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The Islanders begin the day Saturday with a share of first place in the Atlantic. It’s the latest that this has happened in a season since the morning of December 23, 2001.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic W-L-T-OL Pts GF GA NY Rangers 19-14-3-2 43 108 106 NY Islanders 18-10-5-2 43 97 86 Philadelphia 18-10-5-1 42 100 74 New Jersey 14-13-5-2 35 79 85 Pittsburgh 14-15-5-2 35 81 99

The Rangers beat Ottawa on 12/23/01 to take the Division lead to the Christmas break…and while the Isles would finish the season only two points out of first place, they never again shared the lead.

If the Isles end Saturday in sole possession of first place, it would mark the first time that this has happened this late in the season since the night of December 14, 2001.

If the Islanders win Saturday…

They’ll have earned 27 points in a nineteen game stretch for the first time since the 1989-90 season (they had several overlapping stretches of 31 points in nineteen games that season). The Isles are 11-4-3 / 25 points in their last 18 games.

Silver Skinny on the Streaking Islanders

The Silver Skinny On the Streaking Islanders By Eric Hornick, FSNY

The Isles are 11-4-3 for 25 points in last 18 games; this is their most points in an eighteen game stretch since they went 12-4-0-2 in a similar stretch in December 2001/January 2002.

The Isles are also 8-3-1 in their last twelve games.

If the Islanders win tonight…

They’ll have earned 27 points in a nineteen game stretch for the first time since the 1989-90 season (they had several overlapping stretches of 31 points in nineteen games that season) If the Islanders lose in overtime or in a shootout tonight…

They’ll have 26 points in a nineteen game stretch – last done under Laviolette in 2001-02 and again in 2002-03.

The Islanders begin the day with a share of first place in the Atlantic. It’s the latest that this has happened in a season since the morning of December 23, 2001.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W-L-T-OL Pts GF GA NY Rangers 19-14-3-2 43 108 106 NY Islanders 18-10-5-2 43 97 86 Philadelphia 18-10-5-1 42 100 74 New Jersey 14-13-5-2 35 79 85 Pittsburgh 14-15-5-2 35 81 99 The Rangers beat Ottawa on 12/23/01 to take the Division lead to the Christmas break…and while the Isles would finish the season only two points out of first place, they never again shared the lead.

If the Isles end today in sole possession of first place, it would mark the first time that this has happened since the night of December 14, 2001.

The Isles are 6-3-1 in November. If they earn one more point this month, they will have consecutive winning Novembers for the first time since 1983-1986 [4 straight]. The Isles went 7-6-1 last November and haven’t won more than seven November games since 1987.

Believe it or not—the Isles have already wrapped up a second consecutive winning November on the road [5-3-0 last year and 4-1-1 with one game to play this year]. It’s only the second time in Islander history that they’ve had winning records on the road in consecutive Novembers – Al Arbour never did it, but Terry Simpson did – going 4-2-0 in 1986 and 3-2-0 in 1987.

Fwd: Stat Trick

--- Eric Hornick <forever1940@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:47:43 -0800 (PST) > From: Eric Hornick <forever1940@yahoo.com> > Subject: Stat Trick > To: "islanderfans@yahoogroups.com" > <islanderfans@yahoogroups.com>, > IslesList <isles-list@replayer.com> > > 1. Isles are 11-4-3 for 25 points in last 18 games; this is > their most points in an eighteen game stretch since they went > 12-4-0-2 in a similar stretch in December 2001/January 2002. > > 2. For the second straight game, sixteen different Islanders > had > at least one shot on goal. [Brendan Witt and Arron Asham did > not get a shot Friday [not counting Witt's hit on Malkin :)] > after Witt and Hill did not get a shot on Wednesday. > > 3. The Islanders dressed the same eighteen skaters for the > twentieth straight game. >

Fwd: Re: So when was the last time the Islanders earned a point in six straight road games?

--- Eric Hornick <forever1940@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:52:33 -0800 (PST) > From: Eric Hornick <forever1940@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: So when was the last time the Islanders earned a > point in six straight road games? > To: "islanderfans@yahoogroups.com" > <islanderfans@yahoogroups.com>, > IslesList <isles-list@replayer.com> > > Oops... I goofed. The Isles won their first six road games > under Laviolette. > > They'll look to make it points in seven straight for the first > time since 1983 on Monday night. > > > --- Eric Hornick <forever1940@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > OK, I admit it--this is a new NHL type stat. But even > before > > the advent of the shootout, the Isles would have points in > the > > last six on the road [4 wins, a shootout win and a shootout > > loss]. > > > > How long has it been since they did that? > > > > You have to go back in the books until the days of the > Stanley > > Cup Champion New York Islanders. > > > > In January & February 1983, en route to Cup #4, the Isles > had > > a > > 5-0-2 road stretch. > > > > 13-Jan-83 @ New Jersey 5 2 W > > 20-Jan-83 @ Montreal 4 4 T > > 27-Jan-83 @ Los Angeles 6 4 W > > 29-Jan-83 @ Vancouver 5 3 W > > 30-Jan-83 @ Edmonton 4 2 W > > 1-Feb-83 @ Calgary 2 2 T > > 3-Feb-83 @ New Jersey 7 2 W > > > > > > They hadn't earned a point in as many as six straight road > > games > > since. Until now. [They had points in five straight road > > games > > six times in that span] > > > > The club record for points in consecutive road games is 8, > set > > in 1975-76 [6-0-2] and equalled in 1978-79 [7-0-1], and > again > > in > > 1980-81 [8-0-0]. > > > > (Personal note -- I watched the 4-4 tie in 1983 from the > Forum > > press box. My uncle was watching too --and he spilled the > > beans > > that I was in Montreal Quebec, and not studying in > > Schenectady, NY!) > > > >

Fwd: [isles-list] Stat Trick

--- Eric Hornick <forever1940@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > 1. The Isles have beaten Chicago in four straight games, > dating > back to 2003, after having beaten the Hawks only four times in > the previous 38 meetings. > > 2. The Isles' defense contributed three assists, giving them > 20 > points [2-18-20] in the first 11 games. Not bad, particularly > when you remember that Chris Campoli led the defense in > scoring > last season. > > 3. Alexei Yashin recorded his 106th goal as an Islander, > finally > pushing Eddie Westfall [105 goals] out of the Isles' top 20. > Jason Blake's goal was his 100th NHL goal -- all but seven > have > come as an Islander. > > > > Forever1940 is the nom de plume of FSN statistician Eric > Hornick. > > Eric, who has worked the Stanley Cup Finals four times, will > celebrate his 25th anniversary as the statistician on Islander > home telecasts on January 21, 2007. Often referred to on-air > as an actuary, he is one of 2,901 Fellows of the Casualty > Actuarial Society and is the President-Elect of the Casualty > Actuaries of Greater NY. > > You can find him in the "Best Seat in the House", about six > feet to Howie and Billy's left, at most Islander home games. > > For more on the actuarial profession, visit > www.beanactuary.org > >

Where'd everybody go?

Attendance for tonight's game was announced as 9,438.

It's the lowest announced crowd for an Islander home game since only 3,863 made it through a blizzard to see a season-turning victory over the Blackhawks on December 6, 2003. [However, many more tickets were sold for that game.]

You'd have to go back 162 home games, to the 2001-02 season, to find the last true sub-10,000 crowd.

On October 30, 2001 the Islanders ran their season opening point streak to 11 games [9-0-1-1] with a 3-2 victory over Florida. Only 9,271 attended the game.

Re: Dunham faces 50

With a little more time to look...

Dunham's efforts in Anaheim marked the first time that the Islanders had allowed 50 shots in a game in 7 1/2 years.

On April 12, 1999, Felix Potvin tied the Islander club record by making 55 saves [on 57 shots] as the Islanders won in New Jersey 4-2

With Saturday's home opener win, Dunham has stopped 89 of 94 shots, raising his save percentage to 94.7%.

--- Eric Hornick <forever1940@yahoo.com> wrote:

> A note from a hotel in Chicago---- > > Mike Dunham made 46 saves on 50 shots [regulation/OT] in the > Islanders' shootout win in Anaheim tonight. > > It was only the second time in his NHL career that he faced at > least 50 shots. > > On October 21, 1998, Dunham made 52 saves on 57 shots in a 5-2 > loss to Detroit. It was the first month of the Predators' > existence. > > > BTW, neither Garth Snow nor Rick DiPietro have ever faced 50 > shots in a game as an Islander goaltender. Snow faced at least > 50 only once in his NHL career [making 48 saves in a 4-3 ot > win > for the Canucks in 2001 -- ironically Dunham was in goal for > Nashville that night.] > > DiPietro has faced as many as 46 shots in a game -- in Anaheim > in 2004. > >