The Skinny: Isles 3, Vancouver 2

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 6

Isles 3, Vancouver 2

Kyle Palmieri scored his first two goals in nearly eleven months and the latter goal, with 14:22 to play proved to be the game-winner, as the Islanders defeated the Canucks 3-2 , before a crowd of 13,647 at UBS Arena. 

 

Mattias Maccelli capped a 2-goal in 53 second outburst in the first period for his first goal as an Islander. The Canucks scored twice in the middle period, including a Brock Boeser tying goal with 1:05 to play.

It was the Isles’ first win over Vancouver on the East Coast since 2018, and their first win in six tries against the Canucks at UBS (1-5-0).

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Kyle Palmieri (1) Matthew Kessel (1), Bo Horvat (3) 14:57 VAN 0,NYI 1

Matias Maccelli (1) Matthew Schaefer (5) 15:50 VAN 0,NYI 2

2nd Period

Max Sasson (2) Arshdeep Bains (2), Jamie Oleksiak (3) 07:52 VAN 1,NYI 2

Brock Boeser (2) Elias Pettersson (7), Filip Hronek (6) 18:55 VAN 2,NYI 2 PPG

3rd Period

Kyle Palmieri (2) Matias Maccelli (4), Matthew Schaefer (6) 05:38 VAN 2,NYI 3

The Skinny

Matthew Kessel made his Islander debut and earned an assist in his 100th NHL game…The Isles went 0-3 with the power play, ending their four-game streak with a power play goal…Mattias Maccelli has three points in the last two games (1-2-3) …The Isles scored twice in the first period after only scoring one first period goal in the first five games… Brock Boeser scored his 80th career power play goal, passing Todd Bertuzzi for fifth place in Canuck history…This was the 23rd consecutive Islander game, going back to last season, to end in regulation…Kyle Palmieri recorded his 31st career multi-goal game…Matthew Schaefer’s two assists gives him the team lead with six…It was the first time since March 1st that the Isles won a game in which they lost the special teams battle…After outscoring the opposition 10-3 in the second period thru five games, Vancouver scored the only two goals of the middle session tonight…This was the 22nd regular season meeting of the Schenn brothers; Brayden has won 15 of them.  However, Luke’s Jets beat Brayden’s Blues in a 7-game series in the 2025 playoffs.

Milestone Men   

• Ilya Sorokin recorded his 157th win for the Islanders, tying Chico Resch for second place in club history.

• Matthew Schaefer recorded his 64th and 65th career points, which tied and then passed Larry Murphy for 8th place among teenage defensemen. It was his 14th career multi-point game, which tied Bobby Orr for 6th among teenage defensemen.

• Schaefer is also the youngest defenseman (and third-youngest player) in NHL history with an assist in each of the season’s first four home games. Wayne Gretzky and Sam Gagner also did in four straight games, but neither earned an assist in their fifth game. The record for a teenager is ten games, set by Ron Francis.

First Time in a Long Time

Bo Horvat is the first Islander forward since Kyle Okposo in 2009 to start the season with a 6-game point streak (3-3-6).

Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1. Phil Housley 46

2. Bobby Orr 24

3. Matthew Schaefer and Ray Bourque 23

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Pat LaFontaine 26

3. John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24

5. Brent Sutter and Matthew Schaefer 23

Schaefer has scored the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.

Most Assists by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 63

2. Tim Connolly 51

3. Matthew Schaefer 42

Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Tim Connolly 75

3. Matthew Schaefer 65

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

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 244

Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager.

Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game

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

2. Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/3121/2026 at BUF

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

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

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 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 the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes.

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 76 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win zero times this season, including zero times in the third period.

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

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-0 in shootouts. 

Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal. 

The Sixth Attacker

The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals.

Opponents have scored one goal with the sixth attacker and allowed one empty-netter to the Isles. 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2026-27: 3-3-0 for 6 points in 6 games

• 2025-26: 3-3-0 for 6 points in 6 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:    0-3-3

• Season: 1-14-15

• Last Season (Final) 40-126-166

The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.

Home and Road

The Isles are 3-3-0 overall; they are 3-1-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road.

Vancouver is 2-6-0 overall; they are 1-2-0 at home and 1-4-0 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 1-3-0 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-2-0 vs. Atlantic) and 2-0-0 against the West (1-0-0 vs. Central and 1-0-0 vs. Pacific).

First Things First

The Isles are 3-0-0 when scoring first and 0-3-0 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles        12-7-19=38

Vancouver 7-11-8=26

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

In the Nets 

Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves; he is 3-2-0 this season and 4-4-1 vs. Vancouver.

Leevi Merilainen made 35 saves; he is 1-1-0 this season and 1-1-0 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-3 (5:22); Vancouver was 1-4 (7:27).

The Isles are 2-2-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 1-1-0 when they do not. The Isles are 1-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 2-0-0 when they do not.

The Isles are 2-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 1-0-0 when they are outscored, and 1-2-0 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles 3-1-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-0 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 1-1-0 in games decided by a single goal including 1-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 Isles are 0-1-0 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 (25:23); Vancouver: Tom Willander (25:43)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (19:49).

Face-offs

Isles 30, Vancouver 20 (60.0%)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 13 of 17 for the Isles; Brock Boeser won 3 of 4 for Vancouver.

Hit Count

Isles 18 (Emil Heineman, Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Ondrej Palat – 3)

Vancouver 33 (Paul Cotter and Luke Schenn – 5)

Blocked Shots

Isles 13 (Jean-Gabriel Pageau – 3)

Vancouver 12 (Tom Willander – 3)

Fights 

None. Season total: 3 (Schenn, Pelech, Stanley)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 60, Vancouver 54

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 45, Vancouver 37

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Casey Cizikas and Simon Holmstrom +9

Vancouver: Brock Boeser +5

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 13, Vancouver 11

5-on-5: Isles 11, Vancouver 8

Scratches

Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Scott Mayfield, Kyle MacLean

Games Lost to injury: 9. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 332nd consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season. 

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees.

The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable 

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13

Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10

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

Isles responses (0): 

Opponent responses (0): 

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 (0): 

Vs (1):  Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB

OT Winners

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

Shootout Winners

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

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 984…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 648 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 642  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611

Goals    

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

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

22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125…

31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 103

Assists

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

4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 381…

23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185… 

32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149

Points

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

9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 …

32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241

+/-

1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +65 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 

Defense Games

1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 648 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 642 ***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617

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 185 … 

9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 149… 

13. Dave Lewis 117 *** 14. Roman Hamrlik and Scott Mayfield 110

Defense Points

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

4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 241…

9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and  Adam Pelech 179…

14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 140

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 313… 

8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 174

Wins

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

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

Shutouts 

1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

The Hamilton Hammers are 0-2-0 in their new home after a 5-2 loss to Toronto on Sunday. Matt Luff had a pair of assists for Hamilton. The Hammers are off until Friday when they host Rochester.

Team leaders: 

Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (6)

Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-1-0), Josh Kotai (0-2-0)

Season Series Stats

The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play next on January 5th in British Columbia.

This was the Isles’ first win at home against the Canucks since a 5-2 win at Barclay’s Center on November 13, 2018. They had gone 0-5-0 at UBS Arena, and 0-5-1 at home overall since then.

UP NEXT

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th – ISLANDERS AT OTTAWA 7:00pm

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

The Isles head to Ontario for a two-game trip beginning on Thursday in Kanata, ONT against the Ottawa Senators.

The Isles are 5-3-1 in the past three seasons against the Sens, including 4-1-0 on the road. However, the Sens’ home win (by a 3-2 score) was in a key game late last season.

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

The Skinny: Tampa Bay 5, Isles 3

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 5

Tampa Bay 5, Isles 3

Brandon Hagel broke a 3-3 tie with 1:44 to play and then completed his hat trick with an empty net goal 21 seconds later as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Isles 5-3, before a sell-out crowd of 17,345 at UBS Arena. 

The Isles scored three goals in the middle period to erase 2-0 and 3-1 deficits; Jean-Gabriel Pageau was credited with his first goal of the season in a post-game scoring change, taking a goal away from Matthew Schaefer.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Jake Guentzel (2) 05:45 TBL 1,NYI 0

Brandon Hagel (2) Victor Hedman (1), Max Crozier (1) 15:42 TBL 2,NYI 0

2nd Period

Tony DeAngelo (1) Ondrej Palat (1) 06:27 TBL 2,NYI 1

Jake Guentzel (3) Nikita Kucherov (6), Brandon Hagel (4) 07:54 TBL 3,NYI 1 PPG

Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1) Matthew Schaefer (1) Tony DeAngelo (1) 11:41 TBL 3,NYI 2

Brayden Schenn (2) Bo Horvat (2), Matias Maccelli (3) 19:53 TBL 3,NYI 3 PPG

3rd Period

Brandon Hagel (3) Max Crozier (2), Ryan McDonagh (1) 18:16 TBL 4,NYI 3

Brandon Hagel (4)EN Anthony Cirelli (1), Nikita Kucherov (7) 18:37 TBL 5,NYI 3

The Skinny

Tony DeAngelo became the first Islander defenseman to score a goal and then assisted on Jean-Gabriel Pageau’s goal…Jake Guentzel scored twice for the Bolts, giving him eleven goals against Ilya Sorokin, more than any other player; Jack Hughes has beaten Ilya ten times…Only Artemi Panarin (18) has scored more goals against the Isles than Guentzel (16) since Guentzel joined the NHL in 2016-16...…All three Islander losses have been by one goal (or one plus empty nets)… Bo Horvat is the first Islander forward since Brock Nelson in 2016 to start the season with a 5-game point streak (3-2-5)…The Isles have scored power play goals in four straight games for the first time since a five-game streak from November 28 to December 7, 2023…Mattias Maccelli earned an assist in his 300th NHL game…Nikita Kucherov extended his point streak to five games with an assist on the empty-netter… Hagel joins Alexis Lafreniere as opponents who have completed hat tricks against the Isles this season with an EN goal…The Isles have been outscored 5-1 in first periods, but had outscored the opposition 10-2 in the second frame...Matthew Schaefer matched a career high with eight shots on goal; no Isle d-man has had nine shots since Ryan Pulock in March 2018, also against Tampa Bay.

Milestone Men   

• Ilya Sorokin has 156 wins for the Islanders, leaving him one behind Chico Resch for second place in club history.

• Matthew Schaefer recorded his 63rd point, passing Pat LaFontaine for third place among Isles teenagers.

Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1. Phil Housley 46

2. Bobby Orr 24

3. Matthew Schaefer and Ray Bourque 23

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Pat LaFontaine 26

3. John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24

4. Matthew Schaefer and Brent Sutter 23

Schaefer has scored the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.

Most Assists by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 63

2. Tim Connolly 51

3. Matthew Schaefer 40

Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Tim Connolly 75

3. Matthew Schaefer 63

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

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 241

Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager.

Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game

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

2. Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/3121/2026 at BUF

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

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

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 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 the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes.

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 75 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win zero times this season, including zero times in the third period.

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

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-0 in shootouts. 

Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal. 

The Sixth Attacker

The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals.

Opponents have scored one goal with the sixth attacker and allowed one empty-netter to the Isles. 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2026-27: 2-3-0 for 4 points in 5 games

• 2025-26: 2-3-0 for 4 points in 5 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:    1-2-3

• Season: 1-11-12

• Last Season (Final) 40-126-166

The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.

Home and Road

The Isles are 2-3-0 overall; they are 2-1-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road.

Tampa Bay is 1-4-0 overall; they are 1-0-0 at home and 0-4-0 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 1-3-0 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-2-0 vs. Atlantic) and 1-0-0 against the West (1-0-0 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific).

First Things First

The Isles are 2-0-0 when scoring first and 0-3-0 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles              4-10-9=23

Tampa Bay 10-8-8=26

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

In the Nets 

Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves; he is 2-2-0 this season and 6-8-0 vs. Tampa Bay.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves; he is 3-1-0 this season and 15-5-1 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-2 (3:41); Tampa Bay was 1-4 (7:09).

The Isles are 2-2-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 0-1-0 when they do not. The Isles are 0-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 2-0-0 when they do not.

The Isles are 2-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 0-0-0 when they are outscored, and 1-2-0 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is (Usually) a Magic Number

The Isles 2-1-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-0 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 0-1-0 in games decided by a single goal including 0-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 Isles are 0-1-0 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 (27:07); Tampa Bay: Brandon Hagel (21:32)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (20:09).

Face-offs

Isles 26, Tampa Bay 25 (51.0%)

Casey Cizikas won 4 of 6 for the Isles; Zemgus Girgensons won 10 of 12 for Tampa Bay.

Hit Count

Isles 30 (Bo Horvat, Victor Eklund and Brayden Schenn – 4)

Tampa Bay 18 (Brandon Hagel and Erik Cernak – 3)

Blocked Shots

Isles 16 (Ryan Pulock and Ondrej Palat – 3)

Tampa Bay 14 (Brandon Hagel – 4)

Fights 

Logan Stanley fought Scott Sabourin in the 2nd period. Season total: 3 (Schenn, Pelech Stanley)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 46, Tampa Bay 48

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 40, Tampa Bay 37

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Matthew Schaefer +19

Tampa Bay: Max Crozier +6

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 10, Tampa Bay 9

5-on-5: Isles 8, Tampa Bay 5

Scratches

Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Matt Kessel, Kyle MacLean

Games Lost to injury: 7. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 331st consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season. 

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees.

The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable 

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (1): Vs NJD 10/3

Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10

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

Isles responses (0): 

Opponent responses (0): 

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 (0): 

Vs (1):  Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB

OT Winners

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

Shootout Winners

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

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 983…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 647 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 641  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611

Goals    

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

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

22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125…

31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 103

Assists

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

4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 381…

23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185… 

32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 198

Points

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

9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 …

32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241

+/-

1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +65 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 

Defense Games

1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 647 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 641 ***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617

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 185 … 

9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 149… 

13. Dave Lewis 117 *** 14. Roman Hamrlik and Scott Mayfield 110

Defense Points

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

4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 241…

9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and  Adam Pelech 179…

14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 140

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 312… 

8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 174

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 156 …

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

Shutouts 

1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Cole Eiserman scored the first home goal in Hamilton Hammers history and Mitchell Chaffee added a goal and an assist, but the Hammers dropped a 5-4 shootout decision to Toronto in their home opener on Friday. They will also host the Marlies on Sunday afternoon at 3.

Team leaders: 

Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (6)

Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-1-0), Josh Kotai (0-1-0)

Season Series Stats

Tampa Bay leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play next on January 30th in Tampa.

The Isles had swept last season’s series but fall to 6-5-0 in the last 11 meetings with the Hawks.

UP NEXT

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13th – VANCOUVER AT ISLANDERS 7:45pm

[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles conclude the home stand as they entertain the Vancouver Canucks; note the slightly later start due to the NHL’s Frozen Frenzy.

Vancouver is 5-0-0 at UBS Arena, and they have outscored the Isles 24-11 in this building. They are the only opponent that has been the Isles in regulation in every meeting in their current rink. Going back to an overtime loss at Barclay’s Center on February 1, 2020, the Isles are 0-5-1 in their last six home games with the Canucks.

The Isles’ last home victory over the Canucks was a 5-2 win at Barclays Center on November 13, 2018; however, they have an even longer point streak in Vancouver, having gone 5-0-3 since a loss in 2015. 

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

The Skinny: Isles 4, Chicago 1

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 4

Isles 4, Chicago 1

Bo Horvat connected on the power play for the third straight game and added an empty-netter while Logan Stanley earned his second two-assist game of the season as the Isles defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1, before 13,946 at UBS Arena. 

Ilya Sorokin set a career high with a 165:31 shutout streak before allowing a late 6th-attacker goal; it was the first he allowed in 117:26 at home, breaking Chico Resch’s club record for a shutout streak to start the season.

Emil Heineman and Anthony Duclair scored 2:54 apart for the Isles.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Bo Horvat (3) Matthew Schaefer (3) 19:01 CHI 0,NYI 1 PPG

2nd Period

Emil Heineman (2) Matias Maccelli (2), Adam Pelech (2) 06:44 CHI 0,NYI 2

Anthony Duclair (1) Logan Stanley (3), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2) 09:38 CHI 0,NYI 3

3rd Period

Frank Nazar (2) Patrick Kane (1), Sam Rinzel (1) 17:26 CHI 1,NYI 3

Bo Horvat (4)EN Logan Stanley (4) 18:27 CHI 1,NYI 4

The Skinny

Logan Stanley had his second consecutive two-assist game on home-ice and now leads the team in assists (4)… The Isles have scored thirteen goals; in the last twelve seasons, they have scored more times thru four games only once (14 in 2022-23)… Bo Horvat is the first Islander to score power play goals in three consecutive games since Anders Lee did so in 2018…Horvat recorded his 41st multi-goal game, including 13 for the Isles…Anthony Duclair scored for the first time since January 21st in Seattle…Logan Stanley matched career highs in assists (8th time) and points (10th time) with his two assists.

The Injury

Bo Horvat left the game after his empty-net goal; Frank Nazar received a match penalty for an illegal hit to the head on the play.

Milestone Men  

• Bo Horvat scored his 102nd and 103rd goals as an Islander, passing Anders Kallur (101) and Anthony Beauvillier (102) for 33rd place in club history.

• Sorokin recorded his 156th win for the Islanders, leaving him one behind Chico Resch for second place in club history.

• Matthew Schaefer recorded his 62nd point, tying Pat LaFontaine for third place among Isles teenagers.

• Adam Pelech tied Mark Streit for 10th place on the Isles defensemen point list (179).

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Pat LaFontaine 26

3. John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24

5. Brent Sutter and Matthew Schaefer 23

Schaefer has scored the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.

Most Assists by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 63

2. Tim Connolly 51

3. Matthew Schaefer 39

Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Tim Connolly 75

3. Pat LaFontaine and Matthew Schaefer 62

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

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 232

Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager.

Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game

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

2. Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/3121/2026 at BUF

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

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

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 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 the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes.

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 74 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win zero times this season, including zero times in the third period.

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

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-0 in shootouts. 

Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal. 

The Sixth Attacker

The Isles have scored no goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty net goals.

Opponents have scored one goal with the sixth attacker and allowed one empty-netter to the Isles. 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2026-27: 2-2-0 for 4 points in 4 games

• 2025-26: 1-3-0 for 2 points in 4 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:    0-4-4

• Season: 0-9-9

• Last Season (Final) 40-126-166

The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.

Home and Road

The Isles are 2-2-0 overall; they are 2-0-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road.

Chicago is 1-4-0 overall; they are 1-0-0 at home and 0-4-0 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 1-2-0 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-1-0 vs. Atlantic) and 1-0-0 against the West (1-0-0 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific).

First Things First

The Isles are 2-0-0 when scoring first and 0-2-0 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles     6-7-6=19

Chicago 5-11-7=23

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

In the Nets 

Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves; he is 2-1-0 this season and 5-2-1 vs. Chicago.

Arvid Soderstrom made 17 saves; he is 0-2-0 this season and 2-4-0 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-4 (3:36); Chicago was 0-3 (6:00).

The Isles are 2-1-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 0-1-0 when they do not. The Isles are 0-2-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 2-0-0 when they do not.

The Isles are 2-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 0-0-0 when they are outscored, and 1-1-0 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles 2-0-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-0 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 0-1-0 in games decided by a single goal including 0-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-1 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 Isles are 0-1-0 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 (26:45); Chicago: Bowen Byram (26:35)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (17:53).

Face-offs

Isles 29, Chicago 20 (59.2%)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 10 of 17 for the Isles; Roman Kantserov won 3 of 5 for Chicago.

Hit Count

Isles 25 (Bo Horvat – 5)

Chicago 15 (Jordan Greenway – 4)

Blocked Shots

Isles 17 (Logan Stanley – 3)

Chicago 10 (Bowen Byram and Patrick Kane – 2)

Fights 

None. Season total: 2 (Schenn, Pelech)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 37, Chicago 54

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 29, Chicago 43

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Bo Horvat +7

Chicago: Three with +11

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 11, Chicago 9

5-on-5: Isles 9, Chicago 8

Scratches

Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Matt Kessel, Kyle MacLean

Games Lost to injury: 5. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 330th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season. 

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees.

The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable 

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (1): Vs NJD 10/3

Vs (1): @ NYR 10/6

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

Isles responses (0): 

Opponent responses (0): 

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 (0): 

Vs (0):  

OT Winners

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

Shootout Winners

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

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 982…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 646 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 640  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 616 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611

Goals    

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

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

22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125…

33. Bo Horvat 103

Assists

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

4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 381…

23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185… 

32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 198

Points

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

9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 …

32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241

+/-

1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +85 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +66 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 

Defense Games

1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 646 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 640 ***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 616

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 185 … 

9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 149… 

13. Dave Lewis 117 *** 14. Roman Hamrlik and Scott Mayfield 110

Defense Points

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

4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 241…

10. Mark Streit and  Adam Pelech 179…

14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 140

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 311… 

8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 174

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 156 …

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

Shutouts 

1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

The Hamilton Hammers are 1-1-0-0 heading into their home opener on Friday against Toronto. They will also host the Marlies on Sunday afternoon at 3.

Team leaders: 

Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (3); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (5)

Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-0-0), Josh Kotai (0-1-0)

Season Series Stats

The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play next on February 23rd at United Center.

The Isles are 7-2-2 in the last 11 meetings with the Hawks.

UP NEXT

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th – TAMPA BAY AT ISLANDERS 7:30pm

[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles will look to improve to 3-0-0 at home for only the third time this century (2003-04 and 2021) and first time at UBS Arena as they host the Tampa Bay Lightning. It is the first of three meetings between the teams this season. 

The Isles are 6-4-0 in the last ten meetings after sweeping three low-scoring games (one in a shootout) last season. 

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

The Skinny: Rangers 5, Isles 2

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 3

Rangers 5, Isles 2

Alexis Lafreniere completed his third career hat trick with a pair of empty net goals, and Mika Zibanejad added three assists as the Rangers spoiled Semyon Varlamov’s return to the nets after a 22-month absence, defeating the Isles, 5-2, before a sellout crowd of 18,006 at Madison Square Garden.

Bo Horvat and Cal Ritchie erased a 2-0 Ranger lead with goals 1:56 apart, but Oliver BJorkstrand scored a power play goal late in the second period and that held up for the game-winning goal. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) Alexis Lafrenière (2) Sean Durzi (1) 06:40 NYI 0,NYR 1

2nd Period

Alexis Lafrenière (1) Mika Zibanejad (3), Vladislav Gavrikov (2) 00:25 NYI 0,NYR 2

Bo Horvat (2) Matias Maccelli (1), Brayden Schenn (2) 02:56 NYI 1,NYR 2 PPG

Calum Ritchie (1) Brayden Schenn (3) 04:52 NYI 2,NYR 2

Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) Gabe Perreault (2), Will Cuylle (3) 17:07 NYI 2,NYR 3 PPG

3rd Period

Alexis Lafrenière (2)EN J.T. Miller (1), Mika Zibanejad (4) 18:22 NYI 2,NYR 4

Alexis Lafrenière (3)EN Adam Fox (5), Mika Zibanejad (5) 18:54 NYI 2,NYR 5

The Skinny

It was Lafreniere’s third career hat trick, doubling his career goal total against the Isles…Oliver Bjorkstrand recorded his 22nd multi-goal game; he has never had a hat trick…His fight with Adam Pelech was the 3rd in Pelech’s career (Alex Tuch three years ago, and Yanni Gourde in the 2021 playoffs)… Matthew Schaefer was credited with twelve shot attempts, but nine were blocked by the Rangers…No Islander had more than two shots on goal…Brayden Schenn had his second consecutive two-point game and now leads the team in both assists (3) and points (4)…Ryan Pulock celebrated his 32nd birthday…Matthew Schaefer faced a defenseman younger than him for the first time in his NHL career; Ranger rookie Alberts Smits is 88 days younger than Schaefer.

The Injuries

• Simon Holmstrom suffered a facial injury in the first period but returned for the second period.

• Alex Romanov did not play in the final 12:04 (undisclosed injury)

First Time For Everything

Alexis Lafreniere is the first opponent to record two empty net goals in a game against the Isles.

Milestone Men  

• Bo Horvat scored his 101st goal as an Islander, tying Anders Kallur for 34th place in club history.

• Sorokin has 155 wins for the Islanders, leaving him two behind Chico Resch for second place in club history.

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Pat LaFontaine 26

3. John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24

5. Brent Sutter and Matthew Schaefer 23

Schaefer has scored the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.

Most Assists by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 63

2. Tim Connolly 51

3. Matthew Schaefer 38

Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Tim Connolly 75

3. Pat LaFontaine 62

4. Matthew Schaefer 61

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

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 228

Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager.

Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game

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

2. Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF

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

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

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 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 the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes.

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 73 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win zero times this season, including zero times in the third period.

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

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-0 in shootouts. 

Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal. 

The Sixth Attacker

The Isles have scored no goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty net goals.

Opponents have scored no goals with sixth attacker and allowed no empty-netters to the Isles. 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2026-27: 1-2-0 for 2 points in 3 games

• 2025-26: 0-3-0 for 0 points in 3 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-5-5

• Season: 0-5-5

• Last Season (Final) 40-126-166

The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.

Home and Road

The Isles are 1-2-0 overall; they are 1-0-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road.

The Rangers are 4-1-0 overall; they are 3-0-0 at home and 1-1-0 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 1-2-0 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-1-0 vs. Atlantic) and 0-0-0 against the West (0-0-0 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific).

First Things First

The Isles are 1-0-0 when scoring first and 0-2-0 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles     9-5-5=19

Rangers 5-7-12=24

The Isles are 0-1-0 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 1-1-0 when the opposition has more shots. 

In the Nets 

Semyon Varlamov made 19 saves; he is 0-1-0 this season and 14-9-2 vs. the Rangers.

Igor Sherterkin made 17 saves; he is 3-1-0 this season and 10-10-1 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-4 (6:54); the Rangers were 1-3 (3:52).

The Isles are 1-1-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 0-1-0 when they do not. The Isles are 0-2-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 1-0-0 when they do not.

The Isles are 1-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 0-0-0 when they are outscored, and 1-1-0 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles 1-0-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-0 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 0-1-0 in games decided by a single goal including 0-11 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-1 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 Isles are 0-1-0 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 (25:03); Rangers: Vladislav Gavrikov (24:10)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (17:49).

Face-offs

Isles 32, Rangers 34 (48.5%)

Bo Horvat won 11 of 20 for the Isles; Mika Zibanejad won 9 of 17 for the Rangers.

Hit Count

Isles 18 (Emil Heineman – 4)

Rangers 27 (Will Cuylle – 6)

Blocked Shots

Isles 14 (Ondrej Palat, Logan Stanley, Alexander Romanov, and Tony DeAngelo – 2)

Rangers 14 (Eeli Tolvanen – 4) 

Fights 

Brayden Schenn fought JT Miller in the first period; Adam Pelech fought Oliver Bjorkstrand in the final seconds. Season total: 2 (Schenn, Pelech)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 47, Rangers 56

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 35, Rangers 40

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Cal Ritchie and Victor Eklund +7

Rangers: Adam Fox +9

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 8, Rangers 13

5-on-5: Isles 6, Rangers 6

Scratches

Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Scott Mayfield, Matt Kessel, Kyle MacLean

Games Lost to injury: 3. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 329th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season. 

National TV Games 

Including tonight, the Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees.

The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable 

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (1): Vs NJD 10/3

Vs (1): @ NYR 10/6

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

Isles responses (0): 

Opponent responses (0): 

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 (0): 

Vs (0):  

OT Winners

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

Shootout Winners

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

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 981…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 645 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 639  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 615 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611

Goals    

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

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

22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125…

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

Assists

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

4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 381…

23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185… 

32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 148

Points

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

9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 …

32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241

+/-

1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +85 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +65 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 

Defense Games

1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 645 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 639 ***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 615

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 185 … 

9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 148… 

13. Dave Lewis 117 *** 14. Roman Hamrlik and Scott Mayfield 110

Defense Points

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

4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 241…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 178…

14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 140

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 310… 

8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 174

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 155 …

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

Shutouts 

1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

The Hamilton Hammers are 1-1-0-0 heading into their home opener on Friday against Toronto. They will also host the Marlies on Sunday afternoon at 3.

Team leaders: 

Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (3); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (5)

Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-0-0), Josh Kotai (0-1-0)

Season Series Stats

The Rangers lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play next on December 20th at UBS Arena.

This was the Rangers’ first win over the Isles in the Schaefer era; the Isles went 4-0-0 last season, outscoring the Blueshirts 14-3. 

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8th – CHICAGO AT ISLANDERS 7:30pm

[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles begin a three-game homestand as they host the Chicago Blackhawks. It is the first of two meetings between the teams this season. The Isles are 6-2-2 in the last five seasons against the Hawks but are only 2-2-0 in the last four meetings. 

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

The Skinny: Isles 6, New Jersey 0

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 2

Isles 6, New Jersey 0

What a home opener for the Islanders! Ilya Sorokin made 35 saves for his 30th career shutout, and the Isles got goals for six different players as they defeated the New Jersey Devils, 6-0, before a franchise-record 17,345 at UBS Arena.

Victor Eklund scored his first NHL goal and added an assist on his 20th birthday, Bo Horvat scored his 100th goal as an Islander, Matthew Schaefer and Logan Stanley each matched career high with two assists, and Ondrej Palat scored his first goal since his Islander debut as eleven Islanders had points. 

The Isles, who defeated New Jersey, 9-0, in January at UBS Arena, have now scored seventeen consecutive goals at home against the Devils dating back to last December. This is a franchise record against a single opponent.

The Scoring:  

1st Period 

No Goals

2nd Period

Simon Holmstrom (1) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1), Adam Pelech (1) 03 :32 NJD 0,NYI 1

Brayden Schenn (1) Victor Eklund (1), Matthew Schaefer (1) 05:00 NJD 0,NYI 2

Bo Horvat (1) Matthew Schaefer (2) 12:08 NJD 0,NYI 3 PPG

3rd Period

Victor Eklund (1) Calum Ritchie (1), Brayden Schenn (1) 11:32 NJD 0,NYI 4

Ondrej Palat (1) Casey Cizikas (1), Logan Stanley (1) 12:14 NJD 0,NYI 5

Casey Cizikas (1) Simon Holmstrom (1) Logan Stanley (2) 18:41 NJD 0,NYI 6 SHG

The Skinny

This was the 4,200th game in Islander history… The Islanders are 2-3-1 in six openers at UBS Arena…This was the fifth shutout in a home opener in Isles history, last happening before no fans on January 18, 2021 vs. Boston...Casey Cizikas’ shorty was the 14th of his career and his 125th career goal…Ondrej Palat’s only other Islander goal was in his team debut on January 28th at MSG…The October 3rd home game matched the earliest ever by the calendar for the Isles (also 2009)…The Isles scored at least three goals in multiple periods of a game only once in each of the last two seasons (1/6/26 vs. New Jersey, and 12/21/24 at Toronto)… Ilya Sorokin has 1.02 GAA and a .968 save percentage thru two starts…The Isles’ 17-goal home streak is the longest by any NHL team against another since Columbus scored 19 goals over a four-game span against the Isles in December 2016-December 2017...There were 90 seats added in the offseason, raising the capacity to 17,345.

Milestone Men  

• Bo Horvat became the 35th player to score 100 goals as an Islander; he did it in fewer games than any Islander since Matt Moulson.

• Ilya Sorokin is the 76th goalie to record at least 30 NHL shutouts, as he extended his own club record. It was his third shutout against the Devils. 

• Sorokin now has 155 wins for the Islanders, leaving him two behind Chico Resch for second place in club history.

• Matthew Schaefer now has 38 career assists, passing Pat LaFontaine for third place among Islander teenagers. His 61 points are one behind LaFontaine for third place on the teenage list.

• The 61 points tied Aaron Ekblad for ninth place all-time among teenage defensemen; Phil Housley holds the record with 132, and Rasmus Dahlin is second with 84.

• Adam Pelech’s assist was his 178th point, leaving him one point behind Mark Streit for 10th place among Islander defensemen.

First Times in a Long Time

• The Isles have scored shorthanded goals in each of their first two games for the first time since the 1976-77 season.

• Victor Eklund is the first Islander to score a goal on his 20th birthday since Duane Sutter did so on March 16, 1980.

• Eklund is the first NHL player with a multi-point game on his 20th birthday since Nicklas Backstrom did so for Washington in 2007. 

• Eklund is the Islander to have a goal and an assist in one of his first three NHL games since Sebastian Aho did so on January 7, 2018, vs. New Jersey; the last Islander forward to do so was Kael Mouillierat, who recorded the only two points of his career on February 24, 2015, vs. Arizona.

Howie’s Stat

Howie Rose was in the building, and this was always one of his favorite stats; Victor Eklund is the 415th player to score a goal for the Isles. Ondrej Palat tonight became the 344th player to score multiple career goals for the Isles.

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Pat LaFontaine 26

3. John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24

5. Brent Sutter and Matthew Schaefer 23

Schaefer has scored the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.

Most Assists by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 63

2. Tim Connolly 51

3. Matthew Schaefer 38

Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Tim Connolly 75

3. Pat LaFontaine 62

4. Matthew Schaefer 61

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

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 226

Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 82 Isles games.

Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game

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

2. Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF

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

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

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 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 the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes.

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 72 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win zero times this season, including zero times in the third period.

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

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-0 in shootouts. 

Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal. 

The Sixth Attacker

The Isles have scored no goals with the sixth attacker and allowed no empty net goals.

Opponents have scored no goals with sixth attacker and allowed no empty-netters to the Isles. 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2026-27: 1-1-0 for 2 points in 2 games

• 2025-26: 0-2-0 for 0 points in 2 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-5-5

• Season: 0-5-5

• Last Season (Final) 40-126-166

The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.

Home and Road

The Isles are 1-1-0 overall; they are 1-0-0 at home and 0-1-0 on the road.

New Jersey is 1-1-0 overall; they are 1-0-0 at home and 0-1-0 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 1-1-0 against the East (1-0-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-1-0 vs. Atlantic) and 0-0-0 against the West (0-0-0 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific).

First Things First

The Isles are 1-0-0 when scoring first and 0-1-0 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles     9-12-11=32

New Jersey 7-19-11=37

The Isles are 0-1-0 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 1-0-0 when the opposition has more shots. 

In the Nets 

Ilya Sorokin made 37 saves; he is 1-1-0 this season and 12-5-2 vs. New Jersey.

Nico Daws made 26 saves; he is 0-1-0 this season and 0-2-0 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-3 (4:45); New Jersey was 0-5 (10:00) and allowed a shorthanded goal.

The Isles are 1-0-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 0-1-0 when they do not. The Isles are 0-1-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 1-0-0 when they do not.

The Isles are 1-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 0-0-0 when they are outscored, and 0-1-0 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles 1-0-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-1-0 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 0-1-0 in games decided by a single goal including 0-11 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-0 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 Isles are 0-1-0 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 (20:34); New Jersey: Doug Hamilton (22:17)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (18:31).

Face-offs

Isles 28, New Jersey 21 (57%)

Bo Horvat won 9 of 15 for the Isles; Cody Glass won 6 of 11 for New Jersey.

Hit Count

Isles 25 (Logan Stanley and Braden Schenn -4)

New Jersey 15 (Timo Meier -4)

Fights 

None. Season total: 0.

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 14 (Alex Romanov -3)

New Jersey 8 (Brenden Dillon -3)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 50, New Jersey 72

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 34, New Jersey 59

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Matthew Schaefer +19

New Jersey: Nick Paul +6

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 15, New Jersey 15

5-on-5: Isles 11, New Jersey 13

Scratches

Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Scott Mayfield, Matt Kessel, Kyle MacLean

Games Lost to injury: 2. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 328th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season. 

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-0-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The first nationally televised game will be on Tuesday against the Rangers.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees.

The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable 

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (1): Vs NJD 10/3

Vs (0):  

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

Isles responses (0): 

Opponent responses (0): 

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 (0): 

Vs (0):  

OT Winners

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

Shootout Winners

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

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 980…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 644 *** 17. Derek King and Ryan Pulock 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 615 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611

Goals    

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

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

22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125…

33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 100

Assists

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

4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 381…

23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185… 

32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 148

Points

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

9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 …

32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241

+/-

1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +86 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +66 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 

Defense Games

1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 644 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 638 ***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 615

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 185 … 

9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 148… 

13. Dave Lewis 117 *** 14. Roman Hamrlik and Scott Mayfield 110

Defense Points

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

4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 241…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 178…

14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 140

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 310… 

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

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 155 …

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

Shutouts 

1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

The Hamilton Hammers opened their season with a 5-2 win at Belleville on Friday and a 5-4 loss to Toronto on Saturday. The first home game is on Friday against Toronto. 

Season Series Stats

The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play next on November 7th at UBS Arena.

The Isles have won six straight against the Devils and are 8-0-1 in their last nine games against New Jersey.

UP NEXT

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6th - ISLANDERS AT RANGERS 7:30pm

[ESPN, WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles head to Manhattan for a nationally televised game as they face the Rangers for the first time this season. Last season the Isles swept the series, winning all four games by a combined score of 14-3. 

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