The Skinny: Anaheim 4, Isles 1

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 63

Anaheim 4, Isles 1

Sam Colangelo scored twice, and Mason Mac Tavish added a goal and an assist, as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Isles 4-1,  before a sellout crowd of 17,174 at Honda Center.

Tony DeAngelo broke the shutout with 4:50 to play as he scored his second goal as an Islander. 

The Isles are 29-27-7 as they head to Los Angeles for the final game of this California road trip on Tuesday night. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period 

Sam Colangelo (5) Cutter Gauthier (18), Mason McTavish (20) 17:52 NYI 0,ANA 1

2nd Period

Drew Helleson (3) Pavel Mintyukov (9), Trevor Zegras (11) 14:56 NYI 0,ANA 2

3rd Period

Mason McTavish (17) Leo Carlsson (14) 00:43 NYI 0,ANA 3 PPG

Sam Colangelo (6)EN Isac Lundestrom (10) 08:18 NYI 0,ANA 4

Tony DeAngelo (2) Maxim Tsyplakov (20), Adam Boqvist (7) 15:10 NYI 1,ANA 4

The Skinny

The Isles fall to 4-6-0 in the last ten games…The Isles have been outscored 78-63 in the third period and overtime, although they have outscored their opponents 26-21 in those periods over the last 20 games…The Isles have scored 126 goals and allowed 115 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 72-45 in all other situations… The Isles have been tied or ahead at some point in the third period in 36 of the last 51 games… The Isles have outscored the opposition 63-59 in the second period this season; they were outscored 107-83 in the second period a season ago… The Isles have allowed five power play goals over the last three games… The Isles went 0-3 on the power play; over the last 32 games, the Isles have been outscored 19-8 on the power play… The Isles allowed the first goal for an NHL-leading 38th time… Marcus Hogberg stopped Jansen Harkins on a third period penalty shot; Isles goalies are 2-2 this season on the penalty shot as Ilya Sorokin stopped Jason Zucker (BUF) on November 1st…It was the first-ever penalty shot in an Islander-Duck game…The Ducks improve to 10-5-1 in their last 16 games to reach NHL-.500…Lukas Dostal improves to 8-3-1 in his last twelve games.

First Time in a Long Time

The Isles started the game 31st on the power play and 30th on the penalty kill.  It was the first time since December 4th that they did not rank last in the NHL in at least one special team. Alas, the Ducks passed the Isles on the power play with their goal tonight.

Milestone Man

Anders Lee remains at 497 points, two behind Derek King for 13th place in club history .

Quite the Numbers

Marcus Hogberg has now played 389 minutes for the Isles, allowing 11 goals on 177 shots for a 1.70 GAA and a .938 save percentage. Both the GAA and save percentage are the best in Islander history for any goalie who has played at least six games. He is the 44th goalie to win multiple games for the Isles.

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 59, Opponents 74

Tying Goals: Isles 6, Opponents 13 (in 12 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 10 (in 9 games), Opponents 9

Empty Net Goals: Isles 11, Opponents 18

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 39 of their 63 games. In the 24 games that they have trailed through 40 minutes (3-20-1), they have been within one goal at some point in all but five of them (10/12 @ DAL, 12/5 vs SEA, 12/17 @ CAR, 12/23 vs BUF, 2/25 vs NYR, 3/3 @ NYR, 3/9 @ ANA) 

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have twelve come-from behind wins this season, including three when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win twelve times this season, including seven times in the third period.

Overtime

The Isles are 4-6 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-1 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-4 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-2 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts. 

Sorokin has 34 OT/SO losses, extending his club record (Rick DiPietro had 28). 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 11 empty-net goals and allowed 18.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 47 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 19 times

• Allowed the next goal: 22 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  29-27-7 for 65 points in 63 games

• 2023-24  29-20-14 for 72 points in 63 games 

 

Offense from Defense

• Today:   1-1-2

• Season: 24-95-119

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The Islander defense scored only four times in the first 26 games but have 20 goals in the last 37 games.

Home and Road

The Isles are 29-27-7 overall; they are 15-13-2 at home and 14-14-5 on the road.

Anaheim is 28-28-7verall; they are 15-14-2 at home and 13-14-5 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 17-17-3 against the East (8-7-2 vs. Metropolitan and 9-10-1 vs. Atlantic) and 12-10-4 against the West (7-5-2 vs. Central and 5-5-2 vs. Pacific).

Sweet Lou

Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:

1. David Poile 1,531

2. Lou Lamoriello 1,473

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,473) and Patrick Roy (179) have combined for 1,652 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combinations by a wide margin.

First Things First

The Isles are 16-5-4 when scoring first and are 13-22-3 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles       6-10-16=32

Anaheim 9-10-8=27

The Isles are 14-18-3 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 14-8-4 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Marcus Hogberg made 23 saves; he is 2-3-0 this season and 0-2-1 vs. Anaheim. 

Lukas Dostal made 31 saves; he is 19-16-5 this season and 2-1-0 vs the Isles. 

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-3 (6:00); Anaheim was 1-2 (3:40).

The Isles are 12-3-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 17-24-6 when they do not. The Isles are 12-14-6 when they allow at least one power play goal and 17-13-1 when they do not.

The Isles are 8-2-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-14-5 when they are outscored, and 16-11-2 when special team goals are equal.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 26-8-4 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 3-19-3 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 13-7-7 in games decided by a single goal including 7-7 in regulation. They are 4-6 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 3-8 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

Including tonight, the Isles are 6-3-1 on the front end and 4-6-0 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be March 29th-30th in Tampa Bay and Carolina.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Bo Horvat (23:47); Anaheim: Jackson Lacombe (24:00)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (23:47).

Face-offs

Isles 26, Anaheim 36 (42%)

Bo Horvat won 12 of 20 for the Isles; Isac Lundestrom won 10 of 14 for Anaheim. 

Hit Count

Isles 22 (Anders Lee and Alexander Romanov -3)

Anaheim 24 (Two with 5)

Fights 

None. Season total: 9 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin-2, Pageau, Tsyplakov, Gatcomb, Cizikas, Lee)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 17 (Two with 3)

Anaheim 18 (Jacob Trouba -7)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 68, Anaheim 67

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 54, Anaheim 48

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Adam Pelech +19

Anaheim: Leo Carlsson +7

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 10, Anaheim 14

5-on-5: Isles 10, Anaheim 12

Scratches

Mike Reilly, (Semyon Varlamov-LTIR),  (Mathew Barzal – IR), Matt Martin, (Kyle Mac Lean-ILL), Scott Perunovich

Games Lost to injury: 253. (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Kyle Palmieri is the Islanders' ironman, having played 179 consecutive games. Casey Cizikas (89) and Anders Lee (63) are the only other Isles to have also played every game this season.

Most Overtime Goals, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 11 

2. Brock Nelson 9 

3. Kyle Okposo and Josh Bailey 6

5. Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal, Thomas Hickey, and Anthony Beauvillier 5

National TV Games 

The Isles are 2-3-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with four games remaining. The next national game will stream April 1st on ESPN+/Hulu as the Isles host the Lightning; four of the last nine games will be nationally-televised. Note that the April 12th game in Philadelphia will now be an Islander local telecast.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 1-4-1 in matinee games this season, with five games remaining. The next matinee will be on March 22nd vs. Calgary. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-16-11 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 6 successful, 3 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16, Goalie Interference- WAS 11/29, goalie interference – TOR 12/31, no goalie interference – BOS 1/5, offsides-VEG 1/9, goalie interference – OTT 1/14, goalie interference – COL 1/28, goalie interference – PHI 1/30)

Opponents: 6 successful, 3 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/14, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23, Offside -BUF 11/30, No Goalie Interference-CHI 12/15, Goalie Interference – PIT 12/28. Offside 12/31, No goalie interference – NSH 3/1, goalie interference – NYR 3/3)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (2): CHI 12/12, PHI 1/24

Vs (2): CHI 12/15, MIN 2/8

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

Isles responses (7): BUF 11/1, CAR 12/7, BOS 1/5, SJ 1/18, MIN 2/8, DAL 2/23, NAS 3/1

Opponent responses (7): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16, CHI 12/15, TOR 12/31, BOS 1/5, NAS 3/1

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (1): Vs. PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO))

Vs (2):  Vs. NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT)), WSH 11/29 Led 4-2, Lost 5-4 (SO))

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

For (3): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, GAG but lost in OT); Anders Lee 11/12 @ EDM (17:20-GTG; EDM won in OT); Mathew Barzal 1/11 vs UTA (18:35-GAG)

Vs (8): Josh Doan 10/10 vs. UTA (18:06- GTG; UTA won in OT); Cole Caufield 10/19 vs MTL (17:50-GTG; NYI won in SO); Jesper Bratt 10/25 at NJD (18:31-GTG; NYI won in OT); Stefan Noesen 11/9 vs NJ (19:10-GTG; NJD won in OT); Lucas Raymond 11/21 at DET (19:09-GAG); 12/15 Connor Bedard at CHI (19:06-GAG); Bobby McMann 1/2 vs. TOR (17:01- GAG); Nikita Kucherov 2/1 at TB (19:13-GTG; NYI won in OT)

OT Winners

For (4): Bo Horvat 10/25 @ NJD (1:09), Bo Horvat 1/5 @ BOS (3:10), Brock Nelson 1/25 vs CAR (2:03), Tony DeAngelo 2/1 @ TB (0:32)

Vs (6): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04); Jack Hughes 11/9 vs NJD (2:35); Leon Draisaitl 11/12 @ EDM (1:52); Jakub Chychrun 11/29 @ WAS (1:20); Nick Suzuki 12/3 @ MTL (2:39)

Shootout Winners

For (2): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL, Bo Horvat 11/5 vs PIT

Vs (1): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY 

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***  3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***

4. Brock Nelson 901 *** 5. Bobby Nystrom 900 *** 6. Casey Cizikas 878 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin 848 *** 9. Anders Lee 822 …

23. Ken Morrow 550 *** 24. Duane Sutter 547 *** 25. Lorne Henning and Adam Pelech 543 *** 27. Ryan Pulock 542 *** 28. Claude Lapointe 535 *** 29. Tomas Jonsson 532 *** 30. Mathew Barzal 531 *** 31. Pat LaFontaine 530 *** 32. Kyle Okposo 529 *** 33. Scott Mayfield 523

Goals    

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

5. Brock Nelson 295 *** 6. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287  *** 8. Anders Lee 284 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 134…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 112

Assists

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

7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Patrick Flatley and Mathew Barzal 328…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 213…

25. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 25. Noah Dobson 172 *** 27. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 29. Jean Potvin 167 *** 30. Jeff Norton 166 *** 31. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 32. Ryan Pulock 158… 

34. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 35. Travis Green and Casey Cizikas 145

Points

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

12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Anders Lee 497 *** 15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 462…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Jason Blake and Steve Thomas 258 ***  30. Casey Cizikas 257

+/-

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

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +81 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76  *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***  19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +60 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 ***  24. Greg Gilbert +54  

Defense Goals

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

4. Stefan Persson and Ryan Pulock 52 *** 6. Jean Potvin and Noah Dobson 46…

13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Vladimir Malakhov and Scott Mayfield 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26  

Defense Assists

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 6. Noah Dobson 172 *** 7. Jean Potvin 167 *** 8. Jeff Norton 166 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 157 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 130… 

17. Bryan Berard 100 *** 18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk and Scott Mayfield 96

Defense Points

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 218 *** 7. Jean Potvin 213 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 209…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 156…

18. Gerry Hart 128 *** 19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 123

Goalie Games

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 239 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177***  9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304  *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130 ***

4. Ilya Sorokin 119 …

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

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 21 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 12-38-4-3 after dropping a 5-2 decision at home to Springfield on Sunday. 

Brian Pinho has a team-leading (and career-high) 21 goals, three ahead of Liam Foudy. Chris Terry's 38 assists  lead the entire AHL while his 54 points are 2nd  in the AHL in points.

Bridgeport heads to Lavel on Wednesday and then plays in Belleville on Friday and Saturday. 

 

Season Series Stats

The Ducks sweep the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 0).

It is the first time since 2013-14 that Anaheim has beaten the Isles twice in regulation in the same season.

 

UP NEXT

TUESDAY, MARCH 11th  –ISLES AT LOS ANGELES 10:30pm 

[MSGSN (Pre-game at 10:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles look to split the season series when they complete the California road trip with a game in Los Angeles; the Kings beat the Isles 3-1 behind Darcy Kuemper back on December 10th. 

The Kings have beaten the Isles in six of the last seven games, with the lone Isles win coming on December 9, 2023, on a JG Pageau overtime goal. The Isles have lost four straight games in Los Angeles, dropping each game by three goals (17-5 total), and are 2-11-0 in their last 13 road games against the Kings. 

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

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

The Skinny: Isles 4, San Jose 2

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 62

Isles 4, San Jose 2

Anders Lee scored 1:13 into the third period and that proved to be the game-winner as the Islanders earned their second straight win, defeating the San Jose, 4-2,  before a crowd of 17,435 at SAP Center at San Jose.

The Isles also scored twice on the power play and got 38 saves from Ilya Sorokin as they won their first game since Friday's trade deadline.

The Isles are 29-26-7 as they head to Anaheim for the back-half of this back-to-back on Sunday. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period 

Anthony Duclair (6) Simon Holmstrom (19), Noah Dobson (20) 10:43 NYI 1,SJS 0 PPG

Jean-Gabriel Pageau (12) Noah Dobson (21), Adam Pelech (16) 19:21 NYI 2,SJS 0

2nd Period

Nikolai Kovalenko (6) Shakir Mukhamadullin (6), Macklin Celebrini (27) 06:27 NYI 2,SJS 1 PPG

3rd Period

Anders Lee (24) Simon Holmstrom (20), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (20) 01:13 NYI 3,SJS 1

Adam Boqvist (4) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (21), Tony DeAngelo (6) 03:51 NYI 4,SJS 1 PPG

Will Smith (12) Macklin Celebrini (28), Alexander Wennberg (22) 18:33 NYI 4,SJS 2 PPG

The Skinny

The Isles improve to 4-5-0 in the last nine games…The Isles have been outscored 76-62 in the third period and overtime, although they have outscored their opponents 25-19 in those periods over the last 19 games…The Isles have scored 125 goals and allowed 113 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 70-45 in all other situations… The Isles have been tied or ahead at some point in the third period in 36 of the last 50 games… The Isles have outscored the opposition 63-58 in the second period this season; they were outscored 107-83 in the second period a season ago… The Isles allowed two power play goals for the second straight game.… The Isles went 2-4 on the power play; over the last 31 games, the Isles have been outscored 18-8 on the power play… After scoring only four power play goals in a span of 27 games, the Isles are 4-12 (33.3%) over the last four games, and have moved up to 31st in the NHL on the power play…The Isles have won 17 straight games when leading after two periods (16-0-0)… The 20 shots allowed by the Isles matched a season high (12/29 vs PIT) and set a new season high for San Jose…The Sharks and Isles have each allowed the first goal 37 games… Noah Dobson recorded his 5th multi-point game and 4th multi-assist game…Marc-Edouard Vlasic blocked two shots, extending his NHL-record total 2,169; he passed Mark Giordano's record earlier this week…Kyle Palmieri had a season-high six shots…Macklin Celebrini had two assists and ten shots on goal; he is the first 18-year-old with ten shots on goal since Dale Hawerchuk on March 10, 1982.

First Times in a Long Time 

• The Isles played without Brock Nelson in the lineup for the first time since April 26, 2022, vs. Washington.

• The Isles have scored four power play goals in a four-game span for the first time since February 8-18, 2024.

Milestone Men

• It was Lou Lamoriello's 2,900th game as an NHL General Manager; only David Poile (3,075) has more.

• Anders Lee earned his 497th point, two behind Derek King for 13th place in club history .

Lots of Shots

Ilya Sorokin stopped 20 shots in the first period; he is only the sixth player in club history to make at least 20 saves three times in his career:

• Jaroslav Halak  5

• Dwayne Roloson 4

• Semyon Varlamov 3

• Thomas Greiss 3

• Joey MacDonald 3

• Ilya Sorokin 3

Quite the Numbers

Marcus Hogberg has now played 332 minutes for the Isles, allowing eight goals on 151 shots for a 1.45 GAA and a .947 save percentage. Both the GAA and save percentage are the best in Islander history for any goalie who played multiple games. He is the 44th goalie to win multiple games for the Isles.

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 58, Opponents 72

Tying Goals: Isles 6, Opponents 13 (in 12 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 10 (in 9 games), Opponents 9

Empty Net Goals: Isles 11, Opponents 17

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 39 of their 62 games. In the 23 games that they have trailed through 40 minutes (3-19-1), they have been within one goal at some point in all but five of them (10/12 @ DAL, 12/5 vs SEA, 12/17 @ CAR, 12/23 vs BUF, 2/25 vs NYR, 3/3 @ NYR) 

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have twelve come-from behind wins this season, including three when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win twelve times this season, including seven times in the third period.

Overtime

The Isles are 4-6 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-1 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-4 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-2 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts. 

Sorokin has 34 OT/SO losses, extending his club record (Rick DiPietro had 28). 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 11 empty-net goals and allowed 17.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 47 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 19 times

• Allowed the next goal: 22 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  29-26-7 for 65 points in 62 games

• 2023-24  28-20-14 for 70 points in 62 games 

 

Offense from Defense

• Today:   1-4-5

• Season: 23-94-117

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The Islander defense scored only four times in the first 26 games but have 19 goals in the last 36 games.

Home and Road

The Isles are 29-26-7 overall; they are 15-13-2 at home and 14-13-5 on the road.

San Jose is 17-39-9 overall; they are 9-19-2 at home and 8-20-7 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 17-17-3 against the East (8-7-2 vs. Metropolitan and 9-10-1 vs. Atlantic) and 12-9-4 against the West (7-5-2 vs. Central and 5-4-2 vs. Pacific).

Sweet Lou

Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:

1. David Poile 1,531

2. Lou Lamoriello 1,473

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,473) and Patrick Roy (179) have combined for 1,652 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combinations by a wide margin.

First Things First

The Isles are 16-5-4 when scoring first and are 13-21-3 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles       8-13-7=28

San Jose 20-9-11=40

The Isles are 14-17-3 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 14-8-4 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 38 saves; he is 24-19-4 this season and 3-0-3 vs. San Jose. 

Alexandar Georgiev made 24 saves; he is 12-21-1 this season and 11-7-0 vs the Isles. 

Special Teams

The Isles were 2-4 (6:23); San Jose was 2-4 (6:40).

The Isles are 12-3-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 17-23-6 when they do not. The Isles are 12-13-6 when they allow at least one power play goal and 17-13-1 when they do not.

The Isles are 8-2-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-13-5 when they are outscored, and 16-11-2 when special team goals are equal.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 26-8-4 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 3-18-3 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 13-7-7 in games decided by a single goal including 7-7 in regulation. They are 4-6 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 3-8 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

Including tonight, the Isles are 6-3-1 on the front end and 4-5-0 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes Sunday in Anaheim. The next back-to-back will be March 29th-30th in Tampa Bay and Carolina.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Noah Dobson (22:44); San Jose: Mario Ferraro (23:18)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (22:03).

Face-offs

Isles 32, San Jose 29 (52%)

Bo Horvat won 16 of 28 for the Isles; Macklin Celebrini won 13 of 22 for San Jose. 

Hit Count

Isles 14 (Marc Gatcomb -4)

San Jose 26 (Klim Kostin -5)

Fights 

None. Season total: 9 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin-2, Pageau, Tsyplakov, Gatcomb, Cizikas, Lee)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 14 (Two with 3)

San Jose 17 (Six with 2)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 68, San Jose 75

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 54, San Jose 51

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Noah Dobson +16

San Jose: Henry Thrun +9

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 13, San Jose 17

5-on-5: Isles 10, San Jose 14

Scratches

(Mike Reilly-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-LTIR),  (Mathew Barzal – IR), (Margus Hogberg -IR), (Matt Martin-IR), Scott Mayfield, Scott Perunovich

Games Lost to injury: 246. (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Kyle Palmieri is the new Islanders' ironman, having played 178 consecutive games. Anders Lee, Kyle MacLean, and Casey Cizikas have also played every game this season; of those Cizikas (88) has the longest streak.

Most Overtime Goals, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 11 

2. Brock Nelson 9 

3. Kyle Okposo and Josh Bailey 6

5. Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal, Thomas Hickey, and Anthony Beauvillier 5

National TV Games 

The Isles are 2-3-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with four games remaining. The next national game will stream April 1st on ESPN+/Hulu as the Isles host the Lightning; four of the last nine games will be nationally-televised. Note that the April 12th game in Philadelphia will now be an Islander local telecast.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 1-4-1 in matinee games this season, with five games remaining. The next matinee will be on March 22nd vs. Calgary. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-16-11 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 6 successful, 3 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16, Goalie Interference- WAS 11/29, goalie interference – TOR 12/31, no goalie interference – BOS 1/5, offsides-VEG 1/9, goalie interference – OTT 1/14, goalie interference – COL 1/28, goalie interference – PHI 1/30)

Opponents: 6 successful, 3 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/14, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23, Offside -BUF 11/30, No Goalie Interference-CHI 12/15, Goalie Interference – PIT 12/28. Offside 12/31, No goalie interference – NSH 3/1, goalie interference – NYR 3/3)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (2): CHI 12/12, PHI 1/24

Vs (2): CHI 12/15, MIN 2/8

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

Isles responses (7): BUF 11/1, CAR 12/7, BOS 1/5, SJ 1/18, MIN 2/8, DAL 2/23, NAS 3/1

Opponent responses (7): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16, CHI 12/15, TOR 12/31, BOS 1/5, NAS 3/1

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (1): Vs. PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO))

Vs (2):  Vs. NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT)), WSH 11/29 Led 4-2, Lost 5-4 (SO))

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

For (3): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, GAG but lost in OT); Anders Lee 11/12 @ EDM (17:20-GTG; EDM won in OT); Mathew Barzal 1/11 vs UTA (18:35-GAG)

Vs (8): Josh Doan 10/10 vs. UTA (18:06- GTG; UTA won in OT); Cole Caufield 10/19 vs MTL (17:50-GTG; NYI won in SO); Jesper Bratt 10/25 at NJD (18:31-GTG; NYI won in OT); Stefan Noesen 11/9 vs NJ (19:10-GTG; NJD won in OT); Lucas Raymond 11/21 at DET (19:09-GAG); 12/15 Connor Bedard at CHI (19:06-GAG); Bobby McMann 1/2 vs. TOR (17:01- GAG); Nikita Kucherov 2/1 at TB (19:13-GTG; NYI won in OT)

OT Winners

For (4): Bo Horvat 10/25 @ NJD (1:09), Bo Horvat 1/5 @ BOS (3:10), Brock Nelson 1/25 vs CAR (2:03), Tony DeAngelo 2/1 @ TB (0:32)

Vs (6): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04); Jack Hughes 11/9 vs NJD (2:35); Leon Draisaitl 11/12 @ EDM (1:52); Jakub Chychrun 11/29 @ WAS (1:20); Nick Suzuki 12/3 @ MTL (2:39)

Shootout Winners

For (2): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL, Bo Horvat 11/5 vs PIT

Vs (1): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY 

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***  3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***

4. Brock Nelson 901 *** 5. Bobby Nystrom 900 *** 6. Casey Cizikas 877 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin 848 *** 9. Anders Lee 821 …

23. Ken Morrow 550 *** 24. Duane Sutter 547 *** 25. Lorne Henning 543 *** 26. Adam Pelech 542 *** 27. Ryan Pulock 541 *** 28. Claude Lapointe 535 *** 29. Tomas Jonsson 532 *** 30. Mathew Barzal 531 *** 31. Pat LaFontaine 530 *** 32. Kyle Okposo 529 *** 33. Scott Mayfield 522

Goals    

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

5. Brock Nelson 295 *** 6. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287  *** 8. Anders Lee 284 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 134…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 112

Assists

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

7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Patrick Flatley and Mathew Barzal 328…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 213…

25. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 25. Noah Dobson 172 *** 27. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 29. Jean Potvin 167 *** 30. Jeff Norton 166 *** 31. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 32. Ryan Pulock 158… 

34. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 35. Travis Green and Casey Cizikas 145

Points

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

12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Anders Lee 497 *** 15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 462…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Jason Blake and Steve Thomas 258 ***  30. Casey Cizikas 257

+/-

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

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +81 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76  *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***  19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +60 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 ***  24. Greg Gilbert +54  

Defense Goals

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

4. Stefan Persson and Ryan Pulock 52 *** 6. Jean Potvin and Noah Dobson 46…

13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Vladimir Malakhov and Scott Mayfield 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26  

Defense Assists

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 6. Noah Dobson 172 *** 7. Jean Potvin 167 *** 8. Jeff Norton 166 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 157 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 130… 

17. Bryan Berard 100 *** 18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk and Scott Mayfield 96

Defense Points

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 218 *** 7. Jean Potvin 213 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 209…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 156…

18. Gerry Hart 128 *** 19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 123

Goalie Games

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 239 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177***  9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304  *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130 ***

4. Ilya Sorokin 119 …

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

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 21 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 12-37-4-3 after losing in Hartford (6-3) on Wednesday and to Toronto (3-2 in OT) on Saturday. Adam Beckman, acquired in a deal for Dennis Cholowski Friday, had a goal and an assist in his debut.

Brian Pinho has a team-leading (and career-high) 21 goals, four ahead of Liam Foudy. Chris Terry's 36 assists and 52 points pace the Baby Isles in both categories (he is tied for 2nd  in the AHL in points).

Bridgeport hosts Springfield on Sunday.

 

Season Series Stats

The Isles sweep the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 0). 

The Isles are 6-0-4 in their last ten games against the Sharks, including 3-0-2 in San Jose in their last five trips to Northern California. The last regulation loss to the Sharks was on October 20, 2018, at the Tank, by a 4-1 score in Barry Trotz' seventh game behind the Islander bench.

UP NEXT

SUNDAY, MARCH 9th  –ISLES AT ANAHIEM 9:00pm Eastern Daylight Time

[MSGSN (Pre-game at 8:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles look to split the season series when they head to Anaheim to face the Ducks; the Ducks beat the Isles 3-1 behind Lucas Dostal back on October 29th. 

The loss at UBS ended the Islanders' six-game win streak against the Ducks; they have also won three straight games in Anaheim, matching their longest streak in that building. 

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 3, Winnipeg 2

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 61

Isles 3, Winnipeg 2

Brock Nelson scored his 20th goal and added an assist, and Ryan Pulock's third period goal turned out to be the game-winner as the Islanders rebounded from their 4-0 loss to the Rangers on Monday with a 3-2 win over the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets before a crowd of 14,723 at UBS Arena.

Kyle Palmieri also scored his 20th goal of the season on the power play; Josh Morrissey and Nikolaj Ehlers twice cut the margin to one for Winnipeg, but the Jets could not get even. 

The Isles are 28-26-7 as they head to California for three games beginning on Saturday night in San Jose. Saturday's game will be the first played by the Islanders after Friday's NHL trade deadline. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Kyle Palmieri (20) Brock Nelson (23), Bo Horvat (23) 16:49 WPG 0,NYI 1 PPG

2nd Period

Brock Nelson (20) Maxim Tsyplakov (19), Noah Dobson (19) 01:33 WPG 0,NYI 2

Josh Morrissey (9) Mark Scheifele (34), Kyle Connor (44) 08:48 WPG 1,NYI 2 PPG

3rd Period

Ryan Pulock (4) Anders Lee (20), Casey Cizikas (7) 04:03 WPG 1,NYI 3

Nikolaj Ehlers (19) Kyle Connor (45), Josh Morrissey (40) 12:51 WPG 2,NYI 3 PPG

The Skinny

The Isles improve to 3-5-0 in the last eight games…The Isles have been outscored 75-60 in the third period and overtime, although they have outscored their opponents 23-18 in those periods over the last 18 games…The Isles have scored 123 goals and allowed 113 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 68-43 in all other situations… The Isles have been tied or ahead at some point in the third period in 35 of the last 49 games… The Isles have outscored the opposition 63-57 in the second period this season; they were outscored 107-83 in the second period a season ago… After going 8-8 on the penalty kill the last three games, the Isles allowed two goals in three times short.… The Isles went 1-2 on the power play; over the last 30 games, the Isles have been outscored 16-6 on the power play…The Jets are winless in three games after their franchise-record eleven game winning streak… Winnipeg has scored multiple power play goals 14 times this season…Ilya Sorokin started both games of a back-to-back for the third time this season; Sorokin's career save percentage remains .934 in games played on 0 days' rest….The Isles have won 16 straight games when leading after two periods (16-0-0); Winnipeg trailed after two periods for only the 13th time all season…Alex Romanov blocked 7 shots to take over the club lead with 128 (five more than Ryan Pulock)…Adam Pelech matched a season-high in shots (5) and finished with 11 shot attempts.

First Times in a Long Time 

• The Isles have four 20-goal scorers by the 61st game of the season; it is the earliest that the Isles have had four 20-goal scorers since 2006-07, when they did so in the 60th game.

• The Isles have scored a power play goal in consecutive home games for the first time since October 29th - November 5th.

Milestone Men

• Brock Nelson played his 901st game, passing Bob Nystrom for 4th place in club history. Nelson also passed Nystrom on the club assist list, tying Pat LaFontaine for 14th place with 279 assists. The 279 assists are the most for an American-born Islander; Nelson already holds the records for an American in goals (295) and points (574).

• Nelson reached 20 goals for the 9th time in his career, becoming the seventh player to do so as an islander.

• Ryan Pulock scored his 52nd goal, tying Stefan Persson for 4th place in club history among defensemen.

Quite the Numbers

Marcus Hogberg has now played 332 minutes for the Isles, allowing eight goals on 151 shots for a 1.45 GAA and a .947 save percentage. Both the GAA and save percentage are the best in Islander history for any goalie who played multiple games. He is the 44th goalie to win multiple games for the Isles.

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 56, Opponents 70

Tying Goals: Isles 6, Opponents 13 (in 12 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 10 (in 9 games), Opponents 9

Empty Net Goals: Isles 11, Opponents 17

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 38 of their 61 games. In the 23 games that they have trailed through 40 minutes (3-19-1), they have been within one goal at some point in all but five of them (10/12 @ DAL, 12/5 vs SEA, 12/17 @ CAR, 12/23 vs BUF, 2/25 vs NYR, 3/3 @ NYR) 

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have twelve come-from behind wins this season, including three when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win twelve times this season, including seven times in the third period.

Overtime

The Isles are 4-6 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-1 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-4 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-2 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts. 

Sorokin has 34 OT/SO losses, extending his club record (Rick DiPietro had 28). 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 11 empty-net goals and allowed 17.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 44 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 18 times

• Allowed the next goal: 21 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 5 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  28-26-7 for 63 points in 61 games

• 2023-24  27-20-14 for 68 points in 61 games 

 

Offense from Defense

• Today:   1-1-2

• Season: 22-90-112

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The Islander defense scored only four times in the first 26 games but have 18 goals in the last 35 games.

Home and Road

The Isles are 28-26-7 overall; they are 15-13-2 at home and 13-13-5 on the road.

Winnipeg is 42-16-4 overall; they are 23-5-4 at home and 19-11-0 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 17-17-3 against the East (8-7-2 vs. Metropolitan and 9-10-1 vs. Atlantic) and 11-9-4 against the West (7-5-2 vs. Central and 4-4-2 vs. Pacific).

Sweet Lou

Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:

1. David Poile 1,531

2. Lou Lamoriello 1,472

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,472) and Patrick Roy (178) have combined for 1,650 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combinations by a wide margin.

First Things First

The Isles are 15-5-4 when scoring first and are 13-21-3 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles       17-7-5=29

Winnipeg  10-13-5-28

The Isles are 14-17-3 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 13-8-4 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves; he is 23-19-4 this season and 3-2-0 vs. Winnipeg. 

Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves; he is 36-8-3 this season and 5-7-0 vs the Isles. 

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-2 (2:23) and allowed a shorthanded goal; Winnipeg was 2-3 (4:20).

The Isles are 11-3-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 17-23-6 when they do not. The Isles are 11-13-6 when they allow at least one power play goal and 17-13-1 when they do not.

The Isles are 8-2-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-13-5 when they are outscored, and 15-11-2 when special team goals are equal.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 25-8-4 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 3-18-3 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 13-7-7 in games decided by a single goal including 7-7 in regulation. They are 4-6 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 3-8 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

Including tonight, the Isles are 5-3-1 on the front end and 4-5-0 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be March 8th-9th in San Jose and Anaheim.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Alex Romanov (22:32); Winnipeg: Josh Morrissey (24:36)

Brock Nelson led Isles forwards (18:55).

Face-offs

Isles 28, Winnipeg 29 (49%)

Brock Nelson won 9 of 16 for the Isles; Vladislav Namestnikov won 9 of 16 for Winnipeg. 

Hit Count

Isles 34 (Three with 4)

Winnipeg 16 (Five with 2)

Fights 

Anders Lee fought Adam Lowry in the first period. Season total: 9 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin-2, Pageau, Tsyplakov, Gatcomb, Cizikas, Lee)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 26 (Alexander Romanov -7)

Winnipeg 8 (Two with 2)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 54, Winnipeg 75

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 50, Winnipeg 56

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Adam Pelech and Noah Dobson +15

Winnipeg: Haydn Fleury +13

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 8, Winnipeg 12

5-on-5: Isles 8, Winnipeg 11

Scratches

(Mike Reilly-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-LTIR),  (Mathew Barzal – IR), (Margus Hogberg -IR), (Matt Martin-IR), Pierre Engvall, Adam Boqvist, Scott Perunovich

Games Lost to injury: 241. (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 227 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (177) has also played every game since the start of last season.

Most Overtime Goals, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 11 

2. Brock Nelson 9 

3. Kyle Okposo and Josh Bailey 6

5. Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal, Thomas Hickey, and Anthony Beauvillier 5

Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)

1. Mathew Barzal 16

2. John Tavares 12

Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 23

2. Mathew Barzal 21

3. Brock Nelson 19

Barzal has a point on 21 of the 43 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.

National TV Games 

The Isles are 2-3-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with four games remaining. The next national game will stream April 1st on ESPN+/Hulu as the Isles host the Lightning; four of the last nine games will be nationally-televised. Note that the April 12th game in Philadelphia will now be an Islander local telecast.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 1-4-1 in matinee games this season, with five games remaining. The next matinee will be on March 22nd vs. Calgary. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-16-11 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 6 successful, 3 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16, Goalie Interference- WAS 11/29, goalie interference – TOR 12/31, no goalie interference – BOS 1/5, offsides-VEG 1/9, goalie interference – OTT 1/14, goalie interference – COL 1/28, goalie interference – PHI 1/30)

Opponents: 6 successful, 3 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/14, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23, Offside -BUF 11/30, No Goalie Interference-CHI 12/15, Goalie Interference – PIT 12/28. Offside 12/31, No goalie interference – NSH 3/1, goalie interference – NYR 3/3)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (2): CHI 12/12, PHI 1/24

Vs (2): CHI 12/15, MIN 2/8

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

Isles responses (7): BUF 11/1, CAR 12/7, BOS 1/5, SJ 1/18, MIN 2/8, DAL 2/23, NAS 3/1

Opponent responses (7): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16, CHI 12/15, TOR 12/31, BOS 1/5, NAS 3/1

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (1): Vs. PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO))

Vs (2):  Vs. NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT)), WSH 11/29 Led 4-2, Lost 5-4 (SO))

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

For (3): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, GAG but lost in OT); Anders Lee 11/12 @ EDM (17:20-GTG; EDM won in OT); Mathew Barzal 1/11 vs UTA (18:35-GAG)

Vs (8): Josh Doan 10/10 vs. UTA (18:06- GTG; UTA won in OT); Cole Caufield 10/19 vs MTL (17:50-GTG; NYI won in SO); Jesper Bratt 10/25 at NJD (18:31-GTG; NYI won in OT); Stefan Noesen 11/9 vs NJ (19:10-GTG; NJD won in OT); Lucas Raymond 11/21 at DET (19:09-GAG); 12/15 Connor Bedard at CHI (19:06-GAG); Bobby McMann 1/2 vs. TOR (17:01- GAG); Nikita Kucherov 2/1 at TB (19:13-GTG; NYI won in OT)

OT Winners

For (4): Bo Horvat 10/25 @ NJD (1:09), Bo Horvat 1/5 @ BOS (3:10), Brock Nelson 1/25 vs CAR (2:03), Tony DeAngelo 2/1 @ TB (0:32)

Vs (6): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04); Jack Hughes 11/9 vs NJD (2:35); Leon Draisaitl 11/12 @ EDM (1:52); Jakub Chychrun 11/29 @ WAS (1:20); Nick Suzuki 12/3 @ MTL (2:39)

Shootout Winners

For (2): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL, Bo Horvat 11/5 vs PIT

Vs (1): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY 

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***  3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***

4. Brock Nelson 901 *** 5. Bobby Nystrom 900 *** 6. Casey Cizikas 876 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin 848 *** 9. Anders Lee 820 …

23. Ken Morrow 550 *** 24. Duane Sutter 547 *** 25. Lorne Henning 543 *** 26. Adam Pelech 541 *** 27. Ryan Pulock 540 *** 28. Claude Lapointe 535 *** 29. Tomas Jonsson 532 *** 30. Mathew Barzal 531 *** 31. Pat LaFontaine 530 *** 32. Kyle Okposo 529 *** 33. Scott Mayfield 522

Goals    

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

4. Clark Gillies 304 *** 5. Brock Nelson 295 *** 6. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287  *** 8. Anders Lee 283 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 134…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 112

Assists

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

7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Patrick Flatley and Mathew Barzal 328…

13. Derek King 288 *** 14. Pat LaFontaine and Brock Nelson 279…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 213…

25. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 26. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 28. Noah Dobson 170 *** 29. Jean Potvin 167 *** 30. Jeff Norton 166 *** 31. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 32. Ryan Pulock 158… 

35. Travis Green 145 *** 36. Casey Cizikas 145

Points

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

7. Josh Bailey 580 *** 8. Brock Nelson 574 …

13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Anders Lee 496 *** 15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 462…

28. Jason Blake and Steve Thomas 258 ***  30. Casey Cizikas 257

+/-

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

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +79 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76  *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***  19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +60 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 ***  24. Greg Gilbert +54 *** 25. Gord Lane +48

Defense Goals

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

4. Stefan Persson and Ryan Pulock 52 *** 6. Jean Potvin and Noah Dobson 46…

13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Vladimir Malakhov and Scott Mayfield 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26  

Defense Assists

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 6. Noah Dobson 170 *** 7. Jean Potvin 167 *** 8. Jeff Norton 166 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 158 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 129… 

17. Bryan Berard 100 *** 18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk and Scott Mayfield 96

Defense Points

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 216 *** 7. Jean Potvin 213 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 210…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 155…

18. Gerry Hart 128 *** 19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 123

Goalie Games

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 238 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177***  9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304  *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130 ***

4. Ilya Sorokin 118 …

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

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 21 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 12-36-3-3 as they head to Hartford for a game on Wednesday.

Brian Pinho scored twice Saturday to give him a team-leading (and career-high) 21 goals, four ahead of Liam Foudy. Chris Terry's 34 assists and 50 points pace the Baby Isles in both categories (he is tied for 3rd in the AHL in points).

Bridgeport will host Toronto on Saturday and Springfield on Sunday.

 

Season Series Stats

The teams split the season series, 1 game to 1 (and 2 points to 2). 

The Isles have won five straight at home(s) against the Jets, by a combined score of 20-9, and are 9-2-0 in their last eleven games overall against Winnipeg.

The last Jet win over the Isles in New York was at Barclays Center on December 4, 2018, by a 3-1 score.

UP NEXT

SATURDAY, MARCH 8th  –ISLES AT SAN JOSE 10:00pm

[MSGSN (Pre-game at 9:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles look to sweep the season series when they begin their California trip in San Jose; the Isles defeated the Sharks, 4-1, at UBS Arena, on Brent Sutter night back on January 18th. 

The Isles are 5-0-4 in their last nine games against the Sharks, including 2-0-2 in San Jose in their last four trips to Northern California. The last regulation loss to the Sharks was on October 20, 2018, at the Tank, by a 4-1 score in Barry Trotz' seventh game behind the Islander bench.

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

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

The Skinny: Rangers 4, Isles 0

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 60

Rangers 4, Isles 0

Igor Shesterkin made 21 saves for his 19th career shutout as the Rangers blanked the Isles 4-0 for their second shutout in as many nights. JT Miller had a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who also got a goal off Will Cuylle's head, a shorthanded tally by Will Borgen and an empty-netter from Artemi Panarin, before a crowd of 17,475 at Madison Square Garden.

Anders Lee appeared to give the Isles a 1-0 lead in the first but the goal was reversed on an offsides.

The Isles are 27-26-7 as they head home to host Winnipeg on Tuesday in their final game before the NHL trade deadline on Friday. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Will Cuylle (17) Zac Jones (8), J.T. Miller (33) 15:03 NYI 0,NYR 1

Will Borgen (4) Sam Carrick (12), Will Cuylle (16) 19:15 NYI 0,NYR 2 SHG

2nd Period

No Goals

3rd Period

J.T. Miller (16) Artemi Panarin (38) 03:43 NYI 0,NYR 3

Artemi Panarin (25)EN Alexis Lafrenière (20), Vincent Trocheck (22) 14:51 NYI 0,NYR 4 

The Skinny

The Isles have allowed 28 goals in the last seven games (2-5-0)…The Isles have been outscored 74-59 in the third period and overtime, although they have outscored their opponents 22-17 in those periods over the last 18 games…The Isles have scored 121 goals and allowed 113 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 66-42 in all other situations… The Isles have been tied or ahead at some point in the third period in 34 of the last 48 games… The Isles have outscored the opposition 62-56 in the second period this season; they were outscored 107-83 in the second period a season ago… The Isles killed both Ranger power plays and are 8-8 on the penalty kill over the last three games … The Isles went 0-3 on the power play and allowed a shorthanded goal; over the last 29 games, the Isles have been outscored 14-5 on the power play…Brock Nelson saw his five-game assist streak end… The Rangers recorded consecutive shutouts for the first time since March 2023, when they also had shutouts on both ends of a back-to-back; their shutout streak is 133:39.

First Times in a Long Time

• The Isles have lost three straight in regulation to the Rangers for the first time since January 12, 2019 – January 16, 2020; it is the first time it has happened in a single season since November 15-December 26, 2011.

• All three losses have been by at least three goals; the Isles last lost three straight by that margin December 28, 2005, to March 29, 2006. 

Milestone Man

Brock Nelson played his 900th game, tying Bob Nystrom for 4th place in club history. Nelson is tied with Nystrom for 15th place on the club assist list, one behind Pat LaFontaine for 14th place.

Quite the Numbers

Marcus Hogberg has now played 332 minutes for the Isles, allowing eight goals on 151 shots for a 1.45 GAA and a .947 save percentage. Both the GAA and save percentage are the best in Islander history for any goalie who played multiple games. He is the 44th goalie to win multiple games for the Isles.

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 55, Opponents 69

Tying Goals: Isles 6, Opponents 13 (in 12 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 10 (in 9 games), Opponents 9

Empty Net Goals: Isles 11, Opponents 17

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 37 of their 60 games. In the 23 games that they have trailed through 40 minutes (3-19-1), they have been within one goal at some point in all but five of them (10/12 @ DAL, 12/5 vs SEA, 12/17 @ CAR, 12/23 vs BUF, 2/25 vs NYR, 3/3 @ NYR) 

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have twelve come-from behind wins this season, including three when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win twelve times this season, including seven times in the third period.

Overtime

The Isles are 4-6 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-1 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-4 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-2 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts. 

Sorokin has 34 OT/SO losses, extending his club record (Rick DiPietro had 28). 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 11 empty-net goals and allowed 17.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 42 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 18 times

• Allowed the next goal: 19 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 5 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  27-26-7 for 61 points in 60 games

• 2023-24  26-20-14 for 66 points in 60 games 

 

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-0-0

• Season: 21-89-110

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The Islander defense scored only four times in the first 26 games but have 17 goals in the last 34 games.

Home and Road

The Isles are 27-26-7 overall; they are 14-13-2 at home and 13-13-5 on the road.

The Rangers are 31-26-4 overall; they are 16-13-2 at home and 15-13-2 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 17-17-3 against the East (8-7-2 vs. Metropolitan and 9-10-1 vs. Atlantic) and 10-9-4 against the West (6-5-2 vs. Central and 4-4-2 vs. Pacific).

Sweet Lou

Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:

1. David Poile 1,531

2. Lou Lamoriello 1,471

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,471) and Patrick Roy (177) have combined for 1,648 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combinations by a wide margin.

First Things First

The Isles are 14-5-4 when scoring first and are 13-21-3 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles       8-6-7=21

Rangers  6-6-14=26

The Isles are 13-17-3 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 13-8-4 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves; he is 22-19-4 this season and 3-6-2 vs. the Rangers. 

Igor Shesterkin made 21 saves; he is 21-21-2 this season and 8-8-1 vs the Isles. 

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-3 (6:00) and allowed a shorthanded goal; the Rangers were 0-2 (4:00).

The Isles are 10-3-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 17-23-6 when they do not. The Isles are 10-13-6 when they allow at least one power play goal and 17-13-1 when they do not.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 24-8-4 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 3-18-3 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 12-7-7 in games decided by a single goal including 6-7 in regulation. They are 4-6 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 3-8 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

Including tonight, the Isles are 5-3-1 on the front end and 3-5-0 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes at UBS Arena on Tuesday vs. Winnipeg; the next back-to-back will be March 8th-9th in San Jose and Anaheim.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Tony DeAngelo (23:33); Rangers: K'Ande Miller (22:07)

Brock Nelson led Isles forwards (22:09).

Face-offs

Isles 24, Rangers 26 (48%)

Bo Horvat won 12 of 22 for the Isles; Vincent Trocheck won 8 of 13 for Rangers. 

Hit Count

Isles 17 (Four with 2)

Rangers 24 (Matt Rempe -4)

Fights 

Season total: 8 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin-2, Pageau, Tsyplakov, Gatcomb, Cizikas)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 12 (Alexander Romanov -3)

Rangers 22 (Two with 4)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 53, Rangers 61

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 39, Rangers 46

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Hudson Fasching +6

Rangers: Alexis Lafreniere +12

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 10, Rangers 12

5-on-5: Isles 7, Rangers 8

Scratches

(Mike Reilly-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-LTIR),  (Mathew Barzal – IR), (Margus Hogberg -IR), (Matt Martin-IR), Pierre Engvall, Anthony Duclair, Scott Perunovich

Games Lost to injury: 236. (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 226 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (176) has also played every game since the start of last season.

Most Overtime Goals, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 11 

2. Brock Nelson 9 

3. Kyle Okposo and Josh Bailey 6

5. Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal, Thomas Hickey, and Anthony Beauvillier 5

Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)

1. Mathew Barzal 16

2. John Tavares 12

Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 23

2. Mathew Barzal 21

3. Brock Nelson 19

Barzal has a point on 21 of the 43 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.

National TV Games 

The Isles are 2-3-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with four games remaining. The next national game will stream April 1st on ESPN+/Hulu as the Isles host the Lightning; four of the last nine games will be nationally-televised. Note that the April 12th game in Philadelphia will now be an Islander local telecast.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 1-4-1 in matinee games this season, with five games remaining. The next matinee will be on March 22nd vs. Calgary. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-16-11 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 6 successful, 3 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16, Goalie Interference- WAS 11/29, goalie interference – TOR 12/31, no goalie interference – BOS 1/5, offsides-VEG 1/9, goalie interference – OTT 1/14, goalie interference – COL 1/28, goalie interference – PHI 1/30)

Opponents: 6 successful, 3 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/14, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23, Offside -BUF 11/30, No Goalie Interference-CHI 12/15, Goalie Interference – PIT 12/28. Offside 12/31, No goalie interference – NSH 3/1, goalie interference – NYR 3/3)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (2): CHI 12/12, PHI 1/24

Vs (2): CHI 12/15, MIN 2/8

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

Isles responses (7): BUF 11/1, CAR 12/7, BOS 1/5, SJ 1/18, MIN 2/8, DAL 2/23, NAS 3/1

Opponent responses (7): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16, CHI 12/15, TOR 12/31, BOS 1/5, NAS 3/1

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (1): Vs. PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO))

Vs (2):  Vs. NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT)), WSH 11/29 Led 4-2, Lost 5-4 (SO))

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

For (3): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, GAG but lost in OT); Anders Lee 11/12 @ EDM (17:20-GTG; EDM won in OT); Mathew Barzal 1/11 vs UTA (18:35-GAG)

Vs (8): Josh Doan 10/10 vs. UTA (18:06- GTG; UTA won in OT); Cole Caufield 10/19 vs MTL (17:50-GTG; NYI won in SO); Jesper Bratt 10/25 at NJD (18:31-GTG; NYI won in OT); Stefan Noesen 11/9 vs NJ (19:10-GTG; NJD won in OT); Lucas Raymond 11/21 at DET (19:09-GAG); 12/15 Connor Bedard at CHI (19:06-GAG); Bobby McMann 1/2 vs. TOR (17:01- GAG); Nikita Kucherov 2/1 at TB (19:13-GTG; NYI won in OT)

OT Winners

For (4): Bo Horvat 10/25 @ NJD (1:09), Bo Horvat 1/5 @ BOS (3:10), Brock Nelson 1/25 vs CAR (2:03), Tony DeAngelo 2/1 @ TB (0:32)

Vs (6): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04); Jack Hughes 11/9 vs NJD (2:35); Leon Draisaitl 11/12 @ EDM (1:52); Jakub Chychrun 11/29 @ WAS (1:20); Nick Suzuki 12/3 @ MTL (2:39)

Shootout Winners

For (2): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL, Bo Horvat 11/5 vs PIT

Vs (1): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY 

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***  3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***

4. Bob Nystrom and Brock Nelson 900 *** 6. Casey Cizikas 875 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin 848 *** 9. Anders Lee 819 …

23. Ken Morrow 550 *** 24. Duane Sutter 547 *** 25. Lorne Henning 543 *** 26. Adam Pelech 540 *** 27. Ryan Pulock 539 *** 28. Claude Lapointe 535 *** 29. Tomas Jonsson 532 *** 30. Mathew Barzal 531 *** 31. Pat LaFontaine 530 *** 32. Kyle Okposo 529 *** 33. Scott Mayfield 521

Goals    

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

4. Clark Gillies 304 *** 5. Brock Nelson 294 *** 6. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287  *** 8. Anders Lee 283 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 134…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 112

Assists

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

7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Patrick Flatley and Mathew Barzal 328…

13. Derek King 288 *** 14. Pat LaFontaine 279 *** 15. Bobby Nystrom and Brock Nelson 278…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 212…

25. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 26. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 28. Noah Dobson 169 *** 29. Jean Potvin 167 *** 30. Jeff Norton 166 *** 31. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 32. Ryan Pulock 158… 

35. Travis Green 145 *** 36. Casey Cizikas 144

Points

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

7. Josh Bailey 580 *** 8. Brock Nelson 572 …

13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Anders Lee 495 *** 15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 462…

28. Jason Blake and Steve Thomas 258 ***  30. Casey Cizikas 256

+/-

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

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. Ryan Pulock +59 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 ***  24. Greg Gilbert +54 *** 25. Gord Lane +48

Defense Goals

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

4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 51 *** 6. Jean Potvin and Noah Dobson 46…

13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Vladimir Malakhov and Scott Mayfield 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26  

Defense Assists

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 6. Noah Dobson 169 *** 7. Jean Potvin 167 *** 8. Jeff Norton 166 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 158 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 129… 

17. Bryan Berard 100 *** 18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk and Scott Mayfield 96

Defense Points

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 215 *** 7. Jean Potvin 213 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 209…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 155…

18. Gerry Hart 128 *** 19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 123

Goalie Games

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 237 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177***  9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304  *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130 ***

4. Ilya Sorokin 117 …

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

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 21 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 12-36-3-3 as they head to Hartford for a game on Wednesday.

Brian Pinho scored twice Saturday to give him a team-leading (and career-high) 21 goals, four ahead of Liam Foudy. Chris Terry's 34 assists and 50 points pace the Baby Isles in both categories (he is tied for 2nd in the AHL in points).

Bridgeport will host Toronto on Saturday and Springfield on Sunday.

 

Season Series Stats

The Rangers lead the season series, 3 game to 0 (and 6 points to 0). The final meeting will be on April 10th at UBS Arena.

The Isles have lost four straight (0-3-1) over two seasons to the Rangers and are 1-5-2 in the last eight matchups with the Blueshirts; their five-game winless (0-4-1) streak at MSG is the longest since going 0-7-1 from March 24, 2010, to February 7, 2013.

UP NEXT

TUESDAY, MARCH 4th – WINNIPEG AT ISLES 7:30pm

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

The Isles look to earn a split of the season series when they host the Jets on Tuesday; Winnipeg defeated the Isles, 4-3, in Manitoba on February 7th. 

The Isles have won four straight at home(s) against the Jets, by a combined score of 17-7, and are 8-2-0 in their last ten games overall against Winnipeg.

The last Jet win over the Isles in New York was at Barclays Center on December 4, 2018, by a 3-1 score.

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 7, Nashville 4

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 59

Isles 7, Nashville 4

Ilya Sorokin became the second goalie in Islander history to be credited with a goal and also made 24 saves, and the Isles scored multiple goals in each period as they defeated the Nashville Predators 7-4 before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. 

The matinee crowd saw Brock Nelson score twice and add an assist, Bo Horvat reach 20 goals for the eighth time in his career, and numerous other star performances, but it was those who stayed to the end that were rewarded with seeing an Islander goalie credited with a goal in a home game for the first time in club history when Steven Stamkos' pass went into an empty net.  

The Isles are 27-25-7 as they begin a back-to-back on Monday at Madison Square Garden against the Rangers. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Jean-Gabriel Pageau (11) Casey Cizikas (6), Adam Boqvist (5) 02:37 NSH 0,NYI 1

Kyle Palmieri (19) Adam Boqvist (6), Brock Nelson (22) 12:27 NSH 0,NYI 2 PPG

Bo Horvat (20) Anders Lee (19) 19:31 NSH 0,NYI 3

2nd Period

Colton Sissons (7) 01:03 NSH 1,NYI 3

Brock Nelson (18) Simon Holmstrom (17) 02:38 NSH 1,NYI 4 SHG

Marc Del Gaizo (1) Colton Sissons (11), Ryan O'Reilly (22) 04:58 NSH 2,NYI 4

Brock Nelson (19) Alexander Romanov (14), Simon Holmstrom (18) 16:21 NSH 2,NYI 5

3rd Period

Casey Cizikas (5) Hudson Fasching (1), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (19) 05:21 NSH 2,NYI 6

Cole Smith (3) Marc Del Gaizo (4), Colton Sissons (12) 05:51 NSH 3,NYI 6

Cole Smith (4) Tommy Novak (9), Nick Blankenburg (5) 18:56 NSH 4,NYI 6

Ilya Sorokin (1) EN OWN 19:48 NSH 4,NYI 7 

The Skinny

The Isles, who scored a season-high seven goals, and led by three goals after one period for the first time all season, have allowed 24 goals in the last six games (2-4-0)…The Isles have been outscored 72-59 in the third period and overtime; the Isles are much improved in third period and OT in the last seventeen games, outscoring their opponents 22-15…The Isles have scored 121 goals and allowed 111 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 64-42 in all other situations… The Isles have been tied or ahead at some point in the third period in 34 of the last 47 games… The Isles have outscored the opposition 62-56 in the second period this season; they were outscored 107-83 in the second period a season ago… The Isles killed all three opponent power plays for the second straight game, and scored a shorthanded goal to boot … The Isles went 1-4 on the power play; over the last 28 games, the Isles have been outscored 14-5 on the power play…It was the first Islander power play goal at UBS Arena since January 20th vs. Columbus and only the second overall over that span….Cole Smith scored twice in the third period; six of his 17 career goals have come in three two-goal games. Alex Romanov extended his point streak to three games with a second period assist. …Brock Nelson established a new career-high with a five-game assist streak… Kyle Palmieri has five goals in the last six games, and seven goals in the last ten games…It is the first time the Isles have ever scored seven goals against Nashville; they had never scored more than five goals in a home game against the Preds… The win ends a streak of four games in which the Isles had scored three times but lost the game in regulation; that had not happened since 1989….Adam Boqvist was credited with his first two assists as an Islander…Casey Cizikas took two minor penalties; his 38 penalty minutes leads the time…Marc DelGaizo, a childhood friend of Kyle MacLean, scored his first NHL goal…Hudson Fasching earned his first point of the season…The Isles tied the UBS record by scoring seven times.

The Goalie Goal

• Ilya Sorokin scored the 18th goal by a goaltender in NHL regular season play (two others have been scored in the playoffs). Sorokin joins Billy Smith (November 28, 1979, vs. Colorado) as Islander goalies to score a goal. (How rare is this? By comparison there have been 24 perfect games pitched in Major League Baseball)

• Sorokin ties Smith's team record for goals by a goalie in a period, game, season, and career.

• The Isles are the third NHL team with multiple goalies to score a goal, joining Pittsburgh and Nashville.

• It is the third goalie goal in the NHL this season; no prior season had more than one.

• Sorokin is the first Islander goalie to be credited with a point this season; it is the fourth point of his career (1-3-4)

• Both games in which an Islander goalie scored ended with a 7-4 score, but the Isles lost the other one. Smith's goal was scored on a delayed penalty in the second period; it is the only time a team lost a game that their goalie scored (17-1-0).

• Steven Stamkos entered the game one career goal behind Mike Bossy; instead of tying Bossy he was on the other end of Islander history.

• It is the third game in Islander history where a goalie scored; Jose Theodore did so for Montreal on January 2, 2001, at the Coliseum, when he shot the puck into an empty net.

Howie's Favorite Stat

For years I have been noting a stat that former Islander broadcaster Howie Rose always liked – how many players have scored goals for the Isles. For completeness I have always included a parenthetical (including Billy Smith). That changes tonight:  Ilya Sorokin is the 405th Islander to score a goal (including Billy Smith and, well, himself).

To Infinity and Beyond

Since Ilya Sorokin's goal is credited as an 'own goal', neither Sorokin nor the Isles receive a shot on goal for it; thus, Sorokin now has one goal on zero career shots. This is a shooting percentage of infinity.

First Times in a Long Time

The Isles scored multiple goals in each period for the second time this season (October 14 in Colorado) but for the first time at home since October 15, 2022, vs. Anaheim. It is the first time since 2014-15 that the Isles have done this multiple times in a season. 

Milestone Man

Brock Nelson played his 899th game, just one game behind Bob Nystrom for 4th place in club history. Nelson also tied Nystrom for 15th place on the club assist list, one behind Pat LaFontaine for 14th place.

Quite the Numbers

Marcus Hogberg has now played 332 minutes for the Isles, allowing eight goals on 151 shots for a 1.45 GAA and a .947 save percentage. Both the GAA and save percentage are the best in Islander history for any goalie who played multiple games. He is the 44th goalie to win multiple games for the Isles.

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 55, Opponents 67

Tying Goals: Isles 6, Opponents 13 (in 12 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 10 (in 9 games), Opponents 9

Empty Net Goals: Isles 11, Opponents 16

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 37 of their 59 games. In the 22 games that they have trailed through 40 minutes (3-18-1), they have been within one goal at some point in all but five of them (10/12 @ DAL, 12/5 vs SEA, 12/17 @ CAR, 12/23 vs BUF, 2/25 vs NYR) 

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have twelve come-from behind wins this season, including three when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win twelve times this season, including seven times in the third period.

Overtime

The Isles are 4-6 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-1 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 4-4 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-2 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts. 

Sorokin has 34 OT/SO losses, extending his club record (Rick DiPietro had 28). 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 11 empty-net goals and allowed 16.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 42 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 18 times

• Allowed the next goal: 19 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 5 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  27-25-7 for 61 points in 59 games

• 2023-24  25-20-14 for 64 points in 59 games 

 

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-3-3

• Season: 21-89-110

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The Islander defense scored only four times in the first 26 games but have 17 goals in the last 33 games.

Home and Road

The Isles are 27-25-7 overall; they are 14-13-2 at home and 13-12-5 on the road.

Nashville is 21-31-7 overall; they are 15-12-3 at home and 6-19-4 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 17-16-3 against the East (8-6-2 vs. Metropolitan and 9-10-1 vs. Atlantic) and 10-9-4 against the West (6-5-2 vs. Central and 4-4-2 vs. Pacific).

Sweet Lou

Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:

1. David Poile 1,531

2. Lou Lamoriello 1,471

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,471) and Patrick Roy (177) have combined for 1,648 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combinations by a wide margin.

First Things First

The Isles are 14-5-4 when scoring first and are 13-20-3 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles       19-9-8=36

Nashville  3-11-14=28

The Isles are 13-17-3 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 13-7-4 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves; he is 22-18-4 this season and 1-3-1 vs. Nashville. 

Juuse Saros made 30 saves; he is 13-25-6 this season and 7-2-0 vs the Isles. 

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-4 (6:10); Nashville was 0-3 (6:00) and allowed a shorthanded goal.

The Isles are 10-3-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 17-22-6 when they do not. The Isles are 10-13-6 when they allow at least one power play goal and 17-12-1 when they do not.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 24-8-4 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 3-17-3 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 12-7-7 in games decided by a single goal including 6-7 in regulation. They are 4-6 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 3-8 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles are 5-2-1 on the front end and 3-5-0 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be March 3rd -4th when they visit the Rangers and host the Jets.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Noah Dobson (24:48); Nashville: Brady Skjei (26:06)

Brock Nelson led Isles forwards (20:04).

Face-offs

Isles 32, Nashville 26 (55%)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 9 of 13 for the Isles; Tommy Novak won 3 of 5 for Nashville. 

Hit Count

Isles 18 (Marc Gatcomb -4)

Nashville 10 (Luke Schenn -4)

Fights 

Season total: 8 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin-2, Pageau, Tsyplakov, Gatcomb, Cizikas)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 7 (Alexander Romanov -3)

Nashville 12 (Luke Schenn -3)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 70, Nashville 54

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 57, Nashville 45

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Casey Cizikas and Hudson Fasching +12

Nashville: Marc Del Gaizo +7

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 18, Nashville 15

5-on-5: Isles 16, Nashville 13

Scratches

(Mike Reilly-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-LTIR),  (Mathew Barzal – IR), (Margus Hogberg -IR), (Matt Martin-IR), Scott Mayfield, Max Tsyplakov, Scott Perunovich

Games Lost to injury: 231. (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 225 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (175) has also played every game since the start of last season.

Most Overtime Goals, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 11 

2. Brock Nelson 9 

3. Kyle Okposo and Josh Bailey 6

5. Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal, Thomas Hickey, and Anthony Beauvillier 5

Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)

1. Mathew Barzal 16

2. John Tavares 12

Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 23

2. Mathew Barzal 21

3. Brock Nelson 19

Barzal has a point on 21 of the 43 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.

National TV Games 

The Isles are 2-3-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with four games remaining. The next national game will stream April 1st on ESPN+/Hulu as the Isles host the Lightning; four of the last nine games will be nationally-televised. Note that the April 12th game in Philadelphia will now be an Islander local telecast.

Matinee Isles

Including today, the Isles are 1-4-1 in matinee games this season, with five games remaining. The next matinee will be on March 22nd vs. Calgary. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-16-11 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 6 successful, 3 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16, Goalie Interference- WAS 11/29, goalie interference – TOR 12/31, no goalie interference – BOS 1/5, offsides-VEG 1/9, goalie interference – OTT 1/14, goalie interference – COL 1/28, goalie interference – PHI 1/30)

Opponents: 5 successful, 3 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/14, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23, Offside -BUF 11/30, No Goalie Interference-CHI 12/15, Goalie Interference – PIT 12/28. Offside 12/31, No goalie interference – NSH 3/1)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (2): CHI 12/12, PHI 1/24

Vs (2): CHI 12/15, MIN 2/8

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

Isles responses (7): BUF 11/1, CAR 12/7, BOS 1/5, SJ 1/18, MIN 2/8, DAL 2/23, NAS 3/1

Opponent responses (7): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16, CHI 12/15, TOR 12/31, BOS 1/5, NAS 3/1

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (1): Vs. PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO))

Vs (2):  Vs. NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT)), WSH 11/29 Led 4-2, Lost 5-4 (SO))

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

For (3): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, GAG but lost in OT); Anders Lee 11/12 @ EDM (17:20-GTG; EDM won in OT); Mathew Barzal 1/11 vs UTA (18:35-GAG)

Vs (8): Josh Doan 10/10 vs. UTA (18:06- GTG; UTA won in OT); Cole Caufield 10/19 vs MTL (17:50-GTG; NYI won in SO); Jesper Bratt 10/25 at NJD (18:31-GTG; NYI won in OT); Stefan Noesen 11/9 vs NJ (19:10-GTG; NJD won in OT); Lucas Raymond 11/21 at DET (19:09-GAG); 12/15 Connor Bedard at CHI (19:06-GAG); Bobby McMann 1/2 vs. TOR (17:01- GAG); Nikita Kucherov 2/1 at TB (19:13-GTG; NYI won in OT)

OT Winners

For (4): Bo Horvat 10/25 @ NJD (1:09), Bo Horvat 1/5 @ BOS (3:10), Brock Nelson 1/25 vs CAR (2:03), Tony DeAngelo 2/1 @ TB (0:32)

Vs (6): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04); Jack Hughes 11/9 vs NJD (2:35); Leon Draisaitl 11/12 @ EDM (1:52); Jakub Chychrun 11/29 @ WAS (1:20); Nick Suzuki 12/3 @ MTL (2:39)

Shootout Winners

For (2): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL, Bo Horvat 11/5 vs PIT

Vs (1): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY 

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***  3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***

4. Bob Nystrom 900 *** 5. Brock Nelson 899 *** 6. Casey Cizikas 874 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin 848 *** 9. Anders Lee 818 …

23. Ken Morrow 550 *** 24. Duane Sutter 547 *** 25. Lorne Henning 543 *** 26. Adam Pelech 539 *** 27. Ryan Pulock 538 *** 28. Claude Lapointe 535 *** 29. Tomas Jonsson 532 *** 30. Mathew Barzal 531 *** 31. Pat LaFontaine 530 *** 32. Kyle Okposo 529 *** 33. Scott Mayfield 520

Goals    

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

4. Clark Gillies 304 *** 5. Brock Nelson 294 *** 6. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287  *** 8. Anders Lee 283 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 134…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 112

Assists

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

7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Patrick Flatley and Mathew Barzal 328…

13. Derek King 288 *** 14. Pat LaFontaine 279 *** 15. Bobby Nystrom and Brock Nelson 278…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 212…

25. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 26. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 28. Noah Dobson 169 *** 29. Jean Potvin 167 *** 30. Jeff Norton 166 *** 31. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 32. Ryan Pulock 158… 

35. Travis Green 145 *** 36. Casey Cizikas 144

Points

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

7. Josh Bailey 580 *** 8. Brock Nelson 572 …

13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Anders Lee 494 *** 15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 462…

28. Jason Blake and Steve Thomas 258 ***  30. Casey Cizikas 256

+/-

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

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +79 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76  *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***  19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +59 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 ***  24. Greg Gilbert +54 *** 25. Gord Lane +48

Defense Goals

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

4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 51 *** 6. Jean Potvin and Noah Dobson 46…

13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Vladimir Malakhov and Scott Mayfield 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26  

Defense Assists

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 6. Noah Dobson 169 *** 7. Jean Potvin 167 *** 8. Jeff Norton 166 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 158 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 129… 

17. Bryan Berard 100 *** 18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk and Scott Mayfield 96

Defense Points

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 215 *** 7. Jean Potvin 213 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 209…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 155…

18. Gerry Hart 128 *** 19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 123

Goalie Games

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 236 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177***  9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304  *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130 ***

4. Ilya Sorokin 117 …

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

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 21 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 12-36-3-3 after dropping 5-2 and 5-3 decisions in Lehigh Valley Friday and Saturday. 

Brian Pinho scored twice Saturday to give him a team-leading (and career-high) 21 goals, four ahead of Liam Foudy. Chris Terry's 34 assists and 50 points pace the Baby Isles in both categories (he is tied for 2nd in the AHL in points).

Bridgeport heads to Hartford on Wednesday before hosting Toronto on Saturday and Springfield on Sunday.

 

Season Series Stats

The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The rematch will be on April 8th in Nashville. 

The Isles have won two straight over Nashville after going winless in their previous ten meetings. 

UP NEXT

MONDAY, MARCH 3rd – ISLES AT RANGERS 7:00pm

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

The Isles look to extend the winning streak to three as they face the Rangers for the third time this season. The Rangers have won the first two meetings, 5-2 in Manhattan in November and 5-1 at UBS Arena this past Tuesday. 

The Isles have lost three straight (0-2-1) over two seasons to the Rangers and are 1-4-2 in the last seven matchups with the Blueshirts; their four-game winless (0-3-1) streak at MSG is the longest since going 0-7-1 from March 24, 2010, to February 7, 2013.

The teams will meet on April 10th at UBS Arena 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