 when they do not.
One-Goal Games
The Isles are 2-1-1 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 1-0 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.
Back-to-Backs
The Isles are 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back is October 30-31 at Carolina and Washington.
Including tonight, the Isles are 1-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.
Ice-time Leaders
Isles: Matthew Schaefer (23:39); Boston: Cam York (24:06)
Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (21:42).
Face-offs
Isles 19, Boston 24 (44%)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 9 of 15 for the Isles. Elias Lindholm won 12 of 18 for Boston.
Hit Count
Isles 12 (Four with 2)
Boston 20 (Fraser Minten -4)
Fights
None. Season total: 2 (Mayfield, McLean)
Blocked Shots
Isles 12 (Adam Pelech -3)
Boston 13 (Jonathan Aspirot -4)
For the Analytics Crowd
Corsi: All situations: Isles 62, Boston 45
Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 40, Boston 33
5-on-5 leaders:
Isles: Scott Mayfield +11
Boston: Nikita Zadorov +13
High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)
All situations: Isles 15, Boston 7
5-on-5: Isles 8, Boston 4
Scratches
(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Ethan Bear – IR), (Alex Romanov -IR), (Max Shabonov --INJ) Adam Boqvist
Games Lost to injury: 35. (Last season's total: 304)
The Ironmen
Kyle Palmieri is the Islanders' ironman, having played 207 consecutive games. Casey Cizikas (117) and Anders Lee (100) are the only other Isles to have also played every game since the start of last season.
National TV Games
The Isles are 1-0-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national 1roadcast partners. Their next appearance will be on October 30th in Carolina.
Matinee Isles
The Isles are 1-1-1 in matinee games this season; the next matinee will be at 3:30pm on November 22nd against St. Louis. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 16-18-13 in matinees.
Challenges
Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures
Opponents: 0 successful, 2 failure (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23)
Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable
Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)
For (1): DET 10/23
Vs (1): BOS 10/28
Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)
Isles responses (2): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21
Opponent responses (1): WPG 10/13
Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins
For (0):
Vs (0):
Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):
For (1): Anders Lee, GWG, 10/18 OTT (18:57)
Vs (0):
OT Winners
For (0):
Vs (0):
Shootout Winners
For (0):
Vs (1): PHI 10/25
All-time Islander Leader Boards:
Games Played (skaters)
1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***
4. Casey Cizikas 906 *** 5. Brock Nelson 901 *** 6. Bobby Nystrom 900 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin 855 *** 9. Anders Lee 850 …
22. John Tonelli 594 *** 23. Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock 569 *** 25. Ken Morrow 550 *** 26. Duane Sutter 547 *** 27. Scott Mayfield 544 *** 28. Lorne Henning 543 *** 29. Mathew Barzal 539
Goals
1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …
5. Brock Nelson 295 *** 6. Anders Lee 291 …
20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 136…
29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 115
Assists
1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …
7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Mathew Barzal 334…
19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 224…
27. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 29. Jean Potvin 167 *** 30. Jeff Norton 166 *** 31. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 32. Ryan Pulock 165…
34. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 35. Casey Cizikas 149
Points
1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…
12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Anders Lee 515…
15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 470…
27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 264
+/-
1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380
15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +82 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +59 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 24. Greg Gilbert +54
Defense Goals
1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***
4. Ryan Pulock 53…
13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield 28 *** 15. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26
Defense Assists
1. Denis Potvin 742*** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***
7. Jean Potvin 167 *** 8. Jeff Norton 166 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 165 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 136…
17. Bryan Berard and Scott Mayfield 100
Defense Points
1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…
5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 230 *** 7. Ryan Pulock 218…
10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 162…
18. Gerry Hart and Scott Mayfield 128
Goalie Games
1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 ***
4. Ilya Sorokin 260 …
8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173
Wins
1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130 ***
4. Ilya Sorokin 127 …
7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76
Shutouts
1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith and Ilya Sorokin 22 ***
4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16
On the Farm
Bridgeport is 2-3-1-0 after falling 4-1 in Providence on Sunday; Cam Berg had the goal for Bridgeport.
The Baby Isles host Hershey on Wednesday before playing in Wilkes-Barre Scranton on Friday.
Leaders: Goals: 5 with 2; Assists: Matthew Highmore 4; Points: Highmore and Matthew Warren 5
Goalies: Marcus Hogberg 1-2-1 2.81, .902; Parker Gahagen 1-1-0 4.00, .867
Season Series Stats
Boston leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play twice at UBS Arena in November (November 4th and 26th) to complete the season series.
The Isles are 3-6-2 in their last eleven games with the Bruins.
UP NEXT
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th —ISLANDERS AT CAROLINA 7:00pm
[ESPN+/Hulu, WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]
The road trip continues as the Isles head to Raleigh to face the Canes. The Canes are one of two divisional opponents that the Isles will face only three times this season (Pittsburgh is the other); their next meeting will be on April 4th, also in Raleigh.
The home team won all four games last season, after the road team did so in the prior regular season.
Overall, the Isles are 4-3-1 in their last eight games with Carolina.
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+/Hulu; John Buccigross and AJ Mleczko will have the call.
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