tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57908232024-03-17T20:59:38.708-04:00NYISkinny: Eric Hornick's BlogStatistician on Islander telecasts since 1982; author of The Skinny on islanders.nhl.com Follow me on Twitter @ehornickEric Hornickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01916181124302717053noreply@blogger.comBlogger3457125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-46032802687848284972024-03-17T20:59:00.001-04:002024-03-17T20:59:07.273-04:00The Skinny: Rangers 5, Isles 2<div class="ydp7295b577yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 68</b></div><div><b>Rangers 5, Isles 2</b></div><div>Johnny Brodzinski broke a 2-2 tie with 4:59 left in the middle period and the New York Rangers defeated the Islanders 5-2 before a sellout crowd of 18,006 at Madison Square Garden. </div><div><br></div><div>Bo Horvat scored both goals for the Islanders, who are now winless in their last four games (0-3-1). The Isles are 10-8-4 under Patrick Roy and 29-23-15 overall as they remain tied with Washington and three point behind Philadelphia for third place in the Metropolitan.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles head back to UBS Arena to host Carolina in a nationally-streamed game on Tuesday. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Bo Horvat (28) Brock Nelson (28) 14:08 NYI 1,NYR 0 SHG</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Mika Zibanejad (22) Jack Roslovic (19) 00:27 NYI 1,NYR 1</div><div>Will Cuylle (12) Ryan Lindgren (11), Adam Fox (44) 10:14 NYI 1,NYR 2</div><div>Bo Horvat (29) Brock Nelson (29), Mike Reilly (13) 13:55 NYI 2,NYR 2</div><div>Jonny Brodzinski (5) K'Andre Miller (20), Alex Wennberg (19) 15:01 NYI 2,NYR 3</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Kaapo Kakko (10) Erik Gustafsson (23), Zac Jones (6) 02:36 NYI 2,NYR 4</div><div>Alexis Lafrenière (19) Artemi Panarin (56), K'Andre Miller (21) 10:42 NYI 2,NYR 5</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 9-6-3 since the All-Star Break … Since Christmas, the Isles are 6-5-4 at home and 7-10-2 on the road… The Isles' defense has 52 points under Patrick Roy (10-42-52) and have 42 points in the last 18 games (9-33-42)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 59-38 in the first period (fewest allowed in NHL), but have been outscored 93-69 in the second period (most allowed in NHL) and 87-73 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 55-30 in the second period since the Christmas break and have allowed at least two goals in 18 of the 34 games; the goals allowed are the most in the NHL over that span …The Isles are 2-19-2 when trailing after two periods …Mathew Barzal is 20-49-69; they are his highest totals in each category since his rookie season (22-63-85 in 2017-18)... Barzal now has 32 primary assists while Noah Dobson has 33 primary assists… Ilya Sorokin is 8-4-2 in his last fourteen decisions….This was the fifth time Ilya Sorokin faced-off again Igor Shesterkin; Sorokin has won two and Sorokin three…It was the Isles' first game at Madison Square Garden in 451 days…Bo Horvat is 6-5-11 in eight March games; he tied Brock Nelson for the club lead in goals…Horvat's first goal was shorthanded, giving the Isles ten shorties this season; the Isles are 2-7-1 in those ten games… It was the 13th shorthanded goal of Horvat's career and his second as an Islander…Horvat is 4-3-7 in eight career games at MSG…This was the first shorthanded goal allowed by the Rangers at home this season; the Isles are the only NHL team not to allow a SHG on home ice…Alex Romanov is the Isles' leader in +/- but went -4 for the first time in his career.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Injury</b></div><div>Ryan Lindgren suffered a lower-body injury in the second period; he left the game and did not return.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Record-Breaking Defense</b></div><div>The Isles have not allowed a first period goal in ten straight games, breaking the club record of nine that was set December 26, 1978- January 12, 1979.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Periods</b></div><div>The Isles scored the only goal of the first period. The Isles have scored 13 consecutive first period goals (over nine games), matching the 4th-longest streak of consecutive first period goals for in club history:</div><div>•<span> </span>17 12/26/1978 - 1/14/1979</div><div>•<span> </span>15 2/15/1994 - 3/1/1994</div><div>•<span> </span>15 10/21/1977 - 11/5/1977</div><div>•<span> </span>13 2/26/2024 - present</div><div>•<span> </span>13 1/10/2019 - 2/2/2019</div><div>•<span> </span>13 3/8/1980 - 3/22/1980</div><div><br></div><div><b>March to the Playoffs</b></div><div>Metro Division</div><div>3rd Philadelphia 76 points in 68 games (Tuesday vs. Toronto, Thursday at Carolina)</div><div>4th Washington 73 points in 66 games (Monday at Calgary, Wednesday vs. Toronto)</div><div>5th Isles<span> </span> 73 points in 67 games (Tuesday vs. Carolina, Thursday at Detroit)</div><div>6th Pittsburgh 69 points in 67 games (Tuesday at New Jersey, Friday at Dallas)</div><div><br></div><div>Wild Card<span> </span></div><div>1st WC Tampa Bay 78 points in 67 games (Tuesday at Vegas, Thursday at San Jose)<span> </span></div><div>2nd WC<span> </span> Detroit 74 points in 68 games (Tuesday vs. Columbus, Thursday vs. Isles)</div><div>3rd <span> </span>Washington 73 points in 66 games (Monday at Calgary, Wednesday vs. Toronto, Friday vs. Carolina)</div><div>4th Isles 73 points in 67 games (Tuesday vs. Carolina, Thursday at Detroit)</div><div>5th <span> </span>Pittsburgh 69 points in 67 games (Tuesday at New Jersey, Friday at Dallas)</div><div>6th<span> </span>Buffalo 69 points in 68 games (Monday at Seattle, Tuesday at Vancouver, Thursday at Edmonton)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Milestone Men </b></div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson had two assists, giving him 250 in the NHL. He is the 17th player to record 250 helpers for the Isles.</div><div>•<span> </span>Casey Cizikas played in his 800th NHL game. He is the 9th player in club history to do so.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson has 270 goals, two behind John Tavares for 7th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson is one goal away from his third consecutive 30-goal season, a feat last accomplished for the Islanders by Matt Moulson.</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat now has 497 career points.</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Reilly now has 99 career assists.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Mr. Consistency</b></div><div>Mathew Barzal has had five point streaks of at least five games this season, including an 8-game and a 7-game streak.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 65 points since 1984-85 when Denis Potvin had 68, and the first with at least 57 assists since 1983-84, when Potvin recorded 63.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 70 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 80 points, which would trail only four seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has recorded only the fifth season in club history with at least 57 assists by a defenseman: </div><div>1.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 70 (1978-79)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 67 (1975-76)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 64 (1977-78)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 63 (1983-84)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Noah Dobson 57 (2023-24)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has a point in twelve straight home games, which is the third-longest defense streak in club history (Denis Potvin - 15 in 1974-75 and Tom Kurvers -14 in 1991-92). Only one other active defenseman has had a streak of at least 12 games (Brent Burns -12 in 2017-18)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is now tied-24th overall for assists in a season by an Islander.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most assists (Islanders, last 35 years)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 74 in 1992-93</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 63 in 2017-18</div><div>3.<span> </span>Noah Dobson 57 in 2023-24</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Career Year?</b></div><div>Bo Horvat is 29-32-61 on the season. His 29 goals trail only 2022-23 (38) and 2021-22 (31) while his 61 points match 2018-19 for his 2nd- highest total behind last season's 70. Horvat had a career-high 34 assists in 2018-19.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Coach Roy</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-8-4 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals or fewer in eight of their ten wins. Ilya Sorokin is 9-5-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3-2.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scoring Leaders Under Patrick Roy</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 8-15-23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Brock Nelson 9-13-22</div><div>3.<span> </span>Noah Dobson 2-18-20</div><div>4.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 11-8-19 (4 GWG)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri 10-5-15</div><div><br></div><div><b>Since the Break</b></div><div>The Isles are 9-6-3 since the all-star break. While they were outshot 34.9-30.0 per game (-4.9) prior to the break, the Isles have out-shot their opponents 29.7-28.1 (+1.6) since the break.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 23 overtime games, one behind Boston for the NHL lea. They are 7-11 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 6-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-4 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 28 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 18 of the last 46 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </div><div>•<span> </span>15 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div><div><b>Empty Netters </b></div><div>The Isles have scored 2 empty-net goals and allowed 16.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play 21 times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 41 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 55 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 13-67 (19.4%) and the Penalty Kill is 18-58 (69.0%). </div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 47 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 13 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 30 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 4 times </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,984</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,831</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The 25-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 8th player in club history to have at least six seasons of at least 25 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 12</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/ Clark Gillies 7</div><div>•<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine/ Brent Sutter/ Anders Lee/ Brock Nelson 6</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 29-23-15 for 73 points in 67 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 34-25-8 for 76 points in 67 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-1-1</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 27-112-139 </div><div>•<span> </span>Season Pace 33-137-170</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,603</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,543</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,524</div><div>•<span> </span>Jordan Binnington 1,473</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div>Facing 40</div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 34</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27 (184 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 279 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is seventh in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>51. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 279</div><div>53. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 29-22-15 overall; they are 15-8-10 at home and 14-15-5 on the road.</div><div>The Rangers are 45-19-4 overall; they are 24-8-0 at home and 21-11-4 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 18-11-9 against the East (8-5-5 vs. Metropolitan and 10-6-4 vs. Atlantic) and 11-12-6 against the West (5-6-2 vs. Central and 6-6-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 114 games at UBS Arena and recorded 79 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,434</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,434) and Patrick Roy (140) have combined for 1,574 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Things First</b><span> </span></div><div>The Isles are 21-4-10 when scoring first and are 8-19-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 8-1-1 when they score first and are 2-7-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 7-14-6=27</div><div>Rangers 12-11-8-=31</div><div>The Isles are 11-8-6 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 17-14-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves; he is 22-16-11 on the season and 3-3-1-vs the Rangers.</div><div>Igor Shesterkin made 25 saves; he is 29-14-2 on the season and 4-7-1 vs the Isles. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-3 on the power play (4:35); the Rangers were 0-1 on the power play (0:35) and allowed a shorthanded goal.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 16-7-9 when they score at least one power play goal and 13-16-6 when they do not. The Isles are 11-15-10 when they allow at least one power play goal and 18-8-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-4-11 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-19-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-15 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 7-11 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-6 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>Including today, the Isles are 3-1-4 in the front end and 0-5-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on Saturday vs. Winnipeg and Sunday vs. New Jersey; it is the only back-to-back home set this season played entirely at home. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Mathew Barzal (23:09); Rangers: K'Andre Miller (24:43)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 23:09 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (4-1-2), Noah Dobson (22-19-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-1-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 22, Rangers 28 (44%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 7 of 12 for the Isles; Vincent Trocheck won 8 of 12 for Rangers.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 25 (Matt Martin -5)</div><div>Rangers 17 (Will Cuylle- 8)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>There were no fights. Season total: 8 (Martin 3, Lee 2, Pelech 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 21 (Noah Dobson -5)</div><div>Rangers 12 (Three with 3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 56, Rangers 73</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 49, Rangers 70</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Adam Pelech +4</div><div>Rangers: Three with +14</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 7, Rangers 7</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 6, Rangers 7</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Scott Mayfield – LTIR), Robert Bortuzzo, Oliver Wahlstrom, Hudson Fasching, Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 161</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 179 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (151) and Kyle Palmieri (101) are the only other Islanders to have played at least 100 consecutive games. Three other Islanders (Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau) have played every game this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 4 (2014-15)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)</div><div><span><span> </span>Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)</span></div><div><span><span> </span>John Tavares 3 (2010-11)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 15</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 12</div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 20</div><div>Barzal has a point on 20 of the 37 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 5-1-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 19th (ESPN+) vs. Carolina.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 0-4-1 in matinee games (all at home, including an OT loss at Met Life). The remaining matinee games are March 23rd vs WPG, and April 13th at NYR.</div><div>The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 12-13-9 in matinees.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 4 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20) , BUF no goalie interference (3/14)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 3 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10), TB offside (2/24)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute seven times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and three time on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4, @SJ 3/7) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (5): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG); Bo Horvat 3/16 vs OTT 19:22 (Isles lost in OT).</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (7): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 2/26</div><div>Vs (11): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18; Brady Tkachuk 3/16</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div> </div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 825 *** 7. Bob Bourne 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 810 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 800 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 745 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Cal Clutterbuck 703…</div><div>32. Rich Pion and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Mathew Barzal 486 *** 36. Adam Pelech 485 *** 37. Radek Martinek 479 **** 38. Gerry Hart 476 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski and Ryan Pulock 471 *** 41. Scott Mayfield 469 </div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 270 *** 9. Anders Lee 257 …</div><div>20. Kyle Okposo 139 ***21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 125…</div><div>29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Benoit Hogue, Ed Westfall, and Casey Cizikas 105</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Mathew Barzal 306…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Brock Nelson 250…</div><div>21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 188…</div><div>31. David Volek 154 *** 32. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 33. Noah Dobson 147 *** 34. Travis Green 145 *** 35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Ryan Pulock 137</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Brock Nelson 520 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 445 *** 16. Billy Harris 443 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 431…</div><div>31. Nick Leddy 243 *** 32. Ray Ferraro and Casey Cizikas 238</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 17. Adam Pelech +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 47 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 38</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 148 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 137…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Adam Pelech 110… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Noah Dobson 186 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 184</div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Adam Pelech 136 *** 15. Tom Kurvers 134 …</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 185 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 155</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 92 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy and Semyon Varlamov 66</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 20-33-6-1 on the season after a 4-2 loss in Belleville (Ontario) on Saturday. Garrett Pilon, the son of the former Islander, had two goals and an assist for Belleville.</div><div><br></div><div>The Baby Isles are off until Friday, when they visit Utica.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Rangers lead the season series 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 1). The teams will meet at UBS Arena on April 9th and Madison Square Garden on April 13th to conclude the season series.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have lost two straight games at the Garden after going 7-1-0 in their previous eight trips. </div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 19th – CAROLINA AT ISLANDERS– 7:30pm</b></div><div><b>[ESPN+/Hulu, WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles look to break their four-game winless streak as they entertain the Carolina Hurricanes in a nationally-streamed contest.</div><div><br></div><div>All three meetings this season have been one-goal games, with the Isles owning a pair of 5-4 wins in Carolina (one in overtime) after the Canes rallied from a 3-0 deficit for a 4-3 overtime win on November 4th at UBS Arena.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 0-4-2 in their last six home games with the Canes, including 0-3-1 at UBS Arena.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>AND FINALLY…</b></div><div>You are reading the 994th consecutive edition of The Skinny. I expect to publish the 1,000th consecutive edition will be published after the game in Tampa Bay on March 30th.</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp7295b577signature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-50159790641930993782024-03-16T22:11:00.001-04:002024-03-16T22:11:20.117-04:00The Skinny: Ottawa 4, Isles 3 (OT)<div class="ydpf8fcc43byahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 67</b></div><div><b>Ottawa 4, Isles 3 (OT)</b></div><div>Brady Tkachuk scored three times, including the game-winning goal with just 24 seconds to play in overtime as the Ottawa Senators rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits for a 4-3 victory over the Islanders before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles had grabbed leads on goals by Matt Martin (his first goal since January 6th) and Kyle Palmieri but could not protect the lead in the 3rd period. After Ridly Greig and Tkachuk gave the Sens the lead, the Isles needed a 6-on-4 goal from Bo Horvat to force overtime. </div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Isles, who are winless in their last three games (0-2-1), are 10-7-4 under Patrick Roy and 29-22-15 overall as they fall one point behind Detroit for the second wild card spot. The Isles did move within three points of Philadelphia for third place in the Metropolitan.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles head to Manhattan on Sunday for a nationally-televised game with the Rangers. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Matt Martin (3) Cal Clutterbuck (12), Kyle MacLean (2) 04:27 OTT 0,NYI 1</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Brady Tkachuk (28) Drake Batherson (26), Erik Brannstrom (12) 11:46 OTT 1,NYI 1</div><div>Kyle Palmieri (21) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (19), Anders Lee (12) 16:22 OTT 1,NYI 2</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Ridly Greig (10) Tim Stützle (45), Artem Zub (20) 06:35 OTT 2,NYI 2</div><div>Brady Tkachuk (29) Tim Stützle (46), Drake Batherson (27) 12:14 OTT 3,NYI 2 PPG</div><div>Bo Horvat (27) Noah Dobson (57), Mathew Barzal (49) 19:22 OTT 3,NYI 3 PPG</div><div><br></div><div>OT</div><div>Brady Tkachuk (30) Shane Pinto (13), Tim Stützle (47) 04:36 OTT 4,NYI 3 PPG</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 9-5-3 since the All-Star Break … Since Christmas, the Isles are 6-5-4 at home and 7-9-2 on the road… The Isles' defense has 51 points under Patrick Roy (10-41-51) and have 41 points in the last 17 games (9-32-41)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 57-38 in the first period (fewest allowed in NHL), but have been outscored 90-68 in the second period (most allowed in NHL) and 85-73 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 52-29 in the second period since the Christmas break and have allowed at least two goals in 17 of the 33 games; the goal allowed are the most in the NHL over that span …The Isles are 22-1-7 when leading after two periods …Mathew Barzal is 20-49-69; they are his highest totals in each category since his rookie season (22-63-85 in 2017-18)... Barzal now has 32 primary assists while Noah Dobson has 33 primary assists… Ilya Sorokin is 8-3-2 in his last thirteen decisions… Sorokin has allowed just 15 goals in his last seven games (5-2-0)… Brady Tkachuk (155) has fewer NHL goals than his brother Matthew (213) and father Keith (538) but he is the first in his family with a hat trick against the Isles….Tkachuk scored goals 5-on-5, 5-on-4, and 4-on-3 as he reached 30 goals for the third straight season… It was Brady Tkachuk's third career hat trick…Tim Stutzle had three assists, giving him 151 helpers in 275 NHL games…Kyle Palmieri has six goals in seven games in March…Matt Martin scored the first wrap-around goal of his career, ending a 126:15 team scoreless streak…It was the Isles' 10th home OT/SO loss of the season, breaking the club record set in 2013-14 (9).</div><div> </div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles have not allowed a first period goal in nine straight games, matching the club record set December 26, 1978- January 12, 1979.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles have allowed five hat tricks this season; it is the first time since 2008-09 that five opponents have had hatty's. They have not allowed more since 2000-01, when they allowed six.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles tied the game with a last-minute power play goal for the 11th time in their history and first time since April 7, 2018 (Ryan Pulock in Detroit).</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Periods</b></div><div>The Isles scored the only goal of the first period. The Isles have scored 12 consecutive first period goals (over nine games), for the 6th-longest streak of consecutive first period goals for in club history:</div><div>•<span> </span>17 12/26/1978 - 1/14/1979</div><div>•<span> </span>15 2/15/1994 - 3/1/1994</div><div>•<span> </span>15 10/21/1977 - 11/5/1977</div><div>•<span> </span>13 1/10/2019 - 2/2/2019</div><div>•<span> </span>13 3/8/1980 - 3/22/1980</div><div>•<span> </span>12 2/26/2024 - present</div><div><br></div><div><b>March to the Playoffs</b></div><div>Metro Division</div><div>3rd Philadelphia 76 points in 68 games (Tuesday vs. Toronto, Thursday at Carolina)</div><div>4th Isles<span> </span> 73 points in 66 games (Sunday at Rangers, Tuesday vs. Carolina, Thursday at Detroit)</div><div>5th Washington 71 points in 65 games (Late: Saturday at Vancouver, Monday at Calgary, Wednesday vs. Toronto)</div><div><br></div><div>Wild Card<span> </span></div><div>1st WC Tampa Bay 78 points in 67 games (Tuesday at Vegas, Thursday at San Jose)<span> </span></div><div>2nd WC<span> </span> Detroit 74 points in 67 games (Sunday at Pittsburgh, Tuesday vs. Columbus, Thursday vs. Isles)</div><div>3rd Isles 73 points in 66 games (Sunday at Rangers, Tuesday vs. Carolina, Thursday at Detroit)</div><div>4th <span> </span>Washington 71 points in 65 games (Late: Saturday at Vancouver, Monday at Calgary, Wednesday vs. Toronto)</div><div>5th <span> </span>Buffalo 69 points in 68 games (Monday at Seattle, Tuesday at Vancouver, Thursday at Edmonton)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men </b></div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson has 270 goals, two behind John Tavares for 7th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson is one goal away from his third consecutive 30-goal season, a feat last accomplished for the Islanders by Matt Moulson.</div><div>•<span> </span>Casey Cizikas played in his 799th NHL game.</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat now has 495 career points.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Mr. Consistency</b></div><div>Mathew Barzal has had five point streaks of at least five games this season, including an 8-game and a 7-game streak.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 65 points since 1984-85 when Denis Potvin had 68, and the first with at least 57 assists since 1983-84, when Potvin recorded 63.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 71 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 81 points, which would trail only four seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has recorded only the fifth season in club history with at least 57 assists by a defenseman: </div><div>1.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 70 (1978-79)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 67 (1975-76)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 64 (1977-78)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 63 (1983-84)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Noah Dobson 57 (2023-24)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has a point in twelve straight home games, which is the third-longest defense streak in club history (Denis Potvin - 15 in 1974-75 and Tom Kurvers -14 in 1991-92). Only one other active defenseman has had a streak of at least 12 games (Brent Burns -12 in 2017-18)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is now tied-24th overall for assists in a season by an Islander.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most assists (Islanders, last 35 years)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 74 in 1992-93</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 63 in 2017-18</div><div>3.<span> </span>Noah Dobson 57 in 2023-24</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Coach Roy</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-7-4 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals or fewer in eight of their ten wins. Ilya Sorokin is 9-4-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3-2.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scoring Leaders Under Patrick Roy</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 8-15-23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Brock Nelson 9-11-20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Noah Dobson 2-18-20</div><div>4.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 9-8-17 (4 GWG)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri 10-5-15</div><div><br></div><div><b>Since the Break</b></div><div>The Isles are 9-5-3 since the all-star break. While they were outshot 34.9-30.0 per game (-4.9) prior to the break, the Isles have out-shot their opponents 29.9-27.9 (+2.0) since the break.</div><div><span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>This was the last of eleven consecutive inter-division games; the Isles went 6-4-1 in that stretch. Beginning Sunday at Madison Square Garden, nine of the Isles' final sixteen games will be against Metro Division teams.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 23 overtime games, one behind Boston for the NHL lea. They are 7-11 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 6-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-4 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 30 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 18 of the last 46 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </b></div><div>•<span> </span>15 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div><div><b>Empty Netters </b></div><div>The Isles have scored 2 empty-net goals and allowed 16.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play 20 times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 41 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 55 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 13-64 (20.3%) and the Penalty Kill is 18-57 (68.4%). </div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 47 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 13 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 30 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 4 times </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,980</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,826</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>The 25-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 8th player in club history to have at least six seasons of at least 25 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 12</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/ Clark Gillies 7</div><div>•<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine/ Brent Sutter/ Anders Lee/ Brock Nelson 6</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs eight more goals this season for his 7th season with at least 25 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 29-22-15 for 73 points in 66 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 33-25-8 for 74 points in 66 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-1-1</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 27-111-138 </div><div>•<span> </span>Season Pace 33-138-171</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,572</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,519 (*)</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,490 (*)</div><div>•<span> </span>Jordan Binnington 1,449 (*)</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,427</div><div>•<span> </span>Connor Hellebuyck 1,426</div><div>(*) Later game Saturday</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 34</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27 (183 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 279 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is seventh in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>51. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 279</div><div>53. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 29-22-15 overall; they are 15-8-10 at home and 14-14-5 on the road.</div><div>Ottawa is 28-33-4 overall; they are 18-14-2 at home and 10-19-2 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 18-10-9 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 10-6-4 vs. Atlantic) and 11-12-6 against the West (5-6-2 vs. Central and 6-6-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 114 games at UBS Arena and recorded 79 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,434</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,434) and Patrick Roy (140) have combined for 1,574 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 21-3-10 when scoring first and are 8-19-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 8-0-1 when they score first and are 2-7-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 5-13-13-2=33</div><div>Ottawa 8-12-6-4=30</div><div>The Isles are 11-8-6 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 17-13-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves; he is 7-7-4 on the season and 7-5-3-vs. Ottawa.</div><div>Joonas Korpisalo made 30 saves; he is 15-20-4 on the season and 5-5-3 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-3 on the power play (5:12); Ottawa was 2-3 on the power play (3:47).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 16-7-9 when they score at least one power play goal and 13-15-6 when they do not. The Isles are 11-15-10 when they allow at least one power play goal and 18-7-5 when they do not.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-4-11 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-18-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-15 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 7-11 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-6 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>Including today, the Isles are 3-1-4 in the front end and 0-4-3 in the back end this season. This back -to-back concludes Sunday afternoon in Manhattan. The next back-to-back set will be on Saturday vs. Winnipeg and Sunday vs. New Jersey; it is the only back-to-back home set this season played entirely at home. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Ryan Pulock (24:12); Ottawa: Jake Sanderson (25:09)</div><div>Brock Nelson led Islander forwards with 22:07 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (4-1-2), Noah Dobson (22-19-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 28, Ottawa 33 (46%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 12 of 23 for the Isles; Brady Tkachuk won 6 of 9 for Ottawa.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 21 (Anders Lee -4)</div><div>Ottawa 14 (Artem Zub-5)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>There were no fights. Season total: 8 (Martin 3, Lee 2, Pelech 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 18 (Noah Dobson -4)</div><div>Ottawa 22 (Three with 3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 63, Ottawa 63</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 54, Ottawa 46</div><div> </div><div><b>5-on-5 leaders:</b></div><div>Isles: Simon Holmstrom +16</div><div>Ottawa: Boris Katchouk +3</div><div><br></div><div><b>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</b></div><div>All situations: Isles 7, Ottawa 8</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 6, Ottawa 6</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>Robert Bortuzzo, (Scott Mayfield – LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom, Hudson Fasching, Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 160</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 178 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (150) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games. Four other Islanders (Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau) have played every game this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 4 (2014-15)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)</div><div><span><span> </span>Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)</span></div><div><span><span> </span>John Tavares 3 (2010-11)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 15</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 12</div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 20</div><div>Barzal has a point on 20 of the 37 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 5-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 17th (TNT) vs. the Rangers.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 0-3-1 in matinee games (all at home, including an OT loss at Met Life). The remaining matinee games are March 16th vs OTT, March 17th at NYR, March 23rd vs WPG, and April 13th at NYR.</div><div>The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 12-12-9 in matinees.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 4 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20) , BUF no goalie interference (3/14)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 3 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10), TB offside (2/24)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute seven times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and three time on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4, @SJ 3/7) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (5): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG); Bo Horvat 3/16 vs OTT 19:22 (Isles lost in OT).</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (7): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 2/26</div><div>Vs (11): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18; Brady Tkachuk 3/16</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div> </div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 824 *** 7. Bob Bourne 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 809 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 799 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 744 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Cal Clutterbuck 702…</div><div>32. Rich Pion and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Mathew Barzal 485 *** 36. Adam Pelech 484 *** 37. Radek Martinek 479 **** 38. Gerry Hart 476 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski and Ryan Pulock 470 *** 41. Scott Mayfield 469 </div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 270 *** 9. Anders Lee 257 …</div><div>20. Kyle Okposo 139 ***21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 125…</div><div>29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Benoit Hogue, Ed Westfall, and Casey Cizikas 105</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Mathew Barzal 3065…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 248…</div><div>21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 188…</div><div>31. David Volek 154 *** 32. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 33. Noah Dobson 147 *** 34. Travis Green 145 *** 35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Ryan Pulock 137</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Brock Nelson 518 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 445 *** 16. Billy Harris 443 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 431…</div><div>31. Nick Leddy 243 *** 32. Ray Ferraro and Casey Cizikas 238</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 17. Adam Pelech +75 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 47 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 38</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 148 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 137…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Adam Pelech 110… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Noah Dobson 186 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 184</div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Adam Pelech 136 *** 15. Tom Kurvers 134 …</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 184 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 155</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 92 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy and Semyon Varlamov 66</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport fell to 20-33-6-1 on the season as they dropped a 3-1 decision to Laval (Quebec) on Friday and a 4-2 decision in Belleville (Ontario) on Saturday. Garrett Pilon, the son of the former Islander, had two goals and an assist for Belleville.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles win the season series 2 games to 1 (and 4 points to 2). </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 12-2-2 in their last sixteen games with Ottawa, including 6-0-2 at home. </div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SUNDAY, MARCH 17th – ISLANDERS AT RANGERS– 1:00pm</b></div><div><b>[TNT(pre-game at 12:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>It can take a long time to get to New York City from Long Island, but in the Islanders' case, it is 451 days since their last game at Madison Square Garden. The Isles make their return to Broadway with a nationally-televised St. Patrick's Day matinee on Sunday; both teams have changed coaches since the Rangers beat the Isles 5-3 on December 22, 2022, at MSG.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the second of four meetings this season; the Rangers won 6-5 in overtime at Met Life Stadium. The teams will meet twice in five days next month (April 9 at UBS, April 13 at MSG), but could there be a first playoff matchup in 30 years ahead?</div><div><br></div><div>Brendan Burke, Darren Pang, and Jackie Redmond will have the call on TNT (and in Canada on SportsNet 360).</div><div><br></div><div><b>AND FINALLY…</b></div><div>You are reading the 993rd consecutive edition of The Skinny. I expect to publish the 1,000th consecutive edition will be published after the game in Tampa Bay on March 30th.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpf8fcc43bsignature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-76682831291904293802024-03-14T22:39:00.001-04:002024-03-14T22:39:51.984-04:00The Skinny: Buffalo 4, Isles 0<div class="ydpce8acf0yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 65</b></div><div><b>Buffalo 4, Isles 0</b></div><div>The Isles have allowed the most 2nd period goals in the NHL. Buffalo scored three of them, in just a 5:13 span, and defeated the Isles 4-0 before a crowd of 15,637 at KeyBank Center.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles went 2-2-0 on this road trip. However, after scoring thirteen goals in San Jose and Anaheim, the Isles ran into David Rittich in Los Angeles and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen tonight. Luukkonen made 21 saves for his 5th shutout of the season as the Isles scoreless streak hit 121:48.</div><div><br></div><div>Victor Olofsson, Dylan Cozens, and Zach Benson all scored in the second period for the Sabres, who move within three points of a playoff spot.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 10-7-3 under Patrick Roy and 29-22-14 overall as they remain in the second wild card spot (same points as Detroit in one fewer game); they remain four points behind Philadelphia for third place in the Metro Division and drop four points behind Tampa Bay for the top Wild Card spot. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles head back to New York for a pair of matinees, as they host Ottawa on Saturday before visiting Madison Square Garden to face the Rangers on Sunday.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:</b> </div><div>1st Period</div><div>None</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Victor Olofsson (6) JJ Peterka (19), Owen Power (20) 04:28 NYI 0,BUF 1 PPG</div><div>Dylan Cozens (15) Connor Clifton (12), Jeff Skinner (21) 08:15 NYI 0,BUF 2</div><div>Zach Benson (8) Henri Jokiharju (12), Owen Power (21) 09:41 NYI 0,BUF 3</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Zach Benson (9)EN Rasmus Dahlin (34), Bowen Byram (14) 15:06 NYI 0,BUF 4</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Skinny </b> </div><div>The Isles are 9-5-2 since the All-Star Break … Since Christmas, the Isles are 6-4-3 at home and 7-9-2 on the road… The Isles' defense has 50 points under Patrick Roy (10-40-50) and have 40 points in the last 16 games (9-31-40)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 56-38 in the first period (fewest allowed in NHL), but have been outscored 89-67 in the second period (have allowed the most 2nd period goals in NHL) and 82-72 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 51-28 in the second period since the Christmas break and have allowed at least two goals in 17 of the 33 games; the goal allowed are the most in the NHL over that span …The Isles are 8-19-5 when they allow the opening goal …Mathew Barzal is 20-48-68; they are his highest totals in each category since his rookie season (22-63-85 in 2017-18)... Barzal now has 32 primary assists while Noah Dobson had 32 primary assists… Ilya Sorokin falls to 8-3-2 in his last thirteen decisions… Sorokin has allowed just 15 goals in his last seven games (5-2-0)… The Isles were shut-out for the 6th time this season and the second straight game… Zach Benson recorded his first career 2-goal game as he became the third Sabre with a multi-goal game before he turned 19 (Pierre Turgeon x2, Phil Housley)…. Buffalo outscored the Isles 7-1 at home this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles were shut-out in consecutive games for the first time since February 13-15, 2020, when Nashville (Juuse Soros) and Vegas (Marc-Andre Fleury) blanked them in consecutive road games.</div><div>•<span> </span>Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is the first Sabre since Ryan Miller (6 in 2011-12) to record at least five shutouts in a season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Periods</b></div><div>The first period was scoreless. The Isles have scored 11 consecutive first period goals (over eight games), matching their longest streak of first period goals scored since they scored 13 straight in 2019. There are only five longer streaks of consecutive first period goals for in club history:</div><div>•<span> </span>17 12/26/1978 - 1/14/1979</div><div>•<span> </span>15 2/15/1994 - 3/1/1994</div><div>•<span> </span>15 10/21/1977 - 11/5/1977</div><div>•<span> </span>13 1/10/2019 - 2/2/2019</div><div>•<span> </span>13 3/8/1980 - 3/22/1980</div><div><br></div><div><b>March to the Playoffs</b></div><div>Metro Division</div><div>3rd Philadelphia 76 points in 67 games (Saturday at Boston)</div><div>4th Isles<span> </span> 72 points in 65 games (Saturday vs Ottawa)</div><div>5th Washington 69 points in 63 games (Late: Thursday at Seattle, Saturday at Vancouver)</div><div><br></div><div>Wild Card<span> </span></div><div>1st WC Tampa Bay 76 points in 66 games (Saturday at Florida)<span> </span></div><div>2nd WC Isles 72 points in 65 games (Saturday vs. Ottawa)</div><div>3rd<span> </span> Detroit 72 points in 66 games (Saturday vs. Buffalo)</div><div>4th <span> </span>Washington 69 points in 64 games (Late: Thursday at Seattle, Saturday at Vancouver)</div><div>5th <span> </span>Buffalo 69 points in 67 games (Saturday at Detroit)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Milestone Men </b></div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson has 270 goals, two behind John Tavares for 7th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Anders Lee has 443 points, tied with Billy Harris for 15th place in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson is one goal away from his third consecutive 30-goal season, a feat last accomplished for the Islanders by Matt Moulson.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Mr. Consistency</b></div><div>Mathew Barzal has had five point streaks of at least five games this season, including an 8-game and a 7-game streak.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 64 points since 1984-85 when Denis Potvin had 68, and the first with at least 56 assists since 1983-84, when Potvin recorded 63.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 71 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 81 points, which would trail only four seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is tied for 5th in club history with his 56-assist season:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 70 (1978-79)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 67 (1975-76)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 64 (1977-78)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 63 (1983-84)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 56 (1980-81)</div><div> Stefan Persson 56 (1978-79)</div><div> Noah Dobson 56 (2023-24)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has a point in eleven straight home games, which is the third-longest defense streak in club history (Denis Potvin - 15 in 1974-75 and Tom Kurvers -14 in 1991-92). Only one active defenseman has had a longer streak (Brent Burns -12 in 2017-18)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is now tied-25th overall for assists in a season by an Islander.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most assists (Islanders, last 35 years)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 74 in 1992-93</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 63 in 2017-18</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 56 in 1993-94 (traded after 69 games)</div><div>Noah Dobson 56 in 2023-24</div><div><br></div><div><b>Coach Roy</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-7-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals or fewer in eight of their ten wins. Ilya Sorokin is 9-4-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3-1.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scoring Leaders Under Patrick Roy</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 8-14-22</div><div>2.<span> </span>Brock Nelson 9-11-20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Noah Dobson 2-17-19</div><div>4.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 8-8-16 (4 GWG)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri 9-5-14</div><div><br></div><div><b>Since the Break</b></div><div>The Isles are 9-5-2 since the all-star break. While they were outshot 34.9-30.0 per game (-4.9) prior to the break, the Isles have out-shot their opponents 29.7-27.8 (+1.9) since the break.</div><div><span> </span></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>Tonight was the tenth of eleven consecutive inter-division games; the Isles are 6-4-0 in that stretch. The Isles will finish this stretch at home on Saturday against Ottawa before facing the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 22 overtime games. They are 7-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 6-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 28 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 18 of the last 45 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </b></div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Empty Netters </b></div><div>The Isles have scored 2 empty-net goals and allowed 16.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play 20 times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 40 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 53 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 12-61 (19.7%) and the Penalty Kill is 16-54 (70.4%). </div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 47 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 13 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 30 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 4 times </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,979</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,824</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>The 25-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 8th player in club history to have at least six seasons of at least 25 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 12</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/ Clark Gillies 7</div><div>•<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine/ Brent Sutter/ Anders Lee/ Brock Nelson 6</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs eight more goals this season for his 7th season with at least 25 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 29-22-14 for 72 points in 65 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 32-25-8 for 72 points in 65 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-0-0</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 27-110-137 </div><div>•<span> </span>Season Pace 34-139-173</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,572</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,519</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,490 </div><div>•<span> </span>Jordan Binnington 1,449</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,427</div><div>•<span> </span>Connor Hellebuyck 1,426</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div>Facing 40</div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 34</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27 (183 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 279 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is seventh in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>51. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 279</div><div>53. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 29-22-14 overall; they are 15-8-9 at home and 14-14-5 on the road.</div><div>Buffalo is 32-30-5 overall; they are 17-17-1 at home and 15-13-4 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 18-10-8 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 10-6-3 vs. Atlantic) and 11-12-6 against the West (5-6-2 vs. Central and 6-6-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 113 games at UBS Arena and recorded 78 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,434</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,434) and Patrick Roy (140) have combined for 1,574 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 21-3-9 when scoring first and are 8-19-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 8-0-0 when they score first and are 2-7-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 5-6-10=21</div><div>Buffalo 13-16-8=37</div><div>The Isles are 11-8-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 17-13-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves; he is 22-15-11 on the season and 5-3-2 vs. Buffalo.</div><div>Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 21 saves; he is 22-16-3 on the season and 2-1-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-4 on the power play (7:39); Buffalo was 1-4 on the power play (5:58).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 16-7-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 13-15-6 when they do not. The Isles are 11-15-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 18-7-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-18-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 7-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-6 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 3-1-3 in the front end and 0-4-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on Saturday vs. Ottawa and Sunday at the Rangers. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (26:00); Buffalo: Bowen Byram (23:24)</div><div>Brock Nelson led Islander forwards with 22:01 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (4-1-2), Noah Dobson (22-19-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 20, Buffalo 24 (45%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 8 of 14 for the Isles; Peyton Krebs won 7 of 8 for Buffalo.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 50 (Kyle Palmieri -4)</div><div>Buffalo 21 (Jordan Greenway-5)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>Anders Lee fought Connor Clifton in the third period. Season total: 8 (Martin 3, Lee 2, Pelech 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 9 (Nine with 1)</div><div>Buffalo 8 (Zemgus Girgensons -2)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 42, Buffalo 56</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 30, Buffalo 43</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Two with +1</div><div>Buffalo: Jordan Greenway +11</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 4, Buffalo 8</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 2, Buffalo 7</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Scott Mayfield – LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom, Hudson Fasching, Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 159</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 177 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (149) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games. Four other Islanders (Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau) have played every game this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 4 (2014-15)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)</div><div><span><span> </span>Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)</span></div><div><span><span> </span>John Tavares 3 (2010-11)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 15</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 12</div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 20</div><div>Barzal has a point on 20 of the 37 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 5-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 17th (TNT) vs. the Rangers.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 0-2-1 in matinee games (all at home, including an OT loss at Met Life). The remaining matinee games are March 16th vs OTT, March 17th at NYR, March 23rd vs WPG, and April 13th at NYR.</div><div>The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 4 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20) , BUF no goalie interference (3/14)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 3 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10), TB offside (2/24)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute seven times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and three time on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4, @SJ 3/7) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (7): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 2/26</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div> </div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 823 *** 7. Bob Bourne 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 808 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 798 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 743 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Cal Clutterbuck 701…</div><div>32. Rich Pion and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Mathew Barzal 484 *** 36. Adam Pelech 483 *** 37. Radek Martinek 479 **** 38. Gerry Hart 476 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski 470 *** 40. Ryan Pulock and Scott Mayfield 469 </div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 270 *** 9. Anders Lee 257 …</div><div>20. Kyle Okposo 139 ***21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 125…</div><div>29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Benoit Hogue, Ed Westfall, and Casey Cizikas 105</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Mathew Barzal 305…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 248…</div><div>21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 187…</div><div>31. David Volek 154 *** 32. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 33. Noah Dobson 147 *** 34. Travis Green 145 *** 35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Ryan Pulock 137</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Brock Nelson 518 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 444 *** 16. Billy Harris 443 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 430…</div><div>31. Nick Leddy 243 *** 32. Ray Ferraro and Casey Cizikas 238</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +76 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 47 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 38</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 147 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 137…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Adam Pelech 110… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Noah Dobson 185 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 184</div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Adam Pelech 136 *** 15. Tom Kurvers 134 …</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 184 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 154</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 92 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy and Semyon Varlamov 66</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport fell to 20-31-6-1 on the season as they drooped a 5-1 decision to Laval (Quebec) on Wednesday. After an off-day Thursday, they will also play in Laval on Friday. The weekend concludes with a game on Saturday in Belleville (Ontario).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Buffalo wins the season series 2 games to 1 (and 4 points to 2). </div><div><br></div><div>The home team won all three games this season, with the Isles scoring only one goal in two trips to Buffalo. </div><div><br></div><div>This has been a 'homer' series in recent years, with the home team winning 14 of the last 15 meetings; the Isles are 7-1-0 at home but are 0-5-2 in their last seven trips to Western New York. It is the first time ever that the Sabres have won seven straight home games against the Isles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 16th – OTTAWA AT ISLANDERS– 12:30pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN(pre-game at 12:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles return home as they play the front-end of a back-to-back weekend by hosting the Ottawa Senators.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles will be looking to sweep the season series from the Sens, having won 3-2 in October at UBS Arena (45 saves for Sorokin) and 5-3 in Ottawa on Black Friday (Isles played most of the game with four defensemen).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 12-2-1 in their last fifteen games with Ottawa, including 6-0-1 at home.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpce8acf0signature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-43633754768952144802024-03-12T01:32:00.001-04:002024-03-12T01:32:57.308-04:00The Skinny: Los Angeles 3, Isles 0<div class="ydp5c0af6b2yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 64</b></div><div><b>Los Angeles 3, Isles 0</b></div><div>After scoring thirteen goals in San Jose and Anaheim, the Isles ran into David Rittich in Los Angeles. Rittich made 26 saves and the Los Angeles Kings earned a 3-0 win over the Isles before a crowd of 17,061 at crypto.com Arena.</div><div><br></div><div>Adrian Kempe scored 7:14 into the 2nd period to break a scoreless tie and Philip Danault doubled the advantage in the second period. Trevor Moore added an empty net goal as Los Angeles ended the Islanders' six-game winning streak and four-game road winning streak.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 10-6-3 under Patrick Roy and 29-21-14 overall as they fall behind Detroit based on the regulation win tie-breaker and out of a playoff spot; they remain two points behind Philadelphia for third place in the Metro Division and two points of Tampa Bay for the top Wild Card spot. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles, who have never won in Anaheim, San Jose, and Los Angeles on the same trip, conclude the four-game road trip on Thursday in Buffalo. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b> </div><div>1st Period</div><div>None</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Adrian Kempe (20) Jordan Spence (17), Alex Laferriere (10) 07:14 NYI 0,LAK 1</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Phillip Danault (15) Trevor Moore (20), Drew Doughty (27) 06:07 NYI 0,LAK 2</div><div>Trevor Moore (25)EN 17:38 NYI 0,LAK 3</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Skinny </b> </div><div>The Isles are 9-4-2 since the All-Star Break … Since Christmas, the Isles are 6-4-3 at home and 7-8-2 on the road… The Isles' defense has 50 points under Patrick Roy (10-40-50) and have 40 points in the last 15 games (9-31-40)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 56-38 in the first period (fewest allowed in NHL), but have been outscored 86-67 in the second period (have allowed the most 2nd period goals in NHL) and 81-72 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 48-28 in the second period since the Christmas break and have allowed at least two goals in 16 of the 32 games; the goal allowed are the most in the NHL over that span …The Isles are 8-18-5 when they allow the opening goal …Mathew Barzal is 20-48-68; they are his highest totals in each category since his rookie season (22-63-85 in 2017-18)... Barzal now has 32 primary assists while Noah Dobson had 32 primary assists… The Isles have scored at least five goals four times in the last six games and seven times in the last fourteen games…Mathew Barzal saw his point streak end at seven games (3-6-9), while Brock Nelson's 5-game streak and Bo Horvat's 4-game streak also ended …Ilya Sorokin falls to 8-2-2 in his last twelve decisions… Sorokin has allowed just twelve goals in his last six games (5-1-0, 1.99 GAA, .921 save percentage)… The Isles were nine points behind Tampa Bay when they began play two weeks ago in Dallas, but now trail Tampa Bay by only two points… Adrian Kempe reached 20 goals for the third straight season; he now has 96 goals over the last three campaigns…Drew Doughty earned his 660th point on the Danault goal, breaking a tie with Butch Goring for 9th place on the Kings' list…The Isles were shut-out for the 5th time this season….The Kings are 24-0-3 when leading after two periods this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Periods</b></div><div>The first period was scoreless. The Isles have scored 11 consecutive first period goals (over seven games), matching their longest streak of first period goals scored since they scored 13 straight in 2019. There are only five longer streaks of consecutive first period goals for in club history:</div><div>•<span> </span>17 12/26/1978 - 1/14/1979</div><div>•<span> </span>15 2/15/1994 - 3/1/1994</div><div>•<span> </span>15 10/21/1977 - 11/5/1977</div><div>•<span> </span>13 1/10/2019 - 2/2/2019</div><div>•<span> </span>13 3/8/1980 - 3/22/1980</div><div><br></div><div><b>March to the Playoffs</b></div><div><b>Metro Division</b></div><div>3rd Philadelphia 74 points in 65 games (Tuesday vs. San Jose, Thursday vs. Toronto)</div><div><b>4th Isles<span> </span> 72 points in 64 games (Thursday at Buffalo)</b></div><div>5th Washington 69 points in 62 games ( Wednesday at Edmonton, Thursday at Seattle)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Wild Card<span> </span></b></div><div>1st WC Tampa Bay 74 points in 65 games (Thursday vs Rangers)<span> </span></div><div>2nd WC<span> </span> Detroit 72 points in 64 games (Tuesday at Buffalo, Thursday vs. Arizona)</div><div><b>3rd Isles 72 points in 64 games (Thursday at Buffalo)</b></div><div>4th <span> </span>Washington 69 points in 63 games (Wednesday at Edmonton, Thursday at Seattle)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men </b></div><div>•<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri played his 800th NHL game, while Jean-Gabriel Pageau played in his 700th NHL game.</div><div>•<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck became the 13th player in club history to play 700 games for the Isles.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson has 270 goals, two behind John Tavares for 7th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Anders Lee has 443 points, tied with Billy Harris for 15th place in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson is one goal away from his third consecutive 30-goal season, a feat last accomplished for the Islanders by Matt Moulson.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Mr. Consistency</b></div><div>Mathew Barzal saw his point streak end at seven games, one shy of his season high. He also has three other 5-game streaks, giving him five streaks of at least five games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 64 points since 1984-85 when Denis Potvin had 68, and the first with at least 56 assists since 1983-84, when Potvin recorded 63.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 71 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 82 points, which would trail only four seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is tied for 5th in club history with his 56-assist season:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 70 (1978-79)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 67 (1975-76)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 64 (1977-78)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 63 (1983-84)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 56 (1980-81)</div><div> Stefan Persson 56 (1978-79)</div><div> Noah Dobson 56 (2023-24)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has a point in eleven straight home games, which is the third-longest defense streak in club history (Denis Potvin - 15 in 1974-75 and Tom Kurvers -14 in 1991-92). Only one active defenseman has had a longer streak (Brent Burns -12 in 2017-18)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is now tied-25th overall for assists in a season by an Islander.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most assists (Islanders, last 35 years)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 74 in 1992-93</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 63 in 2017-18</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 56 in 1993-94 (traded after 69 games)</div><div> Noah Dobson 56 in 2023-24</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-6-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals or fewer in eight of their ten wins. Ilya Sorokin is 9-3-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3-1.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Scoring Leaders Under Patrick Roy</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 8-14-22</div><div>2.<span> </span>Brock Nelson 9-11-20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Noah Dobson 2-17-19</div><div>4.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 8-8-16 (4 GWG)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri 9-5-14</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Top Line</b></div><div>(since put together February 26th)</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson 4-6-10 +6</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat 4-5-9 +6</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 3-5-8 +5</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 6-1-0 in that stretch.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Since the Break</b></div><div>The Isles are 9-4-2 since the break. While they were outshot 34.9-30.0 per game (-4.9) prior to the break, the Isles have out-shot their opponents 30.3-27.3 (+3.0) since the break.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>Tonight was the ninth of eleven consecutive inter-division games; the Isles are 6-3-0 in that stretch. The next divisional opponent will be the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 22 overtime games. They are 7-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 6-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 28 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 18 of the last 45 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div><div><b>Empty Netters </b></div><div>The Isles have scored 2 empty-net goals and allowed 15.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play nineteen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 40 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 52 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 12-57 (21.1%) and the Penalty Kill is 15-50 (70.0%). </div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 47 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 13 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 30 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 4 times </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,974</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,822</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The 25-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 8th player in club history to have at least six seasons of at least 25 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 12</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/ Clark Gillies 7</div><div>•<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine/ Brent Sutter/ Anders Lee/ Brock Nelson 6</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs eight more goals this season for his 7th season with at least 25 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 29-21-14 for 72 points in 64 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 31-25-8 for 70 points in 64 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-0-0</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 27-110-137 </div><div>•<span> </span>Season Pace 35-140-175</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,536</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,490</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,469 </div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,427</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 34</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27 (182 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 279 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is seventh in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Goalie Wins</b></div><div>51. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 279</div><div>53. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 29-21-14 overall; they are 15-8-9 at home and 14-13-5 on the road.</div><div>Los Angeles is 33-20-11 overall; they are 14-11-7 at home and 19-9-4 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 18-9-8 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 10-5-3 vs. Atlantic) and 11-12-6 against the West (5-6-2 vs. Central and 6-6-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 113 games at UBS Arena and recorded 78 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,434</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,434) and Patrick Roy (140) have combined for 1,574 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 21-3-9 when scoring first and are 8-18-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 8-0-0 when they score first and are 2-6-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 7-6-13=26</div><div>Los Angeles 5-12-8=25</div><div>The Isles are 11-8-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 17-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves; he is 22-14-11 on the season and 1-3-0 vs. Los Angeles.</div><div>David Rittich made 26 saves; he is 10-4-3 on the season and 2-1-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-5 on the power play (7:39; including :12 of 5-on-3); Los Angeles was 0-3 on the power play (3:51).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 16-7-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 13-14-6 when they do not. The Isles are 11-14-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 18-7-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-17-4 when they do not. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 7-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-6 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 3-1-3 in the front end and 0-4-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on Saturday vs. Ottawa and next Sunday at the Rangers. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Ryan Pulock (22:13); Los Angeles: Drew Doughty (23:02)</div><div>Brock Nelson led Islander forwards with 19:02 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (4-1-2), Noah Dobson (22-18-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 32, Los Angeles 20 (62%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 10 of 15 for the Isles; no King who took multiple draws won more than he lost. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 24 (Cal Clutterbuck -4)</div><div>Los Angeles 26 (Alex Laferriere -6)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 7 (Martin 3, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 15 (Noah Dobson -3)</div><div>Los Angeles 16 (Drew Doughty-4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 53, Los Angeles 55</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 38, Los Angeles 42</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Ryan Pulock +16</div><div>Los Angeles: Trevor Moore +13</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 6, Los Angeles 5</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 5, Los Angeles 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Scott Mayfield – LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom, (Matt Martin -INJ), Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 157</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 176 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (148) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games. Four other Islanders (Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau) have played every game this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 4 (2014-15)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)</div><div><span><span> </span> Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)</span></div><div><span><span> </span> John Tavares 3 (2010-11)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 15</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 12</div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 20</div><div>Barzal has a point on 20 of the 37 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 5-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 17th (TNT) vs. the Rangers.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 0-2-1 in matinee games (all at home, including an OT loss at Met Life). The remaining matinee games are March 16th vs OTT, March 17th at NYR, March 23rd vs WPG, and April 13th at NYR.</div><div>The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20) </div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 3 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10), TB offside (2/24)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute seven times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and three time on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4, @SJ 3/7) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (7): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 2/26</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 822 *** 7. Bob Bourne 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 807 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 797 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 742 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Cal Clutterbuck 700…</div><div>32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Mathew Barzal 483 *** 36. Adam Pelech 482 *** 37. Radek Martinek 479 **** 38. Gerry Hart 476 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski 470 *** 40. Scott Mayfield 469 *** 41. Ryan Pulock 468</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 270 *** 9. Anders Lee 257 …</div><div>20. Kyle Okposo 139 ***21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 125…</div><div>29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Benoit Hogue, Ed Westfall, and Casey Cizikas 105</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Mathew Barzal 305…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 248…</div><div>21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 187…</div><div>31. David Volek 154 *** 32. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 33. Noah Dobson 147 *** 34. Travis Green 145 *** 35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Ryan Pulock 137</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Brock Nelson 518 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 444 *** 16. Billy Harris 443 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 430…</div><div>31. Nick Leddy 243 *** 32. Ray Ferraro and Casey Cizikas 238</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +76 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 47 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 38</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 147 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 137…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Adam Pelech 110… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Noah Dobson 185 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 184</div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Adam Pelech 136 *** 15. Tom Kurvers 134 …</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 183 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 154</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 92 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy and Semyon Varlamov 66</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 20-30-6-1 on the season as they travel to Laval (Quebec) for games Wednesday and Friday. The weekend concludes with a game on Saturday in Belleville (Ontario).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The teams split the season series 1 game to 1 (Los Angeles earned 3 points to the Isles' 2). </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have never swept three straight games in California and are 2-11-0 in 13 trips to Staples Center/crypto.com Arena since 2006.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 14th – ISLANDERS AT BUFFALO– 7:00pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN(pre-game at 6:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The final 18 games of the regular season all will be played in the Eastern Time Zone, beginning with a Pi Day (3-14) game in Buffalo.</div><div><br></div><div>It is the final meeting of the season between the teams; the Isles opened their season with a 3-2 win over the Sabres at UBS Arena but then fell 3-1 in Buffalo on October 21st.</div><div><br></div><div>This has been a 'homer' series in recent years, with the home team winning 13 of the last 14 meetings; the Isles are 7-1-0 at home but are 0-4-2 in their last six trips to Western New York.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp5c0af6b2signature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-40625520134379818212024-03-11T00:07:00.001-04:002024-03-11T00:07:22.677-04:00The Skinny: Isles 6, Anaheim 1<div class="ydpf9505c29yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 32</b></div><div><b>Isles 6, Anaheim 1</b></div><div>The Isles scored three times in both the first and third periods as they got goals from six different players to earn their sixth straight win. They beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-1 before a crowd of 15,631 at Honda Center.</div><div><br></div><div>Brock Nelson had his third straight multi-point game and linemates Bo Horvat and Mathew Barzal also had two points. The Isles had points from twelve different players.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 10-5-3 under Patrick Roy and 29-20-14 overall as they move ahead of Detroit into second place in the Wild Card race and into a playoff spot for the first time since January 13th; they also climb within two points of Philadelphia for third place in the Metro Division and two points of Tampa Bay for the top Wild Card spot. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles look to sweep the California portion of the road trip on Monday in Los Angeles. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b> </div><div>1st Period</div><div>Casey Cizikas (8) Simon Holmstrom (9) 05:11 NYI 1,ANA 0</div><div>Kyle Palmieri (20) Mike Reilly (12), Sebastian Aho (7) 07:28 NYI 2,ANA 0</div><div>Brock Nelson (29) Bo Horvat (32), Mathew Barzal (47) 14:28 NYI 3,ANA 0 PPG</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Alex Killorn (12) Max Jones (9), Radko Gudas (10) 00:24 NYI 3,ANA 1</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Bo Horvat (26) Brock Nelson (27), Mathew Barzal (48) 00:34 NYI 4,ANA 1</div><div>Pierre Engvall (8) 07:56 NYI 5,ANA 1</div><div>Cal Clutterbuck (5) Matt Martin (3), Kyle MacLean (1) 18:12 NYI 6,ANA 1</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Skinny </b> </div><div>The Isles are 9-3-2 since the All-Star Break and have won five straight in regulation, and sixth straight overall, for the first time since February-March 2021 … Since Christmas, the Isles are 6-4-3 at home and 7-7-2 on the road; the Isles have won four straight road games for the first time since a six-game streak in October/November 2019 …The Isles scored the first goal for the fifth time in six games and have outscored the opposition 11-0 in the first period over the last six games.… The Isles' defense has 50 points during Patrick Roy (10-40-50) and have 40 points in the last 14 games (9-31-40)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 56-38 in the first period (fewest allowed in NHL), but have been outscored 85-67 in the second period (have allowed the most 2nd period goals in NHL) and 79-72 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 47-28 in the second period since the Christmas break and have allowed at least two goals in 16 of the 31 games; the goal allowed are the most in the NHL over that span …The Isles are 21-3-9 when they score the opening goal …Mathew Barzal is now 20-48-68; they are his highest totals in each category since his rookie season (22-63-85 in 2017-18)... Barzal now has 32 primary assists while Noah Dobson had 32 primary assists… The Isles are nine games over NHL-.500 for the first time this season ….The Isles have scored at least five goals seven times in the last thirteen games…Mathew Barzal extended his point streak to seven games (3-6-9) …Semyon Varlamov earned his first win since December 13th, also vs. Anaheim…Ilya Sorokin has won five straight and is now 8-1-2 in his last eleven decisions… Sorokin has allowed just ten goals in his win streak (5-0-0, 1.98 GAA, .921 save percentage)… Brock Nelson extended his point streak to five games (he has three consecutive multi-point games); Bo Horvat has a four-game point streak…The Isles were nine points behind Tampa Bay when they began play last Monday in Dallas, but now trail Tampa Bay by only two points… Pierre Engvall now has scored 55 career goals -- in 55 different games…The Isles had only 19 shots on goal, matching the fewest allowed by Anaheim in a game this season….The Ducks are 8-8-2 in the last eighteen games.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Times in (Ridiculously) Long Times </b></div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles have won consecutive road games by at least five goals for the first time since March 20-21-23, 1988, when they beat the Original Winnipeg Jets, the Minnesota North Stars, and the Kings by a combined 16-3 score.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles have scored at least six goals in consecutive games for the first time since October 28-30, 2017 (at Nashville, vs. Vegas)</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles have scored at least six goals in consecutive road games for the first time since March 20-25, 2003 (at Montreal, at Chicago)</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles are 123 games over all-time NHL-.500 for the first time since a loss in Detroit on February 29, 1996, dropped them to 865-742-266.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">•<span> </span><span><span> </span>The Isles have scored 27 goals in the last five games for the first time since February 5-13, 2011 (also 27 games); they have not scored more goals in a five-game period since 1993 when they scored 30 in a five-game span.</span></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Periods</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 11 consecutive first period goals (over six games), matching their longest streak of first period goals scored since they scored 13 straight in 2019. There are only five longer streaks of consecutive first period goals for in club history:</div><div>•<span> </span>17 12/26/1978 - 1/14/1979</div><div>•<span> </span>15 2/15/1994 - 3/1/1994</div><div>•<span> </span>15 10/21/1977 - 11/5/1977</div><div>•<span> </span>13 1/10/2019 - 2/2/2019</div><div>•<span> </span>13 3/8/1980 - 3/22/1980</div><div><br></div><div><b>March to the Playoffs</b></div><div><b>Metro Division</b></div><div>3rd Philadelphia 74 points in 65 games (Tuesday vs. San Jose, Thursday vs. Toronto)</div><div><b>4th Isles<span> </span> 72 points in 63 games (Monday at Los Angeles, Thursday at Buffalo)</b></div><div>5th Washington 69 points in 62 games (Monday at Winnipeg, Wednesday at Edmonton, Thursday at Seattle)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Wild Card<span> </span></b></div><div>1st WC Tampa Bay 74 points in 65 games (Thursday vs Rangers)<span> </span></div><div><b>2nd WC Isles 72 points in 63 games (Monday at Los Angeles, Thursday at Buffalo)</b></div><div>3rd<span> </span> Detroit 72 points in 64 games (Tuesday at Buffalo, Thursday vs. Arizona)</div><div>4th <span> </span>Washington 69 points in 62 games (Monday at Winnipeg, Wednesday at Edmonton)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men </b></div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal recorded his 304th and 305th assists, passing Bob Bourne for 11th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri reached the 20-goal mark for the sixth time in his career, but first time since 2019-20.</div><div>•<span> </span>Semyon Varlamov recorded his 66th win as an Islander, tying Glenn Healy for 9th place on the club's all-time list.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson has 270 goals, two behind John Tavares for 7th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Anders Lee has 443 points, tied with Billy Harris for 15th place in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson is one goal away from his third consecutive 30-goal season, a feat last accomplished for the Islanders by Matt Moulson.</div><div>•<span> </span>Semyon Varlamov earned his 279th win, tying Brian Elliot for 51st place in NHL history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri played his 799th NHL game, while Jean-Gabriel Pageau played in his 699th NHL game.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Mr. Consistency</b></div><div>Mathew Barzal has a point in seven straight games, one shy of his season high. He also has three other 5-game streaks, giving him five streaks of at least five games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 64 points since 1984-85 when Denis Potvin had 68, and the first with at least 56 assists since 1983-84, when Potvin recorded 63.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 73 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 84 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is tied for 5th in club history with his 56-assist season:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 70 (1978-79)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 67 (1975-76)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 64 (1977-78)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 63 (1983-84)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 56 (1980-81)</div><div>Stefan Persson 56 (1978-79)</div><div>Noah Dobson 56 (2023-24)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has a point in eleven straight home games, which is the third-longest defense streak in club history (Denis Potvin - 15 in 1974-75 and Tom Kurvers -14 in 1991-92). Only one active defenseman has had a longer streak (Brent Burns -12 in 2017-18)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is now tied-25th overall for assists in a season by an Islander.</div><div><br></div><div>Only seven players have more assists through 300 Islander games. Four have had their numbers retired by the Isles (Trottier, Potvin, Bossy, Tonelli); the others are Persson, Barzal and Yashin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most assists (Islanders, last 35 years)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 74 in 1992-93</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 63 in 2017-18</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 56 in 1993-94 (traded after 69 games)</div><div>Noah Dobson 56 in 2023-24</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-5-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals or fewer in eight of their ten wins. Ilya Sorokin is 9-2-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3-1.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scoring Leaders Under Patrick Roy</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 8-14-22</div><div>2.<span> </span>Brock Nelson 9-11-20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Noah Dobson 2-17-19</div><div>4.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 8-8-16 (4 GWG)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri 9-5-14</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Top Line</b></div><div>(since put together February 26th)</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson 4-6-10 +8</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat 4-5-9 +8</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 3-5-8 +7</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 6-0-0 in that stretch.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Since the Break</b></div><div>The Isles are 9-3-2 since the break. While they were outshot 34.9-30.0 per game (-4.9) prior to the break, the Isles have out-shot their opponents 30.6-27.4 (+3.2) since the break.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Best Winning Percentage Since All-Star Break</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Rangers .821 (11-2-1)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Florida .813 (13-3-0)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Nashville .800 (11-2-2)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Carolina .719 (11-4-1)</div><div>5.<span> </span>ISLES .714 (9-3-2)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>Tonight was the eighth of eleven consecutive inter-division games; the Isles are 6-2-0 in that stretch. The next divisional opponent will be the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 22 overtime games. They are 7-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 6-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 29 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 18 of the last 45 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div><div><b>Empty Netters </b></div><div>The Isles have scored 2 empty-net goals (11:57) and allowed 14 (10:04).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play eighteen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 40 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 52 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 12-52 (23.1%) and the Penalty Kill is 15-47 (68.1%). </div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 47 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 13 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 30 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 4 times </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,970</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,822</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The 25-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 8th player in club history to have at least six seasons of at least 25 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 12</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/ Clark Gillies 7</div><div>•<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine/ Brent Sutter/ Anders Lee/ Brock Nelson 6</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs eight more goals this season for his 7th season with at least 25 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 29-20-14 for 72 points in 63 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 31-25-7 for 69 points in 63 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-2-2</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 27-110-137 </div><div>•<span> </span>Season Pace 35-143-178</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,512</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,490</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,469 </div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,427</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 34</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27 (182 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 279 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is seventh in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>51. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 279</div><div>53. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 29-20-14 overall; they are 15-8-9 at home and 14-12-5 on the road.</div><div>Anaheim is 23-38-3 overall; they are 10-23-1 at home and 13-15-2 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 18-9-8 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 10-5-3 vs. Atlantic) and 11-11-6 against the West (5-6-2 vs. Central and 6-5-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 113 games at UBS Arena and recorded 78 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,434</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,434) and Patrick Roy (140) have combined for 1,574 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 21-3-9 when scoring first and are 8-17-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 8-0-0 when they score first and are 2-5-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 6-6-7=19</div><div>Anaheim 4-10-9=23</div><div>The Isles are 11-7-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 17-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves; he is 7-7-3 on the season and 6-6-3 vs. Anaheim.</div><div>Lukas Dostal made 13 saves; he is 10-17-1 on the season and 0-1-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-5 on the power play (8:11); Anaheim was 0-2 on the power play (4:00).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 16-7-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 13-13-6 when they do not. The Isles are 11-14-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 18-6-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-16-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 7-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-6 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 3-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes Monday in Los Angeles. The next back-to-back set will be on Saturday vs. Ottawa and next Sunday at the Rangers. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Ryan Pulock (21:53); Anaheim: Cam Fowler (24:30)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 20:26 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (4-0-2), Noah Dobson (22-18-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 27, Anaheim 22 (55%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 13 of 17 for the Isles; Ryan Strome won 6 of 9 for Anaheim.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 21 (Cal Clutterbuck -6)</div><div>Anaheim 18 (Three with 3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 7 (Martin 3, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 13 (Ryan Pulock -4)</div><div>Anaheim 16 (Radko Gudas -7)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 50, Anaheim 48</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 34, Anaheim 37</div><div> </div><div><b>5-on-5 leaders:</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson and Adam Pelech +7</div><div>Anaheim: Cam Fowler +11</div><div><br></div><div><b>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</b></div><div>All situations: Isles 13, Anaheim 10</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 11, Anaheim 8</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Scott Mayfield – LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom, Hudson Fasching, Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 154</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 175 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (147) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games. Four other Islanders (Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau) have played every game this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 4 (2014-15)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)</div><div><span><span> </span>Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)</span></div><div><span><span> </span>John Tavares 3 (2010-11)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 15</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 12</div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 20</div><div>Barzal has a point on 20 of the 37 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 5-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 17th (TNT) vs. the Rangers.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 0-2-1 in matinee games (all at home, including an OT loss at Met Life). The remaining matinee games are March 16th vs OTT, March 17th at NYR, March 23rd vs WPG, and April 13th at NYR.</div><div>The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20) </div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 3 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10), TB offside (2/24)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute seven times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and three time on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4, @SJ 3/7) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (7): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 2/26</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 821 *** 7. Bob Bourne 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 807 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 796 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 741 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Cal Clutterbuck 699…</div><div>32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Mathew Barzal 482 *** 36. Adam Pelech 481 *** 37. Radek Martinek 479 **** 38. Gerry Hart 476 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski 470 *** 40. Scott Mayfield 469 *** 41. Ryan Pulock 467</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 270 *** 9. Anders Lee 257 …</div><div>20. Kyle Okposo 139 ***21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 125…</div><div>29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Benoit Hogue, Ed Westfall, and Casey Cizikas 105</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Mathew Barzal 305…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 248…</div><div>21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 187…</div><div>31. David Volek 154 *** 32. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 33. Noah Dobson 147 *** 34. Travis Green 145 *** 35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Ryan Pulock 137</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Brock Nelson 518 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 444 *** 16. Billy Harris 443 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 430…</div><div>31. Nick Leddy 243 *** 32. Ray Ferraro and Casey Cizikas 238</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +77 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 47 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 38</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 147 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 137…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Adam Pelech 110… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Noah Dobson 185 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 184</div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Adam Pelech 136 *** 15. Tom Kurvers 134 …</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 182 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 154</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 92 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy and Semyon Varlamov 66</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 20-30-6-1 on the season after going 2-1-0-0 this weekend. heading into a 3-in-3 weekend that begins Friday in Springfield. The Baby Isles travel to Laval (Quebec) for games Wednesday and Friday.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles win the season series 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 0). </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles sweep the season series for the third straight season. The Isles have won the six meetings by a combined 31-11 score.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>MONDAY, MARCH 11th – ISLANDERS AT LOS ANGELES – 10:30pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN(pre-game at 10:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>It is one last late night for Islander fans as the Isles play their final Western Conference road game (and final game outside of the Eastern Time Zone) as they face the Kings in Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles will be looking to sweep three straight games in California for the first time; twice before they have gone 2-0-1 in a California trip.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Los Angeles 3-2 in overtime on a Jean-Gabriel Pageau goal back in December. That snapped a four-game losing streak overall to the Kings. The Isles are 2-10-0 in 12 trips to Staples Center/crypto.com Arena since 2006.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpf9505c29signature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-74271887013684498032024-03-08T02:07:00.000-05:002024-03-08T02:10:13.760-05:00The Skinny: Isles 7, San Jose 2<div class="ydp93734a13yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 62</b></div><div><b>Isles 7, San Jose 2</b></div><div>Noah Dobson scored :19 into play and the Isles led the rest of the way, as they scored four goals in a 5:01 span of the second period and earned a 7-2 victory over the Sharks before a crowd of 10,077 at SAP Center at San Jose.</div><div><br></div><div>Brock Nelson had three assists for the Isles, who had points from 13 different players. Nelson, along with linemates Bo Horvat and Mathew Barzal, all went +4. The Isles also got five points from their defense for the second straight game.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 9-5-3 under Patrick Roy and 28-20-14 overall as they climb within two points of both Detroit and Tampa Bay in the Wild Card race; they also remain four points behind Philadelphia for third place in the Metro Division. Since the Isles have two games in hand over Tampa Bay, they actually moved ahead of the Bolts in points percentage (.565 to .563)</div><div><br></div><div>After off days Friday and Saturday, the Isles continue their four-game road trip with games in Anaheim on Sunday and Los Angeles on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Noah Dobson (8) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (18), Anders Lee (11) 00:19 NYI 1,SJS 0</div><div>Alexander Romanov (7) Bo Horvat (30), Brock Nelson (24) 18:31 NYI 2,SJS 0</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Thomas Bordeleau (2) William Eklund (19), Fabian Zetterlund (13) 02:45 NYI 2,SJS 1 PPG</div><div>Bo Horvat (25) 11:24 NYI 3,SJS 1</div><div>Mike Hoffman (10) Givani Smith (3) 11:49 NYI 3,SJS 2</div><div>Kyle MacLean (3) Matt Martin (2), Adam Pelech (11) 12:04 NYI 4,SJS 2</div><div>Mathew Barzal (20) Brock Nelson (25) 14:21 NYI 5,SJS 2</div><div>Sebastian Aho (2) Bo Horvat (31), Brock Nelson (26) 16:25 NYI 6,SJS 2</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Anders Lee (17) Pierre Engvall (13), Ryan Pulock (8) 08:08 NYI 7,SJS 2 PPG</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 8-3-2 since the All-Star Break and have won four straight in regulation for the first time since Oct-Nov 2022 … Since Christmas, the Isles are 6-4-3 at home and 6-7-2 on the road; the Isles have won three straight road games for the first time since early last season …The Isles scored the first goal for the fourth time in five games and scored within the first 19 seconds for the 22nd time in their history.… The Isles' defense has 48 points during Patrick Roy (10-38-48) and have 38 points in the last 13 games (9-29-38)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 54-38 in the first period (fewest allowed in NHL), but have been outscored 84-67 in the second period (have allowed the most 2nd period goals in NHL) and 79-69 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 46-28 in the second period since the Christmas break and have allowed at least two goals in 16 of the 29 games; only New Jersey has allowed more 2nd period goals over that span …The Isles are 20-3-9 when they score the opening goal …Mathew Barzal is now 20-46-66; they are his highest totals in each category since his rookie season (22-63-85 in 2017-18). Barzal now has 32 primary assists while Noah Dobson had 32 primary assists; Dobson leads all NHL defensemen in that category… The Isles have won five straight games for the first time since a five-game streak October 26-November 3, 2022 …..The Isles are eight games over NHL-.500 for the first time since a win over Arizona on January 4th improved their record to 18-10-10; this matches a season high (+8) ….The Isles have scored at least five goals six times in the last eleven games…Mathew Barzal extended his point streak to six games (3-4-7) …Ilya Sorokin has won five straight and is now 8-1-2 in his last eleven decisions… Sorokin has allowed just ten goals in his win streak (5-0-0, 1.98 GAA, .921 save percentage)…Noah Dobson and Brock Nelson extended their point streaks to four games (Nelson had three assists for his first three point game of the season); Anders Lee, Bo Horvat and Jean-Gabriel Pageau all have three game point streaks…The Isles were nine points behind Tampa Bay when they began play last Monday in Dallas, but now trail Tampa Bay by only two points….The Isles scored four goals in a period for the first time this season.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time </b></div><div>•<span> </span> The Isles had goals from three defensemen for the first time since October 15, 2022, vs. Anaheim; they had not done so on the road since February 4, 2002, in Florida.</div><div>•<span> </span>Seven Islanders scored goals for the first time since 2021</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">•<span> </span>The Isles scored seven goals in a road game for the first time since October 18, 2018, in Los Angeles (<span>also 7-2, and also the last time the Isles won by five goals on the road).</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>March to the Playoffs</b></div><div>Metro Division</div><div>3rd Philadelphia 74 points in 63 games (Saturday at Tampa Bay)</div><div>4th Isles<span> </span> 70 points in 62 games (Sunday at Anaheim, Monday at Los Angeles)</div><div><br></div><div>Wild Card<span> </span></div><div>1st WC<span> </span> Detroit 72 points in 62 games (Friday at Arizona, Saturday at Vegas)</div><div>2nd WC Tampa Bay 72 points in 64 games (Saturday vs Philadelphia)<span> </span></div><div>3rd Isles <span> </span> 70 points in 62 games (Sunday at Anaheim, Monday at Los Angeles)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men </b></div><div>•<span> </span>Noah Dobson and Pierre Engvall each played in their 300th NHL game.</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal reached 20 goals for the second time in his career; he scored 22 as a rookie. </div><div>•<span> </span>Anders Lee recorded his 443rd point, tying Billy Harris for 15th place in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson recorded his 514th point, passing Bob Nystrom for 11th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson is two goals away from his third consecutive 30-goal season, a feat last accomplished for the Islanders by Matt Moulson.</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal has 303 assists, one behind Bob Bourne for 11th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson has 269 goals, three behind John Tavares for 7th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri needs one goal to reach 20 for the sixth time in his career, but first time since 2019-20.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 64 points since 1984-85 when Denis Potvin had 68, and the first with at least 56 assists since 1983-84, when Potvin recorded 63.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 74 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 85 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is tied for 5th in club history with his 56-assist season:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 70 (1978-79)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 67 (1975-76)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 64 (1977-78)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 63 (1983-84)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 56 (1980-81)</div><div> Stefan Persson 56 (1978-79)</div><div> Noah Dobson 56 (2023-24)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has a point in eleven straight home games, which is the third-longest defense streak in club history (Denis Potvin - 15 in 1974-75 and Tom Kurvers -14 in 1991-92). Only one active defenseman has had a longer streak (Brent Burns -12 in 2017-18)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is now tied-25th overall for assists in a season by an Islander.</div><div><br></div><div>Only seven players have more assists through 300 Islander games. Four have had their numbers retired by the Isles (Trottier, Potvin, Bossy, Tonelli); the others are Persson, Barzal and Yashin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most assists (Islanders, last 35 years)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 74 in 1992-93</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 63 in 2017-18</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 56 in 1993-94 (traded after 69 games)</div><div>Noah Dobson 56 in 2023-24</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 9-5-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals or fewer in seven of their nine wins. Ilya Sorokin is 9-2-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 0-3-1.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scoring Leaders Under Patrick Roy</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 8-12-20</div><div>2.<span> </span>Noah Dobson 2-17-19</div><div>3.<span> </span>Brock Nelson 8-10-18</div><div>4.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 7-7-14 (4 GWG)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri 8-5-13</div><div><br></div><div><b>Since the Break</b></div><div>The Isles are 8-3-2 since the break. While they were outshot 34.9-30.0 per game (-4.9) prior to the break, the Isles have out-shot their opponents 31.5-27.7 (+3.8) since the break.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>Tonight was the seventh of eleven consecutive inter-division games; the Isles are 5-2-0 in that stretch. The next divisional opponent will be the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 22 overtime games. They are 7-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 6-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 29 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 18 of the last 45 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Empty Netters </b></div><div>The Isles have scored 2 empty-net goals (11:57) and allowed 14 (10:04).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play eighteen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 39 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 52 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 11-47 (23.4%) and the Penalty Kill is 15-45 (66.7%). </div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 45 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 11 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 30 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 4 times </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,964</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,822</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>The 25-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 8th player in club history to have at least six seasons of at least 25 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 12</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/ Clark Gillies 7</div><div>•<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine/ Brent Sutter/ Anders Lee/ Brock Nelson 6</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs eight more goals this season for his 7th season with at least 25 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 28-20-14 for 70 points in 62 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 30-25-7 for 67 points in 62 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 3-2-5</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 27-108-135 </div><div>•<span> </span>Season Pace 36-143-179</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,512</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,457</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,439 </div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,415</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 34</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span> Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span> Ilya Sorokin 27 (182 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is sixth in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 28-20-14 overall; they are 15-8-9 at home and 13-12-5 on the road.</div><div>San Jose is 15-40-7 overall; they are 9-19-3 at home and 6-21-4 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 18-9-8 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 10-5-3 vs. Atlantic) and 10-11-6 against the West (5-6-2 vs. Central and 5-5-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 113 games at UBS Arena and recorded 78 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,433</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,433) and Patrick Roy (139) have combined for 1,572 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 20-3-9 when scoring first and are 8-17-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 7-0-0 when they score first and are 2-5-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 12-13-8=33</div><div>San Jose 9-6-10=25</div><div>The Isles are 11-7-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 16-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves; he is 22-13-11 on the season and 2-0-3 vs. San Jose.</div><div>Magnus Chrona made 26 saves; he is 0-2-1 on the season and 0-1-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-2 on the power play (2:14); San Jose was 1-1 on the power play (0:55).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 15-7-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 13-13-6 when they do not. The Isles are 11-14-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 17-6-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 26-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-16-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 7-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-6 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on Sunday in Anaheim and Monday in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (22:42); San Jose: Henry Thrun (22:17)</div><div>Brock Nelson led Islander forwards with 17:36 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (3-0-2), Noah Dobson (22-18-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 35, San Jose 29 (55%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 11 of 15 for the Isles; Ryan Carpenter won 11 of 17 for San Jose.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 4 (Jean-Gabriel Pageau -2)</div><div>San Jose 7 (Kyle Burroughs -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 7 (Martin 3, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 14 (Ryan Pulock -3)</div><div>San Jose 19 (Marc-Edouard Vlasic -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 62, San Jose 54</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 56, San Jose 49</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson +16</div><div>San Jose: Luke Kunin +10</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 9, San Jose 10</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 8, San Jose 8</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Scott Mayfield – LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom, Hudson Fasching, Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 152</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 174 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (146) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games. Four other Islanders (Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau) have played every game this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 4 (2014-15)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)</div><div><span><span> </span> Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)</span></div><div><span><span> </span> John Tavares 3 (2010-11)</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 15</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 12</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 20</div><div>Barzal has a point on 20 of the 37 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 5-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 17th (TNT) vs. the Rangers.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 0-2-1 in matinee games (all at home, including an OT loss at Met Life). The remaining matinee games are March 16th vs OTT, March 17th at NYR, March 23rd vs WPG, and April 13th at NYR.</div><div>The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20) </div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 3 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10), TB offside (2/24)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute seven times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and three time on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4, @SJ 3/7) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (7): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 2/26</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 820 *** 7. Bob Bourne 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 806 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 795 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 740 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Cal Clutterbuck 698…</div><div>32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Mathew Barzal 481 *** 36. Adam Pelech 480 *** 37. Radek Martinek 479 **** 38. Gerry Hart 476 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski 470 *** 40. Scott Mayfield 469 *** 41. Ryan Pulock 466</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 269 *** 9. Anders Lee 257 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 125…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 104</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 303…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 247…</div><div>21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 187…</div><div>31. David Volek 154 *** 32. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 33. Noah Dobson 147 *** 34. Travis Green 145 *** 35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Ryan Pulock 137</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Brock Nelson 516 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 444 *** 16. Billy Harris 443 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 428…</div><div>31. Nick Leddy 243 *** 32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green and Casey Cizikas 237</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +78 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 47 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 38</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 147 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 137…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Adam Pelech 110… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Noah Dobson 185 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 184</div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Adam Pelech 136 *** 15. Tom Kurvers 134 …</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 182 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 153</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 92 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 18-29-6-1 on the season, heading into a 3-in-3 weekend that begins Friday in Springfield. The Baby Isles will host Hartford on Saturday night and Lehigh Valley on Sunday afternoon. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The teams split the season series 1 game to 1 (the Isles earned 3 points to San Jose's 2). </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 4-0-4 in their last eight games against the Sharks (2-0-2 in San Jose).</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SUNDAY, MARCH 10th – ISLANDERS AT ANAHEIM – 8:00pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN(pre-game at 7:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The road trip continues in Anaheim on Sunday as the Isles look for a sixth straight win for the first time since they had a nine-game winning streak in 2021. The Ducks play their Sunday games early, so this will be an 8pm ET start.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles will be looking to sweep the season series for the third straight season. The Isles have won the last five meetings by a combined 25-10 score.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div class="ydp93734a13signature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-63147780763477548822024-03-06T00:53:00.001-05:002024-03-06T00:53:43.691-05:00The Skinny: Isles 4, St. Louis 2<div class="ydp8b699379yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 61</b></div><div><b>Isles 4, St. Louis 2</b></div><div>Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist as the Isles erased a 2-0 Blues lead and earned a 4-2 victory over before a crowd of 16,540 at UBS Arena.</div><div><br></div><div>Bo Horvat scored on a wrap-around in the opening minute of the third period and Mathew Barzal added the Isles' second empty-netter in three games for the final margin.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-3 under Patrick Roy and 27-20-14 overall as they climb within four points of Philadelphia for third place in the Metro Division; they are also four points behind both Detroit and Tampa Bay in the Wild Card race. The Isles begin their four-game road trip in San Jose on Thursday.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:</b> </div><div>1st Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Alexey Toropchenko (11) Jake Neighbours (8) 01:21 STL 1,NYI 0</div><div>Jordan Kyrou (20) Brandon Saad (11), Marco Scandella (5) 08:30 STL 2,NYI 0</div><div>Kyle Palmieri (19) Adam Pelech (9), Noah Dobson (56) 12:32 STL 2,NYI 1</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau (8) Kyle Palmieri (20), Sebastian Aho (6) 17:47 STL 2,NYI 3 </div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Bo Horvat (24) Brock Nelson (22), Adam Pelech (10) 00:55 STL 2,NYI 3</div><div>Mathew Barzal (19)EN Brock Nelson (23), Alexander Romanov (9) 19:29 STL 2,NYI 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 7-3-2 since the All-Star Break and have won three straight in regulation for the first time this season … Since Christmas, the Isles are 6-4-3 at home and 5-7-2 on the road; the Isles have won consecutive home games for the first time since January 11th- 21st …The Isles allowed the first goal for the first time in four games but the sixteenth time in the last 28 games.… The Isles' defense has 43 points during Patrick Roy (7-36-43) and have 33 points in the last 12 games (6-27-33)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 52-38 in the first period (tied with Florida for the fewest allowed), but have been outscored 82-63 in the second period (have allowed the most 2nd period goals in NHL) and 79-68 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 44-24 in the second period since the Christmas break and have allowed at least two goals in 15 of the 28 games; only New Jersey has allowed more 2nd period goals over that span …The Isles are 7-18-5 when they allowed the opening goal …Mathew Barzal is now 19-46-65; his assists and points are his highest totals since his rookie season (22-63-85 in 2017-18). Barzal now has 32 primary assists while Noah Dobson had 32 primary assists; Dobson leads all NHL defensemen in that category… The Isles have won four straight games for the first time since a four-game streak in December…..The Isles are seven games over NHL-.500 for the first time since a come-from-behind win over Toronto on January 11th improved their record to 19-12-10….The Isles have scored at least five goals five times in the last ten games…The Isles did not allow a power play goal for the third straight game; it is the first time that they have done that since December 27-31… The Isles did not have a power play…Mathew Barzal extended his point streak to five games (2-4-6) with his 2nd career empty net goal….The Blues scored first but lost in regulation for only the third time this season(25-3-1)…Jordan Kyrou now has three straight 20-goal seasons.,…Ilya Sorokin has won four straight and is now 7-1-2 in his last ten decisions…Bo Horvat is the third Islander to score on a wrap-around this season (Hudson Fasching and Kyle Palmieri)..Ilya Sorokin has won four straight, allowing just eight goals (4-0-0, 1.98 GAA, .921 save percentage).</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time </b><br></div><div>•<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri recorded four goals in a two-game span for the first time since December 2018 (with New Jersey). His six points over the two games are a career best.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles improved to 3-19-1 when trailing by two goals at any point, but they win in regulation for the first time since February 17, 2023, vs. Pittsburgh.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men </b></div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson is two goals away from his third consecutive 30-goal season, a feat last accomplished for the Islanders by Matt Moulson.</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal has 303 assists, one behind Bob Bourne for 11th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson has 269 goals, three behind John Tavares for 7th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson has 513 points, tying Bob Nystrom for 11th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Noah Dobson and Pierre Engvall each played in their 299th NHL game.</div><div>•<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri needs one goal to reach 20 for the sixth time in his career, but first time since 2019-20.</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal has 19 goals, matching the 2nd-highest total of his career (2019-20). He needs one goal for his second 20 goal season and three goals to match his career high (22).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 63 points since 1984-85 when Denis Potvin had 68, and the first with at least 56 assists since 1983-84, when Potvin recorded 63.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 75 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 85 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is tied for 5th in club history with his 56-assist season:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 70 (1978-79)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 67 (1975-76)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 64 (1977-78)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 63 (1983-84)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 56 (1980-81)</div><div>Stefan Persson 56 (1978-79)</div><div>Noah Dobson 56 (2023-24)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson now has a point in eleven straight home games, which is the third-longest defense streak in club history (Denis Potvin - 15 in 1974-75 and Tom Kurvers -14 in 1991-92). Only one active defenseman has had a longer streak (Brent Burns -12 in 2017-18)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is now tied-25th overall for assists in a season by an Islander.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has played 299 games; only seven players have more assists through 300 Islander games. Four have had their numbers retired by the Isles (Trottier, Potvin, Bossy, Tonelli); the others are Persson, Barzal and Yashin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most assists (Islanders, last 35 years)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 74 in 1992-93</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 63 in 2017-18</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pierre Turgeon 56 in 1993-94 (traded after 69 games)</div><div>Noah Dobson 56 in 2023-24</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals or fewer in six of their eight wins. Ilya Sorokin is 8-2-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 0-3-1.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scoring Leaders Under Patrick Roy</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 7-12-19</div><div>2.<span> </span>Noah Dobson 1-17-18</div><div>3.<span> </span>Brock Nelson 8-7-15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri 8-5-13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 6-5-11 (3 GWG)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Since the Break</b></div><div>The Isles are 7-3-2 since the break. While they were outshot 34.9-30.0 per game (-4.9) prior to the break, the Isles have out-shot their opponents 31.3-27.9 (+3.4) since the break.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>Tonight was the sixth of eleven consecutive inter-division games; the Isles are 4-2-0 in that stretch. The next divisional opponent will be the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 22 overtime games. They are 7-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 6-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 29 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 18 of the last 45 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </b></div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div><div><b>Empty Netters </b></div><div>The Isles have scored 2 empty-net goals (11:57) and allowed 14 (10:04).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play eighteen times this season.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 38 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 51 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 10-45 (22.2%) and the Penalty Kill is 14-44 (68.2%). </div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 42 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 10 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 28 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 4 times </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,963</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,821</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>The 25-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 8th player in club history to have at least six seasons of at least 25 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 12</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/ Clark Gillies 7</div><div>•<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine/ Brent Sutter/ Anders Lee/ Brock Nelson 6</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs nine more goals this season for his 7th season with at least 25 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 27-20-14 for 68 points in 61 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 30-24-7 for 67 points in 61 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-5-5</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 24-106-130 </div><div>•<span> </span>Season Pace 33-142-175</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,487</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,429</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,410 </div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,363 (late game Tuesday)</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span> Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 34</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span> Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span> Ilya Sorokin 27 (181 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is sixth in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-20-14 overall; they are 15-8-9 at home and 12-12-5 on the road.</div><div>St. Louis is 33-26-3 overall; they are 18-11-1 at home and 14-16-2 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 18-9-8 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 10-5-3 vs. Atlantic) and 9-11-6 against the West (5-6-2 vs. Central and 4-5-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 113 games at UBS Arena and recorded 78 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,432</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,432) and Patrick Roy (138) have combined for 1,570 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 19-3-9 when scoring first and are 8-17-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 6-0-0 when they score first and are 2-5-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 10-17-6=33</div><div>St. Louis 8-5-8=21</div><div>The Isles are 10-7-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 16-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves; he is 21-13-11 on the season and 3-1-0 vs. St. Louis.</div><div>Joel Hofer made 29 saves; he is 10-11-0 on the season and 0-0-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles did not have a power play (0:00); St. Louis was 0-1 on the power play (2:00).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 14-7-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 13-13-6 when they do not. The Isles are 10-14-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 17-6-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-16-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 7-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-6 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on Sunday in Anaheim and Monday in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (24:27); St. Louis: Torey Krug (25:11)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 18:44 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (3-0-2), Noah Dobson (21-18-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 28, St. Louis 13 (68%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 10 of 13 for the Isles; Kevin Hayes won 3 of 4 for St. Louis.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 21 (Four with 3)</div><div>St. Louis 13 (Three with 2)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 7 (Martin 3, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 13 (Ryan Pulock -3)</div><div>St. Louis 17 (Colton Parayko -4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 67, St. Louis 37</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 68, St. Louis 38</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Alexander Romanov +15</div><div>St. Louis: Jordan Kyrou Even</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 16, St. Louis 4</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 15, St. Louis 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Scott Mayfield – LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom, Hudson Fasching, Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 150</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 173 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (145) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games. Four other Islanders (Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau) have played every game this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 4 (2014-15)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)</div><div><span><span> </span>Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)</span></div><div><span><span> </span>John Tavares 3 (2010-11)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 15</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 12</div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 20</div><div>Barzal has a point on 20 of the 37 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 5-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 17th (TNT) vs. the Rangers.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 0-2-1 in matinee games (all at home, including an OT loss at Met Life). The remaining matinee games are March 16th vs OTT, March 17th at NYR, March 23rd vs WPG, and April 13th at NYR.</div><div>The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20) </div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 3 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10), TB offside (2/24)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute six times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (7): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 2/26</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 819 *** 7. Bob Bourne 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 805 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 794 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 739 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Cal Clutterbuck 697…</div><div>32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Radek Martinek and Mathew Barzal 479 *** 37. Adam Pelech 478 **** 38. Gerry Hart 476 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski 470 *** 40. Scott Mayfield 468 *** 41. Ryan Pulock 464</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 269 *** 9. Anders Lee 256 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 124…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 104</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 303…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 244…</div><div>21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 185…</div><div>31. David Volek 154 *** 32. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 33. Noah Dobson 147 *** 34. Travis Green 145 *** 35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Greg Gilbert and Ryan Pulock 136</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Bob Nystrom and Brock Nelson 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 441 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 427…</div><div>31. Nick Leddy 243 *** 32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green and Casey Cizikas 237</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 16. Adam Pelech +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 47 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 37</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 147 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 136…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers, Gerry Hart, and Adam Pelech 109… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Noah Dobson 184 … 9. Ryan Pulock 183</div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Adam Pelech 135 *** 15. Tom Kurvers 134 …</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 181 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 153</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 90 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport completed a sweep of their weekend road trip with a 4-1 win on Sunday in Springfield. Four players, led by Michael Maggio scored goals and eight others added assists. Bridgeport is 18-29-6-1 on the season. </div><div><br></div><div>The Baby Isles are off until Friday when they begin a 3-in-3 weekend in Springfield. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The teams split the season series 1 game to 1 (and 2 points to 2). </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 6-1-1 in their last eight home games against St. Louis. </div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 7th –ISLANDERS AT SAN JOSE – 10:30pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN(pre-game at 10:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles begin a four-game road trip with a trip to San Jose to face the Sharks.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles will be looking to avenge a 5-4 overtime loss at UBS Arena back on December 5th as the Sharks scored three times in the final 8:05 to tie and then won the game on a William Eklund goal with seconds to play in overtime. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 3-0-4 in their last seven games against the Sharks (1-0-2 in San Jose).</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp8b699379signature">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<br></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-26232199092835745012024-03-03T01:25:00.000-05:002024-03-03T01:26:29.428-05:00The Skinny: Isles 5, Boston 1<div class="ydpeb2e06d2yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 60</b></div><div><b>Isles 5, Detroit 1</b></div><div>What a night for Kyle Palmieri! Palmieri scored the earliest hat trick in Islander history and later added an assist as the Isles earned their third straight victory with a 5-1 win over the Boston Bruins before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.</div><div><br></div><div>Palmieri had his hat trick 12:19 into play -only the 7th first period hat in Islander history. The Isles led 5-0 midway through the game before Marc McLaughlin tallied for Boston for what turned out to be the final margin. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 7-5-3 under Patrick Roy and 26-20-14 overall as they climb within three points of Philadelphia for third place in the Metro Division. The Isles host St. Louis on Tuesday, before embarking on a four-game road trip.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Kyle Palmieri (16) Noah Dobson (55), Anders Lee (9) 03:32 BOS 0,NYI 1</div><div>Kyle Palmieri (17) Bo Horvat (28), Mathew Barzal (46) 05:27 BOS 0,NYI 2 PPG</div><div>Kyle Palmieri (18) Ryan Pulock (7), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (16) 12:19 BOS 0,NYI 3</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Anders Lee (16) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (17), Kyle Palmieri (19) 00:46 BOS 0,NYI 4</div><div>Brock Nelson (28) Bo Horvat (29), Mike Reilly (11) 10:24 BOS 0,NYI 5</div><div>Marc McLaughlin (1) Charlie McAvoy (33), James van Riemsdyk (27) 14:30 BOS 1,NYI 5</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-2 since the All-Star Break … Since Christmas, the Isles are 5-4-3 at home and 5-7-2 on the road; this was their first home win since February 8th vs Tampa Bay (0-2-2)…The Isles scored the first goal for the third straight game but only the twelfth time in the last 27 games.… The Isles' defense has 81 points in the last 37 games and have 62 points in the last 29 games (14-48-62)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 52-38 in the first period (only Florida has allowed fewer first period goals - 37), but have been outscored 80-61 in the second period (tied with Ottawa for most 2nd period goals allowed) and 79-66 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 42-22 in the second period since the Christmas break; they have allowed the most 2nd period goals over that span and have allowed at least two goals in 14 of the 27 games …The Isles are 19-3-9 when they score the opening goal, including 6-0-0 under Patrick Roy …Mathew Barzal is now 18-46-64; his assists and points are his highest totals since his rookie season (22-63-85 in 2017-18). Barzal now has 32 primary assists while Noah Dobson had 32 primary assists; Dobson leads all NHL defensemen in that category… The Isles have won three straight games for the first time since a four-game streak in December; the win ended a 6-game winless streak vs. Boston (0-4-2). …Boston has won 26 of 52 games (26-13-13) since opening the season 9-0-1; they are 4-4-5 since the All-Star break… It was the Bruins' first regulation road loss in 14 games (7-1-6)…The Isles are six games over NHL-.500 for the first time since a last-second loss to Nashville on January 13th dropped their record to 19-13-10….The Isles have scored at least five goals five times in the last ten games…The Isles did not allow a power play goal for the second straight game; it is the first time that they have done that since January 19-21, which was the last game under Lambert and the first game under Roy…The Isles, who do not have a shutout since Thanksgiving weekend, allowed only one goal for the first time in 25 games (5-1 vs. Washington on December 29th) …Brock Nelson how has 101 goals over the last three seasons; Nelson has seven goals in the last nine games…Mathew Barzal extended his assist streak to four games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Injuries</b><br></div><div>•<span> </span>Pavel Zacha left the game with a lower body injury; he did not return.</div><div>•<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri missed part of the second period after being checked by Parker Wotherspoon.</div><div>•<span> </span>Matt Martin did not play in the final 15 minutes and left the bench.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Have a Night Kyle Palmieri!</b></div><div>Kyle Palmieri recorded his first multi-goal game of the season (his first two goals were scored in the first 5:27 – the earliest two goals for an Islander since Alexei Yashin did so in 2002). Palmieri recorded his third career hat trick (for three different teams) and recorded his second natural hat trick. It was the first hat trick for an Islander since Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored three times in New Jersey on April 3, 2022, and the first three-goal period for an Isle since Brock Nelson did so against Dallas on March 19, 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>Palmieri went over 11 years (by four days) between his natural hat tricks; it is the second-longest gap between natural hat tricks. Gordie Howe set the record by going 14 years, 244 days between natural hats.</div><div><br></div><div>Palmieri also matched his career high in points (4); he also did that last March against Anaheim (2-15-2023).</div><div><br></div><div>Six different teammates earned assists on the three Palmieri goals.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time </b></div><div>•<span> </span>Kyle Palmieri is the first Islander since Jason Blake on February 27, 2007, vs. Philadelphia to record a first period hat trick.</div><div>•<span> </span>Palmieri joins Brock Nelson and Bo Horvat with eight power play goals; they are the first Islander trio since Matt Moulson, PA Parenteau, and John Tavares in 2010-11 to each have at least eight power play goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles scored five goals for the first time In their last 14 regular season games against Boston.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men </b></div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin recorded his 89th win, passing Jaroslav Halak for 6th place in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Sorokin is the 6th Islander to record three 20-win seasons, and joins Chico Resch (5), Rick DiPietro (4), Billy Smith (3) and Roland Melanson (3) as the only ones to do so in three consecutive seasons.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson is two goals away from his third consecutive 30-goal season, a feat last accomplished for the Islanders by Matt Moulson.</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal has 303 assists, one behind Bob Bourne for 11th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson has 269 goals, three behind John Tavares for 7th in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson has 511 points, two behind Bob Nystrom for 11th in club history.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 62 points since 1984-85 when Denis Potvin had 68, and the first with at least 55 assists since 1983-84, when Denis Potvin also recorded 63.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 75 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 85 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is tied for 7th in club history with his 55-assist season, trailing only these:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 70 (1978-79)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 67 (1975-76)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 64 (1977-78)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 63 (1983-84)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 56 (1980-81)</div><div>Stefan Persson 56 (1978-79)</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson now has a point in ten straight home games, which is the third-longest streak in club history (Denis Potvin - 15 in 1974-75 and Tom Kurvers -14 in 1991-92). Only two active defensemen have a longer streak (Brent Burns -12 in 2017-18 and John Klingberg -11 in 2017-18)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 7-5-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals or fewer in five of their seven wins. Ilya Sorokin is 7-2-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 0-3-1.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>Since the Break</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-2 since the break. After being outshot 34.9-30.0 per game (-4.9) prior to the break, the Isles have outshot their opponents 31.2-28.5 (+2.7) since the break.</div><div><br></div></div></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>Tonight was the fifth of eleven consecutive inter-division games; the Isles are 3-2-0 in that stretch. The next divisional opponent will be the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 22 overtime games. They are 7-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 6-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 30 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 18 of the last 45 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </div><div><b>•</b><span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div><div><b>Empty Netters </b></div><div>The Isles have scored 1 empty-net goal (11:19) and allowed 14 (10:04).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play eighteen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 38 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 51 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 10-45 (22.2%) and the Penalty Kill is 14-43 (67.5%). The PK has the lowest percentage in the NHL over that span.</div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 41 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 10 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 28 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 3 times </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,961</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,820</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The 25-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 8th player in club history to have at least six seasons of at least 25 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 12</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/ Clark Gillies 7</div><div>•<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine/ Brent Sutter/ Anders Lee/ Brock Nelson 6</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs nine more goals this season for his 7th season with at least 25 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 26-20-14 for 66 points in 60 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 29-24-7 for 65 points in 60 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-3-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 24-101-125 (The Isles are on pace for 138 assists)</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,463</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,410 </div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,399</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,363 </div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 34</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27 (180 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is sixth in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 26-20-14 overall; they are 14-8-9 at home and 12-12-5 on the road.</div><div>Boston is 35-13-14 overall; they are 19-7-5 at home and 16-6-9 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 18-9-8 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 10-5-3 vs. Atlantic) and 8-11-6 against the West (4-6-2 vs. Central and 4-5-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 112 games at UBS Arena and recorded 78 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,431</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,431) and Patrick Roy (137) have combined for 1,568 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 19-3-9 when scoring first and are 7-17-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 6-0-0 when they score first and are 1-5-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 15-10-2=27</div><div>Boston <span> </span>8-6-9=23</div><div>The Isles are 9-7-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 16-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div>In the Nets</div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves; he is 20-13-11 on the season and 2-2-2 vs. Boston.</div><div>Linus Ullmark made 22 saves; he is 16-7-6 on the season and 9-6-1 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-3 on the power play (4:16); Boston was 0-2 on the power play (4:00).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 14-7-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 12-13-6 when they do not. The Isles are 10-14-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 16-6-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 24-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-16-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 7-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 1-6 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Ryan Pulock (24:19); Boston: Charlie McAvoy (22:29)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 20:25 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (3-0-2), Noah Dobson (20-18-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 32, Boston 20 (62%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 11 of 15 for the Isles; Jesper Boqvist won 2 of 3 for Boston.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 6 (Cal Clutterbuck -2)</div><div>Boston 36 (Brad Marchand -5)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 7 (Martin 3, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 12 (Alexander Romanov -3)</div><div>Boston 11 (Three with 2)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 46, Boston 44</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 38, Boston 36</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Kyle Palmieri +7</div><div>Boston: Two with +6</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 15, Boston 6</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 10, Boston 5</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom, (Scott Mayfield – INJ), (Hudson Fasching- LTIR), Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 148</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 172 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (144) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games. Four other Islanders (Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau) have played every game this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 4 (2014-15)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)</div><div><span><span> </span>Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)</span></div><div><span><span> </span>John Tavares 3 (2010-11)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 15</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 12</div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 20</div><div>Barzal has a point on 20 of the 37 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 4-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 5th (ESPN+) vs. the Blues.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 0-2-1 in matinee games (all at home, including an OT loss at Met Life). The remaining matinee games are March 16th vs OTT, March 17th at NYR, March 23rd vs WPG, and April 13th at NYR.</div><div>The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20) </div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 3 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10), TB offside (2/24)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute six times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (7): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 2/26</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 818 *** 7. Bob Bourne 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 804 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 793 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 738 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Cal Clutterbuck 696…</div><div>32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Radek Martinek 479 *** 36. Mathew Barzal 478 *** 37. Adam Pelech 477 **** 38. Gerry Hart 476 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski 470 *** 40. Scott Mayfield 468 *** 41. Ryan Pulock 463</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 269 *** 9. Anders Lee 256 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 123…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 104</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 303…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 242…</div><div>21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 185…</div><div>31. David Volek 154 *** 32. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 33. Noah Dobson 146 *** 34. Travis Green 145 *** 35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Greg Gilbert and Ryan Pulock 136</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 511 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 441 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 426…</div><div>31. Nick Leddy 243 *** 32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green and Casey Cizikas 237</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 16. Adam Pelech +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 47 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 37</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 146 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 136…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 107… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Noah Dobson and Ryan Pulock 183 … </div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Tom Kurvers 134 *** 15. Adam Pelech 133…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 180 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 153</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 89 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport got goals from William Dufour and Michael Maggio as they beat Lehigh Valley 2-1 on Saturday to improve to 17-29-6-1 on the season. </div><div><br></div><div>The Baby Isles continue their road trip on Sunday afternoon in Springfield. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Boston wins season series 2 games to 1 (and 4 points to 3). </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles, who were winless in six games against Boston overall (0-4-2) coming into play, are now 7-1-1 in their last nine home games in regular season play against the Bruins.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 5th –ST. LOUIS AT ISLANDERS – 7:30pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN(pre-game at 7:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles welcome the St. Louis Blues to UBS Arena for the only time this season as they conclude the season series with their second game in twelve days against St. Louis.</div><div><br></div><div>The Blues blanked the Isles behind 38 saves from Jordan Binnington on February 22nd; St. Louis established franchise records for both teams by scoring three times in 32 seconds.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 5-1-1 in their last seven home games against St. Louis.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles will be looking to score at least five goals in three consecutive games for the first time since winning three straight games over Buffalo, all by 5-2 scores in March 2021.</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpeb2e06d2signature">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<br></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-29148657724390781382024-02-29T23:36:00.001-05:002024-02-29T23:36:24.795-05:00The Skinny: Isles 5, Detroit 3<div class="ydp31743c3fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 59</b></div><div><b>Isles 5, Detroit 3</b></div><div>Mathew Barzal banked in a shot off goaltender Alex Lyon for the winning goal with 6:02 to play and then Pierre Engvall became the first Islander this season to hit the empty-net as the Islanders earned their second straight victory with a 5-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings before a sellout crowd of 19,514 at Little Caesars Arena.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles never trailed but Detroit erased 2-0 and 3-2 leads before Barzal scored the winner. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 6-5-3 under Patrick Roy and 25-20-14 overall as they once again climb within five points of Philadelphia for third place in the Metro Division. The Isles return home to host Boston on Saturday night.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Brock Nelson (26) 12:11 NYI 1,DET 0</div><div>Casey Cizikas (7) Adam Pelech (8), Noah Dobson (54) 16:18 NYI 2,DET 0</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Olli Maatta (3) David Perron (19), Joe Veleno (15) 05:04 NYI 2,DET 1</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Patrick Kane (13) Dylan Larkin (28), Jeff Petry (16) 00:10 NYI 2,DET 2</div><div>Brock Nelson (27) Mathew Barzal (45), Kyle Palmieri (18) 05:04 NYI 3,DET 2 PPG</div><div>Olli Maatta (4) Shayne Gostisbehere (30), Daniel Sprong (23) 10:49 NYI 3,DET 3</div><div>Mathew Barzal (18) 13:58 NYI 4,DET 3</div><div>Pierre Engvall (7)EN Simon Holmstrom (8), Casey Cizikas (8) 19:24 NYI 5,DET 3</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 5-3-2 since the All-Star Break and are 9-12-5 since the Christmas break… Since Christmas, the Isles are 4-4-3 at home and 5-7-2 on the road…The Isles scored the first goal in for the second straight game and only the eleventh time in the last 26 games.… The Isles' defense has 78 points in the last 36 games and have 59 points in the last 28 games (14-45-59)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 49-38 in the first period but have been outscored 79-59 in the second period and 79-66 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 41-20 in the second period since the Christmas break; they have allowed the most 2nd period goals over that span and have allowed at least two goals in 14 of the 26 games …The Isles are 18-3-9 when they score the opening goal, including 5-0-0 under Patrick Roy …Mathew Barzal is now 18-45-63; his assists and points are his highest totals since his rookie season (22-63-85 in 2017-18)... Barzal now has 32 primary assists while Noah Dobson had 31 primary assists; Dobson leads all NHL defensemen in that category… The Isles went 4-1-0 on the road in February, bookending the month with two-game win streaks on each end; they were 5-3-2 overall this month…Detroit falls to 16-5-2 in 2024… Daniel Sprong had an assist on the tying goal; he has more goals, assists and points than any NHL player who averages less than thirteen minutes per game…The Red Wings have 36 goals from their defense, more than any other Eastern Conference team…Brock Nelson recorded his fifth two-goal game of the season; he now had 35 multi-goal games, passing Ziggy Palffy for 9th in club history…Patrick Kane now has a point in ten straight games…Olli Maatta scored twice; it was his 3rd career two-goal game…There have been four goals scored in the first 10 seconds of a period in the NHL this season; two of those have been against the Islanders (Artemi Panarin in overtime at Met Life).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time </b></div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles won on February 29th for the first time since 1984.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Red Wings have existed for 98 years; Patrick Kane's goal was the first they ever scored exactly ten seconds into a period.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles scored an empty-net goal for the first time in 65 games (Zach Parise 3/27/2023 vs. New Jersey).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leap Day</b></div><div>The Isles earned their first Leap Day win in 40 years tonight as they improve to 2-3-1 all-time on this date:</div><div><br></div><div>•<span> </span>29-Feb-84 @ Winnipeg 4 3 W</div><div>•<span> </span>29-Feb-92 Vs New Jersey 1 3 L</div><div>•<span> </span>29-Feb-96 @ Detroit 1 5 L</div><div>•<span> </span>29-Feb-04 Vs Pittsburgh 2 3 Lot</div><div>•<span> </span>29-Feb-20 Vs Boston 0 4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>29-Feb-24 @ Detroit 5 3 W</div><div><br></div><div><b>Milestone Men </b></div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin recorded his 88th win, tying Jaroslav Halak for 6th place in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck played his 695th game, passing Brent Sutter for 13th place in club history.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 61 points since 1984-85 when Denis Potvin had 68, and the first with at least 54 assists since 1983-84, when Denis Potvin also recorded 63.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 75 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 85 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has recorded the 14th 60-point season by an Islander defenseman (Denis Potvin 10, Stefan Persson 2, Jean Potvin 1) and he needs just three assists to record only the fifth 57 assist season by an Islander defensemen (Denis Potvin has the other 4).</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-5-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals in four of their six wins. Ilya Sorokin is 6-2-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 0-3-1.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>Tonight was the fourth of eleven consecutive inter-division games; the Isles are 2-2-0 in that stretch. The next divisional opponent will be the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 22 overtime games. They are 7-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 6-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 31 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 18 of the last 45 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div><div><b>Empty Netters </b></div><div>The Isles have scored 1 empty-net goal (11:19) and allowed 14 (10:04)</div><div><br></div><div>This was the latest that the Islanders have gone into a season without scoring an empty net goal. They had gone 64 consecutive games dating back to last season without an ENG. The club record of 76 games was set between December 2, 1997, and November 21, 1998. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play eighteen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 37 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 51 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 9-42 (21.4%) and the Penalty Kill is 14-41 (65.9%). The PK has the lowest percentage in the NHL over that span.</div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 40 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 9 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 28 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 3 times </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,959</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,820</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>The 25-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 8th player in club history to have at least six seasons of at least 25 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 12</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/ Clark Gillies 7</div><div>•<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine/ Brent Sutter/ Anders Lee/ Brock Nelson 6</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs ten more goals this season for his 7th season with at least 25 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 25-20-14 for 64 points in 59 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 28-24-7 for 63 points in 59 games<span> </span></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-2-2</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 24-98-122</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,440</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,376 </div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,373</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,343 (*)</div><div>* late game Thursday</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 34</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span></span> Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span></span> Ilya Sorokin 27 (179 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is sixth in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-20-14 overall; they are 13-8-9 at home and 12-12-5 on the road.</div><div>Detroit is 33-21-6 overall; they are 18-9-5 at home and 15-12-1 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 17-9-8 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 9-5-3 vs. Atlantic) and 8-11-6 against the West (4-6-2 vs. Central and 4-5-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 111 games at UBS Arena and recorded 77 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,430</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,430) and Patrick Roy (136) have combined for 1,566 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 18-3-9 when scoring first and are 7-17-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 5-0-0 when they score first and are 1-5-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 9-7-11=27</div><div>Detroit <span> </span>6-9-11=26</div><div>The Isles are 8-7-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 16-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves; he is 19-13-11 on the season and 4-1-2 vs. Detroit.</div><div>Alex Lyon made 22 saves; he is 18-9-2 on the season and 0-1-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-3 on the power play (4:40); Detroit was 0-2 on the power play (4:00).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 13-7-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 12-13-6 when they do not. The Isles are 10-14-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 15-6-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 23-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-16-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 7-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 1-6 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (24:11); Detroit: Moritz Seider (23:02)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 19:18 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (20-18-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 30, Detroit 24 (56%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 16 of 21 for the Isles; JT Compher won 7 of 12 for Detroit.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 19 (Cal Clutterbuck -4)</div><div>Detroit 13 (Jeff Petry -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 7 (Martin 3, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 20 (Ryan Pulock -5)</div><div>Detroit 13 (Olli Maatta-2)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 53, Detroit 65</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 39, Detroit 53</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Mike Reilly +8</div><div>Detroit: Jeff Petry +10</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 9, Detroit 5</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 5, Detroit 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom, (Scott Mayfield – INJ), (Hudson Fasching- LTIR)</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 145</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 171 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (143) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games. Four other Islanders (Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau) have played every game this season.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 4 (2014-15)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)</div><div><span><span> </span>Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)</span></div><div><span><span> </span>John Tavares 3 (2010-11)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 15</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 12</div><div><br></div><div>Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 20</div><div>Barzal has a point on 20 of the 37 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 4-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 5th (ESPN+) vs. the Blues.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 0-2-1 in matinee games (all at home, including an OT loss at Met Life). The remaining matinee games are March 16th vs OTT, March 17th at NYR, March 23rd vs WPG, and April 13th at NYR.</div><div>The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20) </div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 3 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10), TB offside (2/24)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute six times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (7): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 2/26</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 817 *** 7. Bob Bourne 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 803 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 792 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 737 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Cal Clutterbuck 695…</div><div>32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Radek Martinek 479 *** 36. Mathew Barzal 477 *** 37. Gerry Hart and Adam Pelech 476 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski 470 *** 40. Scott Mayfield 468 *** 41. Ryan Pulock 462</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 268 *** 9. Anders Lee 255 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 123…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 104</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 302…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 242…</div><div>21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 184…</div><div>31. David Volek 154 *** 32. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 33. Noah Dobson and Travis Green 145 *** 35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 135</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 510 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 439 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 425…</div><div>31. Nick Leddy 243 *** 32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green and Casey Cizikas 237</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 17. Garry Howatt +75 *** 18. Adam Pelech +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 47 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 37</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 145 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 135…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 107… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Noah Dobson and Ryan Pulock 182 … </div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Tom Kurvers 134 *** 15. Adam Pelech 133…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 179 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 153</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Jaroslav Halak and Ilya Sorokin 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport allowed four goals in the second period on Wednesday and lost to Lavel 4-0 to fall to 16-29-6-1 on the season. </div><div><br></div><div>The Baby Isles head to Lehigh Valley to begin a three-game road trip on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The season series is tied, 1 game to 1 (the isles have 3 points to Detroit's 2). The season series will be decided with a March 21st game in Detroit.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 11-3-2 in their last sixteen games against the Red Wings.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 2nd –BOSTON AT ISLANDERS – 7:30pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN(pre-game at 7:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>After playing only ten games in February, the Isles begin a 14-game March as they welcome the Bruins to UBS Arena for the second time this season.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bruins defeated the Isles 5-2 on November 9th in Boston and then rallied for a 5-4 shootout win at UBS on December 15th.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 6-1-1 in their last eight home games with Boston, but the Bruins have beaten the Isles six straight times, including twice in shootouts.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp31743c3fsignature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-63755469328323494022024-02-29T12:28:00.001-05:002024-02-29T12:28:33.602-05:00The Skinny on Leap Day<div class="ydp56f8fa10yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Isles will be looking for their first Leap Day win in 40 years tonight.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It is the 6th time the Isles have ever played on 2/29 and the first time on the road since they were in Detroit 28 years ago tonight.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><br></div><div>29-Feb-84<span> </span>@<span> </span>Winnipeg<span> </span>4<span> </span>3<span> </span>W</div><div>29-Feb-92<span> </span>Vs<span> </span>New Jersey 1<span> </span>3<span> </span>L</div><div>29-Feb-96<span> </span>@<span> </span>Detroit<span> </span>1<span> </span>5<span> </span>L</div><div>29-Feb-04<span> </span>Vs<span> </span>Pittsburgh<span> </span>2<span> </span>3<span> </span>Lot</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">29-Feb-20 Vs Boston 0 4 L</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Of those, the 2/29/84 game is by far the most interesting (beyond the fact that the Isles won) - LaFontaine and Flatley made their NHL debuts in that game. Flatley had a goal and an assist in his debut; LaFontaine was held scoreless that night but would have a hat trick three days later in Toronto. Check the video of Flats' goal here: <a href="https://youtu.be/bLPKPXXqgWM?t=619" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://youtu.be/bLPKPXXqgWM?t=619</a> which begins with Jiggs and Eddie explaining Leap Day.</div><div><br></div><div>The others:<br></div><div>1992 - Chris Terreri made 28 saves; David Volek's goal with 51 seconds to play got the Isles within one before an ENG sealed matters.</div><div><br></div><div>1996 - Ziggy Palffy had the only Isles goal as the reigning Champs completed a sweep of a home/home. Chris Osgood was in goal for Detroit.</div><div><br></div><div>2004 - Ryan Malone beat Garth Snow in overtime; Andy Chiodo (an Isles draft pick) recorded the second of his three NHL wins.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">2020 - Butch Goring's #91 heads to the Coliseum rafters but the Isles are blanked by Boston 4-0. You can see the ceremony here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nor1swktLCo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nor1swktLCo</a></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">If you check out that Winnipeg game, you will find Doug Soetaert in goal for the Jets; he faced the Islanders in another famous game about 4 1/2 years earlier: Double Chili.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="ydp56f8fa10signature">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<br></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-81770522846634440722024-02-27T00:03:00.001-05:002024-02-27T00:03:57.613-05:00The Skinny: Isles 3, Dallas 2 (OT)<div class="ydp24546933yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 58</b></div><div><b>Isles 3, Dallas 2 (OT)</b></div><div>Mathew Barzal set-up Bo Horvat for the overtime goal as the Islanders completed the season sweep with a 3-2 overtime win over the Dallas Stars before a sellout crowd of 18,532 at American Airlines Center.</div><div><br></div><div>The Islanders, who got goals from both Ryan Pulock and Kyle MacLean as they twice had one goal leads only to have Dallas knot the score each time. However, the Stars would have no chance to equal after Horvat scored his third overtime goal of the season, including two against the Dallas Stars.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 5-5-3 under Patrick Roy and 24-20-14 overall as they climb within five points of Philadelphia for third place in the Metro Division. The Isles head to Detroit in search of their first February 29th win in 40 years on Thursday.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Ryan Pulock (4) Simon Holmstrom (7), Casey Cizikas (7) 15:59 NYI 1,DAL 0</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Matt Duchene (23) Thomas Harley (21), Logan Stankoven (1) 07:11 NYI 1,DAL 1 PPG</div><div>Kyle MacLean (2) Pierre Engvall (12), Ryan Pulock (6) 15:24 NYI 2,DAL 1</div><div>Logan Stankoven (1) Wyatt Johnston (22) 18:17 NYI 2,DAL 2</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br></div><div>OT</div><div>Bo Horvat (23) Mathew Barzal (44), Mike Reilly (10) 02:54 NYI 3,DAL 2</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 4-3-2 since the All-Star Break and are 8-12-5 since the Christmas break… Since Christmas, the Isles are 4-4-3 at home and 4-7-2 on the road…The Isles scored the first goal in for the first time in seven games and only the tenth time in the last 25 games.… The Isles' defense has 76 points in the last 35 games and have 57 points in the last 27 games (14-43-57)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 47-38 in the first period but have been outscored 78-59 in the second period and 77-63 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 40-22 in the second period since the Christmas break; they have allowed the most 2nd period goals over that span and have allowed at least two goals in 14 of the 25 games …The Isles are 17-3-9 when they score the opening goal….Bo Horvat scored his third overtime goal of the season and eighth of his career; he scored the winner in both games this season vs. Dallas… Horvat reached 50 points for the 6th time in his career…Mathew Barzal recorded his 301st career assist on the winning goal as he regained the team lead in points (61)…It was Barzal's 15th overtime assist, extending his club record (Tavares 12 is 2nd)… Barzal now has 33 primary assists while Noah Dobson had 31 primary assists; Dobson leads all NHL defensemen in that category…The Isles have allowed 14 power play goals under Patrick Roy; they have allowed only 20 goals at 5-on-5…The Isles regain the NHL lead in overtime games (22) from Boston (21); only Detroit (8) has more wins on an overtime goal this season than the Isles…Horvat's game-winner came on his 7th shot; it's the first time since Opening Night (8 vs BUF) that he has had at least seven shots on goal. …Logan Stankhoven, playing on his 21st birthday, scored his first NHL goal and added his first assist; he is the 4th player in franchise history to score on his 21st birthday (Dino Ciccarelli, Ken Solheim, Val Nichushkin)…Ryan Pulock had his first multiple point game of the season…Matt Duchene became the second member of the 2009 draft class to reach 800 points, joining John Tavares.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>The Islanders have won consecutive road games on an overtime goal for the first time since March 22-25, 2021, when Anthony Beauvillier scored them both. </div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat is the first Islander since Brock Nelson (2019-20 vs. Pittsburgh) to have two overtime goals in a season against the same opponent.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 4 (2014-15)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)</div><div><span><span></span> Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20) </span></div><div><span><span></span> John Tavares 3 (2010-11)</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 15</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 12</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Tavares 23</div><div>2.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal 20</div><div>Barzal has a point on 20 of the 37 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Ryan Pulock scored his 47th goal, passing Jean Potvin for 5th place on the Isles defense goal list.</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin played in his 1787th game, passing Jaroslav Halak for 7th place in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck played his 694th game, tying Brent Sutter for 13th place in club history.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span></span> Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 60 points since 1984-85 when Denis Potvin had 68, and the first with at least 53 assists since 1983-84, when Denis Potvin also recorded 63.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 75 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 85 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has recorded the 14th 60-point season by an Islander defenseman (Denis Potvin 10, Stefan Persson 2, Jean Potvin 1) and he needs just four assists to record only the fifth 57 assist season by an Islander defensemen (Denis Potvin has the other 4).</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 5-5-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals in four of their five wins. Ilya Sorokin is 5-2-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 0-3-1.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>Tonight was the third of eleven consecutive inter-division games; the Isles are 1-2-0 in that stretch. The next divisional opponent will be the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 22 overtime games. They are 7-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 6-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 31 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 18 of the last 45 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </b></div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Empty Netters </b></div><div>The Isles have scored 0 empty-net goals (10:17) and allowed 14 (10:04); they have scored six overtime goals and allowed ten.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the latest that the Islanders have gone into a season without scoring an empty net goal. They have now gone 64 consecutive games dating back to last season without an ENG. The club record of 76 games was set between December 2, 1997, and November 21, 1998. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play eighteen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 36 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 51 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 8-39 (20.5%) and the Penalty Kill is 14-39 (64.1%). The PK has the lowest percentage in the NHL over that span.</div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 38 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 9 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 27 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,955</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,817</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>The 25-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 8th player in club history to have at least six seasons of at least 25 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 12</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/ Clark Gillies 7</div><div>•<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine/ Brent Sutter/ Anders Lee/ Brock Nelson 6</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs ten more goals this season for his 7th season with at least 25 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 24-20-14 for 62 points in 58 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 28-23-7 for 63 points in 58 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 1-2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 24-96-120</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,414</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,342 </div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,314</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,300</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div>Facing 40</div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 34</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27 (177 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is sixth in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 24-20-14 overall; they are 13-8-9 at home and 11-12-5 on the road.</div><div>Dallas is 35-16-9 overall; they are 17-8-4 at home and 18-8-5 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-9-8 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 8-5-3 vs. Atlantic) and 8-11-6 against the West (4-6-2 vs. Central and 4-5-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 111 games at UBS Arena and recorded 77 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,429</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,429) and Patrick Roy (135) have combined for 1,564 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 17-3-9 when scoring first and are 7-17-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 4-0-0 when they score first and are 1-5-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 10-13-4-1=28</div><div>Dallas 13-9-9-1=32</div><div>The Isles are 7-7-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 16-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves; he is 18-13-11 on the season and 2-0-1 vs. Dallas.</div><div>Scott Wedgewood made 25 saves; he is 13-6-5 on the season and 1-2-3 vs. the Isles. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-3 on the power play (5:31, including :29 of 5-on-3); Dallas was 1-1 on the power play (1:50).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 12-7-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 12-13-6 when they do not. The Isles are 10-14-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 14-6-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 22-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-16-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 7-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-6 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (26:05); Dallas: Thomas Harley (26:56)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 25:17 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (19-18-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 28, Dallas 30 (48%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 10 of 18 for the Isles; Matt Duchene won 10 of 12 for Dallas.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 35 (Cal Clutterbuck -7)</div><div>Dallas 27 (Logan Stankoven -5)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 7 (Martin 3, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 26 (Ryan Pulock -5)</div><div>Dallas 19 (Two with 3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 61, Dallas 70</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 51, Dallas 62</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Sebastian Aho +10</div><div>Dallas: Thomas Harley +13</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 13, Dallas 12</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 11, Dallas 8</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom, (Scott Mayfield – INJ)</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 142</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 170 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (142) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games. Four other Islanders (Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau) have played every game this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 4-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 5th (ESPN+) vs. the Blues.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 0-2-1 in matinee games (all at home, including an OT loss at Met Life). The remaining matinee games are March 16th vs OTT, March 17th at NYR, March 23rd vs WPG, and April 13th at NYR.</div><div>The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 3 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10), TB offside (2/24)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute six times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (7): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 2/26</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 816 *** 7. Bob Bourne 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 802 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 791 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 736 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter and Cal Clutterbuck 694…</div><div>32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Radek Martinek 479 *** 36. Gerry Hart and Mathew Barzal 476 *** 38. Adam Pelech 475 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski 470 *** 40. Scott Mayfield 468 *** 41. Ryan Pulock 461</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 266 *** 9. Anders Lee 255 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Duane Sutter 121 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 122…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 103</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 301…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 242…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 184…</div><div>33. Travis Green 145 *** 34. Noah Dobson 144 ***35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 135</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 507 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 439 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 423…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 235</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 17. Garry Howatt +75 *** 18. Adam Pelech +72 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 47 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 37</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 144 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 135…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 106… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 182 *** 9. Noah Dobson 181 … </div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Tom Kurvers 134 *** 15. Adam Pelech 132…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 178 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 153</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 87 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport split a pair of games over the weekend to move to 16-28-6-1 on the season. On Saturday, they dropped a 4-1 decision at Wilkes Barre-Scranton and then on Sunday they beat Springfield 5-3 at Total Mortgage Arena. In Sunday's win Ruslan Iskhakov scored a pair of goals to tie the game 1:56 apart to tie the game in the second period; Samuel Bolduc scored the winner midway through the third before Hudson Fasching scored an empty-net goal. </div><div><br></div><div>The Baby Isles will host Laval on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles sweep the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 2). </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles also defeated the Stars 3-2 in Patrick Roy's debut and swept the season series from Dallas for the first time since 2016-17 (ironically the first meeting that season was Doug Weight's coaching debut).</div><div><br></div><div>While the Isles are 3-0-1 in their last four home games with the Stars, this was their first win in their last four trips to Dallas.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29th –ISLANDERS AT DETROIT– 7:00pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN(pre-game at 6:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles look to sweep the road trip on Thursday as they make their first trip to Detroit since November 5, 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>The teams have met once this season, back on October 30th at UBS Arena. The Red Wings trailed 2-0 in the third period, then scored three straight before Bo Horvat's power play goal forced overtime. Lucas Raymond scored the winning goal in the extra session. </div><div><br></div><div>While that overtime loss broke a 7-game Isles home winning streak vs. the Red Wings, the are 0-2-1 in their last three trips to Detroit where they will return on March 21st.</div><div><br></div><div>This will be only the 6th Leap Day game in Isles history – they have won only once, in the debut of Patrick Flatley and Pat LaFontaine, in 1984.</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp24546933signature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-11924121065083947872024-02-24T20:46:00.001-05:002024-02-24T20:46:22.558-05:00The Skinny: Tampa Bay 4, Isles 2<div class="ydp21154ec0yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 57</b></div><div><b>Tampa Bay 4, Isles 2</b></div><div>The Isles scored two sixth attacker goals in the third period to make it close, but the Tampa Bay Lightning held off the Isles 4-2 before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.</div><div><br></div><div>Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman each had an assist on an empty-net goal to complete a three-point game as the Lightning snapped their own three-game losing streak.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 4-5-3 under Patrick Roy and 23-20-14 overall as they now trail Tampa Bay by seven points for the final wild card spot. The Isles will end February with road games in Dallas on Monday and Detroit on Thursday.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:</b> </div><div>1st Period</div><div>Nicholas Paul (16) Brandon Hagel (34), Darren Raddysh (17) 04:12 TBL 1,NYI 0</div><div>Nikita Kucherov (37) Victor Hedman (46), Nick Perbix (18) 05:34 TBL 2,NYI 0</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Brayden Point (29) Nikita Kucherov (60), Victor Hedman (47) 05:00 TBL 3,NYI 0 PPG</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Anders Lee (15) Mathew Barzal (43), Noah Dobson (52) 13:44 TBL 3,NYI 1</div><div>Brock Nelson (25) Noah Dobson (53) 17:25 TBL 3,NYI 2 PPG</div><div>Luke Glendening (9)EN Victor Hedman (48), Nikita Kucherov (61) 19:29 TBL 4,NYI 2</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 3-3-2 since the All-Star Break and are 7-12-5 since the Christmas break…Since Christmas the Isles are 4-4-3 at home and 3-7-2 on the road… The Isles' defense has 73 points in the last 33 games and have 54 points in the last 26 games (13-41-54)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 46-38 in the first period but have been outscored 76-58 in the second period and 77-62 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 38-21 in the second period since the Christmas break; they have allowed the most 2nd period goals over that span and have allowed at least two goals in 13 of the 24 games …The Isles are 7-17-5 when they allow the opening goal…. Mathew Barzal recorded his 300th career assist on Anders Lee's 6-on-5 goal; Noah Dobson tied Barzal for the team scoring lead (60) points with assists on both goals … Mathew Barzal now has 32 primary assists while Noah Dobson had 31 primary assists; Dobson leads all NHL defensemen in that category…The Isles have allowed 13 power play goals under Patrick Roy; they have allowed only 19 goals at 5-on-5… The Isles were credited with 19 shots in the third period… The Isles have allowed the first goal in 10 of the last 12 games…Nikita Kucherov leads the NHL with 98 points; he is two points shy of his fourth 100-point season…Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his eighth consecutive 20-win season, matching Connor Hellebuyck and Marc-Andre Fleury for most by an active goalie….Anders Lee's goal stopped a 113:44 team scoreless streak; he now has scored at least 15 goals in nine of the last ten seasons, missing only in the shortened 2021 season when he scored 12 goals in 27 games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time</b></div><div>Brayden Point's power play goal was the 50th allowed by the Isles this season; it is the first time since 2017-18 they have allowed at least 50. (They allowed 63 that season)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Milestone Men</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Barzal is the 12th player in Islander history to record 300 assists.</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson played his 815th game as an Islander (passing Bob Bourne for 7th)</div><div>•<span> </span>Noah Dobson had two assists to pass both Mark Streit and Ryan Pulock on the Isles point list; he is now 8th among defensemen.</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin played in his 177th game, passing Glenn Healy and tying Jaroslav Halak for 7th place in club history.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 60 points since 1984-85 when Denis Potvin had 68, and the first with at least 53 assists since 1983-84, when Denis Potvin also recorded 63.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 76 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 86 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has recorded the 14th 60-point season by an Islander defenseman (Denis Potvin 10, Stefan Persson 2, Jean Potvin 1) and he needs just four assists to record only the fifth 57 assist season by an Islander defensemen (Denis Potvin has the other 4).</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 4-5-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals in three of their four wins. Ilya Sorokin is 4-2-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 0-3-1.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>Tonight was the first of eleven consecutive inter-division games; the Isles are 0-2-0 in that stretch. The next divisional opponent will be the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 21 overtime games. They are 6-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 5-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 31 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 17 of the last 44 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </b></div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses (since 1999-00)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>ISLES 14 (2023-24;CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Dallas 14 (2021)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Empty Netters </b></div><div>The Isles have scored 0 empty-net goals (10:17) and allowed 14 (10:04); they have scored six overtime goals and allowed ten.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the latest that the Islanders have gone into a season without scoring an empty net goal. They have now gone 63 consecutive games dating back to last season without an ENG. The club record of 76 games was set between December 2, 1997, and November 21, 1998. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play eighteen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 36 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 50 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 8-36 (22.2%) and the Penalty Kill is 13-38 (65.8%)</div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 38 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 9 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 27 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,947</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,812</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The 25-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 8th player in club history to have at least six seasons of at least 25 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 12</div><div>•<span> </span>Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/ Clark Gillies 7</div><div>•<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine/ Brent Sutter/ Anders Lee/ Brock Nelson 6</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs ten more goals this season for his 7th season with at least 25 goals.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 23-20-14 for 60 points in 57 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 27-23-7 for 61 points in 57 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-2-2</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 23-94-117</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,386</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,312 (*)</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,289 (*)</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,278 (*)</div><div>(*) Game on Saturday night</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 33</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span> Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span> Ilya Sorokin 27 (177 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. James Reimer (29) is the only NHL goalie to debut in the last 30 years to have faced at least 40 shots more times in his first 177 career games.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is sixth in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 23-20-14 overall; they are 13-8-9 at home and 10-12-5 on the road.</div><div>Tampa Bay is 31-23-5 overall; they are 18-8-3 at home and 12-16-2 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-9-8 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 8-5-3 vs. Atlantic) and 7-11-6 against the West (3-6-2 vs. Central and 4-5-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 111 games at UBS Arena and recorded 77 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,428</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,428) and Patrick Roy (134) have combined for 1,562 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-9 when scoring first and are 7-17-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 3-0-0 when they score first and are 1-5-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 6-9=19=34</div><div>Tampa Bay 9-7-5=21</div><div>The Isles are 7-7-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 15-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 17 saves; he is 17-13-11 on the season 2-5-0 vs. Tampa Bay.<br></div><div>Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves; he is 20-14-0 on the season and 12-4-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-5 on the power play (9:22); Tampa Bay was 1-3 on the power play (4:28).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 12-7-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 11-13-6 when they do not. The Isles are 9-14-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 14-6-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 21-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-16-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 15-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 6-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-6 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (24:28); Tampa Bay: Victor Hedman (25:40)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 22:57 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (18-18-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 26, Tampa Bay 27 (49%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 12 of 20 for the Isles; Brayden Point won 8 of 13 for Tampa Bay.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 11 (Alex Romanov - 4)</div><div>Tampa Bay 14 (Mitchell Chaffee -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 7 (Martin 3, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 20(Alexander Romanov -6)</div><div>Tampa Bay 12 (Luke Glendenning -4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 63, Tampa Bay 60</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 38, Tampa Bay 50</div><div> </div><div><b>5-on-5 leaders:</b></div><div>Isles: Jean-Gabriel Pageau +11</div><div>Tampa Bay: Michael Eyssimont +18</div><div><br></div><div><b>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</b></div><div>All situations: Isles 15, Tampa Bay 8</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 7, Tampa Bay 7</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), Kyle MacLean, (Scott Mayfield – INJ)</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 140</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 169 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (141) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games. Four other Islanders (Noah Dobson, Cal Clutterbuck, Kyle Palmieri, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau) have played every game this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 4-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 5th (ESPN+) vs. the Blues.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 0-2-1 in matinee games (all at home, including an OT loss at Met Life). The remaining matinee games are March 16th vs OTT, March 17th at NYR, March 23rd vs WPG, and April 13th at NYR. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 3 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10), TB offside (2/24)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute six times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (6): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 815 *** 7. Bob Bourne 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 801 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 790*** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 735 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 693…</div><div>32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Radek Martinek 479 *** 36. Gerry Hart 476 *** 37. Mathew Barzal 475 *** 38. Adam Pelech 474 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski 470 *** 40. Scott Mayfield 468 *** 41. Ryan Pulock 460</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 266 *** 9. Anders Lee 255 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Duane Sutter 121 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 122…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 103</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 300…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 242…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 184…</div><div>33. Travis Green 145 *** 34. Noah Dobson 144 ***35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 134</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 507 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 439 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 422…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 234</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 17. Garry Howatt +75 *** 18. Adam Pelech +73 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin and Ryan Pulock 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 37</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 144 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 134…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 106… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Noah Dobson 181 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 180 … </div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Tom Kurvers 134 *** 15. Adam Pelech 132…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin and Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 153</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 86 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 15-27-6-1 on the season heading into their game at Wilkes Barre-Scranton on Saturday. The Babay Isles will host Springfield on Sunday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The season series is tied, 1 game to 1 (and 2 points to 2). The teams will meet in Tampa Bay on March 30th to conclude the season series.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won just two of their last nine regular season games against Tampa Bay. </div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26th –ISLANDERS AT DALLAS– 8:00pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN(pre-game at 7:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles begin a two-game road trip on Monday as they make their only trip to Dallas this season.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles defeated the Stars 3-2 in Patrick Roy's debut and will be looking to sweep the season series from Dallas for the first time since 2016-17 (ironically the first meeting that season was Doug Weight's coaching debut).</div><div><br></div><div>While the Isles are 3-0-1 in their last four home games with the Stars, they have lost their last three games at American Airlines Center.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><i><br></i></div></div><i><br></i></div><div class="ydp21154ec0signature">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</div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-23953614959912285232024-02-22T23:55:00.000-05:002024-02-22T23:57:38.870-05:00The Skinny: St. Louis 4, Isles 0<div class="ydpe853d0ddyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 56</b></div><div><b>St. Louis 4, Isles 0</b></div><div>The St. Louis Blues scored three times in a 32 second span of the 2nd period, including two from Pavel Buchnevich, as they defeated the Islanders 4-0 before a sellout crowd of 18,096 at Enterprise Center.</div><div><br></div><div>Buchnevich completed his hat trick by scoring an empty net goal at the 9:21 mark of the 3rd as the Blues blanked the Isles for the first time in nearly 33 years.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 4-4-3 under Patrick Roy and 23-19-14 overall as they remain tied with New Jersey but now trail Tampa Bay by five points for the final wild card spot. The Isles host the Lightning on Saturday afternoon before ending February with road games in Dallas and Detroit. </div><div><br></div><div><b>The Scoring:</b> </div><div>1st Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Brandon Saad (16) Oskar Sundqvist (15), Brayden Schenn (18) 04:38 NYI 0,STL 1 PPG</div><div>Pavel Buchnevich (20) Robert Thomas (44), Jordan Kyrou (25) 04:45 NYI 0,STL 2</div><div>Pavel Buchnevich (21) Jordan Kyrou (26), Robert Thomas (45) 05:10 NYI 0,STL 3</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Pavel Buchnevich (22)EN Robert Thomas (46) 09:21 NYI 0,STL 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b> </div><div>The Isles are 3-2-2 since the All-Star Break and are 7-11-5 since the Christmas break…Since Christmas the Isles are 4-3-3 at home and 3-7-2 on the road… The Isles' defense has 71 points in the last 32 games and have 52 points in the last 25 games (13-39-52)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 46-36 in the first period but have been outscored 75-58 in the second period and 76-60 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 37-19 in the second period since the Christmas break; they have allowed the most 2nd period goals over that span and have allowed at least two goals in 13 of the 23 …The Isles are 7-16-5 when they allow the opening goal…. Mathew Barzal saw his point streak end at eight games, one shy of his career high…Barzal still has 299 career assists … The Isles have allowed 12 power play goals under Patrick Roy; they have allowed only 17 goals at 5-on-5… Pavel Buchnevich reached the 20-goal mark for the 4th straight season (and 5th time in his career); it was his 4th career hat trick and second this season…Robert Thomas assisted on the last three goals to give him seven assists in the last four times… The Blues have eleven players who have appeared in every game this season…Twelve minor penalties were called in a game between two of the four least-penalized teams in the NHL this season…The Isles were credited with 20 shots in the 2nd period; it was their most in any period this season…Semyon Varlamov is 0-3-3 with two no decisions (pulled in both due to injury) since beating Anaheim December 13th…The Isles had 16 power play shots in a game for the 2nd time this season (also January 25th in Montreal)…Jordan Binnington recorded his 15th career shutout as he tied Curtis Joseph for third place in Blues history with his 137th win…St. Louis is 24-2-0 when scoring first.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Matt Martin played his 800th game as an Islander</div><div>•<span> </span>Brock Nelson played his 814th game as an Islander (tying Bob Bourne for 7th)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles were shutout by St. Louis for the first time since Vincent Riendeau did so on March 28, 1991.</div><div>•<span> </span>Pavel Buchnevich's two goals in 25 seconds were the fastest by a Blue since Pavol Demitra had two in 25 seconds in 2000.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Record-Setters</b></div><div>•<span> </span>The three goals in 32 seconds were the fastest in Blues history, and the fastest allowed by the Islanders. Buffalo scored three times in 41 seconds against the Isles in 1980.</div><div>•<span> </span>The empty-netter was by far the earliest allowed by the Isles in an end-of-game situation. Tom Wilson scored with 4:16 to play in Game 81 last season (April 10th) in DC. [The only earlier ENG allowed was a 2nd period goal to the Rangers' Brad Shaw in 1987 on a delayed penalty situation – Ranger goalie Bob Froese had originally been credited with it, but it was changed to Shaw five days later.]</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 58 points since 1989-90 when Doug Crossman had 59, and the first with at least 51 assists since 1984-85, when Denis Potvin also recorded 51.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 75 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 86 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has recorded the 14th 50-assist season by an Islander defenseman (Denis Potvin 9, Stefan Persson 3, Jean Potvin 1) and is the 10th Islander with 50 assists thru 54 games (Bryan Trottier 5, Mike Bossy 3, Denis Potvin 1).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 4-4-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals in three of their four wins. Ilya Sorokin is 4-1-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 0-3-1.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>Tonight was the first of eleven consecutive inter-division games; the Isles are 0-1-0 in that stretch. The next divisional opponent will be the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 21 overtime games. They are 6-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 5-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 31 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 17 of the last 44 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </b></div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses (since 1999-00)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>ISLES 14 (2023-24;CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Dallas 14 (2021)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play eighteen times this season.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 35 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 49 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 7-31 (22.6%) and the Penalty Kill is 12-35 (65.7%)</div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 38 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 9 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 27 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,947</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,811</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 13</div><div>•<span> </span>Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div>•<span> </span>Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs six more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 23-19-14 for 60 points in 56 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 27-23-6 for 60 points in 56 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-0-0</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 23-92-115</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,366</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,312</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,261 (*)</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,248 (*)</div><div>(*) Late game Thursday</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 33</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27 (176 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. James Reimer (29) is the only NHL goalie to debut in the last 30 years to have faced at least 40 shots more times in his first 176 career games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is sixth in wins and fourth in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 23-19-14 overall; they are 13-7-9 at home and 10-12-5 on the road.</div><div>St. Louis is 30-24-2 overall; they are 17-11-1 at home and 13-13-1 on the road.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-8-8 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 8-4-3 vs. Atlantic) and 7-11-6 against the West (3-6-2 vs. Central and 4-5-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 110 games at UBS Arena and recorded 76 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,428</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,428) and Patrick Roy (134) have combined for 1,562 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First</b><span> </span></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-9 when scoring first and are 7-16-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 3-0-0 when they score first and are 1-4-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 6-20-12=38</div><div>St. Louis 8-9-8=25</div><div>The Isles are 7-6-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 15-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov made 37 saves; he is 6-7-3 on the season 10-12-3 vs. St. Louis.</div><div>Jordan Binnington made 28 saves; he is 20-15-2 on the season and 3-2-2 vs. the Isles. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-5 on the power play (9:41); St. Louis was 1-5 on the power play (9:10).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 12-6-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 11-13-6 when they do not. The Isles are 9-13-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 14-6-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 21-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-15-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 15-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 6-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b> </div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (22:42); St. Louis: Colton Parayko (22:19)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 20:31 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (18-17-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 31, St. Louis 21 (42%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 12 of 18 for the Isles; No Blue won more than he lost.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 25 (Four with 4)</div><div>St. Louis 11 (Three with 2)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 7 (Martin 3, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div>Blocked Shots</div><div>Isles 11 (Adam Pelech and Noah Dobson -3)</div><div>St. Louis 14 (Nick Leddy -3)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 58, St. Louis 44</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 26, St. Louis 28</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Mathew Barzal +6</div><div>St. Louis: Pavel Buchnevich +8</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 13, St. Louis 8</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 3, St. Louis 5</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Hudson Fasching-LTIR), Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc, (Casey Cizikas – INJ_</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 138</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 168 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (140) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 4-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 5th (ESPN+) vs. the Blues.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 2 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute six times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span eight times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20, @STL 2/22 (3 in :32))</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (6): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Bob Bourne and Brock Nelson 814 *** 8. Matt Martin 800 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 789 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 734 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 692…</div><div>32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Radek Martinek 479 *** 36. Gerry Hart 476 *** 37. Mathew Barzal 474 *** 38. Adam Pelech 473 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski 470 *** 40. Scott Mayfield 468 *** 41. Ryan Pulock and Trent Hunter 459</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 265 *** 9. Anders Lee 254 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Duane Sutter 121 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 122…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 103</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 299…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 242…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 184…</div><div>33. Travis Green 145 *** 34. Noah Dobson 142 ***35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 134</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 506 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 438 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 421…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 234</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 17. Adam Pelech +75 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin and Ryan Pulock 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 37</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 142 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 134…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 106… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 180 *** 9.Mark Streit and Noah Dobson 179… </div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Tom Kurvers 134 *** 15. Adam Pelech 132…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 8. Ilya Sorokin and Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 153</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 86 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On the Farm </b> </div><div>Bridgeport is 15-27-6-1 on the season after falling 2-1 to Hartford on Wednesday. Matthew Maggio had the only goal for the Islanders; it was his third goal in the last two games. </div><div><br></div><div>Bridgeport visits Wilkes Barre-Scranton on Saturday before hosting Springfield on Sunday afternoon.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">St. Louis leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will meet in a nationally-streamed game (ESPN+) on March 5th at UBS Arena to complete the season series. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles will be looking to split the season series for the fourth straight season that they have faced the Blues.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24th –TAMPA BAY AT ISLANDERS– 2:00pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN(pre-game at 1:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div><b>The Isles will look to cli</b>mb within three points of the last playoff spot as they welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning back to UBS Arena on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles beat the Lightning 6-2 back on February 8th but are 1-2-2 in the five games since then. It was the Isles second straight win over the Bolts, after losing six straight regular season games to Tampa in regulation. They have not won three straight from the Lightning since November 2014-November 2015.</div><div><br></div><div>The teams will also meet on March 30th at Amalie Arena to conclude the season series.</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpe853d0ddsignature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-6713115902751359792024-02-20T23:56:00.001-05:002024-02-20T23:56:24.972-05:00The Skinny: Isles 5, Pittsburgh 4 (OT)<div class="ydpfebb5dc9yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 56</b></div><div><b>Isles 5, Pittsburgh 4 (OT)</b></div><div>Adam Pelech scored his first career overtime goal just 57 seconds into the extra session as the Islanders overcame two third period Penguin goals in a 56 second as the Isles defeated Pittsburgh, 5-4, before a sellout crowd of 18,016 at PPG Paints Arena.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles had goals from five different players for the second straight game but allowed the Penguins to come back from 3-1 and 4-2 deficits to force overtime. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 4-3-3 under Patrick Roy and are 5-8-4 in their last seventeen games and 23-18-14 overall as they tie New Jersey and climb within four points of Detroit for the final wild card spot. The Isles head to St. Louis on Thursday to conclude their two-game road trip. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Marcus Pettersson (3) Rickard Rakell (16), Erik Karlsson (32) 12:48 NYI 0,PIT 1</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Brock Nelson (24) Ryan Pulock (5), Adam Pelech (7) 03:40 NYI 1,PIT 1</div><div>Mathew Barzal (17) Ilya Sorokin (2) 06:37 NYI 2,PIT 1</div><div>Simon Holmstrom (13) 13:15 NYI 3,PIT 1</div><div>Lars Eller (10) Chad Ruhwedel (3), Ryan Graves (7) 16:35 NYI 3,PIT 2</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Mike Reilly (4) Brock Nelson (21), Anders Lee (8) 10:42 NYI 4,PIT 2</div><div>Valtteri Puustinen (2) Kris Letang (28), Reilly Smith (13) 12:06 NYI 4,PIT 3</div><div>Drew O'Connor (7) Evgeni Malkin (26) 13:02 NYI 4,PIT 4</div><div><br></div><div>OT</div><div>Adam Pelech (1) Mathew Barzal (42), Bo Horvat (27) 00:57 NYI 5,PIT 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles have points in three straight games (1-0-2), are 3-1-2 since the All-Star Break and are 7-9-5 since the Christmas break…Since Christmas the Isles are 4-3-3 at home and 3-6-2 on the road…The Isles have won consecutive road games for the first time since November 30-December 2… The Isles' defense has 71 points in the last 31 games and have 52 points in the last 24 games (13-39-52)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 46-36 in the first period but have been outscored 72-58 in the second period and 75-60 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 34-21 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles are 18-1-6 when they lead after two periods and earn only their second win when trailing after one period (2-7-3) …. Mathew Barzal extended his point streak to eight games, one shy of his career high; Noah Dobson's point streak ended at four games.…Barzal now has 299 career assists; he and Bo Horvat both earned assists on the winning goal although neither was on the ice… Barzal regained the team scoring lead with the assist on the winner … The Isles have allowed eleven power play goals under Patrick Roy; they have allowed only 15 goals at 5-on-5… The Isles did not allow a power play goal for the second time in the last nine games… The Isles have won 73 straight road games when scoring at least five goals…Sidney Crosby was held without a point against the Isles for the third straight time this season…Ilya Sorokin earned his second assist of the season and third of his career…Erik Karlsson recorded his 800th point; he is the 9th-fastest defenseman to do so…The Isles ended Bryan Rust's point streak at four games….Kris Letang had an assist, giving him seven against the Isles this season; he leads all active defensemen in goals (13), assists (36) and points (49) in games against the Isles….Larry Murphy, then with Minnesota had seven assists in 1989-90 vs. the Isles; he is the only other defenseman in a season he played four or fewer games against the Isles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Milestone Chasers</b></div><div>*Mathew Barzal has 299 assists</div><div>*Matt Martin has played 799 games as an Islander</div><div>*Brock Nelson has played 813 games as an Islander (1 behind Bob Bourne for 7th)</div><div>*Ilya Sorokin has played 176 games as an Islander (tied with Glenn Healy for 7th, one game behind Jaroslav Halak for 6th ).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Injury</b></div><div>Casey Cizikas missed part of the 1st and 2nd periods following a collision with Simon Holmstrom. He left the game in the 3rd period after blocking a shot. He did not return.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Penalty Kill</b></div><div>The Isles killed all three Penguin power plays and are 10-10 against Pittsburgh this season on the PK. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 58 points since 1989-90 when Doug Crossman had 59, and the first with at least 51 assists since 1984-85, when Denis Potvin also recorded 51.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 76 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 87 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson has recorded the 14th 50-assist season by an Islander defenseman (Denis Potvin 9, Stefan Persson 3, Jean Potvin 1) and is the 10th Islander with 50 assists thru 54 games (Bryan Trottier 5, Mike Bossy 3, Denis Potvin 1).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Assists Since New Year's Day</b></div><div>27- Connor McDavid</div><div>23- Nikita Kucherov</div><div>22- Matthew Tkachuk</div><div>22- Noah Dobson</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 4-3-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals in three of their four wins. Ilya Sorokin is 4-1-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 0-2-1.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 13</div><div>•<span> </span>Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div>•<span> </span>Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs seven more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>The Isles went 1-0-1 against Metro foes after opening 2024 with 17 straight inter-division games. They will now play 11 more inter-division games before facing the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 21 overtime games. They are 6-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 5-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 31 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 17 of the last 44 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </b></div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses (since 1999-00)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>ISLES 14 (2023-24;CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Dallas 14 (2021)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play seventeen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 35 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 48 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 7-26 (26.9%) and the Penalty Kill is 11-30 (63.3%)</div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 38 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 9 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 27 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,944</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,809</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 23-18-14 for 60 points in 55 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 27-23-5 for 59 points in 55 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 2-2-4</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 23-92-115</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,366</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,312</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,261 (*)</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,249</div><div>(*) Late game Tuesday</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots ten times this season and 27 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div><span><span></span> Ilya Sorokin 10 2023-24</span></div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 33</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div><span><span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 27 (176 games)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career. James Reimer (29) is the only NHL goalie to debut in the last 30 years to have faced at least 40 shots more times in his first 176 career games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 23-18-14 overall; they are 13-7-9 at home and 10-11-5 on the road.</div><div>Pittsburgh is 24-21-8 overall; they are 13-10-4 at home and 11-11-4 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 16-8-8 against the East (8-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 8-4-3 vs. Atlantic) and 7-10-6 against the West (3-5-2 vs. Central and 4-5-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 110 games at UBS Arena and recorded 76 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,428</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,428) and Patrick Roy (134) have combined for 1,562 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-9 when scoring first and are 7-15-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 3-0-0 when they score first and are 1-3-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 13-12-7-1=33</div><div>Pittsburgh 12-13-16-0=41</div><div>The Isles are 7-5-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 15-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 37 saves; he is 17-12-11 on the season 7-5-0 vs. Pittsburgh.</div><div>Alex Nedeljkovic made 28 saves; he is 9-4-4 on the season and 3-0-1 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-2 on the power play (4:00); Pittsburgh was 0-3 on the power play (6:00).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 12-6-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 11-12-6 when they do not. The Isles are 9-12-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 14-6-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 21-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-14-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 15-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 6-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Bo Horvat (24:07); Pittsburgh: Erik Karlsson (25:22)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Islander forwards with 24:07 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (18-16-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1), Bo Horvat (1-0-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 27, Pittsburgh 37 (42%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 12 of 22 for the Isles; Lars Eller won 9 of 14 for Pittsburgh.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 23 (Alex Romanov -5)</div><div>Pittsburgh 18 (Six with 2)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 7 (Martin 3, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 12 (Three with 2)</div><div>Pittsburgh 14 (Two with 3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 55, Pittsburgh 65</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 43, Pittsburgh 57</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Pierre Engvall +4</div><div>Pittsburgh: Two with +17</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 11, Pittsburgh 12</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 9, Pittsburgh 8</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Hudson Fasching-ILL), Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 135</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 167 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (139) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>The Isles are 4-0-3 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on March 5th (ESPN+) vs. the Blues.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6), PIT no hand pass (2/20)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 2 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute six times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span seven times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13, @PIT 2/20)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (6): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21, Adam Pelech (vs PIT) 2/20</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 813 *** 8. Matt Martin 799 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 789 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 733 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 691…</div><div>32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Ed Westfall 493 *** 35. Radek Martinek 479 *** 36. Gerry Hart 476 *** 37. Mathew Barzal 474 *** 38. Adam Pelech 473 *** 39. Mariusz Czerkawski 470 *** 40. Scott Mayfield 468 *** 41. Ryan Pulock and Trent Hunter 459</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 265 *** 9. Anders Lee 254 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Duane Sutter 121 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 122…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 103</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 299…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 242…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 184…</div><div>33. Travis Green 145 *** 34. Noah Dobson 142 ***35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 134</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 506 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 438 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 421…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 234</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +77 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin and Ryan Pulock 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 37</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 142 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 134…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 106… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 180 *** 9.Mark Streit and Noah Dobson 179… </div><div>13. Dave Lewis 141 *** 14. Tom Kurvers 134 *** 15. Adam Pelech 132…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>6. Tommy Salo 187 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 8. Ilya Sorokin and Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 152</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 86 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 15-26-6-1 on the season after going 2-0-1-0 this past weekend. </div><div><br></div><div>Bridgeport visits Hartford on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Pittsburgh leads the season series, 2 games to 1 (and 5 points to 2). The teams will meet in a nationally-televised game (TNT) on April 17th at UBS Arena to complete the season series. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-0 in their last nine games against the Penguins, with three of the wins coming in extra time; the Isles have scored at least four goals in all six wins and have scored a total of four goals in the three losses.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b><br></div><div><b>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd –ISLANDERS AT ST. LOUIS – 8:00pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN2(pre-game at 7:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles have faced every team in the NHL except one, and they will face that one on Thursday in The Lou.</div><div><br></div><div>The teams have not met in 443 days; their last meeting was on December 6, 2022, at UBS Arena. The Blues won 7-4 in a game that Adam Pelech suffered an injury on a hit from now-teammate Robert Bortuzzo. </div><div><br></div><div>The teams, who will meet again on March 5th at UBS Arena, have split the season series in each of the last three seasons that they have played.</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpfebb5dc9signature">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<br></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-42929795900041953262024-02-18T21:03:00.001-05:002024-02-20T20:48:02.546-05:00The Skinny: Rangers 6, Isles 5 (OT)<div class="ydpa6ef0761yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"> <div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Game 55</b></div><div><b>Rangers 6, Isles 5 (OT)</b></div><div>Artemi Panarin scored an unassisted goal just ten seconds into overtime as the New York Rangers erased a 4-1 second period deficit and a 5-3 deficit in the final five minutes for a 6-5 win over the Islanders before a sellout crowd of 79,690 at Met Life Stadium as part of the NHL's Stadium Series. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles had goals from five different players and also had three assists from Noah Dobson as they built their lead, only to have their penalty kill allow three goals (including two with Igor Shesterkin on the bench) as the Rangers rallied for the win in front of the third-largest crowd in NHL history. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 3-3-3 under Patrick Roy and are 4-8-4 in their last sixteen games and 22-18-14 overall as they climb within four points of Detroit for the final wild card spot. The Isles will face Pittsburgh on Tuesday and St. Louis on Thursday in their upcoming two-game road trip. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Erik Gustafsson (5) Kaapo Kakko (4), Jonny Brodzinski (11) 01:28 NYR 1,NYI 0</div><div>Brock Nelson (23) Scott Mayfield (5), Cal Clutterbuck (11) 04:20 NYR 1,NYI 1</div><div>Bo Horvat (22) Noah Dobson (49), Adam Pelech (6) 07:18 NYR 1,NYI 2</div><div>Mathew Barzal (16) Brock Nelson (20), Noah Dobson (50) 07:34 NYR 1,NYI 3 PPG</div><div><br /></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Anders Lee (14) Pierre Engvall (11), Mike Reilly (9) 01:03 NYR 1,NYI 4 PPG</div><div>Vincent Trocheck (17) Artemi Panarin (41), Adam Fox (36) 05:36 NYR 2,NYI 4 PPG</div><div>Vincent Trocheck (18) Alexis Lafrenière (18), Ryan Lindgren (8) 18:24 NYR 3,NYI 4</div><div><br /></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Alexander Romanov (6) Noah Dobson (51) 01:53 NYR 3,NYI 5</div><div>Chris Kreider (28) Artemi Panarin (42), Vincent Trocheck (33) 15:52 NYR 4,NYI 5 PPG</div><div>Mika Zibanejad (18) Adam Fox (37), Alexis Lafrenière (19) 18:31 NYR 5,NYI 5 PPG</div><div><br /></div><div>OT</div><div>Artemi Panarin (32) 00:10 NYR 6,NYI 5</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Skinny</b> </div><div>It was the earliest overtime goal ever allowed by the Islanders…The Isles are 2-1-2 since the All-Star Break and are 6-9-5 since the Christmas break…Since Christmas the Isles are 4-3-3 at home and 2-6-2 on the road… The Isles' defense has 67 points in the last 30 games and have 48 points in the last 23 games (11-37-48)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 46-35 in the first period but have been outscored 71-55 in the second period and 73-58 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 33-18 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles are 17-1-6 when they lead after two periods while the Rangers improve to 6-13-1 in games that they trail after 40 minutes …. Mathew Barzal extended his point streak to a season-high seven games; Kyle Palmieri saw his career-long streak end at six…Barzal still has 298 career assists … Noah Dobson extended his latest point streak to four games (1-5-6) with his 6th game of at least three points this season…The Isles have allowed eleven power play goals under Patrick Roy; they have allowed only eleven goals at 5-on-5… The Isles allowed a power play goal for the seventh time in eight games…Ilya Sorokin lost in overtime/shootout for the 11th time in 39 games this season; the NHL record of 14 was set by Frederik Andersen in 2016-17 (66 games)…Cory Schneider (12 in 2013-14 with New Jersey) is the only other goalie to lose at least 11 times in OT/SO while playing as few as 45 games…Matt Martin fought Ranger rookie Matt Rempe just one second into his NHL debut; Rempe is the first player to make his NHL debut in an outdoor game….The Rangers have won seven straight games and are 7-1 in games decided by an overtime goal…The Isles faced an empty-net for 3:04 today, but continued their season-long streak of not tallying into an empty-net….While the Isles have won 72 straight road games when scoring at least five goals, they fell 6-5 in a 'home' game for the second straight season (2/9/23 vs Vancouver)…Artemi Panarin is now 9-22-31 on the power play this season; he also scored his 10th career regular season overtime goal as he goes to 12-35-37 in 31 games against the Isles….Anders Lee now has six goals in seven career games against Igor Shesterkin…It was the Rangers' 18th comeback win of the season, including nine where they trailed in the third period; both totals are tied for the league lead….It was the third time this season (all in 'home' games) that the Isles lost a game in overtime that they led by three goals... Alex Romanov had six goals in his first three NHL seasons (209 games); he has six in 52 games this season.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Injury</b></div><div>Ryan Lindgren left the game after the fifth Islander goal after being struck by a follow-through from Alex Romanov. He did not return.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Outdoor Game</b></div><div>•<span> </span>This was the most-attended game in Islander history, and the 3rd largest in NHL history. The previous high was the 50,027 that attended the Islander- Ranger game at Yankee Stadium on January 29, 2014. </div><div>•<span> </span>This was the largest crowd to see an NHL game except at a Winter Classic (Ann Arbor, Cotton Bowl).</div><div>•<span> </span>The two goals in 16 seconds were the fastest ever scored by one team in an outdoor game.</div><div>•<span> </span>Noah Dobson is the first defenseman to have three assists in an outdoor game.</div><div>•<span> </span>This was the 4th time in Isles history that they played a home game at a venue other than Nassau Coliseum, Barclays Center, or UBS Arena.</div><div> o<span> </span>13-Dec-92<span> </span>Vs<span> </span>Edmonton (@ Oklahoma City) W 4-1</div><div> o<span> </span>18-Mar-94<span> </span>Vs<span> </span>Buffalo (@ Minnesota) T 2-2</div><div> o<span> </span>29-Jan-14<span> </span>Vs<span> </span>New York (@ Yankee Stadium) L 1-2</div><div> o<span> </span>18-Feb-24<span> </span>Vs<span> </span>New York (@Met Life Stadium) Lot 5-6</div><div>•<span> </span>The Rangers tied the NHL record for power play goals in an outdoor game (3)</div><div>•<span> </span>Of the 41 outdoor games in NHL history, the winning team has trailed at some point in 20 of them. It was the first three goal comeback win in an outdoor game.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal has a point in seven straight games vs. the Rangers – longest streak since Mark Parrish (2003-06).</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles had 18 shots in the first period for the first time since they also had 18 on February 11, 2022, in Edmonton.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles scored three times in the first 7:34; it was their fastest three goals to start a game since February 9, 2022 in Vancouver (3:54).</div><div>•<span> </span>This was the first meeting between the Islanders and Rangers in 423 days</div><div>•<span> </span>Peter Laviolette coached an Islander-Ranger game for the first time since April 1, 2003 (2-2 tie).</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles have lost 14 OT/SO games, breaking the franchise record set in 2010-11.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Penalty Kill</b></div><div>The Isles allowed at least three power play goals for the fifth time this season; they are 0-0-5 in those games. On the season, the penalty kill now is 70.1% (48-164). Since penalty kill percentage became an official stat, only three teams have had a lower rate over a full season: (LA 68.2% in 1979-80; LA 68.6% in 1982-83, WASH 69.7% in 1978-79)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 11 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 29 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 58 points since 1989-90 when Doug Crossman had 59, and the first with at least 51 assists since 1984-85, when Denis Potvin also recorded 51.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 77 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 88 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dobson has recorded the 14th 50-assist season by an Islander defenseman (Denis Potvin 9, Stefan Persson 3, Jean Potvin 1) and is the 10th Islander with 50 assists thru 54 games (Bryan Trottier 5, Mike Bossy 3, Denis Potvin 1).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Assists Since New Year's Day</b></div><div>25- Connor McDavid</div><div>23- Nikita Kucherov</div><div>22- Matthew Tkachuk</div><div>22- Noah Dobson</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-3-3 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals in each of their three wins. Ilya Sorokin is 3-1-2 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 0-2-1.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 13</div><div>•<span> </span>Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div>•<span> </span>Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div><br /></div><div>Anders Lee needs seven more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>This was the first time that the Isles played a division opponent in 2024 (after 17 straight inter-division games). The Isles will also play a division game on Tuesday in Pittsburgh and then play 11 more inter-division games before facing the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime is (Not) Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 20 overtime games. They are 5-10 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br /></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 30 overtime games.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have won 16 of the last 43 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </b></div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses (since 1999-00)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>ISLES 14 (2023-24;CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Dallas 14 (2021)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play seventeen times this season.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 35 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 48 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><br /></div><div>Under Patrick Roy, the Isles Power Play is 7-24 (29.2%) and the Penalty Kill is 11-27 (59.3%)</div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 35 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 9 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 25 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,943</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,806</div><div><br /></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 22-18-14 for 58 points in 54 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 26-22-6 for 58 points in 54 games<span> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 1-6-7</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 21-90-111</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br /></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,326</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,261</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,257</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,222</div><div><br /></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots nine times this season and 26 times in his career. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 9 2023-24</div><div> Joey Mac Donald 9 2008-09</div><div> Dwayne Roloson 9 2009-10</div><div><br /></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 33</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 23</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26 (175 games)</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div><br /></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 22-18-14 overall; they are 13-7-9 at home and 9-11-5 on the road.</div><div>The Rangers are 36-16-3 overall; they are 19-7-0 at home and 17-9-3 on the road.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 15-8-8 against the East (7-4-5 vs. Metropolitan and 8-4-3 vs. Atlantic) and 7-10-6 against the West (3-5-2 vs. Central and 4-5-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 110 games at UBS Arena and recorded 76 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,427</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,427) and Patrick Roy (133) have combined for 1,560 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-9 when scoring first and are 6-15-5 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 3-0-0 when they score first and are 0-3-3 when they do not.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 18-17-6-0=41</div><div>Rangers 7-13-16-2=38</div><div>The Isles are 7-5-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 14-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves; he is 16-12-11 on the season and 3-2-1 vs. Rangers.</div><div>Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves; he is 22-12-1 on the season and 3-7-1 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 2-2 on the power play (0:43); the Rangers were 3-5 on the power play (7:19).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 12-6-8 when they score at least one power play goal and 10-12-6 when they do not. The Isles are 9-12-9 when they allow at least one power play goal and 13-6-5 when they do not.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 20-4-10 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-14-4 when they do not. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 14-3-14 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 5-10 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Adam Pelech (24:29); Rangers: Adam Fox (25:26)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Islander forwards with 19:35 of ice-time. </div><div><br /></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (18-16-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-2), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 45, Rangers 21 (68%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 16 of 19 for the Isles; no Ranger won more than they lost. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 20 (Anders Lee -4)</div><div>Rangers 34 (Vincent Trocheck -8)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>Matt Martin fought Matt Rempe in the first period. Season total: 7 (Martin 3, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 20 (Ryan Pulock -6)</div><div>Rangers 9 (Two with 2)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 66, Rangers 76</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 59, Rangers 47</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Bo Horvat +12</div><div>Rangers: Artemi Panarin +11</div><div><br /></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 15, Rangers 12</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 12, Rangers 7</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Hudson Fasching-INJ), Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 135</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 166 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (138) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>National TV Games </b></div><div>This was the seventh Islander game to air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. The Isles are 4-0-3 in those games. The next nationally televised game will be on March 5th (ESPN+) vs. the Blues.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 2 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6)</div><div><br /></div><div>Opponents: 2 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute six times this season (four times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, NYR 2/18-MetLife and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span six times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind in the third period to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so five times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (5): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT); NYR 2/18 (trailed 3-5, won 6-5 in OT)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (7): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG); Mika Zibanejad vs NYR – Met Life 18:31 (NYR won in OT)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (4): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21</div><div>Vs (10): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27; Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2/18</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 812 *** 8. Matt Martin 798 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 788 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 732 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 690</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 264 *** 9. Anders Lee 254 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Duane Sutter 121 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 121…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 103</div><div><br /></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 298…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 241…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 183…</div><div>33. Travis Green 145 *** 34. Noah Dobson 142 ***35. Steve Thomas 140 *** 36. Mark Streit 139 *** 37. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 133</div><div><br /></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 504 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 437 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 419…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 234</div><div><br /></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 17. Adam Pelech +75 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin and Ryan Pulock 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 37</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 142 *** 9. Mark Streit 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 133…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 105… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 91</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Mark Streit, Ryan Pulock and Noah Dobson 179… </div><div>15. Johnny Boychuk and Bryan Berard 131 *** 17. Adam Pelech 130…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 116</div><div><br /></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>8. Glenn Healy 176 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 175 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 152</div><div><br /></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 86 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br /></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport played three games over the weekend and went 2-0-1-0 to improve to 15-26-6-1 on the season; on Sunday Matthew Maggio had both goals, including the overtime winner, as the Islanders beat Laval 2-1 behind 27 saves from Henrik Tikkanen. Tikkanen is now 5-3-2 in his first ten AHL games.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bridgeport visits Hartford on Wednesday.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Rangers lead the season series, 1 games to 0 (and 2 points to 1). The teams will next meet in another nationally-televised game (TNT) on St. Patrick's Day at Madison Square Garden.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Rangers have won consecutive games against the Isles for the first time since January 13-16, 2020. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20th –ISLANDERS AT PITTSBURGH – 7:00pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (pre-game at 6:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles will look to break their three-game winless streak as they face the Pittsburgh Penguins for the third time this season. The Penguins defeated the Isles twice in a five-day span in late December by a combined score of 10-1. </div><div><br /></div><div>The final meeting of the regular season will come on April 17th at UBS Arena - that is the final game of the regular season between the teams.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-52103091703413961752024-02-14T01:19:00.001-05:002024-02-14T01:19:18.202-05:00The Skinny: Seattle 2, Isles 1 (SO)<div class="ydp3e5acd2yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydp3e5acd2yiv0790381633"><div><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp3e5acd2yiv0790381633ydpf675c1b4yahoo-style-wrap"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 53</b></div><div><b>Seattle 2, Isles 1 (SO)</b></div><div>Tomas Tatar scored the only goal of the shootout as the Isles tied a team record and Ilya Sorokin set a team goalie record with a 2-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. </div><div><br></div><div>Matty Beniers and Kyle Palmieri, the latter on the power play, traded goals in regulation. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 3-3-2 under Patrick Roy and are 4-8-3 in their last fifteen games and 22-18-13 overall as they regain fourth place in the Metro (seven points behind third place Philadelphia) and climb within three points of Detroit for the final wild card spot. The Isles are off until Sunday, when they host the Rangers at Met Life Stadium in the Stadium Series; this is the last time that they will have more than two days off until late March. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:</b> </div><div>1st Period</div><div>Matty Beniers (7) Jared McCann (17) 05:27 SEA 1,NYI 0 </div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Kyle Palmieri (15) Mathew Barzal (41), Noah Dobson (48) 14:37 SEA 1,NYI 1 PPG</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br></div><div>OT</div><div>No Goals</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Shootout</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Oliver Wahlstrom (NG)/Matty Beniers (NG)</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat (NG)/Tomas Tatar (G/GDG)</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal (NG)</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 1-4 in the shootout while Seattle is 2-4, with both wins coming against the Isles… Ilya Sorokin falls to 6-12 in his career in shootouts while Philipp Grubauer improves to 10-11…The Isles are 4-16 in their last 20 shootouts...The Isles have scored on 5 of 22 shootout attempts, with Bo Horvat and Oliver Wahlstrom each scoring twice and Simon Holmstrom scoring once…Islander goalies have stopped 13 of 21 opponent shootout attempts…It was Tomas Tatar's 8th career game deciding goal as he improves to 13 of 40 in his career.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-1 since the All-Star Break and are 6-9-4 since the Christmas break…Since Christmas the Isles are 4-3-2 at home and 2-6-2 on the road… The Isles' defense has 60 points in the last 29 games and have 41 points in the last 22 games (10-31-41)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 43-34 in the first period but have been outscored 69-54 in the second period and 70-57 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 31-17 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles are 3-3-6 when tied after two periods …. Mathew Barzal and Kyle Palmieri each extended their point streaks to six games; it is a season-long streak for Barzal and a career-long streak for Palmieri…Barzal now has 298 career assists.…Palmieri has recorded at least fifteen goals in each of the last eight seasons of at least 60 games… The Isles have allowed eight power play goals under Patrick Roy; they have allowed only nine goals at 5-on-5… The Isles did not allow a power play goal for the first time in seven games…Ilya Sorokin lost in overtime/shootout for the tenth time this season; the NHL record of 14 was set by Frederik Andersen in 2016-17 (66 games)…Tim Thomas (2005-06 with Boston) is the only other goalie to lose ten times in OT/SO while playing as few as 38 games.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Seattle is the first team to win two shootouts in the same season from the Isles since Columbus did so in 2014-15.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles have lost 13 OT/SO games, tying the franchise record set in 2010-11.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses in a Season (Isles Goalie)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 10 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 9 (2006-07)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 8 (2022-23)</div><div><span><span> </span>Evgeni Nabokov 8 (2013-14)</span></div><div><b><br></b></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b>Most Career OT/SO Losses (Isles Goalie)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 28 (CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>Rick DiPietro 28 </div><div><br></div></div></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 55 points since 2008-09 when Mark Streit had 56, and the first with at least 48 assists since 1989-90, when Jeff Norton recorded 49.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 74 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 85 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-3-2 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals in each of their three wins. Ilya Sorokin is 3-1-1 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 0-2-1.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 13</div><div>•<span> </span>Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div>•<span> </span>Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs seven more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>This was the final of 17 straight inter-division games to open 2023; the Isles went 5-8-4 in those 17 games. After playing their next two games against Metro Rivals (February 18 vs NYR at MetLife, February 20 at Pittsburgh), the Isles will play 11 more inter-division games before facing the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on St. Patrick's Day.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime Is (Not) Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 19 overtime games. They are 5-9 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-4 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-7 in overtime and 1-3 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 29 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 16 of the last 42 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Islander OT/SO Losses </b></div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2023-24; CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>13 (2010-11)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses (since 1999-00)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Dallas 14 (2021)</div><div>2.<span> </span>ISLES 13 (2023-24;CURRENT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play seventeen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 33 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 45 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 33 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 8 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 23 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,941</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,806</div><div><br></div><div>Over the All-Star Break, an NHL audit added 35 hits to Clutterbuck's total and 17 to Martin's total. Those additions are reflected above.</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 22-18-13 for 57 points in 53 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 26-22-5 for 57 points in 53 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-1-1</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 20-84-104</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,288</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,257</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,206</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,165</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots nine times this season and 26 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 9 2023-24</div><div>Joey Mac Donald 9 2008-09</div><div>Dwayne Roloson 9 2009-10</div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 33</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 22</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26 (173 games)</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 22-18-13 overall; they are 13-7-8 at home and 9-11-5 on the road.</div><div>Seattle is 22-21-10 overall; they are 11-9-4 at home and 11-12-6 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 15-8-7 against the East (7-4-4 vs. Metropolitan and 8-4-3 vs. Atlantic) and 7-10-6 against the West (3-5-2 vs. Central and 4-5-4 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 110 games at UBS Arena and recorded 76 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,427</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,427) and Patrick Roy (133) have combined for 1,560 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-9 when scoring first and are 6-15-4 when allowing the opening goal. Under Patrick Roy, the Isles are 3-0-0 when they score first and are 0-3-2 they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 9-10-5-2=26</div><div>Seattle 7-10-11-2=30</div><div>The Isles are 7-5-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 14-12-9 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves; he is 16-12-10 on the season and 2-1-1 vs. Seattle.</div><div>Philipp Grubauer made 25 saves; he is 5-9-2 on the season and 4-3-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-3 on the power play (4:35); Seattle was 0-2 on the power play (3:17).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 12-6-7 when they score at least one power play goal and 10-12-6 when they do not. The Isles are 9-12-8 when they allow at least one power play goal and 13-6-5 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 20-4-9 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-14-4 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 14-3-13 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 5-9 in games decided in overtime and are 1-4 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Mathew Barzal (26:15); Seattle: Vince Dunn (26:21)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 26:15 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (18-16-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1), Matthew Barzal (0-0-1)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 36, Seattle 18 (67%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 12 of 14 for the Isles; no Kraken who took multiple draws won more than they lost. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 24 (Anders Lee -7)</div><div>Seattle 20 (Eeli Tolvanen-4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 6 (Martin 2, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 26 (Noah Dobson -5)</div><div>Seattle 17 (Jamie Oleksiak -4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 57, Seattle 70</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 44, Seattle 66</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Pierre Engvall +16</div><div>Seattle: Two with +2</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 9, Seattle 12</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 4, Seattle 12</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Hudson Fasching-INJ), Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 133</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 165 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (137) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 2 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 2 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute five times this season (three times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span six times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind after two periods to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so four times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (4): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (6): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (4): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21</div><div>Vs (9): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) ½; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (4): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15, Tomas Tatar (SEA) 2/13</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 811 *** 8. Matt Martin 797 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 787 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 731 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 689</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 263 *** 9. Anders Lee 253 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Duane Sutter 121 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 120…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 103</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 298…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 240…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 183…</div><div>33. Travis Green 145 *** 34. Steve Thomas 140 *** 35. Mark Streit and Noah Dobson 139 *** 37. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 133</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 502 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 436 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 418…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 234</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 17. Adam Pelech +75 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin and Ryan Pulock 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 37</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Mark Streit and Noah Dobson 139 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 133…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 104… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 90</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Mark Streit and Ryan Pulock 179 *** 10. Noah Dobson 176… </div><div>15. Johnny Boychuk and Bryan Berard 131 *** 17. Adam Pelech 129…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 115</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>8. Glenn Healy 176 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 174 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 152</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 86 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport fell to 13-26-5-1 on the season after a 2-1 shootout loss to Lehigh Valley on Saturday; Karson Kuhlman had the only Bridgeport goal.</div><div><br></div><div>Bridgeport has a 3-on-3 weekend upcoming, as they visit Providence on Friday and then host Hartford on Saturday and Laval on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Seattle sweeps the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 2).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won only two of the six all-time meetings between the teams.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18th –RANGERS VS. ISLANDERS (AT MET LIFE STADIUM) – 3:00pm</b></div><div><b>[ABC, WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles will play the second outdoor game in franchise history as they are the home team for the Stadium Series game with the Rangers on Sunday afternoon. </div><div><br></div><div>The Rangers won the 2014 Stadium Series matchup with the Isles at Yankee Stadium; Brock Nelson, Cal Clutterbuck, Casey Cizikas and Matt Martin all played in that game.</div><div><br></div><div>This will be the first meeting between the teams in 423 days as the Rangers defeated the Isles 5-3 at The Garden December 22, 2022, in the final of three meetings last season; the teams did not meet at all in calendar year 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the first of four meetings on the season between the teams and the first meeting since former Islander coach Peter Laviolette took over as the Ranger head coach.</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp3e5acd2yiv0790381633ydpf675c1b4signature">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</div></div></div></div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-9934404188888226152024-02-10T18:28:00.001-05:002024-02-14T01:08:11.965-05:00The Skinny: Calgary 5, Isles 2<div class="ydp2c23f7a8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Calgary 5,
Isles 2</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MacKenzie Weegar completed his first career hat trick into
the empty net as the Calgary Flames held off a late Islander rally for a 5-2
victory over the Isles before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.</span></p></div><div>Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for Calgary, so four of their five goals were from players acquired in the Matthew Tkachuk deal. Brock Nelson and Jean-Gabriel Pageau, the latter on a 6-on-5 situation scored for the Islanders.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles fall to 3-3-1 under Patrick Roy as they fail to win three consecutive games for the first time since a four-game stretch December 7th-13th. They are 4-8-2 in their last fourteen games and 22-18-12 overall as they remain four points behind third place Philadelphia and three points behind Tampa Bay for the final wild card spot. The Isles will host Seattle on Tuesday in their last game before next Sunday's Stadium Series game against the Rangers. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>MacKenzie Weegar (13) Jacob Markstrom (4), Blake Coleman (22) 03:47 CGY 1,NYI 0</div><div><br /></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Jonathan Huberdeau (8) Yegor Sharangovich (16), Noah Hanifin (20) 08:38 CGY 2,NYI 0 PPG</div><div>MacKenzie Weegar (14) Walker Duehr (4), Jakob Pelletier (1) 15:16 CGY 3,NYI 0</div><div><br /></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Brock Nelson (22) Noah Dobson (47), Kyle Palmieri (17) 04:00 CGY 3,NYI 1</div><div>Blake Coleman (21)EN 15:59 CGY 4,NYI 1</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau (7) Mathew Barzal (40) 17:28 CGY 4,NYI 2</div><div>MacKenzie Weegar (15)EN Jonathan Huberdeau (23), Nazem Kadri (28) 19:38 CGY 5,NYI 2</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-0 since the All-Star Break and are 6-9-3 since the Christmas break…Since Christmas the Isles are 4-3-1 at home and 2-6-2 on the road… The Isles' defense has 59 points in the last 28 games and have 40 points in the last 21 games (10-30-40)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 43-33 in the first period but have been outscored 69-53 in the second period and 70-57 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 31-16 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles are 2-14-2 when trailing after two periods …. Mathew Barzal and Kyle Palmieri each extended their point streaks to five games.… The Isles have allowed eight power play goals under Patrick Roy; they have allowed only eight goals at 5-on-5… The Isles had a multi-goal lead for the first time since January 4th in Arizona …The Isles remain a + team at 5-on-5, outscoring their opponents 102-101... Brock Nelson regained the club lead with his 22nd goal…With Alexander Romanov missing the game (day-to-day), Noah Dobson is the only Isles defenseman to appear in every game this season…It was MacKenzie Weegar's first hat trick of his career and the sixth by a Flames defenseman since they moved to Calgary…The Flames have now scored fifteen empty net goals, including two tonight…The Isles allowed a power play goal for the sixth straight game…Jacob Markstrom leads the NHL with four assists by a goalie; no other goalie has more than two assists this season.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The 600 Club</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov became the 5th active goalie to appear in 600 games:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Marc- Andre Fleury 1009</div><div>2.<span> </span>Jonathan Quick 772</div><div>3.<span> </span>Carey Price 712</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sergei Bobrovsky 679</div><div>5.<span> </span>Semyon Varlamov 600</div><div>Varlamov is the 54th goaltender all-time to play 600 games.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 54 points since 2008-09 when Mark Streit had 56, and the first with at least 47 assists since Vladimir Malakhov had 47 in 1993-94. No Islander defenseman has had more than 47 since 1989-90, when Jeff Norton recorded 50.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 74 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 85 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-3-1 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals in each of their three wins. Ilya Sorokin is 3-1-0 under Roy while Semyon Varlamov is 0-2-1.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 13</div><div>•<span> </span>Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div>•<span> </span>Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div><br /></div><div>Anders Lee needs seven more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>The Isles are starting the new year with 17 straight inter-division games; they will play only two division foes in their first 30 games (February 18 vs NYR at MetLife, February 20 at Pittsburgh) of 2024.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 18 overtime games. They are 5-9 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-7 in overtime and 1-2 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br /></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 28 overtime games.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have won 16 of the last 42 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses Thru 52 Games (Since 1998-99)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2023-24)</div><div>•<span> </span>10 (2016-17)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2009-10)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2011-12)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2021-22)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play seventeen times this season.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 32 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 45 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 33 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 8 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 23 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles held a two-goal lead on Thursday for the first time since their 5-1 win over Arizona on January 4th.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,905</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,786</div><div><br /></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 22-18-12 for 56 points in 52 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 25-22-5 for 55 points in 52 games<span> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-1-1</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 20-83-103</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br /></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,258</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,189 (excludes Saturday night)</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,129 (excludes Saturday night)</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,110</div><div><br /></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots nine times this season and 26 times in his career. </div><div><br /></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 9 2023-24</div><div>Joey Mac Donald 9 2008-09</div><div>Dwayne Roloson 9 2009-10</div><div><br /></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br /></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 33</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 22</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26 (173 games)</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div><br /></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 21-18-12 overall; they are 12-7-7 at home and 9-11-5 on the road.</div><div>Calgary is 25-22-5 overall; they are 12-11-1 at home and 13-11-4 on the road.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 15-8-7 against the East (7-4-4 vs. Metropolitan and 8-4-3 vs. Atlantic) and 7-10-5 against the West (3-5-2 vs. Central and 4-5-3 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br /></div><div>Home is Where the Fans Are</div><div>The Isles have played 109 games at UBS Arena and recorded 75 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,427</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,427) and Patrick Roy (133) have combined for 1,560 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-9 when scoring first and are 6-15-3 when allowing the opening goal.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 6-13-18=37</div><div>Calgary 8-13-3=24</div><div>The Isles are 7-5-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 14-12-8 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov made 19 saves; he is 6-6-3 on the season and 7-12-2 vs. Calgary.</div><div>Jacob Markstrom made 18 saves; he is 17-13-2 on the season and 7-5-2 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-1 on the power play (2:00); Calgary was 1-1 on the power play (0:58).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 12-6-6 when they score at least one power play goal and 10-12-6 when they do not. The Isles are 9-12-8 when they allow at least one power play goal and 13-6-4 when they do not.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 20-4-9 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-14-3 when they do not. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 14-3-12 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 5-9 in games decided in overtime and are 1-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (24:27); Calgary: Noah Hanifan (25:55)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 23:39 of ice-time. </div><div><br /></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (18-16-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 30, Calgary 30 (50%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 12 of 16 for the Isles; Kevin Rooney won 8 of 11 for Calgary. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 21 (Bo Horvat -3)</div><div>Calgary 11 (Three with 2)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 6 (Martin 2, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 16 (Oliver Wahlstrom and JG Pageau-3)</div><div>Calgary 19 (Chris Tanev -5)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 72, Calgary 58</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 55, Calgary 49</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Pierre Engvall +16</div><div>Calgary: Two with +2</div><div><br /></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 13, Calgary 5</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 9, Calgary 3</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Hudson Fasching-INJ), (Alexander Romanov-INJ), Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 131</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 164 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (136) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 2 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6)</div><div><br /></div><div>Opponents: 2 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13), CGY offside (2/10)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute five times this season (three times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span six times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind after two periods to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so four times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (4): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (6): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (4): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21</div><div>Vs (9): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) ½; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (3): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15</div><div><br /></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 810 *** 8. Matt Martin 796 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 786 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 730 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 688</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 263 *** 9. Anders Lee 253 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Duane Sutter 121 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 120…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 103</div><div><br /></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 297…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 240…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 183…</div><div>33. Travis Green 145 *** 34. Steve Thomas 140 *** 35. Mark Streit 139 *** 36. Noah Dobson 138 *** 37. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 133</div><div><br /></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 502 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 436 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 417…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 234</div><div><br /></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +76 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin and Ryan Pulock 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 37</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Mark Streit 139 *** 9. Noah Dobson 138 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 133…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 104… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 90</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Mark Streit and Ryan Pulock 179 *** 10. Noah Dobson 175… </div><div>15. Johnny Boychuk and Bryan Berard 131 *** 17. Adam Pelech 129…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 115</div><div><br /></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>8. Glenn Healy 176 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 173 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 152</div><div><br /></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 86 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br /></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport fell to 13-26-5-0 on the season with a 4-1 loss in Hartford on Friday. Julien Gauthier scored in his AHL season debut.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bridgeport hosts Lehigh Valley on Saturday.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The teams split the season series, 1 game to 1 (Calgary earned 3 points to the Isles' 2).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 3-8-0 in their last eleven games with Calgary, and the Flames have earned points in ten of the eleven contests. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13th –SEATTLE AT ISLANDERS – 7:30pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (7:00 pre-game), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles look to split the season series with the Kraken as Seattle visits UBS Arena for the sixth meeting of the teams this season.</div><div><br /></div><div>The teams met nearly three months ago in Seattle and the Isles dropped a 4-3 shootout decision. </div><div><br /></div><div>Each team won a game the first two seasons of this rivalry and the Isles will look to extend that streak on Tuesday.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="ydp2c23f7a8signature">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</div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-71279328936916444662024-02-09T00:40:00.001-05:002024-02-09T00:40:18.919-05:00The Skinny: Isles 6, Tampa Bay 2<div class="ydp5ac8cb5fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 51</b></div><div><b>Isles 6, Tampa Bay 2</b></div><div>After playing five consecutive one-goal games, the Islanders scored three goals in both the first and second periods enroute to a 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. </div><div><br></div><div>In a balanced effort, the Isles got goals from six different players, and had eleven players register points in their most one-sided win in two months. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles improve to 3-2-1 under Patrick Roy as they win consecutive games for the first time since December 11th-13th. They are 4-7-2 in their last thirteen games and 22-17-12 overall as they remain four points behind third place Philadelphia and climb within two points of Detroit and within three points of Tampa Bay for the wild card spots. The Isles will host Calgary in a Saturday matinee game. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Noah Dobson (7) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (15) 04:07 TBL 0,NYI 1</div><div>Nikita Kucherov (33) Darren Raddysh (15) 06:42 TBL 1,NYI 1</div><div>Mathew Barzal (15) Bo Horvat (26) 14:07 TBL 1,NYI 2</div><div>Kyle Palmieri (14) Mike Reilly (8), Brock Nelson (19) 18:35 TBL 1,NYI 3</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Brandon Hagel (18) Anthony Cirelli (16), Victor Hedman (42) 01:14 TBL 2,NYI 3 PPG</div><div>Ryan Pulock (3) Pierre Engvall (10) 07:10 TBL 2,NYI 4 PPG</div><div>Bo Horvat (21) Mathew Barzal (39), Adam Pelech (5) 08:18 TBL 2,NYI 5</div><div>Casey Cizikas (6) 15:22 TBL 2,NYI 6</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-0-0 since the All-Star Break and are 6-8-3 since the Christmas break…Since Christmas the Isles are 4-2-1 at home and 2-6-2 on the road… The Isles' defense has 58 points in the last 27 games and have 39 points in the last twenty games (10-29-39)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 43-32 in the first period but have been outscored 67-53 in the second period and 68-55 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 29-14 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles are 17-1-5 when leading after two periods …. Noah Dobson's first goal in 16 games gave him the team scoring lead, but Mathew Barzal took the scoring lead back with a goal and an assist later in the game; it was Barzal's 100th career multi-point game …Ilya Sorokin needed to make only 18 saves for the victory; it was the fewest shots he faced since a 14-save shutout in the second game of the season (vs. Arizona).… The Isles have allowed seven power play goals under Patrick Roy; they have allowed only six goals at 5-on-5… The Isles had a multi-goal lead for the first time since January 4th in Arizona …The Isles are now a + team at 5-on-5, outscoring their opponents 100-99; Tampa Bay has been outscored 122-105 at 5-on-5…Nikita Kucherov extended his point streak to six games while Brandon Hagel extended his streak to five; Kucherov, who leads the NHL in both assists (54) and points (87), now has points in seven straight games against the Isles Both Mathew Barzal and Kyle Palmieri now have four game point streaks…The Isles held Tampa Bay to only three shots in the first period, and none after Kucherov's goal…Simon Holmstrom played his 100th NHL game…Ryan Pulock's goal tied him for 5th in club history with Jean Potvin (46); his 179th point tied Mark Streit for 9th…Bo Horvat's 21st goal tied him with Brock Nelson for the club lead…Casey Cizikas scored in first game back, after missing ten games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Injury</b></div><div>Brock Nelson left the game after a collision along the near boards in the 2nd period; he returned to start the third period.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time</b></div><div>The Isles scored at least three goals in each of the first two periods for the first time since an 8-` win over Edmonton on Super Bowl Sunday 2016 (Feb 7, 2016, in Brooklyn) </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 53 points since 2008-09 when Mark Streit had 56, and the first with at least 46 assists since Vladimir Malakhov had 47 in 1993-94.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 73 assists; Denis Potvin holds the club record for assists by a defenseman (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 85 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-2-1 under Patrick Roy and have allowed only two goals in each of their three wins.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 13</div><div>•<span> </span>Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div>•<span> </span>Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs seven more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>The Isles are starting the new year with 17 straight inter-division games; they will play only two division foes in their first 30 games (February 18 vs NYR at MetLife, February 20 at Pittsburgh) of 2024.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 18 overtime games. They are 5-9 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-7 in overtime and 1-2 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 29 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 16 of the last 42 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div>Most OT/SO Losses Thru 51 Games (Since 1998-99)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2023-24)</div><div>•<span> </span>10 (2016-17)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2009-10)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2011-12)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2021-22)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play seventeen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 32 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 44 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 33 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 8 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 23 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles held a two-goal lead tonight for the first time since their 5-1 win over Arizona on January 4th.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,904</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,784</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 22-17-12 for 56 points in 51 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 24-22-5 for 53 points in 51 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 2-2-4</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 20-82-102</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,258</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,189</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,129</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,110</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots nine times this season and 26 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 9 2023-24</div><div>Joey Mac Donald 9 2008-09</div><div>Dwayne Roloson 9 2009-10</div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 33</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 22</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26 (173 games)</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has made at least 40 saves six times this season and a franchise-record 16 times in his career.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov, whose next appearance will be his 600th NHL game, is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 21-17-12 overall; they are 12-6-7 at home and 9-11-5 on the road.</div><div>Tampa Bay is 27-19-5 overall; they are 17-5-3 at home and 10-15-2 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 15-8-7 against the East (7-4-4 vs. Metropolitan and 8-4-3 vs. Atlantic) and 7-9-5 against the West (3-5-2 vs. Central and 4-4-3 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 108 games at UBS Arena and recorded 74 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,427</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,427) and Patrick Roy (133) have combined for 1,560 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 16-3-9 when scoring first and are 6-14-3 when allowing the opening goal.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 14-7-3=24</div><div>Tampa Bay 3-7-10=20</div><div>The Isles are 7-4-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 14-12-8 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 18 saves; he is 15-12-9 on the season and 2-4-0 vs. Tampa Bay.</div><div>Jonas Johansson made 18 saves; he is 10-7-5 on the season and 0-3-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-4 on the power play (7:53); Tampa Bay was 1-2 on the power play (3:19).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 12-6-6 when they score at least one power play goal and 10-11-6 when they do not. The Isles are 9-11-8 when they allow at least one power play goal and 13-6-4 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 20-4-9 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-13-3 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 14-3-12 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 5-9 in games decided in overtime and are 1-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (22:08); Tampa Bay: Victor Hedman (23:39)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 19:35 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (18-15-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 20, Tampa Bay 28 (42%)</div><div>Casey Cizikas won 4 of 5 for the Isles; Anthony Cirelli won 7 of 11 for Tampa Bay. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 31 (Matt Martin -6)</div><div>Tampa Bay 26 (Two with 4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 6 (Martin 2, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 21 (Three with 3)</div><div>Tampa Bay 13 (Three with 2)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 48, Tampa Bay 53</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 32, Tampa Bay 42</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Kyle Palmieri +5</div><div>Tampa Bay: Anthony Cirelli +11</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 6, Tampa Bay 12</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 4, Tampa Bay 9</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Hudson Fasching-INJ), Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 128</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 163 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (135) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 2 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 1 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute five times this season (three times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span six times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind after two periods to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so four times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (4): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (6): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (4): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21</div><div>Vs (9): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) ½; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (3): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 809 *** 8. Matt Martin 795 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 785 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 729 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 687</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 262 *** 9. Anders Lee 253 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Duane Sutter 121 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 120…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Casey Cizikas 103</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 296…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 240…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 183…</div><div>33. Travis Green 145 *** 34. Steve Thomas 140 *** 35. Mark Streit 139 *** 36. Noah Dobson 137 *** 37. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 133</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 502 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 436 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 416…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 234</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +77 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin and Ryan Pulock 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 37</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Mark Streit 139 *** 9. Noah Dobson 137 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 133…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 104… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 90</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Mark Streit and Ryan Pulock 179 *** 10. Noah Dobson 174… </div><div>15. Johnny Boychuk and Bryan Berard 131 *** 17. Adam Pelech 129…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 115</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>8. Glenn Healy 176 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 173 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 151</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 86 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 13-25-5-0 on the season as the AHL is wrapping up its All-Star Break. Cole Bardreau was named AHL Player of the Week after going 3-2-5 in three games last week.</div><div><br></div><div>Bridgeport faces Hartford on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won two straight games from Tampa Bay (by a combined 12-3 score) after dropping their prior six regular season games to the Bolts. </div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10th –CALGARY AT ISLANDERS - 1:00pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (12:30 pre-game), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>It is Matinee Isles time as the Islanders look to sweep the season series from the Calgary Flames for the first time in eight seasons. </div><div><br></div><div>The teams met twelve weeks ago in Calgary and the Isles earned a 5-4 shootout win that stopped a seven-game Isles winless streak.</div><div><br></div><div>The Flames played in the first-ever game at UBS Arena, earning a 5-2 win on November 20, 2021, but the Isles won last season's Island matchup 4-3, on an overtime goal by Noah Dobson.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp5ac8cb5fsignature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-72967059320585561502024-02-05T23:09:00.001-05:002024-02-05T23:09:37.155-05:00The Skinny: Isles 3, Toronto 2<div class="ydpc2d3e59fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 50</b></div><div><b>Isles 3, Toronto 2</b></div><div>Can you Sweep Up the Leafs? Pierre Engvall scored the winning goal with 2:02 to play as the Islanders completed a season series sweep of the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 3-2 win before a sellout crowd of 18,365 at Scotiabank Arena. </div><div><br></div><div>Mathew Barzal, fresh off six points in the All-Star Games, scored midway through the first but Mitch Marner tied the contest just 50 seconds later in a 4-on-4. However, Kyle MacLean, who was serving a penalty for Bo Horvat, converted a breakaway exactly two minutes later to give the Isles the lead back. </div><div><br></div><div>It stayed that way for over 32 minutes until John Tavares scored a power play goal with 4:48 to play, but that only set the stage for Engall's winner 2:46 later. </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles improve to 2-2-1 under Patrick Roy. They are 3-7-2 in their last twelve games and 21-17-12 overall as they climb within two points of third place Philadelphia. The Isles are off until Thursday when they host Tampa Bay in a nationally-televised game.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Mathew Barzal (14) Mike Reilly (7), Anders Lee (7) 10:31 NYI 1,TOR 0</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Mitchell Marner (21) John Tavares (23), Auston Matthews (19) 00:50 NYI 1,TOR 1</div><div>Kyle MacLean (1) Cal Clutterbuck (10) 02:50 NYI 2,TOR 1</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>John Tavares (14) Morgan Rielly (34), William Nylander (39) 15:12 NYI 2,TOR 2 PPG</div><div>Pierre Engvall (6) Brock Nelson (18), Kyle Palmieri (16) 17:58 NYI 3,TOR 2</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Isles are 1-0-0 since the All-Star Break and are 5-8-3 since the Christmas break…Since Christmas the Isles are 3-2-1 at home and 2-6-2 on the road… The Isles' defense has 54 points in the last 26 games and have 35 points in the last nineteen games (8-27-35)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 40-31 in the first period but have been outscored 66-50 in the second period and 68-55 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 28-11 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles are 16-1-5 when leading after two periods …. Noah Dobson was held without a point, ending his 3rd 5-game point streak of the season (and fifth of his career); he has never had a point in six straight games…. Mathew Barzal's goal gave him 52 points to tie Dobson for the club point lead…Ilya Sorokin played for the first time in 13 days and made 35 saves to earn his third victory of the season again Toronto.… Bo Horvat, playing his 700th NHL game, fought Simon Benoit in the second period; every Islander other than Horvat was credited with a hit …The Isles have allowed six power play goals under Patrick Roy; they have allowed only five goals at 5-on-5… It was the second time this season that John Tavares scored a late goal to tie, only to have the Isles win the game…The Isles earned their first road win since January 4th in Arizona (1-5-1)….Auston Matthews assisted on the first Leaf goal to extend his point streak to seven games…Kyle MacLean is the 397th player to score a goal for the Islanders….This was the 2,000th road game in Isles history...The Isles allowed their 16th third period power play, and the eighth that tied the game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles swept the Leafs for the first time since 1989-90</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin is the first Islander to defeat Toronto three times in one season since Chris Osgood in 2001-02</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal has played at least 23 minutes in four straight games. He is the first Isles forward to do that since John Tavares did so in 2012. (Zigmund Palffy -1998) is the only Islander forward to do so in five games since ice-time was officially recorded.</div><div>•<span> </span>Each of the last six games (including all five under Roy) have been decided by one goal; it is the longest streak since a seven-game streak in November 2019.</div><div>•<span> </span>With Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock both back, Noah Dobson played 23:15 – his least ice -time since November 22nd vs. Philadelphia.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 52 points since 2008-09 when Mark Streit had 56, and the first with at least 46 assists since Vladimir Malakhov had 47 in 1993-94.</div><div><br></div><div>Dobson is on pace for 75 assists; the club record for assists by a defenseman was set by Denis Potvin (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 85 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 2-2-1 under Patrick Roy. All five games have been decided by one goal.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 13</div><div>•<span> </span>Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div>•<span> </span>Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs seven more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>The Isles are starting the new year with 17 straight inter-division games; they will play only two division foes in their first 30 games (February 18 vs NYR at MetLife, February 20 at Pittsburgh) of 2024.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 18 overtime games. They are 5-9 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-7 in overtime and 1-2 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 30 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 16 of the last 42 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses Thru 50 Games (Since 1998-99)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2023-24)</div><div>•<span> </span>10 (2016-17)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2009-10)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2021-22)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play seventeen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 31 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 43 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 31 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 7 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 22 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have not had a two-goal lead at any point since their 5-1 win over Arizona on January 4th.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,902</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,778</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 21-17-12 for 54 points in 50 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 23-22-5 for 51 points in 50 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-1-1</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 18-80-98</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,239</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,162</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,129</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,061</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots nine times this season and 26 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 9 2023-24</div><div> Joey Mac Donald 9 2008-09 </div><div> Dwayne Roloson 9 2009-10</div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 33</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 22</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div><span><span> </span> Karel Vejmelka 21</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26 (172 games)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 21-17-12 overall; they are 12-6-7 at home and 9-11-5 on the road.</div><div>Toronto is 25-15-8 overall; they are 11-10-2 at home and 14-5-6 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 14-8-7 against the East (7-4-4 vs. Metropolitan and 7-4-3 vs. Atlantic) and 7-9-5 against the West (3-5-2 vs. Central and 4-4-3 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 107 games at UBS Arena and recorded 73 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,426</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,426) and Patrick Roy (132) have combined for 1,558 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 15-3-9 when scoring first and are 6-14-3 when allowing the opening goal.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 13-9-7=29</div><div>Toronto 11-10-15=36</div><div>The Isles are 6-5-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 14-12-7 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 34 saves; he is 15-12-9 on the season and 5-3-0 vs. Toronto.</div><div>Ilya Samsonov made 26 saves; he is 8-4-6 on the season and 6-5-1 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-2 on the power play (3:48); Toronto was 1-2 on the power play (2:40).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 11-6-6 when they score at least one power play goal and 10-11-6 when they do not. The Isles are 8-11-8 when they allow at least one power play goal and 13-6-4 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 19-4-9 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-13-3 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 14-3-12 in games decided by a single goal including 8-3 in regulation. They are 5-9 in games decided in overtime and are 1-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (23:15); Toronto: William Nylander (24:55)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 23:01 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (17-15-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 26, Toronto 26 (50%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 12 of 17 for the Isles; Pontus Holmberg won 5 of 8 for Toronto. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 40 (Cal Clutterbuck -5)</div><div>Toronto 25 (Ryan Reaves -5)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>Bo Horvat fought Simon Benoit in the 2nd period. Season total: 6 (Martin 2, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1, Horvat 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 18 (Three with 3)</div><div>Toronto 18 (Timothy Lijegren -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 66, Toronto 74</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 58, Toronto 59</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Scott Mayfield +15</div><div>Toronto: William Nylander +8</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 11, Toronto 16</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 11, Toronto 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Robert Bortuzzo -LTIR), (Casey Cizikas-LTIR), (Hudson Fasching-INJ), Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 126</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 162 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (134) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 2 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 1 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offsides (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute five times this season (three times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span six times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind after two periods to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so four times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (4): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored four goals and have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (4): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT); Pierre Engvall 2/5 @ TOR 17:58 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (6): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (4): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21</div><div>Vs (9): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) ½; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19, Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) 1/27</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (3): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 808 *** 8. Matt Martin 794 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 784 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 728 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 686</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 262 *** 9. Anders Lee 253 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Duane Sutter 121 *** 23. Mathew Barzal, Alexei Yashin and Frans Nielsen 119…</div><div>30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Anthony Beauvillier and Casey Cizikas 102</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 295…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 238…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 183…</div><div>33. Travis Green 145 *** 34. Steve Thomas 140 *** 35. Mark Streit 139 *** 36. Noah Dobson 137 ***37. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 133</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 500 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 436 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 414…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 233</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 16. Adam Pelech +75 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy and Ryan Pulock 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 36</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Mark Streit 139 *** 9. Noah Dobson 137 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 133…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 103… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 90</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Mark Streit 179 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 178 *** 10. Noah Dobson 173… </div><div>15. Johnny Boychuk and Bryan Berard 131 *** 17. Gerry Hart and Adam Pelech 128…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 115</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>8. Glenn Healy 176 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 172 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 151</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 85 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 13-25-5-0 on the season after going 2-1-0 last week. The AHL is currently in their All-Star Break.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles sweep the season series, 3 games to 0 (and 6 points to 2). </div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won four straight games from Toronto and are 5-1-0 in the last two seasons against the Leafs. </div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8th –TAMPA BAY AT ISLANDERS - 8:00pm</b></div><div><b>[ESPN (No pre-game), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles will finally face the Tampa Bay Lightning as the Bolts visit UBS Arena in the first meeting of the teams in over ten months.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles defeated Tampa Bay 6-1 in that last meeting for a key victory in their playoff run; it also stopped a six-game losing streak against the Lightning.</div><div><br></div><div>The game will be nationally televised by ESPN. John Buccigross, Mark Messier, and P. K. Subban will have the call.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpc2d3e59fsignature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-9650610690168060882024-01-28T00:38:00.001-05:002024-01-28T00:47:27.993-05:00The Skinny: Florida 3, Isles 2 (OT)<div class="ydped35b472yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Game 49</b></div><div><b>Florida 3, Isles 2 (OT)</b></div><div>Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored his 8th career overtime goal as the Florida Panthers spoiled Alumni Weekend with a 3-2 win over the Isles before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. </div><div><br /></div><div>Both Florida goals in regulation were scored on the power play (Sam Reinhart and Matthew Tkachuk) but the Isles tied the game each time, with Simon Holmstrom scoring his 12th goal in the 2nd period and Kyle Palmieri adding a 6th-attacker goal with 1:31 to play. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 1-2-1 under Patrick Roy. They are 2-7-2 in their last eleven games and 20-17-12 overall as they climb into 4th place in the Metro and within four points of third place Philadelphia. The Isles are off now until February 5th, when they face the Maple Leafs in Toronto.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Scoring: </b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br /></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Sam Reinhart (37) Matthew Tkachuk (35), Carter Verhaeghe (26) 07:56 FLA 1,NYI 0 PPG</div><div>Simon Holmstrom (12) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (14), Oliver Wahlstrom (4) 16:29 FLA 1,NYI 1</div><div><br /></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Matthew Tkachuk (16) Aleksander Barkov (37), Brandon Montour (9) 05:59 FLA 2,NYI 1 PPG</div><div>Kyle Palmieri (13) Noah Dobson (46), Mathew Barzal (38) 18:31 FLA 2,NYI 2</div><div><br /></div><div>OT</div><div>Oliver Ekman-Larsson (9) Evan Rodrigues (21), Anthony Stolarz (1) 01:57 FLA 3,NYI 2</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles went 3-7-3 in January and are 4-8-3 since the Christmas break…Since Christmas the Isles are 3-2-1 at home and 1-6-2 on the road… Noah Dobson now has a career-high 46 assists (good for tied-5th in the NHL and tied-2nd among defensemen) and has established a new career-high in points (52).. The Isles' defense has 53 points in the last 25 games and have 34 points in the last eighteen games (8-26-34)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 39-31 in the first period but have been outscored 65-49 in the second period and 67-54 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 27-10 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles are 2-13-3 when trailing after two periods ….Semyon Varlamov made 33 saves in his 599th NHL game; it was the first time he had started consecutive games since the game before and the game after last season's All-Star break. Ilya Sorokin was the back-up in both of those games; the only other time since his rookie season he has done so. … Vegas is 20-0-4 when scoring first and 22-0-3 when leading after two periods… Bo Horvat is closing in on 500 points (228-252-480); he has played 699 NHL games.…Dobson now has his nine assists in the 2nd 5-game assist streak of the season (and third of his career) and his 3rd 5-game point streak of the season (and fifth of his career); he has never had a point in six straight games…Sam Reinhart extended his point streak to 13 games and set a Florida team record with his NHL-leading 20th power play goal of the season; 52 of his 101 goals for the Cats have been scored on the power play…The Isles allowed two power play goals for the second straight game and the 4th time in 13 games this month….The Isles allowed their 9th overtime goal (most in the NHL); they have scored five themselves (tied-most in the NHL)... The Panthers extended their franchise record with an 8th-straight road win.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Woah Noah</b></div><div>Noah Dobson is the first Islander since Bryan Trottier in 1983-84 to have at least 46 assists in the team's first 49 games. Dobson is the only defenseman in Islander history to do so; Trottier did it five times, and Mike Bossy did it once. </div><div><br /></div><div>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with at least 52 points since 2008-09 when Mark Streit had 56, and the first with at least 46 assists since Vladimir Malakhov had 47 in 1993-94.</div><div><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Dobson is on pace for 77 assists; the club record for assists by a defensemen was set by Denis Potvin (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 87 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /></div></div><div><b>Isles at The Break</b><br /></div><div> Last Season This Season</div><div>Game 52 49</div><div>Record 25-22-5 20-17-12</div><div>Points 55 52</div><div>GF/GA 148/141 142/163</div><div>PP/PK 15.5/83.0 23.0/72.3</div><div>Metro 6th 4th </div><div>East 10th 9th </div><div><br /></div><div>Leaders:</div><div>Goals Nelson/Lee 19 Nelson 21</div><div>Assists Barzal 31 Dobson 46</div><div>Points Nelson 46 Dobson 52</div><div>+/- Pelech +10 Dobson +21</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 1-2-1 under Patrick Roy. All four games have been decided by one goal.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div>• Bryan Trottier 13</div><div>• Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div>• John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div>• Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div><br /></div><div>Anders Lee needs seven more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>The Isles are starting the new year with 17 straight inter-division games; they will play only two division foes in their first 30 games (February 18 vs NYR at MetLife, February 20 at Pittsburgh) of 2024.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime Is (Not) Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 18 overtime games. They are 5-9 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-7 in overtime and 1-2 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-3 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br /></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 30overtime games.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have won 16 of the last 42 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses Thru 49 Games (Since 1998-99)</b></div><div>• 12 (2023-24)</div><div>• 9 (2016-17)</div><div>• 8 (2009-10)</div><div>• 8 (2021-22)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play sixteen times this season.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 31 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 42 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 31 times this season:</div><div>• Score the next goal: 7 times</div><div>• Allowed the next goal: 22 times</div><div>• Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Heavy Hitter</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1. Cal Clutterbuck 3,897</div><div>2. Matt Martin 3,777</div><div><br /></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>• 2023-24 20-17-12 for 52 points in 49 games</div><div>• 2022-23 23-21-5 for 51 points in 49 games</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>• Today: 0-1-1</div><div>• Season: 18-79-97</div><div>• Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br /></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>• Ilya Sorokin 1,202</div><div>• Alexandar Georgiev 1,133</div><div>• Juuse Saros 1,071</div><div>• Thatcher Demko 1,032 (not including late game Saturday)</div><div><br /></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots nine times this season and 26 times in his career. </div><div><br /></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1. Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2. Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div>3. Ilya Sorokin 9 2023-24</div><div>Joey Mac Donald 9 2008-09</div><div>Dwayne Roloson 9 2009-10</div><div><br /></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br /></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1. John Gibson 32</div><div>2. Ilya Sorokin 26</div><div>3. Darcy Kuemper 22</div><div>4. Sam Montembault 21</div><div>5. Karel Vejmelka 20</div><div><br /></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1. Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2. Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div>3. Ilya Sorokin 26 (171 games)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div><br /></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 20-17-12 overall; they are 12-6-7 at home and 8-11-5 on the road.</div><div>Florida is 31-14-4 overall; they are 14-7-2 at home and 17-7-2 on the road.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 13-8-7 against the East (7-4-4 vs. Metropolitan and 6-4-3 vs. Atlantic) and 7-9-5 against the West (3-5-2 vs. Central and 4-4-3 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 107 games at UBS Arena and recorded 73 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1. David Poile 1,531</div><div>2. Lou Lamoriello 1,425</div><div>3. Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,425) and Patrick Roy (131) have combined for 1,556 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Things First</b></div><div>The Isles are 14-3-9 when scoring first and are 6-14-3 when allowing the opening goal.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 7-8-7-1=23</div><div>Toronto 4-17-13-2=36</div><div>The Isles are 6-5-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 13-12-7 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov made 33 saves; he is 6-5-2 on the season and 8-5-1 vs. Toronto.</div><div>Anthony Stolarz made 21 saves; he is 8-4-2 on the season and 1-2-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-1 on the power play (2:00); Florida was 2-4 on the power play (5:54).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 11-6-6 when they score at least one power play goal and 9-11-6 when they do not. The Isles are 7-11-8 when they allow at least one power play goal and 13-6-4 when they do not.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 18-4-9 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-13-3 when they do not. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 13-3-12 in games decided by a single goal including 7-3 in regulation. They are 5-9 in games decided in overtime and are 1-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (27:45); Florida: Brandon Montaur (24:11)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with a career-high 23:42 of ice-time. </div><div><br /></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (16-15-9), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 31, Florida 36 (46%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 12 of 13 for the Isles; Aleksander Barkov won 16 of 18 for Florida. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 15 (Five with 2)</div><div>Florida 16 (Four with 3)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 5 (Martin 2, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 24 (Noah Dobson and Scott Mayfield -6)</div><div>Florida 8 (Two with 2)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 47, Florida 73</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 43, Florida 49</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Mike Reilly +6</div><div>Florida: Gustav Forsling +8</div><div><br /></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 5, Florida 11</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 5, Florida 4</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Ryan Pulock-LTIR), (Robert Bortuzzo -INJ), (Casey Cizikas-IR), (Hudson Fasching-INJ), (Adam Pelech-INJ), Julien Gauthier</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 123</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 161 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (133) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 2 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6)</div><div><br /></div><div>Opponents: 1 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offside (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute five times this season (three times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span six times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind after two periods to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so four times.</div><div>For (1): LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (4): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals and have allowed four goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (3): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG); Kyle Palmieri 1/27 vs FLA 18:31 (Isles lost in OT)</div><div>Vs (6): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (4): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21</div><div>Vs (8): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) ½; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (3): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15</div><div><br /></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 807 *** 8. Matt Martin 793 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 784 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 727 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 685</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 262 *** 9. Anders Lee 253 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Duane Sutter 121 *** 23. Alexei Yashin and Frans Nielsen 119 *** 25. Mathew Barzal, Steve Thomas, Matt Moulson and Mark Parrish 118 *** 29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Anthony Beauvillier and Casey Cizikas 102</div><div><br /></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 295…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 238…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 182…</div><div>33. Travis Green 145 *** 34. Steve Thomas 140 *** 35. Mark Streit 139 *** 36. Noah Dobson 137 ***37. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 133</div><div><br /></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 500 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 435 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 413…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 233</div><div><br /></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +76 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy and Ryan Pulock 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 36</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Mark Streit 139 *** 9. Noah Dobson 137 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 133…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 103… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 90</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Mark Streit 179 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 178 *** 10. Noah Dobson 173… </div><div>15. Johnny Boychuk and Bryan Berard 131 *** 17. Gerry Hart and Adam Pelech 128…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 115</div><div><br /></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>8. Glenn Healy 176 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 171 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 151</div><div><br /></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 84** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br /></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 11-24-5-0 on the season after dropping a home-and-home series with Providence. They will host Springfield on both Wednesday and Friday.</div><div><br /></div><div>Season Series Stats</div><div>The season series is tied, 1 game to 1 (the Isles have 3 points to Florida's 2). The teams will meet in Sunrise, Florida on March 28th to complete the season series.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 6-4-2 in their last 12 games with Florida, including 3-1-2 at home. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5th –ISLANDERS AT TORONTO– 7:00pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles will look to sweep the Leafs as they play their first game after the All-Star Break and their only game out of the Metro area until February 20th as they visit Toronto for the only time this season.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have won twice at home this season against Toronto, with Bo Horvat and Mathew Barzal each scoring in overtime, and will be looking to win three games in a season against Toronto for the first time since the 2009-10 season.</div><div><br /></div><div>It will be the 2,000th road game in Islander history and is expected to be Horvat's 700th NHL game.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div><div><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /></div></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="ydped35b472signature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-63630636268408018702024-01-26T00:17:00.001-05:002024-01-26T00:17:26.367-05:00The Skinny: Montreal 4, Isles 3<div class="ydp3409e699yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 48</b></div><div><b>Montreal 4, Isles 3</b></div><div>Sean Monahan scored the go-ahead goal with 2:12 to play as the Montreal Canadians overcame a 3-goal Islander comeback, all on power play goals, to defeat the Isles 4-3 before a crowd of 21,105 at Bell Centre. </div><div><br></div><div>Trailing 3-0 after one period, the Isles rallied on power play tallies by Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal and Kyle Palmieri. Noah Dobson assisted on all three goals (giving him eight assists in four games), with the latter two coming 1:37 apart on a major power play.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles, who fell to 1-2-0 under Patrick Roy, are 2-7-1 in their last ten games and 20-17-11 overall as they remain in 5th place in the Metro; they drop four points behind Detroit for the final playoff berth. The Isles return home to face Florida on Saturday in their final game before their weeklong bye/All-Star Break. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Nick Suzuki (13) Juraj Slafkovsky (13), Sean Monahan (21) 07:06 NYI 0,MTL 1 PPG</div><div>Cole Caufield (17) Nick Suzuki (28) 11:36 NYI 0,MTL 2</div><div>Sean Monahan (12) Mike Matheson (26), Sam Montembeault (2) 12:19 NYI 0,MTL 3 PPG</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Bo Horvat (20) Mathew Barzal (37), Noah Dobson (43) 03:02 NYI 1,MTL 3 PPG</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Mathew Barzal (13) Noah Dobson (44), Kyle Palmieri (15) 14:51 NYI 2,MTL 3 PPG</div><div>Kyle Palmieri (12) Noah Dobson (45), Bo Horvat (25) 16:28 NYI 3,MTL 3 PPG</div><div>Sean Monahan (13) Josh Anderson (6), Cole Caufield (21) 17:48 NYI 3,MTL 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 3-7-2 in their last twelve games and are 4-8-2 since the Christmas break…Since Christmas the Isles are 3-2-0 at home and 1-6-2 on the road… Noah Dobson now has a career-high 45 assists (good for 5th in the NHL and third among defensemen) and has matched his career-high in points (51).. The Isles' defense has 52 points in the last 24 games and have 33 points in the last seventeen games (8-25-33)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 39-31 in the first period but have been outscored 64-48 in the second period and 65-53 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 26-9 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles are 2-13-2 when trailing after two periods ….Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves in his 150th game as an Islander, ending Ilya Sorokin's career-high 15- game appearance streak; it was his 598th NHL game, breaking a tie with Jean-Sebastian Giguere for 54th all-time. They were together for three seasons (2011-12 to 2013-14) in Colorado, including Patrick Roy's first season. … This was the 4,000th regular season home game in Islander history… Vegas is 20-4-3 when scoring first and 19-1-2 when leading after two periods…The Isles set a season-high in shots for the second straight game; their 46 shots was the most that they have had since last Valentine's Day (48 vs. Ottawa) … ….The Isles scored on a 5-on-3 in the second period; it was their first 5-on-3 goal since November 29, 2022 at Philadelphia… The Isles had 45 more attempts (88-43) than Montreal; it was their second-largest advantage of the season (98-49 vs. Washington on December 20th)…Matt Martin and Casey Cizikas missed the same game for only the 13th time since Martin returned to the team in 2018… Bo Horvat scored his 20th goal for the first time as an Islander and the seventh time in his last eight seasons; Horvat is closing in on 500 points (228-252-480); he has played 698 NHL games. …The Isles have lost consecutive one-goal games in regulation after losing only one one-goal game in regulation in their first 46 games…Cole Caufield extended his point streak to eight games…The Canadiens lead the NHL with 15 one-goal wins (out of 20 total)…The Isles last came from three goals behind to win on October 29, 2022 vs. Colorado…The Canadiens allowed at least two goals for the 43rd straight game; it is the longest single-season streak in club history and longest since a 44-game streak over parts of three seasons from 1919-1921.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Injuries</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Hudson Fasching left the game at 6:41 mark of the second period; he did not return.</div><div>•<span> </span>Adam Pelech left the game with 8 minutes to play after a check to the head by Brendan Gallagher resulted in a match penalty.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Noah Dobson is the first Islander since Bryan Trottier in 1983-84 to have at least 45 assists in the team's first 48 games. Dobson is the only defenseman in Islander history to do so; Trottier did it five times, Clark Gillies and Mike Bossy did it once. </div><div>•<span> </span>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman to have two distinct 4-game spans with at least eight assists in the same season since Denis Potvin did so in 1975-76.</div><div>•<span> </span>Dobson is the first Islander defenseman with three power play assists in a game since Chris Campoli (10/18/2007 @ Washington); Mathew Barzal is the only forward to do so in the interim (2/9/2018 vs Detroit).</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles scored three power play goals for the first time since April 28, 2022, vs. Washington; they had not done it on the road since they did so in Washington on March 15, 2018.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles had eight power plays for the first time since January 14, 2021 at the Rangers; the Isles had won the last six games, and had points in the last nine games, that they had at least eight power play chances.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles trailed by three goals after one period for the first time this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quite the Pace</b></div><div>Noah Dobson is on pace for 77 assists; the club record for assists by a defensemen was set by Denis Potvin (70 in 1978-79). Dobson is on pace for 87 points, which would trail only three seasons by Potvin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>The Isles are 1-2-0 under Patrick Roy.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Games by the Chilliad </b></div><div>This was the 4,000th regular season game in club history. Here is a look at the last game of each chiliad (a group of 1,000):</div><div>1,000 16-Jan-85<span> </span>@<span> </span>Edmonton<span> </span>3<span> </span>3<span> </span>T</div><div>2,000 26-Nov-97<span> </span>Vs<span> </span>NY Rangers 4<span> </span>1<span> </span>W</div><div>3,000 9-Jan-11<span> </span>@<span> </span>Chicago<span> </span> <span> </span>0<span> </span>5<span> </span>L</div><div>4,000 25-Jan-24<span> </span>@ <span> </span>Montreal<span> </span>3<span> </span>4<span> </span>L</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 13</div><div>•<span> </span>Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div>•<span> </span>Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs seven more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>The Isles are starting the new year with 17 straight inter-division games; they will play only two division foes in their first 30 games (February 18 vs NYR at MetLife, February 20 at Pittsburgh) of 2024.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 17 overtime games. They are 5-8 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-7 in overtime and 1-2 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-1 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 29 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 16 of the last 41 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses Thru 48 Games (Since 1998-99)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 (2023-24)</div><div>•<span> </span>9 (2016-17)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2009-10)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2021-22)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play sixteen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 31 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 40 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. </div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 31 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 7 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 22 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,895</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,775</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 20-17-11 for 51 points in 48 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 23-20-5 for 51 points in 48 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-3-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 18-78-96</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,202</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,106</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,071</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,032</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots nine times this season and 26 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 9 2023-24</div><div>Joey Mac Donald 9 2008-09</div><div>Dwayne Roloson 9 2009-10</div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 32</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 22</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 21</div><div>5.<span> </span>Karel Vejmelka 20</div><div><br></div><div>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26 (171 games)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 20-17-11 overall; they are 12-6-6 at home and 8-11-5 on the road.</div><div>Montreal is 19-21-7 overall; they are 10-12-3 at home and 10-9-4 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 13-8-6 against the East (7-4-4 vs. Metropolitan and 6-4-2 vs. Atlantic) and 7-9-5 against the West (3-5-2 vs. Central and 4-4-3 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 106 games at UBS Arena and recorded 72 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,425</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,425) and Patrick Roy (131) have combined for 1,556 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 14-3-9 when scoring first and are 6-14-1 when allowing the opening goal. They are 0-0-1 when the game heads to a shootout following a scoreless tie.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 12-18-16=46</div><div>Montreal 13-7-6=26</div><div>The Isles are 6-5-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 13-11-7 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves; he is 6-5-2 on the season and 6-3-2 vs. Montreal.</div><div>Sam Montembault made 43 saves; he is 11-7-4 on the season and 3-2-2 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 3-8 on the power play (12:09); Montreal was 2-5 on the power play (7:15).</div><div>The Isles are 11-6-6 when they score at least one power play goal and 9-11-5 when they do not. The Isles are 7-11-7 when they allow at least one power play goal and 13-6-4 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 18-4-9 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-13-2 when they do not. </div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 13-3-11 in games decided by a single goal including 7-3 in regulation. They are 5-8 in games decided in overtime and are 1-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (30:17); Montreal: Mike Matheson (26:37)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with a career-high 26:31 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (16-15-8), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 26, Montreal 24 (52%)</div><div>Brock Nelson won 4 of 5 for the Isles; Jake Evans won 10 of 19 for Montreal. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 14 (Cal Clutterbuck -4)</div><div>Montreal 22 (Josh Anderson -5)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 5 (Martin 2, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 10 (Scott Mayfield -3)</div><div>Montreal 18 (David Savard-4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 88, Montreal 43</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 49, Montreal 25</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Mathew Barzal +20</div><div>Montreal: No Canadien was a "+"</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 23, Montreal 10</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 6, Montreal 3</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Ryan Pulock-LTIR), (Robert Bortuzzo -INJ), (Casey Cizikas-IR), (Matt Martin -ILL), Mike Reilly, Oliver Wahlstrom</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 118</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 160 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (132) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 2 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 1 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offside (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute five times this season (three times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span six times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13)</div><div><br></div><div>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind after two periods to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so four times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (4): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals and have allowed four goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (2): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (6): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier 1/13 @ NAS 19:52 (GWG); Sean Monahan 1/25 @ MTL 17:48 (GWG)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (4): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21</div><div>Vs (8): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) ½; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (3): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 806 *** 8. Matt Martin 792 *** 9. Casey Cizikas 784 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 726 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 684</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 262 *** 9. Anders Lee 253 …</div><div>21. Jason Blake 127 *** 22. Duane Sutter 121 *** 23. Alexei Yashin and Frans Nielsen 119 *** 25. Mathew Barzal, Steve Thomas, Matt Moulson and Mark Parrish 118 *** 29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Anthony Beauvillier and Casey Cizikas 102</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 294…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 238…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 182…</div><div>33. Travis Green 145 *** 34. Steve Thomas 140 *** 35. Mark Streit 139 *** 36. Greg Gilbert and Noah Dobson 136 *** 38. Ryan Pulock 133</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 500 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 435 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 412…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 233</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +76 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy and Ryan Pulock 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 36</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Mark Streit 139 *** 9. Noah Dobson 136 *** 10. Ryan Pulock 133…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 103… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 90</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Mark Streit 179 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 178 *** 10. Noah Dobson 172… </div><div>15. Johnny Boychuk and Bryan Berard 131 *** 17. Gerry Hart and Adam Pelech 128…</div><div>19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 115</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>8. Glenn Healy 176 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 171 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 150</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 84** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 11-22-5-0 on the season heading into a home-and-home series with Providence. They will play in Rhode Island on Friday and Connecticut on Saturday. </div><div><br></div><div>All-Star Ruslan Iskhakov has points in 12 of the last 14 games and leads the team in goals (13), assists (20) and points (33). </div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Montreal leads the season series 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 0). The teams will meet on Long Island on April 11th to complete the season series.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 2-2-1 in their last five trips to Bell Centre.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 27th – FLORIDA AT ISLANDERS– 7:30pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 7:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles play their final game before their bye week and the All-Star Game as they welcome the Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers to UBS Arena for the Alumni Weekend game. </div><div><br></div><div>It is the second of three meetings between the teams this season; the Isles earned a 4-3 win in Florida on December 2nd.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won two straight overall against Florida and are 6-4-1 in the last 11 meetings; they have gone 3-1-1 at home during that span.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp3409e699signature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-54648441866400137882024-01-24T00:32:00.001-05:002024-01-25T20:50:17.139-05:00The Skinny: Vegas 3, Isles 2<div class="ydpae7a11b2yahoo-style-wrap"><div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Game 47</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Vegas 3, Isles 2</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sheldon Rempal and Nicolas Roy scored 1:49 apart in the second period to break open a tie game and the Stanley Cup Champion Vegas Golden Knights edged the Isles 3-2 before a crowd of 16,077 at UBS Arena. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Brock Nelson scored on a delayed penalty in the second period and Jean Gabriel scored a third period shorthanded goal for the Isles, who fell to 1-1-0 under Patrick Roy. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 2-6-1 in their last nine games and 20-16-11 overall as they remain in 5th place in the Metro; they are two points behind Detroit for the final playoff berth. The Isles head to Montreal on Thursday before hosting Florida on Saturday in their final game before their weeklong bye/All-Star Break. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>The Scoring:</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1st Period</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ivan Barbashev (12) Alex Pietrangelo (18) 11:52 VGK 1,NYI 0</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2nd Period</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Brock Nelson (21) Alexander Romanov (8), Noah Dobson (42) 03:35 VGK 1,NYI 1</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sheldon Rempal (1) Nicolas Roy (14), Alex Pietrangelo (19) 07:18 VGK 2,NYI 1 PPG</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Nicolas Roy (9) Jonathan Marchessault (15), Ivan Barbashev (14) 09:07 VGK 3,NYI 1</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">3rd Period</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Jean-Gabriel Pageau (6) Simon Holmstrom (6), Adam Pelech (4) 09:26 VGK 3,NYI 2 SHG</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>The Skinny </b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 3-7-2 in their last twelve games and are 4-8-2 since the Christmas break… Brock Nelson's goal was his 500th point; he passed Derek King for 12th place on the club's all-time point list and became the 12th player with 500 points … Nelson is one of only 21 NHL players with at least 94 goals over the last 2 ½ seasons…Noah Dobson had another assist (five in the last three games) to give him 42 (tied-sixth in the NHL and third among defensemen).. The Isles' defense has 53 points in the last 23 games and have 30 points in the last fourteen games (8-22-30)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 39-28 in the first period but have been outscored 64-47 in the second period and 64-51 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 26-8 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles are 2-12-2 when trailing after two periods …. Ilya Sorokin appeared in a career-high fifteenth straight game and started for a career-high 10th straight game… This was the 3,999th regular season home game in Islander history… Vegas is 20-4-3 when scoring first and 19-1-2 when leading after two periods…The Isles had a season-high 43 shots; it was only the second time this season that they have had 40 or more shots on goal…This was only the Isles' second 1-goal in regulation this season (11/28 in New Jersey, 5-4)…Sheldon Rempal's goal, coming in his 14th NHL game, was his first in the NHL; he debuted in the League on October 18, 2018….The Isles scored on a delayed penalty in the second period; it was only their second 6-on-5 goal this season (October 20, 2023 vs. New Jersey)…Alex Pietrangelo is now 0-13-13 in 22 career games against the Isles…The Isles had 41 more attempts (82-41) than Vegas; it was their second-largest advantage of the season (98-49 vs. Washington on December 20th).</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>First Time in a Long Time</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Noah Dobson is the first Islander since Pierre Turgeon in 1992-93 to have at least 42 assists in 47 games. Dobson is the only defenseman in Islander history to do so. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Kings of the Shorty</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Simon Holmstrom combined on another shorthanded goal. Holmstrom, who is tied for the NHL lead with five shorthanded goals, now leads the league with seven shorthanded points while Pageau is only the 4th active player with 20 shorthanded goals (joining Brad Marchand-34, Andrew Cogliano-22, and Jeff Carter-20). </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Pageau is only the 87th player in league history to record 20 career shorties and is now tied for 75th in career shorties with twelve others. To put Pageau's shorty count in perspective, Rick Nash and Pavel Bure are tied for 75th in career goals (437), while Steve Shutt (424) is 87th.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles now have nine shorthanded goals, including a league-leading six at home. It is the first time since 2014-15 (10) that the Isles have scored at least nine shorties.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>The New Coach</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 1-1-0 under Patrick Roy.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 13</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Anders Lee needs seven more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are starting the new year with 17 straight inter-division games; they will play only two division foes in their first 30 games (February 18 vs NYR at MetLife, February 20 at Pittsburgh) of 2024.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles have played 17 overtime games. They are 5-8 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-7 in overtime and 1-2 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-1 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 29 overtime games.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles have won 16 of the last 41 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Most OT/SO Losses Thru 47 Games (Since 1998-99)</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>11 (2023-24)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>9 (2016-17)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>8 (2009-10)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>8 (2021-22)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play fifteen times this season.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles have scored 28 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles have allowed 38 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. Only 11 of those 39 were at home; the Isles have already allowed 15 home power play goals this season.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 31 times this season:</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 7 times</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 22 times</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,891</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,775</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>2023-24 20-16-11 for 51 points in 47 games</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>2022-23 23-19-5 for 51 points in 47 games<span> </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Today: 0-3-3</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Season: 18-75-93</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Most shots against:</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,202</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,081</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,047</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,032</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Facing 40</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots nine times this season and 26 times in his career. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 9 2023-24</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Joey Mac Donald 9 2008-09</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dwayne Roloson 9 2009-10</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1.<span> </span>John Gibson 32</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 22</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 20</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Karel Vejmelka 20</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26 (171 games)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">All-time Goalie Wins</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">52. Marty Turco 275</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Home and Road</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 20-16-11 overall; they are 12-6-6 at home and 8-10-5 on the road.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Vegas is 28-14-6 overall; they are 18-5-2 at home and 10-9-4 on the road.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>East and West</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 13-7-6 against the East (7-4-4 vs. Metropolitan and 6-3-2 vs. Atlantic) and 7-9-5 against the West (3-5-2 vs. Central and 4-4-3 vs. Pacific).</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles have played 106 games at UBS Arena and recorded 72 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,425</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Lou Lamoriello (1,425) and Patrick Roy (131) have combined for 1,556 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 14-3-9 when scoring first and are 6-13-1 when allowing the opening goal. They are 0-0-1 when the game heads to a shootout following a scoreless tie.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>The Shots</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Isles 8-18-16=42</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Vegas 7-9-11=27</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 6-4-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 13-11-7 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>In the Nets</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves; he is 14-12-9 on the season and 1-2-1 vs. Vegas.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Adin Hill made 40 saves; he is 11-2-2 on the season and 1-0-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Special Teams</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles were 0-3 on the power play (5:28); Vegas was 1-3 on the power play (4:32).</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 11-5-6 when they score at least one power play goal and 9-11-5 when they do not. The Isles are 7-10-7 when they allow at least one power play goal and 13-6-4 when they do not.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 18-3-9 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-13-2 when they do not. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 13-2-11 in games decided by a single goal including 7-2 in regulation. They are 5-8 in games decided in overtime and are 1-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">Isles: Noah Dobson (27:57); Vegas: Alex Pietrangelo (24:37)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with a season high 25:11 of ice-time. </span></div></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (16-14-8), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1).</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Face-offs</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Isles 27, Vegas 26 (51%)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bo Horvat won 12 of 20 for the Isles; Nicolas Roy won 10 of 17 for Vegas. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Hit Count</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Isles 24 (Matt Martin -5)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Vegas 11 (Ivan Barbashev-3)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Fights </b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">None. Season total: 5 (Martin 2, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Isles 7 (Bo Horvat -2)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Vegas 15 (Brayden McNabb -5)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Corsi: All situations: Isles 82, Vegas 41</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 57, Vegas 33</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">5-on-5 leaders:</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Isles: Noah Dobson +22</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Vegas: Jonathan Marchessault +4</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">All situations: Isles 16, Vegas 6</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">5-on-5: Isles 10, Vegas 6</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Scratches</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">(Ryan Pulock-LTIR), (Robert Bortuzzo -INJ), (Casey Cizikas-IR), (Pierre Engvall-INJ), Sam Bolduc, Oliver Wahlstrom</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Games Lost to injury: 115</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 159 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (131) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Challenges</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Isles: 2 successful, 2 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Opponents: 1 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offside (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Quickies</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute five times this season (three times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span six times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles have come from at least two goals behind after two periods to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so four times.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Vs (4): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles have scored two goals and have allowed four goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For (2): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Vs (5): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier @ NAS 19:52 (GWG)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>OT Winners</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For (4): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Vs (8): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) ½; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Vs (3): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Games Played (skaters)</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 805 *** 8. Matt Martin 792*** 9. Casey Cizikas 784 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 725 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 683</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Goals </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 262 *** 9. Anders Lee 253 …</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">23. Alexei Yashin and Frans Nielsen 119 *** 25. Steve Thomas, Matt Moulson and Mark Parrish 118 *** 28. Mathew Barzal 117 **** 29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30.Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Anthony Beauvillier and Casey Cizikas 102</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Assists</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 293…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 238…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 182…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">34. Steve Thomas 140 *** 35. Mark Streit 139 *** 36. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 37. Ryan Pulock and Noah Dobson 133</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Points</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Brock Nelson 500 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 435 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 410…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 233</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">+/-</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +76 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Defense Goals</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">5. Jean Potvin 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy and Ryan Pulock 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 36</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Defense Assists</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Mark Streit 139 *** 9. Ryan Pulock and Noah Dobson 133…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 103… </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 90</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Defense Points</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Mark Streit 179 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 178 *** 10. Noah Dobson 169… </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">15. Johnny Boychuk and Bryan Berard 131 *** 17. Gerry Hart and Adam Pelech 128…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 115</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Goalie Games</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">8. Glenn Healy 176 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 171 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 149</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Wins</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 84** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Shutouts</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>On the Farm </b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bridgeport is 11-22-5-0 on the season heading into a home-and-home series with Providence this weekend. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">All-Star Ruslan Iskhakov has points in 12 of the last 14 games and leads the team in goals (13), assists (20) and points (33). </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Baby Islanders play again in Providence on Friday and then host the Bruins on Saturday. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Vegas wins the season series 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 0).</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles are 3-2-1 all-time at home against Vegas, and 6-5-1 overall against the Golden Knights. In both seasons the Isles lost to Vegas at home, they were swept in the season series. </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 25th —ISLANDERS AT MONTREAL– 7:00pm</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Isles play their first road game of the Patrick Roy era on Thursday, but it will be a 'home' game for the coach, as the Isles head to Montreal.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It is the second of three meetings between the teams this season; Montreal defeated the Isles 5-3 back on December 16th in a game that they led 4-0 after two periods.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">That is the only Islander regulation loss in their last seven meetings with Les Habitants (4-1-2) and their only regulation loss in their last four trips to La Belle Province (2-1-1). </div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="ydpae7a11b2signature" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-7732538344165474782024-01-22T01:01:00.000-05:002024-01-22T01:02:01.737-05:00The Skinny: Isles 3, Dallas 2 (OT)<div class="ydp93a3380yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 46</b></div><div><b>Isles 3, Dallas 2 (OT)</b></div><div>Patrick Roy's return to the NHL is a victorious one. Bo Horvat scored 41 seconds into overtime to give the Isles a come-from-behind 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. </div><div><br></div><div>Alexander Romanov and Hudson Fasching had the other Islander goals, with Noah Dobson earning assists on both goals. Jason Robertson and Nils Lundqvist scored in a 3:33 span of the second period for Dallas.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Isles improve to 2-5-1 in their last eight games and 20-15-11 overall as they move back into 4th place in the Metro and two points behind Tampa Bay for the final playoff berth. The Isles welcome the Stanley Cup Champion Vegas Golden Knights to UBS Arena on Tuesday. </div><div><br></div><div><b>The Scoring:</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Alexander Romanov (5) Mathew Barzal (35), Noah Dobson (40) 02:52 DAL 0,NYI 1</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Jason Robertson (16) Joe Pavelski (22), Radek Faksa (7) 11:35 DAL 1,NYI 1</div><div>Nils Lundkvist (2) Sam Steel (9), Joe Pavelski (23) 15:08 DAL 2,NYI 1</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Hudson Fasching (3) Noah Dobson (41), Brock Nelson (17) 05:23 DAL 2,NYI 2</div><div><br></div><div>OT</div><div>Bo Horvat (19) Mathew Barzal (36) 00:41 DAL 2,NYI 3</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 3-6-2 in their last eleven games and are 4-7-2 since the Christmas break… Brock Nelson assisted on the tying goal for his 499th point (tying Derek King and one away from 500) … Nelson is one of only 20 NHL players with at least 93 goals over the last 2 ½ seasons…Noah Dobson had two assists for the second straight game to give him 41 (seventh in the NHL and third among defensemen).. The Isles' defense has 50 points in the last 22 games and have 27 points in the last thirteen games (8-19-27)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 39-27 in the first period but have been outscored 62-46 in the second period and 64-50 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 24-7 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles improved to 2-11-2 when trailing after two periods (the other victory was against Los Angeles on December 9th) …. Ilya Sorokin appeared in a career-high fourteenth straight game…The Isles were held without a power play for the first time since last February 28th in Minnesota…This was the 2,000th regular season home game in Islander history (including one each in Oklahoma City, Minneapolis and Yankee Stadium)…Bo Horvat now has seven overtime goals, including two with the Isles; he has a point in three straight games (2-1-3)…Jason Robertson is the 8th player in NorthStars/Stars history to score 120 goals before his 25th birthday (July 22nd)...Hudson Fasching's goal was his first in 11 games…The Isles went 11-19 in games beyond 60 minutes under Lane Lambert…While the Isles have allowed eight OT goals this season they are now tied for the NHL lead in OT goals for, scoring five of them themselves….The Isles are 5-4 in their last nine games decided by an overtime goal; each of their last four wins and two of their last three losses have come on a goal in the first minute of overtime.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Noah Dobson is the first Islander since Pierre Turgeon in 1992-93 to have at least 41 assists in 46 games. Dobson joins Denis Potvin as the only Islander defenseman with 41 assists in the first 46 games. </div><div><br></div><div><b>The New Coach</b></div><div>Patrick Roy is the first man to take over the Islanders mid-season since Doug Weight replaced Jack Capuano on January 19, 2017. Coincidentally, both games were home victories over Dallas.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 5-1-0 in the first game after a mid-season coaching change, dating back to Bill Stewart replacing Mike Milbury exactly 25 years ago (January 21, 1999). The Isles are 8-9-2 in the first game for their new coach and are 9-11-2 in first games when you include multiple stints for Al Arbour, Lorne Henning, and Milbury. Bo Horvat's overtime goal (at :41) made Roy a winner in his first game, much like Josh Bailey (:43) had done in Barry Trotz' first game behind the Isles bench.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>January 21st</b></div><div>The Isles have won 11 of their last 12 games on January 21st, losing only last season, improving their record on this date to 18-6-3. The 39 points earned on this date are third in club history behind December 23rd (42) and December 17th (40).</div><div><br></div><div><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 13</div><div>•<span> </span>Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div>•<span> </span>Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs seven more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Inter-Division Games</b></div><div>The Isles are starting the new year with 17 straight inter-division games; they will play only two division foes in their first 30 games (February 18 vs NYR at MetLife, February 20 at Pittsburgh) of 2024.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 17 overtime games. They are 5-8 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-7 in overtime and 1-2 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-1 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 30 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 16 of the last 41 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses Thru 45 Games (Since 1998-99)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 (2023-24)</div><div>•<span> </span>9 (2016-17)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2009-10)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play fourteen times this season.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 28 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 37 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. Only 11 of those 39 were at home; the Isles have already allowed 14 home power play goals this season.</div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 31 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 7 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 22 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,888</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,770</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 20-15-11 for 51 points in 46 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 23-19-4 for 50 points in 46 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 1-2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 18-72-90</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,175</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,081</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 1,011</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 1,001</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots nine times this season and 26 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots in a Season vs Isles Goalie</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Jaroslav Halak 11 2017-18</div><div>2.<span> </span>Gerry Desjardins 10 1972-73</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 9 2023-24</div><div> Joey Mac Donald 9 2008-09</div><div> Dwayne Roloson 9 2009-10</div><div><br></div><div>No other NHL goalie has faced 40+ shots more than six times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 32</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 22</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 20</div><div> Karel Vejmelka 20</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, 40+ Shots (Islander History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Billy Smith 46 (674 games)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Kelly Hrudey 27 (241 games)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 26 (170 games)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Goalie Wins</b></div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 20-15-11 overall; they are 12-5-6 at home and 8-10-5 on the road.</div><div>Dallas is 27-13-6 overall; they are 14-8-2 at home and 13-5-4 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 13-7-6 against the East (7-4-4 vs. Metropolitan and 6-3-2 vs. Atlantic) and 7-8-5 against the West (3-5-2 vs. Central and 4-3-3 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 105 games at UBS Arena and recorded 72 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,425</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>Leaders of the Pack</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello (1,425) and Patrick Roy (131) have combined for 1,556 wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combos by a wide margin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First</b><br></div><div>The Isles are 14-3-9 when scoring first and are 6-12-1 when allowing the opening goal. They are 0-0-1 when the game heads to a shootout following a scoreless tie.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles 13-5-9-1=28</div><div>Dallas 16-14-13-0=43</div><div>The Isles are 6-3-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 13-11-7 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 41 saves; he is 14-11-9 on the season and 1-0-1 vs. Dallas.</div><div>Scott Wedgewood made 25 saves; he is 13-4-4 on the season and 1-2-2 vs. the Isles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-0 on the power play (0:00); Dallas was 0-3 on the power play (6:00).</div><div>The Isles are 11-5-6 when they score at least one power play goal and 9-10-5 when they do not. The Isles are 7-9-7 when they allow at least one power play goal and 13-6-4 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 18-3-9 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-12-2 when they do not. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 13-1-11 in games decided by a single goal including 7-1 in regulation. They are 5-8 in games decided in overtime and are 1-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (26:29); Dallas: Jason Robertson (23:38)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Islander forwards with 20:38 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (16-13-8), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 23, Dallas 35 (40%)</div><div>No Islander won more than he lost; Jamie Benn won 10 of 11 for Dallas. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 28 (Matt Martin and Jean-Gabriel Pageau -4)</div><div>Dallas 15 (Three with )</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 5 (Martin 2, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 24 (Three with 3)</div><div>Dallas 11 (Jani Hakanpaa -4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 47, Dallas 82</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 43, Dallas 68</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Brock Nelson +18</div><div>Dallas: Jaycob Megma +8</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 14, Dallas 14</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 12, Dallas 11</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Ryan Pulock-LTIR), (Robert Bortuzzo -INJ), (Semyon Varlamov -IR), (Casey Cizikas-IR), (Pierre Engvall-INJ), Mike Reilly, Oliver Wahlstrom</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 111</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 158 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (130) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 2 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 1 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offside (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute five times this season (three times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span six times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind after two periods to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so four times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (4): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals and have allowed four goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (2): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (5): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier @ NAS 19:52 (GWG)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (4): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11, Bo Horvat (vs DAL) 1/21</div><div>Vs (8): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) ½; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (3): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 804 *** 8. Matt Martin 791*** 9. Casey Cizikas 784 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 724 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 682</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 261 *** 9. Anders Lee 253 …</div><div>23. Alexei Yashin and Frans Nielsen 119 *** 25. Steve Thomas, Matt Moulson and Mark Parrish 118 *** 28. Mathew Barzal 117 **** 29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30.Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Anthony Beauvillier and Casey Cizikas 102</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 293…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 238…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 182…</div><div>34. Steve Thomas 140 *** 35. Mark Streit 139 *** 36. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 37. Ryan Pulock 133 *** 38. Noah Dobson 132</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Derek King and Brock Nelson 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 435 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 410…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 233</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +76 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy and Ryan Pulock 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 36</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Mark Streit 139 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 133 *** 10. Noah Dobson 132…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 102… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 90</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Mark Streit 179 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 178 *** 10. Noah Dobson 168… </div><div>15. Johnny Boychuk and Bryan Berard 131 *** 17. Gerry Hart 128 *** 18. Adam Pelech 127…</div><div>20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 115</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>8. Glenn Healy 176 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 170 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 149</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 84** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 11-22-5-0 on the season following losses to Hartford (in regulation, on Saturday) and Providence (in overtime, on Sunday). </div><div><br></div><div>All-Star Ruslan Iskhakov has points in 12 of the last 14 games and leads the team in goals (13), assists (20) and points (33). </div><div><br></div><div>The Baby Islanders play again in Providence on Friday and then host the Bruins on Saturday. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles lead the season series 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 1). The teams will meet again on February 26th in Dallas.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 3-0-1 in their last four home games with the Stars, despite being 4-6-1 in their last eleven meetings overall with Dallas.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 23rd — VEGAS AT ISLANDERS– 7:30pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 7:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles will look to make it two straight under Patrick Roy as they host Vegas on Tuesday night.</div><div><br></div><div>It is the second of two meetings between the teams this season; Vegas defeated the Isles 5-2 back on January 6th.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 3-1-1 all-time at home against Vegas, and 6-4-1 overall against the Golden Knights. </div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp93a3380signature">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<br></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-54207971978987869752024-01-20T00:20:00.001-05:002024-01-20T00:20:29.925-05:00The Skinny: Chicago 4, Isles 3 (OT)<div class="ydp90b77d8ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 45</b></div><div><b>Chicago 4, Isles 3 (OT)</b></div><div>Seth Jones scored his 11th career overtime goal just 21 seconds into overtime as the Isles ended a winless road trip with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Chicago Blackhawks before a crowd of 18,463 at the United Center. </div><div><br></div><div>Jones' overtime tally spoiled an Islander comeback from a 3-1 third period deficit on goals from Bo Horvat and Kyle Palmieri.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 0-3-1 on this road trip and 1-5-1 in their last seven games as they fall to 19-15-11 overall. The Isles head home for three of their next four games, beginning Sunday against Dallas.</div><div><br></div><div>The Scoring:</div><div>1st Period</div><div>Brock Nelson (20) Hudson Fasching (5), Kyle Palmieri (14) 06:09 NYI 1,CHI 0</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Boris Katchouk (5) Zach Sanford (5), Reese Johnson (1) 18:07 NYI 1,CHI 1</div><div>Joey Anderson (1) Colin Blackwell (3), Jason Dickinson (8) 19:14 NYI 1,CHI 2</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Jason Dickinson (15) Joey Anderson (6), Seth Jones (12) 05:10 NYI 1,CHI 3</div><div>Bo Horvat (18) Mathew Barzal (34), Noah Dobson (38) 06:37 NYI 2,CHI 3</div><div>Kyle Palmieri (11) Noah Dobson (39), Alexander Romanov (7) 12:50 NYI 3,CHI 3</div><div><br></div><div>OT</div><div>Seth Jones (1) 00:22 Boris Katchouk (4), Jason Dickinson (9) NYI 3,CHI 4</div><div><br></div><div>The Skinny </div><div>The Isles are 2-6-2 in their last ten games and are 3-7-2 since the Christmas break… Brock Nelson reached 20 goals for the 8th time in his career; he now has 498 points (one behind Derek King and two away from 500) … Nelson is one of only 20 NHL players with at least 93 goals over the last 2 ½ seasons…Noah Dobson had two assists to reach a career-best 39… The Isles' defense has 47 points in the last 21 games and have 24 points in the last twelve games (7-17-24)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 38-27 in the first period but have been outscored 60-46 in the second period and 64-48 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 22-7 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles are 1-11-2 when trailing after two periods …. Ilya Sorokin appeared in a career-high thirteenth straight game….Brent Burns is the only active defenseman with more career overtime goals than Seth Jones; Kris Letang also has 11….The Isles did not allow a shot on goal in the final 14:28 of the third period… Petr Mrazek is 9-5-2 against the Isles, winning his last three decisions against them for three different teams (CAR, TOR, CHI); only six goalies who have appeared in a game this season have more wins against the Isles….Jason Dickinson recorded his sixth career three point game...Kyle MacLean played 10:21 as he became the 249th player, including goalies, to make his NHL debut as an Islander.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Noah Dobson is the first Islander since Pierre Turgeon in 1992-93 to have at least 39 assists in 45 games. Dobson joins Denis Potvin (twice) as the only Islander defenseman with 39 assists in the first 45 games.</div><div>•<span> </span>Seth Jones' goal is the earliest overtime goal by a Blackhawk defenseman since Doug Wilson scored at :18 in a 1989 game with Minnesota.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The 20-Goal Club</b></div><div>Brock Nelson is the 7th player in club history to have at least eight seasons of at least 20 goals:</div><div>•<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 13</div><div>•<span> </span>Brent Sutter/Mike Bossy 10</div><div>•<span> </span>John Tavares/Denis Potvin 9</div><div>•<span> </span>Clark Gillies/Brock Nelson 8</div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee needs seven more goals this season for his 8th season with at least 20 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Road Warriors</b></div><div>The Isles tonight finished a stretch where they played eight out of ten games on the road; they went 2-6-2 in this stretch (1-1-0 at home and 1-5-2 on the road):</div><div>•<span> </span>12/31 @ Pittsburgh (3-1 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/2 @ Colorado (5-4 OTL)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/4 @ Arizona (5-1 W)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/6 @ Vegas (5-2 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/ 9 Vs. Vancouver(5-2 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/11 Vs. Toronto (4-3 OTW)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/13 @ Nashville (3-1 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/15 @ Minnesota (5-0 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/16 @ Winnipeg (4-2 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/19 @ Chicago (4-3 OTL)</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are starting the new year with 17 straight inter-division games; they will play only two division foes in their first 30 games (February 18 vs NYR at MetLife, February 20 at Pittsburgh) of 2024.</div><div> </div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 16 overtime games. They are 4-8 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 3-7 in overtime and 1-2 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-1 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 29 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 15 of the last 40 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses Thru 45 Games (Since 1998-99)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 (2023-24)</div><div>•<span> </span>9 (2016-17)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2009-10)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play fourteen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 28 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 37 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. Only 11 of those 39 were at home; the Isles have already allowed 14 home power play goals this season.</div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 31 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 7 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 22 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,887</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,766</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 19-15-11 for 49 points in 45 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 23-18-4 for 50 points in 45 games<span> </span></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-3-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 17-70-87</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,132</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,041</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 987</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 955</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots eight times this season and 25 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 32</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 25</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 22</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 20</div><div> Karel Vejmelka 20</div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 19-15-11 overall; they are 11-5-6 at home and 8-10-5 on the road.</div><div>Chicago is 14-30-2 overall; they are 10-11-1 at home and 4-19-1 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 13-7-6 against the East (7-4-4 vs. Metropolitan and 6-3-2 vs. Atlantic) and 6-8-5 against the West (2-5-2 vs. Central and 4-3-3 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 104 games at UBS Arena and recorded 71 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,425</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 13-3-9 when scoring first and are 6-12-1 when allowing the opening goal. They are 0-0-1 when the game heads to a shootout following a scoreless tie.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles <span> </span> 8-10-12-0=30</div><div>Chicago 12-8-3-1=24</div><div>The Isles are 6-3-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 12-11-7 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 20 saves; he is 13-11-9 on the season and 2-0-1 vs. Chicago.</div><div>Petr Mrazek made 27 saves; he is 12-16-1 on the season and 9-5-2 vs. the Isles. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-2 on the power play (3:10); Chicago was 0-2 on the power play (3:10).</div><div>The Isles are 11-5-6 when they score at least one power play goal and 8-10-5 when they do not. The Isles are 7-9-7 when they allow at least one power play goal and 12-6-4 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 17-3-9 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-12-2 when they do not. Under Lane Lambert the Isles are 51-9-13 when scoring at least three goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 12-1-11 in games decided by a single goal including 7-1 in regulation. They are 4-8 in games decided in overtime and are 1-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (26:03); Chicago: Seth Jones (24:37)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Islander forwards with 21:25 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (15-13-8), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 33, Chicago 28 (54%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 12 of 19 for the Isles; Jason Dickinson won 13 of 21 for Chicago. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 24 (Anders Lee-5)</div><div>Chicago 19 (Jason Dickinson -4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 5 (Martin 2, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 18 (Noah Dobson -4)</div><div>Chicago 25 (Three with 4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 74, Chicago 55</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 67, Chicago 49</div><div> </div><div><b>5-on-5 leaders:</b></div><div>Isles: Brock Nelson +18</div><div>Chicago: Jaycob Megma +8</div><div><br></div><div><b>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</b></div><div>All situations: Isles 11, Chicago 9</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 9, Chicago 9</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Ryan Pulock-LTIR), (Robert Bortuzzo -INJ), (Semyon Varlamov -IR), (Casey Cizikas-IR), (Pierre Engvall-INJ), Mike Reilly, Oliver Wahlstrom</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 106</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 157 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (129) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games:</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 2 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 1 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offside (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute five times this season (three times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span six times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind after two periods to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so four times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (4): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals and have allowed four goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (2): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (5): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier @ NAS 19:52 (GWG)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (4): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11</div><div>Vs (8): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) ½; Seth Jones (CHI) 1/19</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (3): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 803 *** 8. Matt Martin 790*** 9. Casey Cizikas 784 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 723 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 681</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 261 *** 9. Anders Lee 253 …</div><div>23. Alexei Yashin and Frans Nielsen 119 *** 25. Steve Thomas, Matt Moulson and Mark Parrish 118 *** 28. Mathew Barzal 117 **** 29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30.Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Anthony Beauvillier and Casey Cizikas 102</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 291…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 237…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 182…</div><div>34. Steve Thomas 140 *** 35. Mark Streit 139 *** 36. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 37. Ryan Pulock 133</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Derek King 499 *** 13. Brock Nelson 498 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 435 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 408…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 233</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +77 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy and Ryan Pulock 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 36</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Mark Streit 139 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 133 *** 10. Noah Dobson 130…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 102… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 90</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Mark Streit 179 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 178 *** 10. Noah Dobson 166… </div><div>15. Johnny Boychuk and Bryan Berard 131 *** 17. Gerry Hart 128 *** 18. Adam Pelech 127…</div><div>20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 115</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>8. Glenn Healy 176 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 169 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 149</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 83** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>Bridgeport is 11-21-4-0 on the season heading into a Saturday home game with Hartford. </div><div><br></div><div>All-Star Ruslan Iskhakov has points in 11 of the last 12 games and leads the team in goals (13), assists (18) and points (31). </div><div><br></div><div>The Baby Islanders will play in Providence on Sunday, in the first of three consecutive games, over seven days against the Baby Bruins.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Chicago leads the season series 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 1).</div><div><br></div><div>Despite the overtime loss, the Isles are 3-0-2 in their last five games against Chicago.</div><div><br></div><div>The teams will conclude the season series on April 2nd at UBS Arena.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SUNDAY, JANUARY 21st — DALLAS AT ISLANDERS– 7:30pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 7:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The Isles return home to face Dallas on Sunday night in the 2,000th home game in Islander history.</div><div><br></div><div>It is the first of two meetings between the teams this season; they will play in Dallas on February 26th.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 2-0-1 in their last three home games with the Stars, despite being 3-6-1 in their last ten meetings overall with Dallas.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp90b77d8asignature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-66483035937644531182024-01-16T23:55:00.001-05:002024-01-16T23:55:04.007-05:00The Skinny: Winnipeg 4, Isles 2<div class="ydp9a1f94ebyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>"The Skinny"</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 44</b></div><div><b>Winnipeg 4, Isles 2</b></div><div>Neal Pionk and Mason Appleton scored 2:39 apart in the second period to break a 1-1 tie as the Winnipeg Jets improved their NHL-leading record to 29-10-4 (62 points) with a 4-2 victory over the Isles before a crowd of 12,600 at Canada Life Centre. </div><div><br></div><div>Anders Lee had both goals for the Islanders; it was his 2nd 2-goal game of the season and the 38th multi-goal game of his career.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 0-3 on this road trip and 1-5-0 in their last six games as they fall to 19-15-10 overall. The Isles head to Chicago to conclude the road trip on Friday.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Gabriel Vilardi (11) Adam Lowry (15), Josh Morrissey (26) 09:41 NYI 0,WPG 1</div><div>Anders Lee (12) Mike Reilly (6), Sebastian Aho (5) 15:53 NYI 1,WPG 1</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Neal Pionk (4) Cole Perfetti (16), Nate Schmidt (6) 15:19 NYI 1,WPG 2 PPG</div><div>Mason Appleton (7) Dominic Toninato (4), Dylan DeMelo (13) 17:58 NYI 1,WPG 3</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Anders Lee (13) Bo Horvat (24) 00:35 NYI 2, WPG 3</div><div>Kyle Connor (18) 18:38 ENG NYI 2, WPG 4</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Skinny </b></div><div>The Isles are 2-6-1 in their last nine games and are 3-7-1 since the Christmas break… Brock Nelson remains at 497 points … Mathew Barzal went pointless for the third straight game after not having consecutive games without a point all season long… The Isles' defense has 44 points in the last twenty games and have 21 points in the last eleven games (7-14-21)…The Isles have outscored their opponents 37-27 in the first period but have been outscored 58-46 in the second period and 62-46 in the third period and overtime this season…The Isles have been outscored 20-7 in the second period since the Christmas break …The Isles are 1-11-1 when trailing after two periods …. Ilya Sorokin appeared in a career-high twelfth straight game….Winnipeg is 25-3-1 when allowing two goals or fewer, and they have done so in 13 straight games (one of only 12 teams to have a streak that long since 1929-30).</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span> The Isles lost to Winnipeg for the first time since December 4, 2018 in Brooklyn (7-0-0) and for the first time in Winnipeg since December 29, 2017 (4-0-0).</div><div>•<span> </span>The Jets have not allowed more than three goals in 33 straight games, longest since Minnesota set the Modern Era record of 35 in 2015.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles have lost four straight road games in regulation for the first time since November 7-16, 2021 (the final four games of their season-opening 13-game road trip). They have not had a longer regulation road losing streak since a 5-game streak in December 2017/January 2018.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Road Warriors</b></div><div>The Isles are in a stretch where they are playing eight out of ten games on the road; they are 2-6-1 in this stretch:</div><div>•<span> </span>12/31 @ Pittsburgh (3-1 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/2 @ Colorado (5-4 OTL)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/4 @ Arizona (5-1 W)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/6 @ Vegas (5-2 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/ 9 Vs. Vancouver(5-2 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/11 Vs. Toronto (4-3 OTW)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/13 @ Nashville (3-1 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/15 @ Minnesota (5-0 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/16 @ Winnipeg (4-2 L)</div><div>•<span> </span>1/19 @ Chicago</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are starting the new year with 17 straight inter-division games; they will play only two division foes in their first 30 games (February 18 vs NYR at MetLife, February 20 at Pittsburgh) of 2024.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles have played 15 overtime games. They are 4-7 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 3-6 in overtime and 1-2 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 1-1 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts. </div><div><br></div><div>The NHL record for overtime games is 30, played by Boston in 2003-04. The Isles are on pace to play 28 overtime games.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won 15 of the last 39 games decided by an overtime goal (since January 11, 2020).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most OT/SO Losses Thru 44 Games (Since 1998-99)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>10 (2023-24)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2016-17)</div><div>•<span> </span>8 (2009-10)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Killing Their Own PP</b></div><div>The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play fourteen times this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Play Up; Penalty Killing Down</b></div><div>The Isles have scored 28 power play goals; they scored 35 all last season.</div><div>The Isles have allowed 37 power play goals; they allowed 39 all last season. Only 11 of those 39 were at home; the Isles have already allowed 14 home power play goals this season.</div><div> </div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 31 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 7 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 22 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: twice </div><div><br></div><div><b>Heavy Hitters</b></div><div>Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are 1-2 all-time in hits:</div><div>1.<span> </span>Cal Clutterbuck 3,883</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matt Martin 3,763</div><div><br></div><div>Martin (7) and Clutterbuck (3) have combined for the 10-biggest hits seasons in Isles history in the Real-Time era, which began in 2005-06. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2023-24 19-15-10 for 48 points in 44 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2022-23 23-18-3 for 49 points in 44 games<span> </span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today: 0-2-2</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 17-67-84</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 41-132-173</div><div><br></div><div>The Islander defense scored 41 goals last season, which was the most since they scored 42 in 2003-04. The 173 points were their most since 1993-94, when they had 174 points in an 84-game season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Lots of Work for Sorokin</b></div><div>Most shots against:</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 1,108</div><div>•<span> </span>Alexandar Georgiev 1,011</div><div>•<span> </span>Juuse Saros 953</div><div>•<span> </span>Thatcher Demko 934</div><div><br></div><div>No goalie has ever played the full season for the Islanders and led the NHL in this category; Kelly Hrudey led the NHL in 1988-89; he was traded at the deadline to Los Angeles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Facing 40</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin has faced at least forty shots eight times this season and 25 times in his career. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Most games, 40+ Shots (Since 2021-22)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>John Gibson 32</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin 25</div><div>3.<span> </span>Darcy Kuemper 22</div><div>4.<span> </span>Sam Montembault 20</div><div> Karel Vejmelka 20</div><div><br></div><div><b>Varly, Varly</b></div><div>Semyon Varlamov has 40 career shutouts and 278 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is 6th in wins and tied-third in shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div>All-time Goalie Wins</div><div>50. Brian Elliott 279</div><div>51. Semyon Varlamov 278</div><div>52. Marty Turco 275</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 19-15-10 overall; they are 11-5-6 at home and 8-10-4 on the road.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Winnipeg is 29-10-4 overall; they are 16-6-2 at home and 13-4-2 on the road.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 13-7-6 against the East (7-4-4 vs. Metropolitan and 6-3-2 vs. Atlantic) and 6-8-4 against the West (2-5-1 vs. Central and 4-3-3 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home is Where the Fans Are</b></div><div>The Isles have played 104 games at UBS Arena and recorded 71 sellouts of 17,255. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Sweet Lou</b></div><div>Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:</div><div>1.<span> </span>David Poile 1,531</div><div>2.<span> </span>Lou Lamoriello 1,425</div><div>3.<span> </span>Glen Sather 1,319</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 13-3-8 when scoring first and are 6-12-1 when allowing the opening goal. They are 0-0-1 when the game heads to a shootout following a scoreless tie.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles <span> </span> 11-15-12=38</div><div>Winnipeg 13-18-13=44</div><div>The Isles are 6-3-3 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 12-11-7 when the opposition has more shots.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 40 saves; he is 13-10-8 on the season and 2-1-0 vs. Winnipeg.</div><div>Connor Hellebuyck made 36 saves; he is 22-7-3 on the season and 4-5-0 vs. the Isles. </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-2 on the power play (4:00); Winnipeg was 1-5 on the power play (9:29).</div><div>The Isles are 11-5-6 when they score at least one power play goal and 8-10-4 when they do not. The Isles are 7-9-7 when they allow at least one power play goal and 12-6-3 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles are 17-3-8 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 2-12-2 when they do not. Under Lane Lambert the Isles are 51-9-12 when scoring at least three goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 12-1-10 in games decided by a single goal including 7-1 in regulation. They are 4-7 in games decided in overtime and are 1-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-5 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs </b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 2-1-3 in the front end and 0-3-3 in the back end this season. The next back-to-back set will be on March 10th in Anaheim and March 11th in Los Angeles. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Noah Dobson (27:39); Winnipeg: Josh Morrissey (25:06)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Islander forwards with a season-high 22:27 of ice-time. </div><div><br></div><div>Isles record by ice-time leaders: Ryan Pulock (2-0-2), Noah Dobson (15-13-7), Alex Romanov (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 29, Winnipeg 34 (46%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 16 of 27 for the Isles; Dominic Toninato won 11 of 18 for Winnipeg. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 27 (Cal Clutterbuck -6)</div><div>Winnipeg 16 (Neal Pionk -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights </b></div><div>None. Season total: 5 (Martin 2, Pelech 1, Lee 1, Mayfield 1)</div><div> </div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 11 (Three with 3)</div><div>Winnipeg 12 (Morgan Barron -2)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd </b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 64, Winnipeg 71</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 51, Winnipeg 48</div><div> </div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Anders Lee +12</div><div>Winnipeg: Two with +9</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 16, Winnipeg 12</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 13, Winnipeg 8</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Ryan Pulock-LTIR), (Robert Bortuzzo -INJ), (Semyon Varlamov -IR), (Casey Cizikas-INJ), Samuel Bolduc, (Pierre Engvall-INJ)</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 101</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Anders Lee is the Islanders' ironman, having played 156 consecutive games. Brock Nelson (128) is the only other Islander to have played at least 100 consecutive games:</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 2 failures – WSH goalie interference (11/2), OTT offside (11/24), LA no goalie interference (12/9), VGK no goalie interference (1/6)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 1 successful, 2 failures – BUF no offside (10/21), CAR no high-stick (11/30); ANA goalie interference (12/13)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute five times this season (three times at home – CBJ 12/7 x2, WSH 12/29, and twice on road-@OTT 11/24, @ARI 1/4) and allowed two in the same span six times (COL 10/25 x2, MIN 11/8, @MTL 12/16, PIT 12/27, @NAS 1/13)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins</b></div><div>The Isles have come from at least two goals behind after two periods to win one time this season and have allowed the opposition to do so four times.</div><div>For (1): <span> </span>LA 12/9 (trailed 0-2, won 3-2 in OT)</div><div>Vs (4): DET 10/30 (trailed 0-2, won 4-3 in OT); CAR 11/4 (trailed 1-3, won 4-3 in OT) ; @ NJ 11/28 (trailed 2-4, won 5-4 in regulation); SJ 12/5 (trailed 1-4; won 5-3 in OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes:</b></div><div>The Isles have scored two goals and have allowed four goals in the final three minutes of the third period to tie or go-ahead:</div><div>For (2): Bo Horvat 10/20 vs NJ 18:49 (Isles lost in OT); Simon Holmstrom 12/13 vs ANA 18:27 (GWG)</div><div>Vs (5): Curtis Lazar 11/28 @ NJ 19:37 (GWG); Sebastian Aho 11/30 @ CAR 19:57 (Isles won in OT); Tomas Hertl vs SJ 18:30 (SJ won in OT); Morgan Rielly 12/11 vs TOR 19:53 (Isles won in OT); Alexandre Carrier @ NAS 19:52 (GWG)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (4): Mathew Barzal (vs CAR) 11/30, Jean Gabriel Pageau (vs LA) 12/9, Bo Horvat (vs TOR) 12/11, Mathew Barzal (vs TOR) 1/11</div><div>Vs (7): Jack Hughes (NJ) 10/20, Lucas Raymond (DET) 10/30, Sebastian Aho (CAR) 11/4, Quinn Hughes (VAN) 11/15; William Eklund (SJ) 12/5; Dylan Strome (WAS) 12/20; Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1/2</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (1): Oliver Wahlstrom (Vs CGY) 11/18</div><div>Vs (3): Kailer Yamamoto (SEA) 11/16, Tyson Foerster (PHI) 11/25, David Pastrnak (BOS) 12/15</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…</div><div>6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Brock Nelson 802 *** 8. Matt Martin 789*** 9. Casey Cizikas 784 *** 10. Mike Bossy 752 *** 11. Anders Lee 722 *** Patrick Flatley 712 *** 13. Brent Sutter 694 *** 14. Cal Clutterbuck 680</div><div><br></div><div>Goals </div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …</div><div>7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Brock Nelson 260 *** 9. Anders Lee 253 …</div><div>23. Alexei Yashin and Frans Nielsen 119 *** 25. Steve Thomas, Matt Moulson and Mark Parrish 118 *** 28. Mathew Barzal 117 **** 29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30.Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 32. Anthony Beauvillier and Casey Cizikas 102</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …</div><div>11. Bob Bourne 304 *** 12. Mathew Barzal 290…</div><div>16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Brock Nelson 237…</div><div>22. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 23. Anders Lee 182…</div><div>34. Steve Thomas 140 *** 35. Mark Streit 139 *** 36. Greg Gilbert 136 *** 37. Ryan Pulock 133</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>11. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 12. Derek King 499 *** 13. Brock Nelson 497 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 435 *** 17. Mathew Barzal 407…</div><div>32. Ray Ferraro 238 *** 33. Travis Green 237 *** 34. Casey Cizikas 233</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +78 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54 </div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…</div><div>5. Jean Potvin 46 *** 6. Nick Leddy and Ryan Pulock 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Noah Dobson 36</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Mark Streit 139 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 133 *** 10. Noah Dobson 128…</div><div>13. Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 14. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 109 *** 16. Adam Pelech 102… </div><div>20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 90</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…</div><div>7. Jeff Norton 188 *** 8. Mark Streit 179 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 178 *** 10. Noah Dobson 164… </div><div>15. Johnny Boychuk and Bryan Berard 131 *** 17. Gerry Hart 128 *** 18. Adam Pelech 127…</div><div>20. Thomas Hickey 117 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 115</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …</div><div>8. Glenn Healy 176 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 168 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 149</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…</div><div>6. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 7. Ilya Sorokin 83** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Glenn Healy 66 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 65</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts</div><div>1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** </div><div>4. Rick DiPietro 16 *** 5. Semyon Varlamov 15</div><div><br></div><div><b>On the Farm </b></div><div>The Baby Isles are 11-21-4-0 on the season. All-Star Iskhakov has points in 11 of the last 12 games and leads the team in goals (13), assists (18) and points (31). </div><div><br></div><div>The Baby Isles are off now until they host Hartford on First Responder's Night on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Winnipeg leads the season series 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0).</div><div><br></div><div>This was only the Isles' second loss in regulation in Winnipeg since the Jets relocated from Atlanta (11-2-1) and snaps a four-game winning streak in Manitoba. </div><div><br></div><div>The teams will conclude the season series on March 23rd at UBS Arena with a Saturday afternoon matinee.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 19th — ISLANDERS AT CHICAGO – 8:30pm</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 8:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio].</b></div><div>The road trip comes to an end on Friday in Chicago against the Blackhawks.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles will miss Connor Bedard, who is on injured reserve, but will be looking to end the road trip with a victory. The Isles swept the series last season and are 3-0-1 over the last two seasons against the Hawks.</div><div><br></div><div>The teams will conclude the season series with a game at UBS Arena on April 2nd. </div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp9a1f94ebsignature">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</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0