The Skinny: St. Louis 3, Isles 2 (shootout)

"The Skinny"

 By Eric Hornick

Game 3

St. Louis 3, Isles 2

Andrew Ladd and Anders Lee scored third period goals to erase a 2-0 deficit, but the St. Louis Blues got shootout tallies from Brayden Schenn and Vladimir Tarasenko to earn the extra point, as they defeated the Isles 3-2 before a crowd of 10,637 at Barclays Center.

The Scoring:

1ST PERIOD

NONE

 

2ND PERIOD

09:38    St. Louis    Vladimir Tarasenko (2) ASST: Paul Stastny (3)          0-1

15:34    St. Louis    PPG - Vladimir Tarasenko (3) ASST: Jaden Schwartz (4), Alex Pietrangelo (3)        0-2

 

3RD PERIOD

13:04    New York   Andrew Ladd (1) ASST: Jason Chimera (2), Brock Nelson (1) 1-2

19:00    New York   Anders Lee (1) ASST: Thomas Hickey (1), Jordan Eberle (2)  2-2

 

OT PERIOD

No Scoring

 

The Shootout:

St. Louis           Goal - Brayden Schenn (GDG)

New York         Missed - Jordan Eberle

St. Louis           Goal - Vladimir Tarasenko         -

New York         Missed - Anthony Beauvillier

 

It was the first game deciding goal for Schenn, who had converted only 1 of his prior 12 shootout attempts.

The Skinny:

Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice, giving him 7 goals in his last nine games against the Isles (including 4 goals in the last 2 games by NYI)…Tarasenko recorded his 21st multi-goal game…This was the first game of a stretch in which the Isles will play 13 of 15 games against Western Conference opponents…Andrew Ladd's goal was his 499^th career point (and came in his 850^th NHL game)…The Isles scored only three goals last season in the final two minutes to either tie or win a game…The Isles attempted 70 shots, which is their highest total ever against St. Louis in the Real-Time era (17 games)…The Isles scored goals in the final two minutes to either tie or win three times last season…The Isles 42 shots are their most against St. Louis since they had 44 in a 7-7 tie vs. the Blues on December 10, 1991….The Isles are off to a good start in third periods, outscoring opponents 4-1..The Blues are 3-0-0 for the second straight season and third time in the last five seasons.

The Shots

Isles             8-15-16-3=42

St. Louis     11-10-10-4=35

 

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

 Last season, the Isles were 19-10-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 3-3-0 when the shots are even and are 19-17-6 when they were outshot.

 

Chasing Bourne

John Tavares is 237-303=540 in his Islander career, leaving him one goal, one assist and two points behind Bob Bourne on the all-time Islander lists.

 

Career goals as an Islander:

7. Bob Bourne 238

8. John Tavares 237

9. Bobby Nystrom 235

 

Home and Road

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

St. Louis is 3-0-0 overall; 1-0-0 at home and 2-0-0 on the road.  

 

By Division & Conference

The Isles are 0-1-0 in Division games and 1-0-1 in games versus other divisions.   The Isles are 1-1-0 against the East and 0-0-1 against the West.

The Isles went 15-10-5 in Division games and 26-19-7 in games versus other divisions last season.

 

In the Nets

Thomas Greiss made 33 saves; he is 0-1-1 on the season and 5-2-1 in his career against St. Louis. He is 8-8 all-time in shootouts.

Jake Allen made 40 saves as he improved to 3-0-0 on the season and 2-1-0 in his career against the Isles.  He is 10-4 all-time in shootouts.

Power Plays

The Isles were 0-6 on the power play; St. Louis was 1-6. 

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

 

Three is a Magic Number

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

One Goal Games

The Isles are 0-0-1 in games decided by a single goal including 0-0 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-1 in shootouts.  The Isles are 0-0 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1 goal game into a 2-goal game.

The Isles were 15-10-12 in one-goal games last season.

 First Goal

The Isles are 1-0-0 when they score first and are 0-1-1 when they allow the opening goal.

 Back-to-Backs

Including tonight, the Isles are 0-1-0 on the front-end of back-to-backs and 1-0-0 on the back-end. 

Tired vs. Rested

·        The Isles are 0-0-0 when both teams played the night before.

·        The Isles are 0-0-0 when they are rested and their opponents are not.

·        The Isles are 1-0-0 when their opponents are rested and the Isles are not.

·        The Isles are 0-1-1 when both teams are rested.

 

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Johnny Boychuk (23:38); St. Louis: Alex Pietrangelo (29:17)

 Isles record by ice-time leaders: Johnny Boychuk (1-0-1), Nick Leddy (0-1-0)

 John Tavares led the Isles forwards with 23:25 of ice-time. Isles record by Forward ice-time leaders: John Tavares (1-1-1)

 

Face-offs

Isles 27, St. Louis 27 (50%). 

 

John Tavares won 14 of 22 for the Isles; Kyle Brodziak won 7 of 13 for St. Louis.

 

Face-offs by period: 1^st period 10/17; 2^nd period 9/20; 3^rd period 6/14; overtime 2/3

Face-offs by strength: Even strength: 18/41; Power play 4/7; Penalty kill 5/6.

 

Hit Count

Isles 20 (Anders Lee 6)

St. Louis 22 (Magnus Paajarvi 4)

 

Fights

None.  Season total – 1: (Boychuk 1).

 

Blocked Shots

The Isles blocked 13 shots; Thomas Hickey led the Isles with 3.

 

For the Corsi Crowd

All situations: Isles 70, St. Louis 53

5-on-5 Isles 42, St. Louis 35

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Jordan Eberle +14

St. Louis: 4 with +3

 

Day and Night

The Isles are 0-0-1 in matinees and 1-1-0 in night games.  The Isles, who went 2-3-1 in matinees last season, will play six matinees this season.

 

Ironmen

Jason Chimera – 191 (including 106 for the Capitals); Jordan Eberle 154 (including 151 for the Oilers), Josh Bailey 152, Calvin deHaan 88

 

Scratches

(Alan Quine-IR, Shane Prince-IR), Cal Clutterbuck (day-to-day), Dennis Seidenberg, Ryan Pulock

 

Total games lost: 8

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

 

Games Played (skaters)

1.      Bryan Trottier 1123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1060 *** 3. Bob Nystrom 900

….

8.      Brent Sutter 694 *** 9. Josh Bailey 642

…

15 Garry Howatt 596 *** 16. John Tonelli 594 *** 17. John Tavares 590

 

Goals

1.      Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** 4. Clark Gillies 304***

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Bob Bourne 238 *** 8. John Tavares 237

…

22.  Mark Parrish, Matt Moulson and Steve Thomas 118 *** 25. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 26. Josh Bailey 107

…

36. Travis Green 92 *** 37. Michael Grabner 90 *** 38. Butch Goring 87 *** 39. Anders Lee 85

 

Assists

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

…

7. Brent Sutter 323 *** 8. Stefan Persson 317 *** 9. Bob Bourne 304 *** 10. John Tavares 303

…

15. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 16. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 ***18. Josh Bailey 201

 

Points

1.      Bryan Trottier 1353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1052

…

6. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 7. John Tonelli 544 *** 8. Bob Bourne 542 *** 9.  John Tavares 540

…

17. Pierre Turgeon 340 *** 18. Tomas Jonsson 333 *** 19. Ziggy Palffy 331 *** 20. Josh Bailey 308

Season Series Stats

St. Louis leads the season series one game to none (and 2 points to 1).  The teams will conclude their season series on November 19^th in St. Louis.

The Isles are 3-1-1 in the last five games against St. Louis (including 2-1 in OT/SO).

 

On the Farm

Bridgeport is 0-1-0 following a season opening 2-1 loss in Binghamton on Saturday. The Sound Tigers are off until Friday/Saturday, when they play a pair of games in Charlotte against the Checkers.

Up Next

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11^th— ISLANDERS AT ANAHEIM 10:00PM
[MSG+ (Islanders pre-game at 9:30pm), WNYM 970AM, 88.7 WRHU-FM, 103.9 WRCN]

The Isles begin a four-game road trip on Wednesday as they face the Anaheim Ducks in the first of three consecutive games in California. 

The Isles own four consecutive wins over the Ducks and three consecutive wins in Anaheim, but it hasn't been easy.  Josh Bailey scored in overtime to win the home opener against the Ducks last year, and then Nick Leddy scored in the 14^th round of the shootout to win the longest shootout in Islander history.

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

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

The Skinny on More NHL History Made Last Night

The wild second period in Brooklyn produced a lot of history, so much so that 16 hours later I'm still finding some.

The 4 shorthanded goals in the middle session tied NHL records for SH goals in both a period and a game  (there never had been 3 shorthanded goals in a period of an Islander game, let alone 4).  Evander Kane also tied the NHL record by scoring 2 SH goals in a period (the first time that's ever happened against the Islanders).

However, it wasn't until this morning that I found another NHL record.  This was the first game in NHL history (since 1933-34, when it became an official stat) where there were 4 shorthanded goals scored and no power play goals scored.)

It also produced numerous "first time, long times":

·       2 Isles shorthanded goals in a period (ties record, last done in 2014, both by Michael Grabner)

·        2 opponent shorthanded goals in a period (tied record, last done in 2008)

·        It's the seventh time in NHL history (since 1933-34, when it became an official stat) that both teams scored twice shorthanded in a game

·        It's the 12^th time in NHL history (since 1933-34, when it became an official stat) that the teams combined for four shorthanded goals  

·         It's the first time since December 3, 1995 (Dallas/Colorado) that teams combined for four shorthanded goals in a period

·        It's the first time since November 18, 2000 (Florida/Ottawa) that teams combined for four shorthanded goals in a game

·        Evander Kane is the first opponent to score 2 SH goals vs. the Isles in a game since Mike Richards (in Philadelphia on February 8, 2016) and the first to score 2 SH goals against the Isles in an Islander home game since Alexander Semak (for New Jersey on October 16, 1993). 

Twice in their history the Isles have scored two shorthanded goals in an entire season (1972-73 and 2012-13); they did it Saturday in a 50 second span.

To put that in perspective, excluding overtimes, the Isles scored 5 shorthanded goals in 4,920 minutes of play last season -- one every 984 minutes.

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

The Skinny: Isles 6, Buffalo 3

"The Skinny"

By Eric Hornick

Game 2

Isles 6, Buffalo 3

John Tavares and Casey Cizikas each scored twice and the teams combined for four shorthanded goals, all in the second period, as the Islanders defeated Buffalo 6-3 in the home opener before a crowd of 15,234 at Barclay Center.

The Scoring:

1ST PERIOD

01:50    New York         John Tavares (1) ASST: Jordan Eberle (1)         1-0

2ND PERIOD

05:13    New York         SHG - John Tavares (2) 2-0

06:03    New York         SHG - Casey Cizikas (1) ASST: Andrew Ladd (1)           3-0

07:00    New York         Josh Bailey (1) ASST: Joshua Ho-Sang (1), Jason Chimera (1)   4-0

10:09    Buffalo              SHG - Evander Kane (1) ASST: Jack Eichel (2)  4-1

15:26    Buffalo              SHG - Evander Kane (2) ASST: Ryan O'Reilly (1)           4-2

3RD PERIOD

05:39    New York         Anthony Beauvillier (1) ASST: Nick Leddy (1), Casey Cizikas (1) 5-2

16:16    Buffalo              Jack Eichel (1) ASST: Rasmus Ristolainen (1), Evander Kane (2) 5-3

19:34    New York         EN - Casey Cizikas (2) ASST: John Tavares (1), Josh Bailey (1)  6-3

The Skinny:

The Isles improve to 27-12-6 in home openers all-time, including 2-0-1 at Barclay Center; the Isles are also 3-0-2 in their last five home openers… Josh Bailey ends up getting credited with the winning goal in the home opener for the second straight season...John Tavares recorded his 35^th multi-goal game while Casey Cizikas recorded his first multi-goal game; Cizikas also recorded his first career three point game...Jordan Eberle assisted on Tavares' first goal for his first points as an Islander…Nick Leddy played in his 500^th NHL game…Andrew Ladd assisted on Cizikas' shorty for his 12^th career shorthanded point and his 498^th career point…Dating back to last season, Jaroslav Halak has won his last seven starts…John Tavares has 14 goals in 24 games vs. Buffalo; it's his highest goal total vs. any non-divisional opponent.

About All Those Shorthanded Goals

With the Sabres' help, the Isles rewrote the team record book in a second period which saw four shorthanded goals scored in a 10:13 span:

·        Most shorthanded goals, both teams, in a game (4; previous record 3)

·        Most shorthanded goals, both teams, in a period (4; previous record 2)

·        2 Isles shorthanded goals in a period (ties record, last done in 2014, both by Michael Grabner)

·        2 opponent shorthanded goals in a period (tied record, last done in 2008)

·        Evander Kane is the first opponent to score 2 SH goals vs. the Isles in a period (Ties NHL record)

Perspective:

·        It's the seventh time in NHL history (since 1933-34, when it became an official stat) that both teams scored twice shorthanded in a game

·        It's the 12^th time in NHL history (since 1933-34, when it became an official stat) that the teams combined for four shorthanded goals  

·         It's the first time since December 3, 1995 (Dallas/Colorado) that teams combined for four shorthanded goals in a period

·        It's the first time since November 18, 2000 (Florida/Ottawa) that teams combined for four shorthanded goals in a game

·        Evander Kane is the first opponent to score 2 SH goals vs. the Isles in a game since Mike Richards (in Philadelphia on February 8, 2016) and the first to score 2 SH goals against the Isles in an Islander home game since Alexander Semak (for New Jersey on October 16, 1993). 

·        Twice in their history the Isles have scored two shorthanded goals in an entire season (1972-73 and 2012-13); they did it tonight in a 50 second span.

·        John Tavares and Casey Cizikas are the 99^th and 100^th Islanders to ever score 2 goals, including a shorthanded goal, in the same game.  It's only the third time in club history that teammates have done so in the same game. Robert Reichel and Claude Lapointe did it against Hartford on April 11,1997; Benoit Hogue and Patrick Flatley did so against San Jose on February 1, 1994.

History Lesson:

·        While scoring 2 shorthanded goals in 50 seconds is unusual, it's nowhere near the club record.  On December 16, 1980, Bob Bourne and Anders Kallur scored 17 seconds apart.

Longest Scoreless Streak to Start Season

1996-97  86:50 (ended by Derek King)

2011-12  69:05 (ended by Andrew MacDonald)

2017-18  61:50 (ended by John Tavares)

The Shots

Isles            9-14-10=33

Buffalo       11-11-7=29

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

Last season, the Isles were 19-10-5 when they outshoot their opponents, 3-3-0 when the shots are even and are 19-17-6 when they were outshot.

Passing Bobby Ny

John Tavares had two goals, giving him 237 career goals, breaking a tie with Bobby Nystrom for eighth place on the club's all-time list.

Career goals as an Islander:

7. Bob Bourne 238

8. John Tavares 237

9. Bobby Nystrom 235

Chasing Bourne

John Tavares is 237-303=540 in his Islander career, leaving him one goal, one assist and two points behind Bob Bourne on the all-time Islander lists.

One Goal Games

The Isles are 0-0-0 in one-goal games this season.  They went 15-10-12 in one-goal games last seasons.

Home and Road

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

Buffalo is 0-1-1 overall; 0-0-1 at home and 0-10-0 on the road.  

By Division & Conference

The Isles are 0-1-0 in Division games and 1-0-0 in games versus other divisions.   The Isles are 1-1-0 against the East and 0-0-0 against the West.

The Isles went 15-10-5 in Division games and 26-19-7 in games versus other divisions last season.

In the Nets

Jaroslav Halak made 26 saves to improve to 1-0-0 on the season and 9-2-0 in his career against Buffalo. Halak, dating back to last season, has won his last seven decisions.

Robin Lehner made 27 saves but falls to 0-1-1 on the season and 3-3-2 in his career against the Isles. 

Power Plays

The Isles were 0-3 on the power play; Buffalo was 0-4.  Each team allowed 2 shorthanded goals.

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

Three is a Magic Number

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

One Goal Games

The Isles are 0-0-0 in games decided by a single goal including 0-0 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts.  The Isles are 0-0 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1 goal game into a 2-goal game.

The Isles were 15-10-12 in one-goal games last season.

First Goal

The Isles are 1-0-0 when they score first and are 0-1-0 when they allow the opening goal.

Back-to-Backs

Including tonight, the Isles are 0-1-0 on the front-end of back-to-backs and 1-0-0 on the back-end. 

Tired vs. Rested

·        The Isles are 0-0-0 when both teams played the night before.

·        The Isles are 0-0-0 when they are rested and their opponents are not.

·        The Isles are 1-0-0 when their opponents are rested and the Isles are not.

·        The Isles are 0-1-0 when both teams are rested.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Johnny Boychuk (22:59); Buffalo: Rasmus Ristolainen (24:27)

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Johnny Boychuk (1-0-0), Nick Leddy (0-1-0)

John Tavares led the Isles forwards with 19:50 of ice-time. Isles record by Forward ice-time leaders: John Tavares (1-1-0)

Face-offs

Isles 31, Buffalo 28 (53%). 

Brock Nelson won 7 of 9 for the Isles; Ryan O'Reilly won 13 of 18 for Buffalo.

Face-offs by period: 1^st period- 4/17; 2^nd period 12/22; 3^rd period 15/20

Face-offs by strength: Even strength: 23/39; Power play 3/6; Penalty kill 5/14.

Hit Count

Isles 25 (Casey Cizikas 5)

Buffalo 23 (Three with 4)

Fights

None.  Season total – 1: (Boychuk 1).

Blocked Shots
The Isles blocked 11 shots; Johnny Boychuk led the Isles with 3.

For the Corsi Crowd

All situations: Isles 54, Buffalo 52

5-on-5 Isles 41, Buffalo 32

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Thomas Hickey +12

Buffalo: Jason Pominville +5

Ironmen

Jason Chimera – 190 (including 106 for the Capitals); Jordan Eberle 153 (including 151 for the Oilers), Josh Bailey 151, Calvin deHaan 87

Scratches

(Alan Quine-IR, Shane Prince-IR), Cal Clutterbuck (day-to-day), Dennis Seidenberg, Ryan Pulock

Total games lost: 5

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

1.      Bryan Trottier 1123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1060 *** 3. Bob Nystrom 900

….

8.      Brent Sutter 694 *** 9. Josh Bailey 641

…

15 Garry Howatt 596 *** 16. John Tonelli 594 *** 17. John Tavares 589

Goals

1.      Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** 4. Clark Gillies 304***

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Bob Bourne 238 *** 8. John Tavares 237

…

22.  Mark Parrish, Matt Moulson and Steve Thomas 118 *** 25. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 26. Josh Bailey 107

…

36. Travis Green 92 *** 37. Michael Grabner 90 *** 38. Butch Goring 87 *** 39. Anders Lee 84

Assists

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

…

7. Brent Sutter 323 *** 8. Stefan Persson 317 *** 9. Bob Bourne 304 *** 10. John Tavares 303

…

15. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 16. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 ***18. Josh Bailey 201

Points

1.      Bryan Trottier 1353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1052

…

6. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 7. John Tonelli 544 *** 8. Bob Bourne 542 *** 9.  John Tavares 540

…

17. Pierre Turgeon 340 *** 18. Tomas Jonsson 333 *** 19. Ziggy Palffy 331 *** 20. Josh Bailey 308

Season Series Stats

The Isles lead the season series one game to none (and 2 points to 0).  The teams will next meet at Barclays on December 27^th.

The Isles have won 3 straight from Buffalo, are 4-0-2 in their last six vs. the Sabres and have points in 14 of the last 15 games between the teams (9-1-5).

On the Farm

Bridgeport opened their regular season with a 2-1 loss in Binghamton on Saturday. Scott Eansor who was making his professional debut, scored the only goal for the Sound Tigers.  Bridgeport is off until next weekend, when they play a pair of games in Charlotte against the Checkers.

Up Next

MONDAY, OCTOBER 9^th— ST. LOUIS AT ISLANDERS 1:00PM
[MSG+ (Islanders pre-game at 12:30pm), WNYM 970AM, 88.7 WRHU-FM, 103.9 WRCN]

The Isles conclude their 3-game in 4-day stretch to open the season as they play a Western Conference opponent for the first time this season, entertaining the St. Louis Blues.  The Isles have won both games with the Blues at Barclays Center and are 3-1-0 against the Blues in the last four games.

This will be the first afternoon game of the season; last season the Isles went 2-3-1 in matinee games.

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

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