The Skinny: Pittsburgh 8, Isles 3

 "The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 75

Pittsburgh 8, Isles 3

In a game the Isles led 3-1 halfway through, the Pittsburgh Penguins scored the game's final seven goals and defeated the Islanders, 8-3, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. 

Following a scoreless first period, Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal gave the Isles a 2-0 lead with goals 1:29 apart in the second and when Brayden Schenn responded to an Elmer Soderblom goal, the Isles had a 3-1 lead. Rickard Rakell's 100th goal as a Penguin and first career shorthanded goal came just 1:44 later, and Pittsburgh kept scoring from there.

The Isles fell to third place in the Metro Division as they finish their homestand with a 3-2-0 record. The Isles will play the back-end of this back-to-back in Buffalo on Tuesday.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

No Goals

2nd Period

Anders Lee (17) Adam Boqvist (3), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (17) 01:27 PIT 0,NYI 1 PPG

Mathew Barzal (19) Calum Ritchie (14), Adam Boqvist (4) 02:56 PIT 0,NYI 2

Elmer Soderblom (4) Connor Dewar (14), Noel Acciari (11) 06:41 PIT 1,NYI 2

Brayden Schenn (16) Mathew Barzal (48), Calum Ritchie (15) 09:17 PIT 1,NYI 3

Rickard Rakell (18) Bryan Rust (34), Parker Wotherspoon (25) 11:01 PIT 2,NYI 3 SHG

Ryan Shea (5) Anthony Mantha (28), Sidney Crosby (37) 13:29 PIT 3,NYI 3

Anthony Mantha (28) Justin Brazeau (15), Parker Wotherspoon (26) 14:35 PIT 4,NYI 3

Anthony Mantha (29) Justin Brazeau (16), Kris Letang (26) 17:18 PIT 5,NYI 3

3rd Period

Avery Hayes (3) Ben Kindel (17), Tommy Novak (23) 06:06 PIT 6,NYI 3

Rickard Rakell (19) Justin Brazeau (17), Samuel Girard (12) 07:54 PIT 7,NYI 3

Bryan Rust (27) Sidney Crosby (38), Kris Letang (27) 16:16 PIT 8,NYI 3

The Skinny

The Isles are 15-9-0 in their last 24 games… Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 21 of 24, allowing all three goals in one game to the Canadiens; their 87.5% penalty kill is tied for the best in the NHL in that span…Cal Ritchie extended his point streak to four games, matching a career high; Ritchie also had his first multi-assist game…Adam Boqvist had a pair of assists in 89 seconds to match is offensive performance for the season… Anthony Mantha has 29 goals, the most by any first-year Penguin since Evgeny Malkin had 33 as a rookie in 2006-07…Sidney Crosby recorded his 141st and 142nd point against the Isles; his assist on the final goal was his 1,100th career assist…The Penguins scored at least five goals in a period at UBS Arena for a second time (six on December 27, 2023); the Isles did that for a first time on Sunday…The Isles have scored eight goals in their last two second periods…Ilya Sorokin allowed seven goals in a game for the first time in his career; he allowed 15 goals in 166 minutes against the Penguins this season…Sorokin had given up only three goals through twelve periods of action on this homestand through the first period….The Isles dominated the face-off circle and have won an NHL-best 56.8% of draws since the Trade Deadline…The Isles allowed a season-high eight goals…The Isles have changed goaltenders in each of their last three losses, after changing goalies only once in their first 69 games…The Isles are 8-7-0 In March with one game to play…Jean-Gabriel Pageau was assessed only his second penalty of the season; he has only 111 penalty minutes in 436 games with the Isles…Mathew Barzal went 2-4-6 in three games against the Pens this season.…The Isles scored on the power play for the second consecutive game; it is the first time since January 26th-28th that they scored power play goals in consecutive games.

The Playoff Chase

1. (1st Atlantic) Tampa Bay 98 points (37 RW) in 73 games

2. (1st Metro)  Carolina 98 (33 RW) in 73 

3. (2nd Atlantic) Buffalo 98 (37 RW) in 74

4. (3rd Atlantic) Montreal 94 (30 RW) in 73

5. (1st WC) Boston 92 (30 RW) in 74

6. (2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 90 (30 RW) in 74

7. (3rd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 75

8. (2nd WC/4th Metro) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 74

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9. (3rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 73

10. (4th WC) Detroit 86 (28 RW) in 73

11. (5th WC) Philadelphia 86 (23 RW) in 73

12. (6th WC) Washington 83 (31 RW) in 74 

Upcoming Games

Tue 3/31: NYI @BUF, DAL@BOS, MTL@TBL, OTT@FLA, DET@PIT, PHI@WSH, CAR@CBJ

Wed 4/1: No Games

Thu 4/2: BUF@OTT, PIT@TB, BOS@FLA, MTL@NYR, DET@PHI, CBJ@CAR, WSH@NJD

Fri 4/3: PHI@NYI

Sat 4/4: NYI@CAR, DET@NYR, MIN@OTT, BOS@TB, FLA@PIT, MTL@NJ,BUF@WAS, WPG@CBJ

Sun 4/5: MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR

Mon 4/6: TB@BUF

First Time in a Long Time 

The teams combined for eight goals in the second period; it matched the most scored in an NHL game this season and was the most in an Islander game since February 9, 2018, vs. Detroit; the Isles out-scored the Red Wings 5-3 in the third period that night as they rallied to win.

Milestone Men  

• Matthew Schaefer saw his point streak end at three games. He has 56 points, tying the club record held by Stefan Persson; Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.

• Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.

• Schaefer now has 199 shots on goal; the last rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots was Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Noah Dobson (206 in 2022-23) is the only Islander defenseman with more shots on goal in the last 20 years.

• Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (415) and Jake Guentzel (302) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.

• Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.

• Patrick Roy has 97 wins as an Islander coach; only 3 coaches have won at least 100 games for the Isles.

The Fourth Line

Isles are 21-12-2 when Casey Cizikas, Marc Gatcomb and Kyle MacLean are all in the lineup and 21-16-3 otherwise.

How Swede It Is

Emil Heineman (21) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 40 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals.

Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)

• 19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)

• 19 (2025-26 CURRENT)

• 12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)

The Isles have sold out 21 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.

Return to Form

Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 26-15-1 (with a .917 save percentage, and a 2.38 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then. Since October 31, only Andrei Vasilevskiy has won more games.

Sorokin is 15-3-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots. 

The Shutout Leader

Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.

Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.

Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)

1. Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%

2. Ken Dryden             (46/397) 11.6%

3. Dominik Hasek        (81/735) 11.0%

4. Martin Brodeur     (125/1266)  9.9%

5. Ilya Sorokin             (29/302)  9.6%

Big Save Dave

David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'  in his last six starts. 

Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).

Most Islander Shutouts in a Season

• 11 2018-19 

• 10 2020-21 and 1975-76 

• 9  2021-22 and 2025-26 

The Home Stretch

The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 3-1-0 overall, 3-2-0 at home and 0-0-0 on the road:

• March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W

• March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L

• March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W

• March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W

• March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L

• March 31 @ BUF

• April 3 vs PHI

• April 4 @ CAR

• April 9 vs TOR

• April 11 vs OTT

• April 12 vs MTL

• April 14 vs CAR

Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman

1. Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)

2. Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)

(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)

Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman

1. Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83

2. Matthew Schaefer (22-34-56 in 75 GP)

Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman

1. Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)

2. Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26) 

Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman

1. Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83

2. Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Pat LaFontaine 26

3. John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24

5. Brent Sutter 23

6. Matthew Schaefer 22

Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.

Most Assists by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 63

2. Tim Connolly 51

3. Pat LaFontaine 36

4. Matthew Schaefer 34

Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager.

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Tim Connolly 75

3. Pat LaFontaine 62

4. Matthew Schaefer 56

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager.

Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 5

2. Matthew Schaefer 4

Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager

1. Tim Connolly 285

2. Matthew Schaefer 199

Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager.

Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 91 Isles games.

Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)

Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (32), and points (54). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer. 

Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman

1. Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)

Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman

1. Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78) Matthew Schaefer 56 (2025-26)

Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)

1. Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)

2. Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)

Schaefer and Penalties

Matthew Schaefer has drawn 35 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +17 (having taken only 18 penalties).

Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).

Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2019-10)

1. PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11) 

2. Matthew Schaefer 35 (2025-26)

This is only the eighth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 35 penalties. Schaefer's +17 differential is by far the highest of that group.

Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)

1. Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47

2. John Tavares 2011-12 42

3. Mathew Barzal  2017-18 40

4. Matthew Schaefer 2025-26  35  

Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)

1. Mathew Barzal  2017-18 40

2. Matthew Schaefer 2025-26  35 

3. Matt Martin        2010-11 25

[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)

Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game

1. Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI

2. Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA

3. Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)

4. Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)

      Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)

The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.

Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game

1. Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI

2. Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA

3. Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)

4. Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)

5. Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)

Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game

1. Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI

2. Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)

There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the second teenager with three games of at least 29 minutes, joining Seth Jones.

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 63 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period.

The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period).

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts. 

The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.

Most Overtime Goals, Isles

1. 2025-26 10

2. 2023-24 9

3. 2019-20 (68 games) 8

Best Overtime Goal Differential

1. 2025-26  10-0  (+10)

2. 2014-15 6-1 (+5)

3. 2018-19 6-2  (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)

Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.

The Sixth Attacker

The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.

Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles. 

Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)

1. 2025-26 11

2. 2017-18 9

Most Career Empty Net Goals

1. Bryan Trottier 27

2. John Tavares 20

3. Mike Bossy 15

4. Brock Nelson 13

5. Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 35 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 15 times

• Allowed the next goal: 14 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2025-26  42-28-5 for 89 points in 75 games

• 2024-25  33-32-10 for 76 points in 75 games; they finished last season with 82 points. 

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-2-2

• Season: 39-118-157

• Last Season (Final) 32-129-161

The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.

Rookie Scoring

• Today:   0-2-2

• Season: 38-64-102

• Last Season (Final) 19-30-49

• This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139) 

The 38 rookie goals are second to Montreal's 39,  while the 102 points are 2nd to Chicago's 106. Islander rookies have scored 17.7% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.

Home and Road

The Isles are 42-28-5 overall; they are 21-13-2 at home and 21-15-3 on the road.

Pittsburgh is 37-21-16 overall; they are 17-12-8 at home and 20-9-8 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 25-14-4 against the East (14-8-2 vs. Metropolitan and 11-7-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).

First Things First

The Isles are 28-11-3 when scoring first and 14-17-2 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles          7-8-8=23

Pittsburgh 11-13-7=31

The Isles are 14-16-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-10-0 when the opposition has more shots. 

In the Nets 

Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves before being replaced after Pittsburgh's seventh goal; he is 28-19-2 this season and 12-7-0 vs. Pittsburgh. David Rittich made two saves in relief.

Arturs Silovs made 20 saves; he is 17-10-8 this season and 1-0-0 vs. the Isles 

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-2 (2:24) but allowed a shorthanded goal; Pittsburgh was 0-1 (1:42).

The Isles are 20-8-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-20-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-13-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-15-1 when they do not.

The Isles are 19-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-10-2 when they are outscored, and 18-17-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)

Three is (Usually) a Magic Number

The Isles 32-7-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-21-2 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 27-8-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-8 in regulation; the 26 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)

Back-to-Backs     

Including tonight, the Isles are 5-9-0 on the front end and 9-3-1 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes Tuesday in Buffalo. The penultimate back-to-back will be on April 3rd-4th when the Isles host Philadelphia and visit Carolina. 

The Isles are 8-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Adam Pelech (22:23); Pittsburgh: Parker Wotherspoon (20:39)

Mathew Barzal led Isles forwards (18:21).

Face-offs

Isles 44, Pittsburgh 19 (70%)

Bo Horvat won 15 of 22 for the Isles; no Penguin who took multiple draws won more than he lost.

Hit Count

Isles 15 (Emil Heineman -4)

Pittsburgh 16 (Three with 3)

Fights 

Scott Mayfield fought Elmer Soderblom in the third period. Season total: 9 (Mayfield -3, MacLean-2, Lee-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 13 (Ryan Pulock -3)

Pittsburgh 16 (Justin Brazeau -3)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 51, Pittsburgh 64

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 48, Pittsburgh 60

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Anders Lee +6

Pittsburgh: Parker Wotherspoon +18

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 8, Pittsburgh 24

5-on-5: Isles 6, Pittsburgh 23  (Including 13-1 in the second period)

Scratches

(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), Anthony Duclair, Max Shabanov, Isaiah George

Games Lost to injury: 363. (Last season's total: 304)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 319th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (157) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season. 

National TV Games 

The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.

Matinee Isles

Including today, the Isles are 3-6-2 in matinee games this season; the final matinee is April 11th vs Ottawa at 1:00pm. 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 18-23-14 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)

Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)

Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28

Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2

Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)

Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17

Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (1): STL 3/10

Vs (0):  

Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):

For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG  (19:28 3/1 FLA)

Vs (6): Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)

OT Winners

For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL

Vs (0):  

Shootout Winners

For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30

Vs (5):  PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8

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 971 *** 5. Anders Lee 916…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 635 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 630 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 608 *** 22. Frans Nielsen 606 ***  23. Mathew Barzal 604

Goals    

1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***  3. Denis Potvin 310 ***

4. Anders Lee 306  …

17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…

22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123…

33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98

Assists

1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***

4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 376…

18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241…

23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184… 

32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 146

Points

1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…

9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 547 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***

13. Mathew Barzal 529…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 …

32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240

+/-

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. Ryan Pulock +69 *** 21. JP Parise +67  *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 

Defense Goals

1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***

4. Ryan Pulock 56…

12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30  

Defense Assists

1. Denis Potvin 742***  2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***

4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 … 

9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 146… 

14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Tom Kurvers, Gerry Hart, and Scott Mayfield 108

Defense Points

1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***

4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 176…

14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 138

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 302… 

8. Jaroslav Halak 177***  9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304  *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 153 …

7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***  8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76

Shutouts 

1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 28-28-3-5 on the season and find themselves in 5th place in the Atlantic; they are one point behind Hershey and two points ahead of Springfield and Lehigh. The Islanders will host Hershey at 10:30am on Wednesday.

 

Leaders:  Goals: Adam Beckman 26;  Assists: Matthew Highmore 22  (Matt Luff has 32, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 45.(Luff has 49, 39 prior to being acquired)

Goalies:  Henrik Tikkanen  14-7-1, 2.45, .902; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887

Season Series Stats

Pittsburgh wins the season series, 2 games to 1 (and 5 points to 2). 

The Isles are 7-3-0 all-time against the Pens at UBS Arena.

UP NEXT

TUESDAY, MARCH 31st   —ISLES AT BUFFALO 7:00PM

[MSGSN2 (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles head to Buffalo to try to stop a three-game losing streak (0-2-1) to the Sabres. The Sabres won a shootout in Buffalo on December 20th and then blanked the Isles 5-0 on January 24th. 

The Isles have not gone winless in four games against the Sabres since October 2005- New Year's Day 2007, when they went 0-5-1 in a six-game stretch.

Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick