The Skinny: Isles 5, St. Louis 2

"The Skinny"

By Eric Hornick

Game 17

Isles 5, St. Louis 2

Friday night in Dallas was the 8th time under Doug Weight that the Isles had lost a game by 3 goals or more. Saturday night in St. Louis was the 8th time that the Isles won the following game.

John Tavares scored his 13th goal of the season early in the first period to give the Isles a lead they would never relinquish as Thomas Greiss (the game's #1 Star) made 35 saves as the Isles defeated the St. Louis Blues 5-2 before a crowd of 18,761 at Scottrade Center.

It was only the fourth loss in regulation for the Blues, who still hold the best record in the Western Conference.

The Scoring:

1ST PERIOD

03:21 New York John Tavares (13) ASST: Anders Lee (8) 1-0

10:07 New York Casey Cizikas (4) ASST: Nick Leddy (8)              2-0

13:18 New York Jordan Eberle (6) ASST: Andrew Ladd (4) 3-0

2ND PERIOD

03:35 New York Joshua Ho-Sang (1) ASST: Alan Quine (1), Nick Leddy (9) 4-0

11:31 St. Louis Brayden Schenn (5) ASST: Jaden Schwartz (13), Vince Dunn (1) 4-1

3RD PERIOD

06:41 St. Louis Scottie Upshall (2) ASST: Robert Bortuzzo (3), Kyle Brodziak (4) 4-2

15:33 New York Anders Lee (9) ASST: Adam Pelech (5), Calvin de Haan (7) 5-2

The Skinny: 

The Isles scored the first goal for only the 5th time in the first 17 games (5-0-0); the Isles improved to 5-0-0 when leading after one period and 8-0-0 when leading after 40 minutes… The Isles have scored in the second period in 12 of the last 13 games… The Isles deprived Jake Allen of his 100th career win…Only Nikita Kucherov (16) has more goals than John Tavares (13) …Emergency recall Joshua Ho-Sang scored his first NHL goal of the season; he is 1-4-5 in 7 NHL games this season…Alan Quine earned his first assist on the Ho-Sang goal…Jordan Eberle scored for the 6th time in 6 games… The Isles' defense contributed 4 assists…Anders Lee and Johnny Boychuk were both +3 for the Isles; Thomas Steen and Paul Stastny were both -4 for St. Louis…The Isles ended Vladimir Tarasenko's point streak at three games…The Blues had allowed only six goals in the first period this season, before the Isles scored three tonight…the Blues are 15-6-1 at home under Mike Yeo…The Isles have scored at least five goals seven times in the first 17 games; it's the first time that has happened since 1987-88 (also 7 times in the first 17 games).

Most Goals by an Islander (first 17 games, since 1987-88)

15- Pat LaFontaine 1987-88

13- Pat LaFontaine 1990-91

13- Mark Parrish 2001-02

13- John Tavares 2017-18

Century Mark

Thomas Greiss appeared in his 100th game as an Islander, and improved to 53-31-11 for the Isles.  He is the 13th Islander goalie to appear in 100 games.

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night

The Isles are 5-0-0 on Saturday's this season; they won only three Saturday games all last season (3-8-5).  

Fastest to 30

Doug Weight is now 33-18-6 as an NHL coach. On October 28 in Nashville, he reached 30 wins faster than any coach in Islander history:

Fewest Games to 30 Wins by an Islander Coach:

51 – Doug Weight

60 – Peter Laviolette 2001-02 (30-20-7-3)

61 – Ted Nolan 30-23-8

Notre Dame Guy Beats the Green

Anders Lee's goal was his 93rd as an Islander, passing Travis Green for 36th on the team's all-time list. 

The Shots

Isles        12-12-5=29

St. Louis 12-14-11=37

The Isles are 1-2-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-1-0 when the shots are even, and 8-3-0 when they are outshot.

Offside Challenges

The Isles have challenged twice and been successful once.

10/10 vs STL Blues – unsuccessful; Isles killed ensuing power play.

10/12 @ Ana Ducks -- successful

The opponents have not challenged so far this season.

How the West Was Won

This was the final game of a stretch in which the Isles played 13 of 15 games against Western Conference opponents.  The Isles went 8-5-2 in this stretch; the only Eastern Conference opponents they faced during this stretch were the Rangers (4-3 SO Win) and Capitals (4-3 Loss).

Twelve of the next 13 Islander games are against Eastern foes.

Home and Road

The Islanders are 9-6-2 overall; 5-0-2 at home and 4-6-0 on the road.  

St. Louis is 13-4-1 overall; 7-2-0 at home and 6-2-1 on the road.  

By Division & Conference

The Isles are 1-2-0 in Division games and 8-4-2 in games versus other divisions.   The Isles are 2-2-0 against the East and 7-4-2 against the West.

Our House

The Isles are 5-0-2 at home, matching their best home start since 1982-83 (7-0-0).  The Isles are 4-0-2 vs. the Western Conference at Barclays Center this season and are 25-4-5 all-time at Barclays against the West.

In the Nets

Thomas Greiss made 35 saves as he improves to 4-2-2 on the season and 6-2-1 in his career against St. Louis.

Jake Allen made 14 saves before being replaced after the 4th Islander goal; Allen is 9-4-1 on the season and 2-2-0 against the Isles.  Carter Hutton stopped 10 of 11 in relief.

Power Plays

The Isles were 0-1 on the power play; St. Louis was 0-3.  

The Isles are 5-1-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 4-5-2 when they do not.  The Isles are 5-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 4-3-2 when they do not.    

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 9-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-4-2 when they do not.  

One Goal Games

The Isles are 1-3-2 in games decided by a single goal including 0-3 in regulation. They are 0-1 in games decided in overtime and are 1-1 in shootouts.  The Isles are 2-0 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1 goal game into a 2-goal game.

First Goal 

The Isles are 5-0-0 when they score first and are 4-6-2 when they allow the opening goal. 

Back-to-Backs

Including tonight, the Isles are 1-2-0 on the front-end of back-to-backs and 2-1-0 on the back-end.  The next back-to-back sets are November 18th in Tampa Bay and November 19th in Carolina and then November 24th in Philadelphia and November 25th in Ottawa.

Tired vs. Rested

• The Isles are 0-1-0 when both teams played the night before. 

• The Isles are 3-0-0 when they are rested, and their opponents are not. 

• The Isles are 2-0-0 when their opponents are rested, and the Isles are not.

• The Isles are 4-5-2 when both teams are rested. 

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Calvin deHaan (21:51); St. Louis: Alex Pietrangelo (28:22)

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Johnny Boychuk (3-1-1), Nick Leddy (3-4-0), John Tavares (1-1-0). Calvin deHaan (2-0-0).

John Tavares led the forwards in ice-time (19:08). Isles record by Forward ice-time leaders: John Tavares (9-5-2), Brock Nelson (0-1-0).

Face-offs

Isles 32, St. Louis 34 (48%). 

Casey Cizikas won 13 of 21 for the Isles; Kyle Brodziak won 8 of 10 for St. Louis.

Face-offs by period: 1st period 10/20; 2nd period 12/28; 3rd period 10/18.

Face-offs by strength: Even strength: 29/59; Power play 0/2; Penalty kill 3/5.

Hit Count

Isles 21 (Cal Clutterbuck and Calvin deHaan -4) 

St. Louis 24 (Chris Thorburn & Robert Bertuzzo -5)

Fights

There were no fights. Season total – 2: (Boychuk 1, Mayfield 1).

Blocked Shots

The Isles blocked 15 shots; Adam Pelech and Johnny Boychuk each had 3. 

For the Corsi Crowd 

All situations: Isles 49, St. Louis 69 

5-on-5 Isles 45, St. Louis 54

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Johnny Boychuk +7

St. Louis: Brayden Schenn +11

Night and Day 

The Isles are 9-6-1 in night games and 0-0-1 in matinees.  The Isles, who went 2-3-1 in matinees last season, will play six matinees this season.

Ironmen

Jason Chimera – 205 (including 106 for the Capitals); Jordan Eberle 168 (including 151 for the Oilers), Josh Bailey 166, Calvin deHaan 102

Scratches

(Shane Prince-IR), (Nikolay Kulemin -IR), Anthony Beauvillier (injured), Ryan Pulock

Total games lost: 37

Late Hero

The Isles have scored once in the final minute of regulation to either tie or win a game:

10/9 – STL Blues – Anders Lee (19:00); tied game, but Isles lost in shootout

7-11

The Isles have used 7 defensemen twice this season (10/19 @NYR, 10/21 vs SJ) and are 2-0-0 in those games.  Under Doug Weight, the Isles are 6-0-0 when they dress seven natural defensemen.

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

…

7.  Patrick Flatley 712 *** Brent Sutter 694 *** 9. Josh Bailey 656 *** 10. Derek King 638 *** 11. Billy Harris 623 *** 12. Stefan Persson 622 *** 13. Frans Nielsen 606 *** 14. John Tavares 604

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. John Tavares 248

…

22.  Mark Parrish, Matt Moulson and Steve Thomas 118 *** 25. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 26. Josh Bailey 109

…

31. Mikko Makela & David Volek 95***33. Randy Wood 94*** 34.Greg Gilbert, Garry Howatt & Anders Lee 93

Assists

1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553*** 4. Clark Gillies 359***

5. John Tonelli 338 *** 6. Patrick Flatley 328 *** 7. Brent Sutter 323 *** 8. Stefan Persson 317 *** 9. John Tavares 308

…

15. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 16. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 ***18. Josh Bailey 215

Points

1. Bryan Trottier 1353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1052 *** 4. Clark Gillies 663 ***

5. Brent Sutter 610 *** 6. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 7. John Tavares 556

…

17. Pierre Turgeon 340 *** 18. Tomas Jonsson 333 *** 19. Ziggy Palffy 331 *** 20. Josh Bailey 324

Games Played (Goalies)

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282

…

6. Glenn Healy 176 *** 7. Roland Melanson 136 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 133

…

11.  Evgeni Nabokov 123 *** 12. Chris Osgood 103  *** 13. Thomas Greiss 100

Wins (Goalie)

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130***4. Kelly Hrudey 106 *** 5. Rollie Melanson 77 *** 6. Jaroslav Halak 73

…

8.  Tommy Salo 62… 9. Evgeni Nabokov 57…10. Thomas Greiss 53

Season Series Stats

The teams split the season series one game to one (the Isles earned 3 points to St. Louis' 2).

While the Isles have now won 2 of their last 3 games in St. Louis, this was their first regulation win in St. Louis since December 6, 1995. 

On the Farm

Bridgeport is 6-7-0-0 following a 2-1 loss to Hartford on Saturday.  Ryan Bourque had the only goal for Bridgeport; Christopher Gibson made 25 saves.

Tanner Fritz leads Bridgeport with 12 points (3-9-12) while Scott Eansor and Steve Bernier lead the team in goals with 7.

Bridgeport visits Hartford on Wednesday before returning home for a pair of game on Saturday/Sunday. 

Up Next

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16th – CAROLINA AT ISLANDERS 7:00PM 

[MSG+ (Islanders pre-game at 6:30PM), WNYM 970 AM, 88.7 WRHU-FM, WRCN 103.9FM]

The Isles play their first divisional home game of the season as they entertain Carolina on Military Appreciation Night. 

Last season the Isles won the final two games of the series after Carolina had taken the opening three.  

Carolina has played particularly well against the Isles in New York in recent years; the Isles are only 2-6-2 in their last 10 home games against Carolina (with only one of those wins in regulation.  In two years of play at Barclays Center, the Canes own two OT wins and a shootout win; the lone Islander win came in a shootout.

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: Dallas 5, Isles 0

"The Skinny"

By Eric Hornick

Game 16

Dallas 5, Isles 0

John Klingberg scored a 4-on-4 early in the first period and added two assists later in the session as the Dallas Stars defeated the Islanders 5-0 before a crowd of 18,342 at American Airlines Center.

The Isles finished with 14 shots on goal.  The Isles last had 14 shots or fewer on October 10, 2011 vs. Minnesota (14).

The Scoring:

1ST PERIOD

01:32 Dallas John Klingberg (4) ASST: Jamie Benn (8), Tyler Seguin (8) 0-1

14:58 Dallas Gemel Smith (1) ASST: Alexander Radulov (9), John Klingberg (13) 0-2

16:58 Dallas Esa Lindell (4) ASST: John Klingberg (14), Martin Hanzal (1) 0-3

2ND PERIOD

06:54 Dallas SHG - Mattias Janmark (4) 0-4

16:00 Dallas PPG - Jason Spezza (1) ASST: Esa Lindell (3), Dan Hamhuis (5) 0-5

3RD PERIOD

No Scoring

The Skinny: 

The Isles allowed the first goal for the 12th time in the first 16 games … Mathew Barzal saw his 6-game point streak end (2-9-11) …The Isles' power play failed on four opportunities and is now 0-7 in the last two games after going 9-16 (56.3%) in the prior four games … The Isles did not score in the second period for the first time in 12 games… The Stars a 5-on-4 goal, a 4-on-4 goal, a 4-on-5 goal, and two 5-on-5 goals…The Isles have now allowed 7 shorthanded goals, matching last season's total…Alexander Radulov extended his point streak to seven games; it was his 100th career NHL assist…The Isles have been outscored 17-11 in the first period…The Stars' special teams have been dominant this season; their power play is now 15-48 (31.3%), while their penalty kill is 49-56 (87.5%)..The Isles have been shutout twice season, both by 5-0 scores.

Fastest to 30

Doug Weight is now 32-18-6 as an NHL coach. On October 28 in Nashville, he reached 30 wins faster than any coach in Islander history:

Fewest Games to 30 Wins by an Islander Coach:

51 – Doug Weight

60 – Peter Laviolette 2001-02 (30-20-7-3)

61 – Ted Nolan 30-23-8

Tied with Travis

Anders Lee has 92 goals as an Islander, tied with Travis Green for 36th on the team's all-time list. 

The Shots

Isles    4-6-4=14

Dallas 13-10-6=29

The Isles are 1-2-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-1-0 when the shots are even, and 7-3-0 when they are outshot.

Offside Challenges

The Isles have challenged twice and been successful once.

10/10 vs STL Blues – unsuccessful; Isles killed ensuing power play.

10/12 @ Ana Ducks -- successful

The opponents have not challenged so far this season.

Go West, Young Men

This was the 14th game of a stretch in which the Isles will play 13 of 15 games against Western Conference opponents.  The Isles are 7-5-2 in this stretch; the only Eastern Conference opponents they will face during this stretch are the Rangers (4-3 SO Win) and Capitals (4-3 Loss).

Home and Road

The Islanders are 8-6-2 overall; 5-0-2 at home and 3-6-0 on the road.  

Dallas is 9-7-0 overall; 6-2-0 at home and 3-5-0 on the road.  

By Division & Conference

The Isles are 1-2-0 in Division games and 7-4-2 in games versus other divisions.   The Isles are 2-2-0 against the East and 6-4-2 against the West.

Our House

The Isles are 5-0-2 at home, matching their best home start since 1982-83 (7-0-0).  The Isles are 4-0-2 vs. the Western Conference at Barclays Center this season and are 25-4-5 all-time at Barclays against the West.

In the Nets

Jaroslav Halak made 24 saves but falls to 5-4-0 on the season and 4-6-1 in his career against Dallas.

Ben Bishop made 14 saves and improves to 7-4-0 on the season with his first shutout of the season; he is 7-4-1 in his career against the Isles.  This was his 20th career shutout and his first against the Isles.

Power Plays

The Isles were 0-4 on the power play, allowing a shorthanded goal; Dallas was 1-4.  

The Isles are 5-1-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 3-5-2 when they do not.  The Isles are 5-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 3-3-2 when they do not.    

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 8-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-4-2 when they do not.  

One Goal Games

The Isles are 1-3-2 in games decided by a single goal including 0-3 in regulation. They are 0-1 in games decided in overtime and are 1-1 in shootouts.  The Isles are 2-0 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1 goal game into a 2-goal game.

First Goal 

The Isles are 4-0-0 when they score first and are 4-6-2 when they allow the opening goal. 

Back-to-Backs

Including tonight, the Isles are 1-2-0 on the front-end of back-to-backs and 1-1-0 on the back-end.  This back to back concludes in St. Louis on Saturday; the next back-to-back set is November 24th in Philadelphia and November 25th in Ottawa.

Tired vs. Rested

• The Isles are 0-1-0 when both teams played the night before. 

• The Isles are 3-0-0 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 4-5-2 when both teams are rested. 

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Nick Leddy (22:25); Dallas: Dan Hamhuis (22:20)

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Johnny Boychuk (3-1-1), Nick Leddy (3-4-0), John Tavares (1-1-0). Calvin deHaan (1-0-0).

Brock Nelson led the forwards in ice-time (18:00). Isles record by Forward ice-time leaders: John Tavares (8-5-2), Brock Nelson (0-1-0).

Face-offs

Isles 20, Dallas 35 (36%). 

Casey Cizikas won 6 of 11 for the Isles but his teammates won only 14 of 44; Tyler Seguin won 14 of 19 for Dallas.

Face-offs by period: 1st period 9/24; 2nd period 6/16; 3rd period 5/15

Face-offs by strength: Even strength: 30/43; Power play 1/7; Penalty kill 4/6.

Hit Count

Isles 13 (Johnny Boychuk -2) 

Dallas 15 (Jamie Oleksiak & Adam Johns -3)

Fights

There were no fights. Season total – 2: (Boychuk 1, Mayfield 1).

Blocked Shots

The Isles blocked 23 shots; Casey Cizikas had 5. 

For the Corsi Crowd 

All situations: Isles 36, Dallas 68 

5-on-5 Isles 33, Dallas 49

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Ryan Pulock +1

Dallas: Martin Hanzal and Jason Spezza +13

Night and Day 

The Isles are 8-6-1 in night games and 0-0-1 in matinees.  The Isles, who went 2-3-1 in matinees last season, will play six matinees this season.

Ironmen

Jason Chimera – 204 (including 106 for the Capitals); Jordan Eberle 1676 (including 151 for the Oilers), Josh Bailey 165, Calvin deHaan 101

Scratches

(Shane Prince-IR), (Nikolay Kulemin -IR), Adam Pelech (injured), Dennis Seidenberg

Total games lost: 34

Late Hero

The Isles have scored once in the final minute of regulation to either tie or win a game:

10/9 – STL Blues – Anders Lee (19:00); tied game, but Isles lost in shootout

7-11

The Isles have used 7 defensemen twice this season (10/19 @NYR, 10/21 vs SJ) and are 2-0-0 in those games.  Under Doug Weight, the Isles are 6-0-0 when they dress seven natural defensemen.

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

…

7.  Patrick Flatley 712 *** Brent Sutter 694 *** 9. Josh Bailey 655 *** 10. Derek King 638 *** 11. Billy Harris 623 *** 12. Stefan Persson 622 *** 13. Frans Nielsen 606 *** 14. John Tavares 603

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. John Tavares 247

…

22.  Mark Parrish, Matt Moulson and Steve Thomas 118 *** 25. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 26. Josh Bailey 109

…

36. Travis Green 92 and Anders Lee 92

Assists

1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553*** 4. Clark Gillies 359***

5. John Tonelli 338 *** 6. Patrick Flatley 328 *** 7. Brent Sutter 323 *** 8. Stefan Persson 317 *** 9. John Tavares 308

…

15. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 16. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 ***18. Josh Bailey 215

Points

1. Bryan Trottier 1353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1052 *** 4. Clark Gillies 663 ***

5. Brent Sutter 610 *** 6. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 7. John Tavares 555

…

17. Pierre Turgeon 340 *** 18. Tomas Jonsson 333 *** 19. Ziggy Palffy 331 *** 20. Josh Bailey 324

Season Series Stats

Dallas leads the season series one game to none (and 2 points to 0).  The teams will meet in Brooklyn on December 13th to complete the season series.

The Isles have now been shutout in two of their last three trips in Dallas after not being shutout in their first 14 trips.  Those two shutouts are the Isles' only regulation losses in the last 9 games vs. Dallas.

 

On the Farm

Bridgeport is 6-6-0-0 following a 4-2 matinee loss to Lehigh Valley on Wednesday.  Sebastian Aho and Steve Bernier had the goals for the Sound Tigers.

Tanner Fritz leads Bridgeport with 12 points (3-9-12) while Scott Eansor and Steve Bernier lead the team in goals with 7.

Bridgeport hosts Hartford on Saturday at 7pm; the Sound Tigers swept a pair from the Rangers' farm club in October.

 

Up Next

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11th – ISLANDERS AT ST. LOUIS 8:00PM 

[MSG+2 (Islanders pre-game at 7:30PM), WNYM 970 AM, 88.7 WRHU-FM, WRCN 103.9FM]

The Isles concludes the back-to-back set as they complete the season series with the Blues in St Louis.  The Blues defeated the Isles in a Columbus Day shootout in Brooklyn.

St. Louis has been a difficult stop for the Isles in recent years; an Islander overtime win in 2015 is their only win there in the last six trips (1-5-0).

 

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: Edmonton 2, Isles 1 (OT)

"The Skinny"

By Eric Hornick

Game 15

Edmonton 2, Isles 1 (OT)

Connor McDavid scored his third career overtime goal 38 seconds into the extra session to give the Edmonton Oilers a 2-1 victory over the Islanders before a crowd of 12,281 at Barclays Center.

Leon Draisaitl and Jordan Eberle traded second period goals but those were the only regulation tallies of the evening.  Josh Baily saw his assist streak end at 8 games (one shy of the club record) and his point streak end at a career-best nine games.

The Scoring:

1ST PERIOD

No Scoring

2ND PERIOD

01:59 Edmonton Leon Draisaitl (4) ASST: Milan Lucic (5) 0-1

04:43 New York Jordan Eberle (5) ASST: Mathew Barzal (11) 1-1

3RD PERIOD

No Scoring

OVERTIME

00:38 Edmonton Connor McDavid (6) ASST: Leon Draisaitl (7) 1-2

The Skinny: 

The Isles allowed the first goal for the 11th time in the first 15 games …Jordan Eberle has three goals in the last two games … Mathew Barzal now has 14 points in the last ten games; he is the first Isles rookie in at least 30 years to have 14 points in the first 15 games of a season. Barzal also now has a 6-game point streak (2-9-11) …The Isles' power play failed on three opportunities after going 9-16 (56.3%) in the prior four games …Jordan Eberle's four previous goals as an Islander had come in two 2-goal games… The Isles were held scoreless in the third period, ending a streak of scoring goals in 17 consecutive periods. The 17-period streak is the longest since the Isles scored in 18 straight periods from December 15-29, 1992...The Isles were held without a power play goal, ending a streak of scoring at least twice with the extra man in four consecutive games…The Isles scored a second period goal for the 11th straight game…Connor McDavid's winning goal was Edmonton's 8th goal in 5 road games this season; he is the first Oiler since Glenn Anderson (11-11-86) to score an overtime goal against the Isles in New York…Josh Bailey played his 164th consecutive Islander game (equivalent of two complete seasons) while Calvin deHaan played his 100th consecutive game…The Isles are 6-2-2 in the last 10 games…Cam Talbot played in his 199th NHL game…Ryan Strome had three shots on goal in 12:58 of ice-time in his return to Brooklyn.

From B to B

With Josh Bailey's point streak ending at 9 games, Mathew Barzal now has a share of the longest point current point streak in the NHL (6) with Alexander Radulov and Mike Hoffman.  Barzal is now 2nd amongst rookies in both assists (11, to Will Butcher's 12) and points (14, to Clayton Keller's 17).

The Injury

Nikolay Kulemin suffered an upper body injury in the second period; he did not return.  Drake Caggiula left the game injured for Edmonton.

Fastest to 30

Doug Weight is now 32-17-6 as an NHL coach. On October 28 in Nashville, he reached 30 wins faster than any coach in Islander history:

Fewest Games to 30 Wins by an Islander Coach:

51 – Doug Weight

60 – Peter Laviolette 2001-02 (30-20-7-3)

61 – Ted Nolan 30-23-8

Tied with Travis

Anders Lee has 92 goals as an Islander, tied with Travis Green for 36th on the team's all-time list. 

The Shots

Isles         13-11-13-0=37

Edmonton 13-9-2-1=25

The Isles are 1-2-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-1-0 when the shots are even, and 7-2-0 when they are outshot.

Offside Challenges

The Isles have challenged twice and been successful once.

10/10 vs STL Blues – unsuccessful; Isles killed ensuing power play.

10/12 @ Ana Ducks -- successful

The opponents have not challenged so far this season.

Go West, Young Men

This was the 13th game of a stretch in which the Isles will play 13 of 15 games against Western Conference opponents.  The Isles are 7-4-2 in this stretch; the only Eastern Conference opponents they will face during this stretch are the Rangers (4-3 SO Win) and Capitals (4-3 Loss).

Home and Road

The Islanders are 8-5-2 overall; 5-0-2 at home and 3-5-0 on the road.  

Edmonton is 5-8-1 overall; 3-5-0 at home and 2-2-1 on the road.  

By Division & Conference

The Isles are 1-2-0 in Division games and 7-3-2 in games versus other divisions.   The Isles are 2-2-0 against the East and 6-3-2 against the West.

Our House

The Isles are 5-0-2 at home, matching their best home start since 1982-83 (7-0-0).  The Isles are 4-0-2 vs. the Western Conference at Barclays Center this season and are 25-4-5 all-time at Barclays against the West.

In the Nets

Thomas Greiss made 35 saves; he is 3-2-2 on the season and 4-0-3 in his career against Edmonton.

Cam Talbot made 36 saves and improves to 2-3-0 on the season; he is 7-2-0 in his career against the Isles.

Power Plays

The Isles were 0-3 on the power play, Edmonton was 0-2.  

The Isles are 5-1-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 3-4-2 when they do not.  The Isles are 5-2-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 3-3-2 when they do not.    

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 8-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-3-2 when they do not.  

One Goal Games

The Isles are 1-3-2 in games decided by a single goal including 0-3 in regulation. They are 0-1 in games decided in overtime and are 1-1 in shootouts.  The Isles are 2-0 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1 goal game into a 2-goal game.

First Goal 

The Isles are 4-0-0 when they score first and are 4-5-2 when they allow the opening goal. 

Back-to-Backs

The Isles are 1-1-0 on the front-end of back-to-backs and 1-1-0 on the back-end.  The next back-to-back set is November 10th in Dallas and November 11th in St. Louis.

Tired vs. Rested

• The Isles are 0-1-0 when both teams played the night before. 

• The Isles are 3-0-0 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 4-4-2 when both teams are rested. 

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Nick Leddy (22:38); Edmonton: Connor McDavid (24:28)

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Johnny Boychuk (3-1-1), Nick Leddy (3-3-0), John Tavares (1-1-0). Calvin deHaan (1-0-0).

John Tavares led the forwards in ice-time (21:27). Isles record by Forward ice-time leaders: John Tavares (8-5-2).

Face-offs

Isles 36, Edmonton 19 (65%). 

Brock Nelson won 6 of 7 for the Isles; Mark Letestu won 2 of 4 for Edmonton.

Face-offs by period: 1st period 13/18; 2nd period 12/20; 3rd period 10/16; Overtime 1/1.

Face-offs by strength: Even strength: 30/43; Power play 3/5; Penalty kill 3/7.

Hit Count

Isles 19 (Thomas Hickey, Scott Mayfield, and Casey Cizikas -3) 

Edmonton 21 (Adam Larsson -5)

Fights

There were no fights. Season total – 2: (Boychuk 1, Mayfield 1).

Blocked Shots

The Isles blocked 15 shots; four players each had 2. 

For the Corsi Crowd 

All situations: Isles 57, Edmonton 46 

5-on-5 Isles 52, Edmonton 34

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Calvin deHaan +15

Edmonton: Darrel Nurse +3

Night and Day 

The Isles are 8-5-1 in night games and 0-0-1 in matinees.  The Isles, who went 2-3-1 in matinees last season, will play six matinees this season.

Ironmen

Jason Chimera – 203 (including 106 for the Capitals); Jordan Eberle 166 (including 151 for the Oilers), Josh Bailey 164, Calvin deHaan 100

Scratches

(Shane Prince-IR), Adam Pelech (injured), Alan Quine-Conditioning, Dennis Seidenberg

Total games lost: 31

Late Hero

The Isles have scored once in the final minute of regulation to either tie or win a game:

10/9 – STL Blues – Anders Lee (19:00); tied game, but Isles lost in shootout

7-11

The Isles have used 7 defensemen twice this season (10/19 @NYR, 10/21 vs SJ) and are 2-0-0 in those games.  Under Doug Weight, the Isles are 6-0-0 when they dress seven natural defensemen.

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

…

7.  Patrick Flatley 712 *** Brent Sutter 694 *** 9. Josh Bailey 654 *** 10. Derek King 638 *** 11. Billy Harris 623 *** 12. Stefan Persson 622 *** 13. Frans Nielsen 606 *** 14. John Tavares 602

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. John Tavares 247

…

22.  Mark Parrish, Matt Moulson and Steve Thomas 118 *** 25. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 26. Josh Bailey 109

…

36. Travis Green 92 and Anders Lee 92

Assists

1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553*** 4. Clark Gillies 359***

5. John Tonelli 338 *** 6. Patrick Flatley 328 *** 7. Brent Sutter 323 *** 8. Stefan Persson 317 *** 9. John Tavares 308

…

15. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 16. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 ***18. Josh Bailey 215

Points

1. Bryan Trottier 1353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1052 *** 4. Clark Gillies 663 ***

5. Brent Sutter 610 *** 6. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 7. John Tavares 555

…

17. Pierre Turgeon 340 *** 18. Tomas Jonsson 333 *** 19. Ziggy Palffy 331 *** 20. Josh Bailey 324

Season Series Stats

Edmonton leads the season series one game to none (and 2 points to 1).  The teams will meet in Alberta on March 8th to complete the season series.

The Oilers have now won the last two games in Brooklyn (once in overtime and once in a shootout); the Isles have earned points in their last 11 home games against Edmonton (9-0-2).

On the Farm

Bridgeport is coming off a three-win in three-day weekend, including a pair of shutouts (one each for Christopher Gibson and Kristers Gudlevskis).

Tanner Fritz leads Bridgeport with 11 points (3-8-11) while Scott Eansor continues to lead the team in goals with 7.

The Sound Tigers (6-5-0) host Lehigh Valley at 10:30 Wednesday in a school day matinee. It's the first of six straight games in Connecticut for Bridgeport, including a game in Hartford next Wednesday.

Up Next

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10th – ISLANDERS AT DALLAS 8:00PM 

[MSG+ (Islanders pre-game at 6:30PM), WNYM 970 AM, 88.7 WRHU-FM, WRCN 103.9FM]

The Isles begin a two-game road trip (and a set of back-to-backs) in Dallas against the Stars.

The Isles are 6-1-1 in the last four seasons against Dallas 

The Isles will face the Stars in Brooklyn on December 13th to complete the season series.

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

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

The Skinny: Isles 6, Colorado 4

"The Skinny"

By Eric Hornick

Game 14

Isles 6, Colorado 4

Mathew Barzal became the first rookie in Islander history to record 5 assists (and tied the club rookie record with 5 points) and the Islanders got two goals from both Nick Leddy and Jordan Eberle as they defeated the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 before a crowd of 10,927 at Barclays Center.

Leddy's goals were two of the four goals scored by the Isles' defense – it's the first time since January 11, 1992 in Calgary that the Isles defense scored at least four times.

Colorado scored twice in the final 30 seconds to make the final score closer; the Avs played the last 2 ½ periods with only 10 forwards as Blake Comeau was injured and Matt Duchene was traded to Ottawa during the opening session.

The Scoring:

1ST PERIOD

04:05 New York Scott Mayfield (2) ASST: Calvin de Haan (6), Josh Bailey (14) 1-0

12:58 New York Jordan Eberle (3) ASST: Mathew Barzal (6), Johnny Boychuk (4) 2-0

2ND PERIOD

00:40 Colorado Nathan MacKinnon (4) ASST: Erik Johnson (4), Gabriel Landeskog (5) 2-1

01:33 New York PPG - Nick Leddy (2) ASST: Mathew Barzal (7), John Tavares (6) 3-1

04:24 New York PPG - Nick Leddy (3) ASST: Josh Bailey (15), Mathew Barzal (8) 4-1

09:46 New York Johnny Boychuk (1) ASST: Nick Leddy (7), Mathew Barzal (9) 5-1

13:02 Colorado Gabriel Landeskog (5) ASST: Nathan MacKinnon (10), Tyson Barrie (11) 5-2

3RD PERIOD

01:23 New York Jordan Eberle (4) ASST: Mathew Barzal (10), Scott Mayfield (2) 6-2

19:30 Colorado Alexander Kerfoot (4) ASST: Sven Andrighetto (5), Tyson Barrie (12) 6-3

19:51 Colorado Alexander Kerfoot (5) ASST: Sven Andrighetto (6), Rocco Grimaldi (2) 6-4

The Skinny: 

The Isles scored the first goal for only the 4th time in the first 14 games … Scott Mayfield completed the Gordie Howe Hat Trick – first Islander with a goal, assist and fight since Kyle Okposo on January 20, 2014 vs Philly (Kyle also had the shootout winner in that game)…Josh Bailey added two assists (again); extending his assist streak to 8 games and his point streak to 9 games; Bailey's assist on Leddy's goal was his 7th power play helper of the season…Mathew Barzal now has 13 points in the last nine games; he is the first Isles rookie in at least 30 years to have 13 points in the first 14 games of a season. Barzal also now has a 5-game point streak (2-8-10).… The Isles' power play scored on both of their opportunities and is now 9-16 (56.3%) in the last four games after starting the season 2-33 (6.1%)...Jordan Eberle's four goals as an Islander have come in two 2-goal games...Nick Leddy recorded his 48th and 49th career goals after scoring his first 47 goals in 47 different games…The Avs, who saw their three-game win streak end, had allowed only 7 first period goals all season before the Isles scored twice tonight.  

Barzal's Place in History

Mathew Barzal's 5-assist game was monumental for numerous reasons; it was the first 5-assist game ever by an Islander rookie, it was the first 5-point game for an Islander rookie since Tavares' big night in Vancouver (3-11-10) and it was also the first 5 assist game for an NHL rookie since Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 5 helpers for Edmonton on 11-19-11 vs. Chicago.

Wayne Gretzky had a seven-assist game in his first NHL season, but he was not considered a rookie due to his previous WHA experience; Gary Suter is the only pure "rookie" to have recorded six assists in an NHL game, meaning that Barzal tied the NHL record for most assists by a rookie forward in a game.

 

Hey Josh Bailey, Can You Assist on Some More Goals?

Josh Bailey's 8-game assist streak and 9-game point streak are the longest current streaks in the NHL; 14 of Bailey's 15 assists have come during the seven-game streak.  Bailey is now just one game shy of tying the Islander club record for consecutive games with an assist - 9 (shared by several); his nine-game point streak is the longest by an Islander since Thomas Vanek had a 10-game streak in 2013-14.  Bailey is the first Islander with 15 assists in the first 14 games in the last 30+ seasons; he now has 3 consecutive multi-assist games and has tallied 11 assists in the last five games.

Fastest to 30

Doug Weight is now 32-17-5 as an NHL coach. On October 28 in Nashville, he reached 30 wins faster than any coach in Islander history:

Fewest Games to 30 Wins by an Islander Coach:

51 – Doug Weight

60 – Peter Laviolette 2001-02 (30-20-7-3)

61 – Ted Nolan 30-23-8

These Guys Can Score

The Isles have scored at least one goal in 17 straight periods, have scored a second period goal in 10 straight games and have scored 16 goals in the third period of the last seven games.  The 17-period streak is the longest since the Isles scored in 18 straight periods from December 15-29, 1992.

The Isles have scored 54 goals in the first 14 games; it's their highest goal total through 14 games since 1987-88 when they scored 62.

Chili

Long-time Islander fans will remember the days when 6 goals in a home game earned fans chili at a local restaurant.  The Isles have already scored six goals at home three times this season after doing so three times in each of the last two seasons.  It's the first time since January 2003 that the Isles have scored at least six goals three times in a span of six home games or fewer and the first time since October/November 1986 that it has happened in the first six home games.

 (Other) First Times in a Long Time

• The Isles have scored at least 2 power play goals in four consecutive games for the first time since December 29, 1991 -  January 4, 1992.  (The club record of 5 was set during the 15-game winning streak in 1982)

• The Isles have scored 9 power play goals in a four-game period for the first time since October 29- November 5, 1997.

• Mathew Barzal is the first Islander since Pat LaFontaine (1-11-90 vs Minnesota) with a 5-assist game.

 

Most Hat Tricks by an Islander

1. Mike Bossy -39

2. Bryan Trottier -16

3. JOHN TAVARES -8

Pierre Turgeon -8

Most Natural Hat Tricks by an Islander 

1. Derek King – 4

2. JOHN TAVARES -2 

Mike Bossy -2 

Bryan Trottier -2

Jason Blake -2

Tied with Travis

Anders Lee has 92 goals as an Islander, tied with Travis Green for 36th on the team's all-time list. 

The Shots

Isles         8-9-11=28

Colorado 12-11-12=35

The Isles are 1-2-1 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-1-0 when the shots are even, and 7-2-0 when they are outshot.

Offside Challenges

The Isles have challenged twice and been successful once.

10/10 vs STL Blues – unsuccessful; Isles killed ensuing power play.

10/12 @ Ana Ducks -- successful

The opponents have not challenged so far this season.

Go West, Young Men

This was the 12th game of a stretch in which the Isles will play 13 of 15 games against Western Conference opponents.  The Isles are 7-4-1 in this stretch; the only Eastern Conference opponents they will face during this stretch are the Rangers (4-3 SO Win) and Capitals (4-3 Loss).

Home and Road

The Islanders are 8-5-1 overall; 5-0-1 at home and 3-5-0 on the road.  

Colorado is 8-6-0 overall; 5-1-0 at home and 3-5-0 on the road.  

By Division & Conference

The Isles are 1-2-0 in Division games and 7-3-1 in games versus other divisions.   The Isles are 2-2-0 against the East and 6-3-1 against the West.

Our House

The Isles are 5-0-1 at home; it's their best home start since 1982-83 (6-0-0).  The Isles are 4-0-1 vs. the Western Conference at Barclays Center this season and are 25-4-4 all-time at Barclays against the West.

Best Home Records Thru Six Games

• 1982-83 (6-0-0)

• 1977-78 (5-0-1)

• 1978-79 (5-0-1)

• 2017-18 (5-0-1)

In the Nets

Thomas Greiss made 31 saves and improves to 3-2-1 on the season.  He is 6-2-1 in his career against Colorado.

Jonathan Bernier made 22 saves but falls to 2-3-0 on the season; he is 3-4-3 in his career against the Isles.

Power Plays

The Isles were 2-2 on the power play, Colorado was 0-4.  

The Isles are 5-1-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 3-4-1 when they do not.  The Isles are 5-2-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 3-3-1 when they do not.    

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 8-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-3-1 when they do not.  

One Goal Games

The Isles are 1-3-1 in games decided by a single goal including 0-3 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 1-1 in shootouts.  The Isles are 2-0 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1 goal game into a 2-goal game.

First Goal 

The Isles are 4-0-0 when they score first and are 4-5-1 when they allow the opening goal. 

Back-to-Backs

The Isles are 1-1-0 on the front-end of back-to-backs and 1-1-0 on the back-end.  The next back-to-back set is November 10th in Dallas and November 11th in St. Louis.

Tired vs. Rested

• The Isles are 0-1-0 when both teams played the night before. 

• The Isles are 3-0-0 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 4-4-1 when both teams are rested. 

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Johnny Boychuk (24:34); Colorado: Tyson Barrie (25:05)

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Johnny Boychuk (3-1-1), Nick Leddy (3-3-0), John Tavares (1-1-0). Calvin deHaan (1-0-0).

John Tavares led the forwards in ice-time (17:56). Isles record by Forward ice-time leaders: John Tavares (8-5-1).

Face-offs

Isles 41, Colorado 32 (56%). 

Mathew Barzal won 9 of 11 for the Isles; Mikko Rantanen won 6 of 7 for Colorado.

Face-offs by period: 1st period 10/22; 2nd period 18/28; 3rd period 13/23.

Face-offs by strength: Even strength: 36/60; Power play 2/2; Penalty kill 3/11.

Hit Count

Isles 18 (Dennis Seidenberg - 4) 

Colorado 23 (Nikita Zadarov -6)

Fights

Scott Mayfield fought Nikita Zadarov in the 3rd period to complete his Gordie Howe Hat Trick.  Season total – 2: (Boychuk 1, Mayfield 1).

Blocked Shots

The Isles blocked 17 shots; Nick Leddy, Calvin deHaan and Johnny Boychuk led the team with 3. 

For the Corsi Crowd 

All situations: Isles 56, Colorado 62 

5-on-5 Isles 52, Colorado 54

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Mathew Barzal +7

Colorado: Mikko Rantanen +17

Night and Day 

The Isles are 8-5-0 in night games and 0-0-1 in matinees.  The Isles, who went 2-3-1 in matinees last season, will play six matinees this season.

Ironmen

Jason Chimera – 202 (including 106 for the Capitals); Jordan Eberle 165 (including 151 for the Oilers), Josh Bailey 163, Calvin deHaan 99

Scratches

(Shane Prince-IR), Adam Pelech (injured), Alan Quine-Conditioning, Thomas Hickey

Total games lost: 29

Late Hero

The Isles have scored once in the final minute of regulation to either tie or win a game:

10/9 – STL Blues – Anders Lee (19:00); tied game, but Isles lost in shootout

7-11

The Isles have used 7 defensemen twice this season (10/19 @NYR, 10/21 vs SJ) and are 2-0-0 in those games.  Under Doug Weight, the Isles are 6-0-0 when they dress seven natural defensemen.

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

…

7.  Patrick Flatley 712 *** Brent Sutter 694 *** 9. Josh Bailey 653 *** 10. Derek King 638 *** 11. Billy Harris 623 *** 12. Stefan Persson 622 *** 13. Frans Nielsen 606 *** 14. John Tavares 601

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. John Tavares 247

…

22.  Mark Parrish, Matt Moulson and Steve Thomas 118 *** 25. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 26. Josh Bailey 109

…

36. Travis Green 92 and Anders Lee 92

Assists

1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553*** 4. Clark Gillies 359***

5. John Tonelli 338 *** 6. Patrick Flatley 328 *** 7. Brent Sutter 323 *** 8. Stefan Persson 317 *** 9. John Tavares 308

…

15. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 16. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 ***18. Josh Bailey 215

Points

1. Bryan Trottier 1353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1052 *** 4. Clark Gillies 663 ***

5. Brent Sutter 610 *** 6. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 7. John Tavares 555

…

17. Pierre Turgeon 340 *** 18. Tomas Jonsson 333 *** 19. Ziggy Palffy 331 *** 20. Josh Bailey 324

Season Series Stats

The Isles lead the season series one game to none (and 2 points to 0).  The teams will meet in Denver on New Year's Eve to complete the season series.

The home team has dominated this series in recent years; the Isles have won the last four games at home by a combined score of 22-8.

On the Farm

Bridgeport finished October with a 3-5-0 record, but equaled their October win total by sweeping a 3-in-3 weekend to begin November as they improve to 6-5-0 on the season. Goaltending was a big part of the story as the Sound Tigers shut out the Bruins in Providence by scores of 1-0 (Friday) and 6-0 (Sunday).  In between, Bridgeport beat Springfield 3-2.   Both Christopher Gibson and Kristers Gudlevskis earned their first shutout of the season.

Tanner Fritz leads Bridgeport with 11 points (3-8-11) while Scott Eansor continues to lead the team in goals with 7.

The Sound Tigers host Lehigh Valley at 10:30 Wednesday in a school day matinee.

Up Next

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7th – EDMONTON AT ISLANDERS 7:00PM 

[MSG+ (Islanders pre-game at 6:30PM), WNYM 970 AM, 88.7 WRHU-FM, WRCN 103.9FM]

The Isles will look for their fifth straight home win as they entertain Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.  It will be the first meeting of the teams since the Isles acquired Jordan Eberle from the Oilers last summer.

The game will feature the last four players to record 5 points in a game as a rookie (Barzal, McDavid, Nugent-Hopkins and Tavares).

The Oilers won last November in Brooklyn in a shootout but the Isles have not lost a regulation home game to the Oilers this century.  The last Islander home regulation loss to Edmonton came on December 14, 1999 at the Coliseum (9-0-1). 

The Isles will face the Oilers in Alberta on March 8th to complete the season series.

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 First Times in a Looooooooong Time

Complete Skinny coming but in the meantime, here's a quick look at the crazy numbers from tonight's Islander 6-4 win over Colorado.

•         Isles have opened 5-0-1 at home – best since winning first 6 (and eventually 7) in 1982-83
•         Barzal's 5 assists is a rookie club record for assists and ties club rookie record (held by several) for points.
•         Barzal is the first Islander since Pat LaFontaine (1-11-90 vs Minnesota) with a 5-assist game.
•         Isles have scored in 17 consecutive periods (still checking on a last time for this one)
•         Isles have scored multiple PP goals in 4 straight games for first time since 1991-92 season
•         Scott Mayfield is 1^st Isle with Gordie Howe Hat Trick since Kyle Okposo (1-20-14 vs PHL)
•         The Isles had 4 goals by defensemen—first time they’ve had more than 3 since 1/12/93 vs Calgary when they had 5 (Malakhov 2, Lachance 2, Norton 1)
•         Barzal’s 13 points in first 14 games is most by an Isle rookie in at least 30 years
•         Bailey with assists in 8 straight (one shy of club record) and points in 9 straight (first by Isles since Thomas Vanek had points in 10 straight in 2013-14)
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The Skinny on: Multiple Power Play Goals in Consecutive Games

The Isles have scored at least 2 power play goals in three consecutive games for the first time (single season) in the John Tavares era.  It last happened on November 22-24-26, 2008 (2 at Buffalo, 2 at Montreal, 2 vs. Pittsburgh)  The Isles also did it in the final game of Tavares' rookie season and the first two games of the 2009-10 campaign.

However, only 5 times have the Isles managed to score multiple power play goals in at least four consecutive games:

5 games:  February 7 - 16, 1982 (games 9 - 13 of 15-game win streak)

4 games:  October 16-23, 1982

4 games:  October 20-27, 1984

4 games:  November 7-16, 1990

4 games:  December 29, 1991 -  January 4, 1992

So if the Isles can get 2 power play goals vs. Colorado on Sunday it will be the first time in 25 years, and bring them within one game of a club record that has stood for 35 years.

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: Washington 4, Isles 3

"The Skinny"

By Eric Hornick

Game 13

Washington 4, Isles 3

On a night that the Islanders held Alex Ovechkin without a point, Lars Eller scored two goals and added an assist as the Washington Capitals defeated the Islanders 4-3 before a sellout crowd of 18,506 at Capital One Arena.

The Isles had battled back to tie on three separate occasions, twice by scoring power play goals, but Eller tallied the winner with 3:21 to play. It was the third consecutive game that the Isles had scored multiple power play goals.

The Scoring:

1ST PERIOD

05:55 Washington Taylor Chorney (1) ASST: Chandler Stephenson (1), Lars Eller (5) 0-1

13:01 New York PPG - John Tavares (12) ASST: Anders Lee (7), Josh Bailey (12) 1-1

16:19 Washington Lars Eller (2) ASST: Chandler Stephenson (2), Madison Bowey (4) 1-2

2ND PERIOD

16:18 New York PPG - Anders Lee (7) ASST: Josh Bailey (13), Mathew Barzal (5) 2-2

16:30 Washington Alex Chiasson (1) ASST: John Carlson (8), Jay Beagle (3) 2-3

3RD PERIOD

07:00 New York Anders Lee (8) ASST: Thomas Hickey (3), John Tavares (5) 3-3

16:39 Washington Lars Eller (3) ASST: Tom Wilson (2), John Carlson (9) 3-4

The Skinny: 

The Isles allowed the first goal for the 10th time in the first 13 games … John Tavares scored only once and that was newsworthy as it was the first time this season he tallied exactly one goal; JT also added an assist as his 17 points this season have come in just six games…Tavares remains second in the NHL with 12 goals…Josh Bailey assisted on both power play goals …Mathew Barzal now has eight points in the last eight games.…Anders Lee scored twice and added an assist for his third consecutive multipoint game.. The Isles have scored 22 of their 47 goals in the third period, outscoring opponents 22-13…Lars Eller recorded his first 3-point game as a Capital; his assist was his 100th NHL assist…Taylor Chorney scored his 4th career goal in his 150th game; it was his first goal since New Year's Day…John Tavares played in his 600th NHL game; he is the first 2009 draft choice to reach that total…The Isles are 0-3-0 in the last three games and 1-3-2 in the last six games that they allowed under 20 shots…The Isles PP is 7-14 in the last three games after starting the season 2-33; the Caps have not scored a power play goal in their last five games (0-13)…Jaroslav Halak's win streak ended at 3 games.

 

Hey Josh Bailey, Can You Assist on Some More Goals?

Josh Bailey's 7-game assist streak and 8-game point streak are the longest current streaks in the NHL; 12 of Bailey's 13 assists have come during the seven-game streak.  Bailey is now just two games shy of tying the Islander club record for consecutive games with an assist - 9 (shared by several).

Fast Starts

• John Tavares is the first Islander with 12 goals in the first 13 games since Mark Parrish had 12 in 2001-02

• Josh Bailey is the first Islander with 13 assists in the first 13 games since Alexei Yashin had 13 in 2007-08.

• Tavares (12) and Anders Lee (8) are the first Islander teammates to combine for 20 goals in the first 13 games since Mike Bossy (17) and Brent Sutter (13) scored 30 in the first 13 in 1984-85.

Fastest to 30

Doug Weight is now 31-17-5 as an NHL coach. On October 28 in Nashville, he reached 30 wins faster than any coach in Islander history:

Fewest Games to 30 Wins by an Islander Coach:

51 – Doug Weight

60 – Peter Laviolette 2001-02 (30-20-7-3)

61 – Ted Nolan 30-23-8

These Guys Can Score

The Isles have scored at least one goal in 14 straight periods, have scored a second period goal in nine straight games and have scored 15 goals in the third period of the last six games.

The 14-period streak matches a similar streak last January 31- February 9.  Over the last eight seasons, the only longer steak is a 15-period streak from December 20 – December 31, 2016.

 (Other) First Times in a Long Time

• The Isles have scored at least 2 power play goals in three consecutive games for the first time in the John Tavares era.  It last happened on November 22-24-26, 2008 (2 at Buffalo, 2 at Montreal, 2 vs. Pittsburgh))

• The Isles have scored 7 power play goals in a three-game period for the first time since February 11-14-16, 2013 (4 vs. Carolina, 0 at Rangers, 3 vs. New Jersey)

 

Most Hat Tricks by an Islander

1. Mike Bossy -39

2. Bryan Trottier -16

3. JOHN TAVARES -8

Pierre Turgeon -8

Most Natural Hat Tricks by an Islander 

1. Derek King – 4

2. JOHN TAVARES -2 

Mike Bossy -2 

Bryan Trottier -2

Jason Blake -2

Passing Grabner, Tying Green

Anders Lee has 92 goals as an Islander, tying Travis Green for 36th on the team's all-time list. 

The Shots

Isles              14-8-16=38

Washington  11-6-2=19

The Isles are 1-2-1 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-1-0 when the shots are even, and 6-2-0 when they are outshot.

Offside Challenges

The Isles have challenged twice and been successful once.

10/10 vs STL Blues – unsuccessful; Isles killed ensuing power play.

10/12 @ Ana Ducks -- successful

The opponents have not challenged so far this season.

Go West, Young Men

This was the 11th game of a stretch in which the Isles will play 13 of 15 games against Western Conference opponents.  The Isles are 6-4-1 in this stretch; the only Eastern Conference opponents they will face during this stretch are the Rangers (4-3 SO Win) and Capitals (4-3 Loss).

Home and Road

The Islanders are 7-5-1 overall; 4-0-1 at home and 3-5-0 on the road.  

Washington is 6-6-1 overall; 2-3-0 at home and 4-3-1 on the road.  

By Division & Conference

The Isles are 1-2-0 in Division games and 6-3-1 in games versus other divisions.   The Isles are 2-2-0 against the East and 5-3-1 against the West.

Our House

The Isles are 4-0-1 at home; it's their best home start since 1982-83 (5-0-0).  The Isles are 3-0-1 vs. the Western Conference at Barclays Center this season and are 25-4-4 all-time at Barclays against the West.

In the Nets

Jaroslav Halak made 15 saves but falls to 5-3-0 on the season.  He is 8-8-0 in his career against Washington.

Braden Holtby made 35 saves to improve to 6-3-0 on the season; he is 13-3-3 in his career against the Isles.

Power Plays

The Isles were 2-4 on the power play, Washington was 0-4.  

The Isles are 4-1-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 3-4-1 when they do not.  The Isles are 5-2-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 2-3-1 when they do not.    

Three is (Usually) a Magic Number

The Isles are 7-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-3-1 when they do not.  

One Goal Games

The Isles are 1-3-1 in games decided by a single goal including 0-3 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 1-1 in shootouts.  The Isles are 2-0 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1 goal game into a 2-goal game.

First Goal 

The Isles are 3-0-0 when they score first and are 4-5-1 when they allow the opening goal. 

Back-to-Backs

The Isles are 1-1-0 on the front-end of back-to-backs and 1-1-0 on the back-end.  The next back-to-back set is November 10th in Dallas and November 11th in St. Louis.

Tired vs. Rested

• The Isles are 0-1-0 when both teams played the night before. 

• The Isles are 2-0-0 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 4-4-1 when both teams are rested. 

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Nick Leddy (23:09); Washington: John Carlson (27:28)

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Johnny Boychuk (2-1-1), Nick Leddy (3-3-0), John Tavares (1-1-0). Calvin deHaan (1-0-0).

John Tavares led the forwards in ice-time (19:17). Isles record by Forward ice-time leaders: John Tavares (7-5-1).

Face-offs

Isles 20, Washington 32 (38%). In an unusual occurrence, only the 4 Islander centers took faceoffs in this game.  

Casey Cizikas won 7 of 13 for the Isles; Lars Eller won 9 of 12 for Washington.

Face-offs by period: 1st period 7/17; 2nd period 3/11; 3rd period 10/24.

Face-offs by strength: Even strength: 16/41; Power play 2/5; Penalty kill 2/6.

Hit Count

Isles 12 (Ryan Pulock -3) 

Washington 10 (Devante Smith-Pelly 4)

Fights

None.  Season total – 1: (Boychuk 1).

Blocked Shots

The Isles blocked 20 shots; Johnny Boychuk led the team with 4. 

For the Corsi Crowd 

All situations: Isles 72, Washington 48 

5-on-5 Isles 58, Washington 38

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Johnny Boychuk +17

Washington: Lars Eller +1

Night and Day 

The Isles are 7-5-0 in night games and 0-0-1 in matinees.  The Isles, who went 2-3-1 in matinees last season, will play six matinees this season.

Ironmen

Jason Chimera – 201(including 106 for the Capitals); Jordan Eberle 164 (including 151 for the Oilers), Josh Bailey 162, Calvin deHaan 98

Scratches

(Shane Prince-IR), Adam Pelech (injured), Alan Quine-Conditioning, Scott Mayfield

Total games lost: 27

Late Hero

The Isles have scored once in the final minute of regulation to either tie or win a game:

10/9 – STL Blues – Anders Lee (19:00); tied game, but Isles lost in shootout

7-11

The Isles have used 7 defensemen twice this season (10/19 @NYR, 10/21 vs SJ) and are 2-0-0 in those games.  Under Doug Weight, the Isles are 6-0-0 when they dress seven natural defensemen.

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

…

7.  Patrick Flatley 712 *** Brent Sutter 694 *** 9. Josh Bailey 652 *** 10. Derek King 638 *** 11. Billy Harris 623 *** 12. Stefan Persson 622 *** 13. Frans Nielsen 606 *** 14. John Tavares 600

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. John Tavares 247

…

22.  Mark Parrish, Matt Moulson and Steve Thomas 118 *** 25. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 26. Josh Bailey 109

…

36. Travis Green 92 and Anders Lee 92

Assists

1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553*** 4. Clark Gillies 359***

5. John Tonelli 338 *** 6. Patrick Flatley 328 *** 7. Brent Sutter 323 *** 8. Stefan Persson 317 *** 9. John Tavares 307

…

15. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 16. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 ***18. Josh Bailey 213

Points

1. Bryan Trottier 1353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1052 *** 4. Clark Gillies 663 ***

5. Brent Sutter 610 *** 6. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 7. John Tavares 554

…

17. Pierre Turgeon 340 *** 18. Tomas Jonsson 333 *** 19. Ziggy Palffy 331 *** 20. Josh Bailey 322

Season Series Stats

Washington leads the season series one game to none (and 2 points to 0).  The teams will meet in Brooklyn on December 11th before they conclude the season series with a home-and-home series in mid-March.

The loss snapped the Isles' two-game win streak vs. Washington; the Isles haven't won three straight vs. Washington since 2007-08.

On the Farm

Bridgeport finished October with a 3-5-0 record. 

The Sound Tigers are off until Friday, when they begin a 3-in-3 weekend in Providence.  The weekend will also end in Providence, but Bridgeport will host Springfield on Saturday.

Up Next

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5th – COLORADO AT ISLANDERS 6:00PM 

[MSG+ (Islanders pre-game at 5:30PM), WNYM 970 AM, 88.7 WRHU-FM, WRCN 103.9FM]

The Isles will play only five home games in November; the first two will come in the homestand beginning on Sunday as the Isles welcome Matt Duchene and the Avs to Brooklyn.

The home team has dominated this series in recent years, with the Isles winning three straight at home by a combined score of 16-4; the Avalanche have won the last four games in Denver, including once in overtime.

The Isles will face the Avs on New Year's Eve in Denver to complete the season series.

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