tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57908232026-04-15T00:58:31.960-04:00NYISkinny: Eric Hornick's BlogStatistician on Islander telecasts since 1982; author of The Skinny on islanders.nhl.com Follow me on Twitter @ehornickEric Hornickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01916181124302717053noreply@blogger.comBlogger3670125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-82989566839584392472026-04-15T00:58:31.960-04:002026-04-15T00:58:31.960-04:00The Skinny: Carolina 2, Isles 1<div class="ydp76436ee5yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydp242af514pasted-link"> <div> <b>“The Skinny”&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>By Eric Hornick</b> </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Game 82</b> </div> <div> <b>Carolina 2, Isles 1</b> </div> <div> The 2025-26 season came to an end tonight. Mark Jankowski scored the winning goal, and Carolina defeated the Islanders 2-1 before a crowd of 15,231 at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Bo Horvat scored his 300th career goal in the second period, with Victor Eklund earning the back assist in his NHL debut. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles ended the season with three straight losses and went 1-7-0 in their final eight games. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period&nbsp; </div> <div> Nikolaj Ehlers (26) Felix Unger Sorum (1), Logan Stankoven (23) 03:05 CAR 1,NYI 0 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Bo Horvat (31) Mathew Barzal (53), Victor Eklund (1) 13:14 CAR 1,NYI 1 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Mark Jankowski (11) Joel Nystrom (9), Alexander Nikishin (22) 14:38 CAR 2,NYI 1 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b> </div> <div> The Isles scored only two goals in the final three games of the season…Matthew Schaefer had fifteen shot attempts, but finished the season tied with Brian Leetch for the NHL record for goals scored in a season by a rookie…David Rittich played for the first time since March 30th, started for the first time since March 24th, and played a complete game for the first time since March 14th; that ended a streak of fourteen consecutive games played by Ilya Sorokin… Felix Unger Sorum also earned an assist in his NHL debut…Five Islanders made their NHL debut this season, and four reported at least one point….Carolina scratched nine regulars, who totaled 393 points this season.. Bo Horvat joins Anders Lee as Islanders who scored their 300th career goal this season; prior to that, only three other non-Dynasty players had done so – all between 2004 -2006 (Cliff Ronning, Alexei Yashin, Miroslav Satan)…Horvat (31 years, 9 days) is the youngest Islander since Clark Gillies (30-364 on 4/6/1985) to score his 300th goal as an Islander; Gillies also did it in a season finale. Mike Bossy was 25 and Bryan Trottier was 26 when they hit 300 NHL goals…Victor Eklund is 337 days older than Matthew Schaefer; both were selected in the first round of the 2025 Entry Draft…The Isles lost only five games in OT/SO’s; it was their fewest OT/SO losses since the shootout was introduced in 2005-06…The Isles did not play OT in their last seventeen games; it is the longest single-season streak for the club in the shootout era. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 300 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (419) and Jake Guentzel (305) have more. Bo is the 246th NHL player to score 300 goals. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Horvat has 99 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer finished with 23 goals, sharing the NHL record for goals in a season by a rookie defenseman with Brian Leetch. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer set a club rookie defense record with 59 points; it is also an NHL record for an 18-year-old defenseman. Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer finished with 221 shots on goal; he is the first rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Adrian Aucoin (232 in 2001-02) was the last Islander defenseman with more shots on goal. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer played in his 82nd game of the season, breaking Tim Connolly’s record for games played by an 18-year-old. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Anders Lee remains two goals behind Denis Potvin for 3rd place in club history. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Isles Team Leaders</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Goals:&nbsp; &nbsp;Horvat 31, Schaefer 23, Heineman 22 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Assists: Barzal 53, Schaefer 36, DeAngelo 30 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Points:&nbsp; Barzal 72, Schaefer 59, Horvat 57 </div> <div> •<span> </span>+/-:&nbsp; Schaefer +13, Barzal +10, Pulock +9 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> • It is the first time in ten seasons that neither Lee (4x) nor Brock Nelson (5x) led the Isles in goals. </div> <div> •Mathew Barzal had at least a share of the club point lead for the 7th time in 9 seasons. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Other Team Leaders</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Games: Lee, Pelech, Heineman and Schaefer 82 </div> <div> •<span> </span>PIM: Mayfield 83, Barzal 61, Pelech 50 </div> <div> •<span> </span>PP Goals: Schaefer 8, Horvat 7, Lee/Ritchie 5 </div> <div> •<span> </span>PP Points: Barzal 20, Schaefer 18, Horvat 16 </div> <div> •<span> </span>SH Goals: Pageau 3, Holmstrom 2, Four with 1 </div> <div> •<span> </span>SH Points: Pageau 7, Holmstrom 4, Cizikas/Pelech 2 </div> <div> •<span> </span>OT Goals: Five with 2 </div> <div> •<span> </span>GW Goals: Horvat 7, Holmstrom 5, Five with 4 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Shots: Horvat 226, Schaefer 221, Lee 199 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Shoot %:(minimum 40 games): Pageau 21.0%, Holmstrom 19.0%, Ritchie 16.5% </div> <div> •<span> </span>Ice Time: Schaefer 24:41, Peelch 20:53, Pulock 20:49 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Face-off Win %: Pageau 59.1%, Horvat 56.3%, Cizikas 54.7% </div> <div> •<span> </span>Shootout Goals:&nbsp; Four with 2 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Hits: Heineman 247, Gatcomb 192, Cizikas 153 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Blocks: Pulock 148, Pelech 124, Schaefer 111 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Goals (Season)</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 64-85-70-10=229 (2.8/game) </div> <div> Opponents&nbsp; &nbsp; 67-87-82-9=236 (2.9/game) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Shots (Season)</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 725-804-737-43=2309 (28.2/game) </div> <div> Opponents&nbsp; &nbsp;749-808-689-25=2271 (27.7/game) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams (Season)</b> </div> <div> Power Play 40-242 16.5% (9 shorthanded goals allowed) </div> <div> Penalty Kill 41-214 80.8% (9 shorthanded goals scored) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The power play improved from 12.6% to 16.5% while the penalty kill improved from 72.2% to 80.8%. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Finales&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 6-3-4 in their last twelve season finales and are 27-16-9 all-time in their final game of the year. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Coaching Change</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-3-0 under Peter DeBoer. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>How Swede It Is</b> </div> <div> Emil Heineman (22) and Simon Holmstrom (19) combined for 41 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>22 (2025-26 12/13/2025-4/11/2026) </div> <div> •<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena) </div> <div> •<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season) </div> <div> The Isles have sold out 24 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Return to Form</b> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 27-20-1 (with a .911 save percentage, and a 2.52 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin is 15-5-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin leads the NHL with 18 road wins (18-11-1) but is 11-13-1 at home. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Shutout Leader</b> </div> <div> Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Big Save Dave</b> </div> <div> David Rittich is 14-11-3 on the season. He is 3-3-0 with one ‘no decision’&nbsp; in his last seven starts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Rittich is 11-4-1 at home this season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Home Stretch</b> </div> <div> The Isles ended the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 4-8-0 overall, 4-5-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road: </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI 1-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR 5-3 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT 0-3 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL 1-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR 1-2 L </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 23 (2025-26) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83) </div> <div> (Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (23-36-59 in 82 GP) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp; </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 26 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Brent Sutter and Matthew Schaefer 23 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 63 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 51 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine and Matthew Schaefer 36 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 95 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 75 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 62 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 59 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 285 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 221 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 84 Isles games. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b> </div> <div> Matthew Schafer now holds the club record for games (82), goals (23), assists (36), and points (59). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – a record Schaefer broke tonight.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals and Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 23 goals and 59 points (2025-26) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman, Season (NHL History)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89) and Matthew Schaefer 23 (2025-26) </div> <div> Leetch did have two goals after joining the Rangers following the 1988 Olympics, so he scored 25 goals as a rookie. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b> </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer has drawn 38 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +19 (having taken only 19 penalties). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman had finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than Schaefer, who tied the NHL record for penalty differential by a defensemen. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Best Penalty Differential by an NHL Defensemen (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer +19 2025-26 </div> <div> Cale Makar COL +19 2024-25&nbsp; </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Cale Makar COL +17 in 2023-24 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp; </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 38 (2025-26) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> This is only the sixth time since 2009-10 (including PK Subban twice) that any defenseman has drawn at least 38 penalties. Schaefer’s +20 differential is by far the highest of that group. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 38 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 38 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25 </div> <div> [Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT) </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO) </div> <div> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT) </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO) </div> <div> 6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 70 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Shots by an Isles Rookie</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>&nbsp; 235<span> </span>1977-78<span> </span> </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>David Volek<span> </span>&nbsp; 229<span> </span>1988-89<span> </span> </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Michael Grabner 228<span> </span>2010-11<span> </span> </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 221&nbsp; &nbsp; 2025-26<span> </span> </div> <div> Schaefer is the first NHL rookie defenseman to hit 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06 (242) and has broken Denis Potvin’s club record for a rookie defensemen (209). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b> </div> <div> The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles set an NHL record by going 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they were 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26 10 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2023-24 9 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5) </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Only one other team in NHL history had a better differential, as the Panthers’ 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 remains the record-holder. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have scored fifteen goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 14 empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26 15 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2017-18 9 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Building on a Lead</b> </div> <div> The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 38 times this season: </div> <div> •<span> </span>Score the next goal: 16 times </div> <div> •<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 15 times </div> <div> •<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 7 times </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 43-34-5 for 91 points in 82 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 35-35-12 for 82 points in 82 games.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Offense from Defense</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp; 0-0-0 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 40-126-166 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Rookie Scoring</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-1-1 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 42-70-112 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49 </div> <div> •<span> </span>The assists and points are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139); the last time Islander rookies combined for more goals was in 2010-11 (48, including 34 from Michael Grabner). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 42 rookie goals are tied with Montreal for the NHL lead, while the 112 points are 2nd to Chicago’s 118. Islander rookies scored 18.3% of the team’s goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 43-34-5 overall; they are 22-17-2 at home and 21-17-3 on the road. </div> <div> Carolina is 53-22-7 overall; they are 29-10-2 at home and 24-12-5 on the road. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 26-20-4 against the East (14-10-2 vs. Metropolitan and 12-10-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>First Things First</b><span> </span> </div> <div> The Isles are 29-12-3 when scoring first and 14-22-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;8-8-13=29 </div> <div> Carolina 7-8-6=21 </div> <div> The Isles are 15-20-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-12-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> David Rittich made 19 saves; he is 14-10-3 this season and 5-5-0 vs. Carolina. </div> <div> Brandon Bussi made 28 saves; he is 31-6-2 this season and 3-0-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 0-2 (4:00); Carolina was 0-1 (2:00). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 21-9-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-25-3 when they do not. The Isles are 13-16-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-18-1 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 20-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-14-2 when they are outscored, and 18-19-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 33-9-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-25-2 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 27-11-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-11 in regulation; the 27 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp;</b> &nbsp; </div> <div> The Isles were 5-11-0 on the front end and 9-6-1 on the back end this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> The Isles went 9-7-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-2-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (24:13); Carolina: Alex Nikishin (23:40) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (20:18). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 26, Carolina 26 (50%) </div> <div> Brayden Schenn won 8 of 11 for the Isles; Mark Jankowski won 10 of 18 for Carolina. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 10 (Three with 2) </div> <div> Carolina 11 (Two with 2) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 11 (Lee-4, Mayfield -3, MacLean-2, DeAngelo, Schenn) </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 7 (Cal Ritchie -2) </div> <div> Carolina 11 (Two with 3) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 57, Carolina 43 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 42, Carolina 40 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer +13 </div> <div> Carolina: Two with +4 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 9, Carolina 8 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 7, Carolina 8 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> (Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-rehab), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Max Shabanov-INJ), Adam Boqvist, Anthony Duclair, (Ryan Pulock -INJ), Marc Gatcomb, Kyle MacLean </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 399. (Last season’s total: 304) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 326th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (164) played in every game for the second straight season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles went 7-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles went 3-7-2 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28 </div> <div> Vs (8): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2, MTL (3 in :55) 4/12 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17 </div> <div> Opponent responses (4): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4, TOR 4/9 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (1): STL 3/10 </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b> </div> <div> For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA) </div> <div> Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30 </div> <div> Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b> </div> <div> Games Played (skaters) </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 978 *** 5. Anders Lee 923… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 642&nbsp; *** 17. Derek King 638 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 636 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 615 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 4. Anders Lee 308&nbsp; … </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 124… </div> <div> 33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Trent Hunter and Bo Horvat 99 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Assists </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 *** </div> <div> 4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 381… </div> <div> 18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241… </div> <div> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 147 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Points </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052… </div> <div> 9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** </div> <div> 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 280 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67&nbsp; ***&nbsp; 21. Ryan Pulock +66 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Games </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2 Adam Pelech 642 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 636 *** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 615 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Goals </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 *** </div> <div> 4. Ryan Pulock 56… </div> <div> 12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Assists </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 185 …&nbsp; </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 147…&nbsp; </div> <div> 13. Dave Lewis 117 *** 14. Roman Hamrlik and Scott Mayfield 110 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Points </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 241… </div> <div> 10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 177… </div> <div> 14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 140 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goalie Games </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 308…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 154 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 *** </div> <div> 4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Bridgeport Islanders are riding a 10-game home winning streak to the playoffs! Bridgeport is to 9-4-0-0 in their last thirteen games and 32-29-3-5 on the season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Islanders close the regular season with three road games, beginning Wednesday in Hartford. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 28;&nbsp; Assists: Marshall Warren 26&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 33, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 49.(Luff has 51, 39 prior to being acquired) </div> <div> Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen 17-8-1, 2.60, .899; Marcus Hogberg 12-13-6, 2.92, .890 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> Carolina sweeps the season series, 3 games to 0 (and 6 points to 0).&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-5-1 in eight games played against the Canes at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>NHL Draft June 26-27&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles have the 13th seed going into the NHL draft lottery. Last season the Isles moved up from tenth place to win the lottery, despite having only a 3.5% chance. They should have a 2.0% chance to win the lottery again; however, the highest they could move is third. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> As of right now, the Isles have five pick, having traded their second-round pick to Chicago (in the Josh Bailey deal) and their third-round pick to the Rangers (for Carson Soucy). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>AND FINALLY...</b> </div> <div> Despite spending 70 days in a playoff position after the calendar turned, the 2025–26 season ends without a postseason berth for the second straight year. Injuries played a significant role—just four players suited up for every game—but one constant never wavered: The Skinny. It was there after all 82 regular-season games, extending its perfect attendance streak to 1,178 consecutive games (including playoffs). With a little luck and good health, 1,200 should be within reach around Thanksgiving. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Nothing makes me happier than when fans stop me at UBS Arena to say hello; I genuinely appreciate all our meetings and look forward to having them for many years to come. Thank you for your support—and for reading and engaging with The Skinny all season long. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Finally, my heartfelt thanks to the most important people in my life—my wife Diane, and my sons Adam and Evan—for their unwavering support through every high and low. I am incredibly fortunate. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Enjoy the summer. With next season set to begin a bit earlier, we will be back at it in about 24 weeks. </div> <div> <i><br></i> </div> <div> <i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i> </div> <div> <br> </div> </div><br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div class="ydp76436ee5signature"> Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick </div> </div> </div> Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-78303182100798287082026-04-12T22:11:25.502-04:002026-04-12T22:11:25.502-04:00The Skinny: Montreal 4, Isles 1<div class="ydp686ad929yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydp2c405e70pasted-link"> <div> <b>“The Skinny”&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>By Eric Hornick</b> </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Game 81</b> </div> <div> <b>Montreal 4, Isles 1</b> </div> <div> School is out. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Montreal Canadiens scored three times in a 55 second span late in the second period and defeated the Islanders 4-1 before a crowd of 16,918 at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The loss mathematically eliminated the Isles from a chance to return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2024. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Casey Cizikas scored the only goal for the Isles, snapping a scoreless streak of over 118 minutes. The Isles will conclude the season on Tuesday when they host Carolina. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period&nbsp; </div> <div> No Goals </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Nick Suzuki (29) Juraj Slafkovský (43), Lane Hutson (65) 15:56 MTL 1,NYI 0 </div> <div> Ivan Demidov (19) Nick Suzuki (72), Lane Hutson (66) 16:24 MTL 2,NYI 0 PPG </div> <div> Alex Newhook (13) Zachary Bolduc (18), David Reinbacher (1) 16:51 MTL 3,NYI 0 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Casey Cizikas (10) Scott Mayfield (13), Ryan Pulock (24) 08:45 MTL 3,NYI 1 </div> <div> Zachary Bolduc (12) Alex Newhook (12), Kirby Dach (7) 19:45 MTL 4,NYI 1 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 4-9-0 in their last thirteen games and 7-13-0 in their last twenty games… The three Canadiens goals were the fastest allowed by the Isles in a home game since November 5, 1987, vs. Pittsburgh, and the fastest scored by Montreal since January 4, 2012, vs. Winnipeg…Nick Suzuki’s goal was his 100th point; he is the first Canadien since Mats Naslund in 1985-86 to reach 100 points… David Reinbacher, the 5th overall pick by the Habs in 2023, earned an assist in his NHL debut…Casey Cizikas matched the second-highest goal total of his career with his 10th goal; he had twice that many (20) in 2018-19. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer remained at 23 goals, sharing the NHL record for goals in a season by a rookie defenseman with Brian Leetch. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer has a club rookie defenseman record 59 points; it is also an NHL record for an 18-year-old defenseman. Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer now has 217 shots on goal; he is the first rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Adrian Aucoin (232 in 2001-02) was the last Islander defenseman with more shots on goal. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer played in his 81st game of the season, tying Tim Connolly’s record for games played by an 18-year-old. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Anders Lee remains two goals behind Denis Potvin for 3rd place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (419) and Jake Guentzel (305) have more. To date, 245 NHL players have scored 300 goals. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Coaching Change</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-2-0 under Peter DeBoer. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>How Swede It Is</b> </div> <div> Emil Heineman (22) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 41 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>22 (2025-26 12/13/2025-4/11/2026) </div> <div> •<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena) </div> <div> •<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season) </div> <div> The Isles have sold out 24 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Return to Form</b> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 27-20-1 (with a .911 save percentage, and a 2.52 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin is 15-5-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin leads the NHL with 18 road wins (18-11-1) but is 11-13-1 at home. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Shutout Leader</b> </div> <div> Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Big Save Dave</b> </div> <div> David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one ‘no decision’&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Rittich is 11-3-1 at home this season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Home Stretch</b> </div> <div> The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 4-7-0 overall, 4-5-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road: </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI 1-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR 5-3 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT 0-3 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL 1-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 23 (2025-26) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83) </div> <div> (Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (23-36-59 in 81 GP) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp; </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 26 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Brent Sutter and Matthew Schaefer 23 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 63 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 51 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine and Matthew Schaefer 36 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 95 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 75 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 62 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 59 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 285 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 217 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 85 Isles games. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b> </div> <div> Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (23), assists (36), and points (59). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – a record Schaefer tied tonight and could break on Sunday.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals and Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 23 goals and 59 points (2025-26) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman, Season (NHL History)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89) and Matthew Schaefer 23 (2025-26) </div> <div> Leetch did have two goals after joining the Rangers following the 1988 Olympics, so he scored 25 goals as a rookie. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b> </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer has drawn 38 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +19 (having taken only 19 penalties). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Best Penalty Differential by an NHL Defensemen (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer +19 2025-26 </div> <div> &nbsp; &nbsp; Cale Makar COL +19 2024-25&nbsp; </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Cale Makar COL +17 in 2023-24 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp; </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 38 (2025-26) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> This is only the sixth time since 2009-10 (including PK Subban twice) that any defenseman has drawn at least 38 penalties. Schaefer’s +20 differential is by far the highest of that group. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 38 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 38 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25 </div> <div> [Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT) </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO) </div> <div> &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT) </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO) </div> <div> 6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 69 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Shots by an Isles Rookie</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>&nbsp; 235<span> </span>1977-78<span> </span> </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>David Volek<span> </span>&nbsp; 229<span> </span>1988-89<span> </span> </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Michael Grabner 228<span> </span>2010-11<span> </span> </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 217&nbsp; 2025-26<span> </span> </div> <div> Schaefer is the first NHL rookie defenseman to hit 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06 (242) and has broken Denis Potvin’s club record for a rookie defensemen (209). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b> </div> <div> The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26 10 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2023-24 9 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5) </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers’ 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have scored fourteen goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 13 empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26 14 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2017-18 9 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Building on a Lead</b> </div> <div> The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 38 times this season: </div> <div> •<span> </span>Score the next goal: 16 times </div> <div> •<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 15 times </div> <div> •<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 7 times </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 43-33-5 for 91 points in 81 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 35-34-12 for 82 points in 81 games; they finished last season with those 82 points.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Offense from Defense</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp; 0-2-2 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 40-126-166 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Rookie Scoring</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-0-0 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 42-69-111 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49 </div> <div> •<span> </span>The assists and points are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139); the last time Islander rookies combined for more goals was in 2010-11 (48, including 34 from Michael Grabner). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <span>The 42 rookie goals are tied with Montreal for the NHL lead, while the 111 points are 2nd to Chicago’s 117. Islander rookies have scored 18.4% of the team’s goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</span><br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 43-33-5 overall; they are 22-16-2 at home and 21-17-3 on the road. </div> <div> Montreal is 48-23-10 overall; they are 24-15-2 at home and 24-8-8 on the road. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 26-19-4 against the East (14-9-2 vs. Metropolitan and 12-10-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 29-12-3 when scoring first and 14-21-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;8-6-17=31 </div> <div> Montreal 10-9-3=22 </div> <div> The Isles are 15-19-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-12-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets</b>&nbsp; </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin made 18 saves; he is 29-24-2 this season and 6-2-2 vs. Montreal. </div> <div> Jakub Dobes made 30 saves; he is 30-9-4 this season and 1-0-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 0-2 (4:00); Montreal was 1-2 (2:28). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 21-9-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-24-3 when they do not. The Isles are 13-16-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-17-1 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 20-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-14-2 when they are outscored, and 18-18-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 33-9-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-24-2 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 27-10-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-10 in regulation; the 27 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Including today, the Isles were 5-11-0 on the front end and 9-6-1 on the back end this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> The Isles went 9-7-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-2-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (28:02); Montreal: Mike Matheson (26:16) </div> <div> Mathew Barzal led Isles forwards (22:41). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 25, Montreal 22 (53%) </div> <div> Brayden Schenn won 4 of 6 for the Isles; Jake Evans won 5 of 7 for Montreal. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 16 (Four with 2) </div> <div> Montreal 23 (Zachary Bolduc -5 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 11 (Lee-4, Mayfield -3, MacLean-2, DeAngelo, Schenn) </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 11 (Two with 2) </div> <div> Montreal 13 (Jayden Struble -3) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 65, Montreal 48 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 56, Montreal 37 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Scott Mayfield +15 </div> <div> Montreal: Two with +3 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 15, Montreal 11 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 14, Montreal 8 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> (Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Max Shabanov-INJ), Isaiah George, Ondrej Palat, Adam Boqvist </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 393. (Last season’s total: 304) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 325th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (163) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles went 7-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> This was the final matinee of the season; the Isles went 3-7-2 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28 </div> <div> Vs (8): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2, MTL (3 in :55) 4/12 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17 </div> <div> Opponent responses (4): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4, TOR 4/9 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (1): STL 3/10 </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b> </div> <div> For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA) </div> <div> Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30 </div> <div> Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b> </div> <div> Games Played (skaters) </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 977 *** 5. Anders Lee 922… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 641&nbsp; *** 17. Derek King 638 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 636 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 614 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 610 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 4. Anders Lee 308&nbsp; … </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 124… </div> <div> 33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Assists </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 *** </div> <div> 4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 380… </div> <div> 18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241… </div> <div> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 147 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Points </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052… </div> <div> 9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** </div> <div> 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 280 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67&nbsp; ***&nbsp; 21. Ryan Pulock +66 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Goals </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 *** </div> <div> 4. Ryan Pulock 56… </div> <div> 12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Assists </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 185 …&nbsp; </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 147…&nbsp; </div> <div> 14 Roman Hamrlik and Scott Mayfield 110 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Points </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 241… </div> <div> 10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 177… </div> <div> 14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 140 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goalie Games </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 308…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 154 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 *** </div> <div> 4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Bridgeport Islanders are going to the playoffs! Bridgeport improved to 9-4-0-0 in their last thirteen games and 32-29-3-5 on the season with a 4-1 victory over Hartford on Sunday; Matthew Maggio had a goal and an assist to give the Isles a 10-game home winning streak in the final regular season game at Total Mortgage Arena.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Islanders close the regular season with three road games, beginning Wednesday in Hartford. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 28;&nbsp; Assists: Marshall Warren 26&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 33, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 49.(Luff has 51, 39 prior to being acquired) </div> <div> Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen 17-8-1, 2.60, .899; Marcus Hogberg 12-13-6, 2.92, .890 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> Montreal wins the season series, 2 games to 1 (and 5 points to 2).&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> This was the Habs first regulation win at UBS Arena, dropping the Isles to 5-1-1.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>TUESDAY, APRIL 14th&nbsp; &nbsp;—CAROLINA AT ISLES 7:00PM</b> </div> <div> <b>[MSGSN (pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles close out their season as the Carolina Hurricanes make their only appearance of the season at UBS Arena.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have lost their last four games in Carolina, but they did sweep the two games played with the Canes at UBS Arena last season. The Isles are 2-4-1 in seven games played against the Canes at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <i><br></i> </div> <div> <i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i> </div> <div> <br> </div> </div><br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div class="ydp686ad929signature"> Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick </div><span>The 42 rookie goals are tied with Montreal for the NHL lead, while the 111 points are 2nd to Chicago’s 117. Islander rookies have scored 18.4% of the team’s goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</span> </div> Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-80799679225924007572026-04-11T22:15:11.516-04:002026-04-11T22:15:11.516-04:00The Skinny: Ottawa 3, Isles 0<div class="ydp6492a0bcyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydpcfbec553pasted-link"> <div> <b>“The Skinny”&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>By Eric Hornick</b> </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Game 80</b> </div> <div> <b>Ottawa 3, Isles 0</b> </div> <div> Ridly Greig scored a first period shorthanded goal and Linus Ullmark made 23 saves as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Isles,3-0, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Jake Sanderson scored a 5-on-3 goal in the third period and Michael Amadio added an empty netter for the Sens, who clinched a playoff spot later in the day. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> With Saturday night’s results. the Isles fall into sixth place in the Metro Division, trailing Philadelphia by three points, Columbus by one point, and Washington by a tiebreaker. All four teams have two games remaining in the regular season. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;</b>&nbsp; </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Ridly Greig (13) Michael Amadio (20) 13:06 OTT 1,NYI 0 SHG </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> No Goals </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Jake Sanderson (14) Dylan Cozens (31), Tim Stützle (49) 12:36 OTT 2,NYI 0 PPG </div> <div> Michael Amadio (14)EN Shane Pinto (22), Ridly Greig (22) 17:29 OTT 3,NYI 0 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 4-8-0 in their last twelve games and 8-11-0 in their last nineteen games…&nbsp; Mathew Barzal’s assist streak ended at five games…Brayden Schenn played his 1,100th NHL game…The Isles lost the face-off battle for only the second time since March 1st (both times to Ottawa)…The Isles lost all eleven face-offs on their power play; it is the first time since face-offs became official in 1997-98 that this has happened…The Isles have allowed three shorthanded goals in their last six games…Linus Ullmark recorded his third shutout of the season; Ottawa was 10 points out of a playoff spot on January 30th, but are 18-6-3 since then…The Isles were shut-out for the third time this season (SEA -shootout win and BUF), with all three games occurring at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Playoff Chase</b> </div> <div> Today’s results guaranteed Boston and Ottawa the wild card spots. The only route for the Isles to make the playoffs is through third place in the Metro. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Metro Standings</b> </div> <div> 1.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; xy Carolina 110 points (38 RW) in 80 games </div> <div> 2.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; x Pittsburgh 98 (34 RW) in 80&nbsp; </div> <div> 3.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Philadelphia 94 (26 RW) in 80 </div> <div> ------- </div> <div> 4.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Columbus 92 (28 RW, 33 ROW) in 80 </div> <div> 5.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Washington 91 (35 RW) in 80 </div> <div> 6.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ISLES 91 (29 RW, 39 ROW) in 80 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <b>Maximum Points and RW for Teams That Isles Are Competing With for Playoff Spots:</b> </div> <div> Philadelphia 98/28 </div> <div> Columbus 96/30 </div> <div> Washington 95/37 </div> <div> ISLES 95/31 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Remaining Games</b> </div> <div> Sun 4/12 MTL@NYI, PIT@WAS, BOS@CBJ </div> <div> Mon 4/13 CAR@PHI </div> <div> Tue 4/14 CAR@NYI, MTL@PHI, PIT@STL, WSH@CBJ </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>A History Lesson</b> </div> <div> Anders Lee and Brady Tkachuk fought one second into the game for the second straight game. Other than those two games, only one game in Islander history had fighting memories assessed at 0:01 – January 21, 2013, vs Tampa Bay. Matt Martin and Joe Finley were the fighters for the Isles. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer remained at 23 goals, sharing the NHL record for goals in a season by a rookie defenseman with Brian Leetch. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer has a club rookie defenseman record 59 points; it is also an NHL record for an 18-year-old defenseman. Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer now has 213 shots on goal, breaking Denis Potvin’s club record (209) for a rookie defenseman; he is the first rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Adrian Aucoin (213 in 2003-04) was the last Islander defenseman with as many shots on goal. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Anders Lee remains two goals behind Denis Potvin for 3rd place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (417) and Jake Guentzel (304) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Coaching Change</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 under Peter DeBoer. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>How Swede It Is</b> </div> <div> Emil Heineman (22) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 41 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>22 (2025-26 CURRENT) </div> <div> •<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena) </div> <div> •<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season) </div> <div> The Isles have sold out 24 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Return to Form</b> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 27-19-1 (with a .913 save percentage, and a 2.48 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin is 15-5-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin leads the NHL with 18 road wins (18-11-1) but is 11-12-1 at home. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Shutout Leader</b> </div> <div> Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Big Save Dave</b> </div> <div> David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one ‘no decision’ in his last six starts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Rittich is 11-3-1 at home this season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Home Stretch</b> </div> <div> The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 4-6-0 overall, 4-4-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road: </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI 1-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR 5-3 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT 0-3 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 23 (2025-26) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83) </div> <div> (Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (23-36-59 in 80 GP) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp; </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 26 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Brent Sutter and Matthew Schaefer 23 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 63 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 51 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine and Matthew Schaefer 36 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 95 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 75 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 62 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 59 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 285 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 213 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 86 Isles games. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b> </div> <div> Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (23), assists (36), and points (59). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – a record Schaefer could tie on Sunday.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals and Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 23 goals and 59 points (2025-26) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman, Season (NHL History)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89) and Matthew Schaefer 23 (2025-26) </div> <div> Leetch did have two goals after joining the Rangers following the 1988 Olympics, so he has 25 goals as a rookie. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b> </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer has drawn 38 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +20 (having taken only 18 penalties). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Best Penalty Differential by an NHL Defensemen (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer +20 2025-26 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Cale Makar COL +19 2024-25&nbsp; </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Cale Makar COL +17 in 2023-24 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp; </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 38 (2025-26) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> This is only the sixth time since 2009-10 (including PK Subban twice) that any defenseman has drawn at least 38 penalties. Schaefer’s +20 differential is by far the highest of that group. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 38 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 38 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25 </div> <div> [Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT) </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO) </div> <div> &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT) </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO) </div> <div> 6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 68 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Shots by an Isles Rookie</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>&nbsp; 235<span> </span>1977-78<span> </span> </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>David Volek<span> </span>&nbsp; 229<span> </span>1988-89<span> </span> </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Michael Grabner 228<span> </span>2010-11<span> </span> </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 213&nbsp; &nbsp; 2025-26<span> </span> </div> <div> Schaefer is the first NHL rookie defenseman to hit 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06 (242) and has broken Denis Potvin’s club record for a rookie defensemen (209). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b> </div> <div> The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26 10 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2023-24 9 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5) </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers’ 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have scored thirteen goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 13 empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26 13 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2017-18 9 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Building on a Lead</b> </div> <div> The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 38 times this season: </div> <div> •<span> </span>Score the next goal: 16 times </div> <div> •<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 15 times </div> <div> •<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 7 times </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 43-32-5 for 91 points in 80 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 35-33-12 for 82 points in 80 games; they finished last season with those 82 points.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Offense from Defense</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp; 0-0-0 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 40-124-164 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Rookie Scoring</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-0-0 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 42-69-111 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49 </div> <div> •<span> </span>The assists and points are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139); the last time Islander rookies combined for more goals was in 2010-11 (48, including 34 from Michael Grabner). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 42 rookie goals are one ahead of Montreal for the NHL lead, while the 111 points are 2nd to Chicago’s 112. Islander rookies have scored 18.5% of the team’s goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 43-32-5 overall; they are 22-15-2 at home and 21-17-3 on the road. </div> <div> Ottawa is 43-27-10 overall; they are 22-12-6 at home and 21-15-4 on the road. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 26-18-4 against the East (14-9-2 vs. Metropolitan and 12-9-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>First Things First</b><span> </span> </div> <div> The Isles are 29-12-3 when scoring first and 14-20-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;8-7-8=23 </div> <div> Ottawa 5-4-7=16 </div> <div> The Isles are 15-18-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-12-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin made 13 saves; he is 29-23-2 this season and 5-2-1 vs. Ottawa. </div> <div> Linus UIllmark made 23 saves; he is 28-12-8 this season and 10-7-1 vs. the Isles&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 0-5 (10:00) and allowed a shorthanded goal; Ottawa was 1-5 (8:34), scoring 58 seconds into a 5-on-3. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 21-9-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-23-3 when they do not. The Isles are 13-15-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-17-1 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 20-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-13-2 when they are outscored, and 18-18-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 33-9-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-23-2 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 27-10-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-10 in regulation; the 27 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Including today, the Isles are 5-11-0 on the front end and 9-5-1 on the back end this season. The final back-to-back&nbsp; of the season concludes Sunday when the Isles host Montreal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 9-6-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (24:56); Ottawa: Jake Sanderson (27:38) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (22:56). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 23, Ottawa 28 (45%) </div> <div> Brayden Schenn won 4 of 6 for the Isles; Claude Giroux won 10 of 17 for Ottawa. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 26 (Brayden Schenn -5) </div> <div> Ottawa 27 (Brady Tkachuk -7) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Anders Lee fought Brady Tkachuk off the opening face-off. Season total: 11 (Lee-4, Mayfield -3, MacLean-2, DeAngelo, Schenn) </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 12 (Ryan Pulock -4) </div> <div> Ottawa 15 (Two with 3) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 55, Ottawa 40 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 38, Ottawa 26 </div> <div> <i>&nbsp;</i> </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Tony DeAngelo +13 </div> <div> Ottawa: Claude Giroux +2 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 14, Ottawa 8 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 11, Ottawa 2 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> (Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Max Shabanov-INJ), Isaiah George, Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 388. (Last season’s total: 304) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 324th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (162) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles went 7-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> This was the final matinee of the season; the Isles went 3-7-2 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28 </div> <div> Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17 </div> <div> Opponent responses (4): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4, TOR 4/9 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (1): STL 3/10 </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b> </div> <div> For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA) </div> <div> Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30 </div> <div> Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b> </div> <div> Games Played (skaters) </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 976 *** 5. Anders Lee 921… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 640&nbsp; *** 17. Derek King 638 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 635 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 613 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 609 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 4. Anders Lee 308&nbsp; … </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123… </div> <div> 33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Assists </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 *** </div> <div> 4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 380… </div> <div> 18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241… </div> <div> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 147 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Points </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052… </div> <div> 9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** </div> <div> 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67&nbsp; ***&nbsp; 21. Ryan Pulock +66 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Goals </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 *** </div> <div> 4. Ryan Pulock 56… </div> <div> 12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Assists </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp; </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 147…&nbsp; </div> <div> 14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 109 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Points </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240… </div> <div> 10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 177… </div> <div> 14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 139 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goalie Games </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 307…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 154 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 *** </div> <div> 4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Bridgeport fell to 8-4-0-0 in their last twelve games and 31-29-3-5 on the season with a 7-3 loss in Lehigh Valley on Saturday night; Victor Eklund and Cole Eiserman both scored for Bridgeport. Henrik Tikkanen saw his seven-game winning streak end. The Islanders remain in 4th place in the Atlantic; they are six points clear of 7th place Lehigh Valley, who are out of the playoffs.&nbsp; </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> Bridgeport returns home to host Hartford on Sunday in the final regular season game ever to be played at Total Mortgage Arena. A regulation win would clinch a playoff spot for the Islanders. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 27;&nbsp; Assists: Marshall Warren 25&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 33, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 47.(Luff has 51, 39 prior to being acquired) </div> <div> Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen 17-8-1, 2.60, .899; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> Ottawa wins the season series, 2 games to 1 (and 4 points to 2).&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> This was the Sens’ second regulation win at UBS Arena, with both coming by shutout (Leevi Meriläinen last season) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>SUNDAY, APRIL 12th&nbsp; &nbsp;—MONTREAL AT ISLES 6:00PM</b> </div> <div> <b>[MSGSN (pre-game at 5:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles welcome Noah Dobson back to UBS Arena for the first time as they host the Montreal Canadiens in the penultimate game of the 2025-26 regular season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The teams have split a pair of games this season, both at Bell Centre. The Isles earned a 4-3 win in the first game after the Olympic break on a Bo Horvat overtime winner; the Canadiens used a big third period to defeat the Isles 7-3 on March 21. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have won five straight games over Montreal at UBS Arena since the Canadiens earned a win on their first visit here in a shootout. Each of the last three UBS meetings have been decided in either overtime or a shootout. </div> <div> <i><br></i> </div> <div> <i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i> </div> <div> <br> </div> </div><br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div class="ydp6492a0bcsignature"> Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick<br> </div> </div> Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-64065690322776496052026-04-10T01:06:38.127-04:002026-04-10T01:06:38.127-04:00The Skinny: Isles 5, Toronto 3<div class="ydp767ba1feyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydpf5bbfdd7pasted-link"> <div> <b>“The Skinny”&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>By Eric Hornick</b> </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Game 79</b> </div> <div> <b>Isles 5, Toronto 3</b> </div> <div> Pete DeBoer’s Islander debut was a success as the Isles outshot Toronto 44-16 and snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Maple Leafs, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored in the first five minutes as the Isles outshot the Leafs, 24-3, in the first period. However, the game was tied midway through the second period when Matthew Schaefer potted his 23rd goal, matching Brian Leetch’s record for goals in a season by a rookie defenseman. Emil Heineman got the eventual game-winner late in the second period and Cal Ritchie scored on a 5-on-3 in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles move back into fourth place in the Metro Division, trailing Philadelphia by just one point; they remain three points behind Ottawa in the Wild Card race, with the Sens heading to Long Island on Saturday afternoon.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Brayden Schenn (18) Calum Ritchie (17), Bo Horvat (26) 02:08 TOR 0,NYI 1 </div> <div> Jean-Gabriel Pageau (17) Max Shabanov (13), Adam Pelech (12) 04:55 TOR 0,NYI 2 </div> <div> Steven Lorentz (7) 05:11 TOR 1,NYI 2 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Easton Cowan (11) John Tavares (39), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (31) 01:57 TOR 2,NYI 2 PPG </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer (23) Tony DeAngelo (29), Ondrej Palat (10) 09:39 TOR 2,NYI 3 </div> <div> Emil Heineman (22) Mathew Barzal (52), Tony DeAngelo (30) 16:44 TOR 2,NYI 4 PPG </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Calum Ritchie (13) 10:20 TOR 2,NYI 5 PPG </div> <div> Morgan Rielly (11) Matias Maccelli (25), Luke Haymes (1) 14:04 TOR 3,NYI 5&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 4-7-0 in their last eleven games and 7-11-0 in their last seventeen games… The Isles scored twice on the power play, including a 5-on-3… Toronto scored on their only power play;&nbsp; the Isles have still killed 28 of 34 since the trade deadline… Cal Ritchie now has points in seven of the last eight games and six goals in his last 15 games … Mathew Barzal extended his assist streak to five games… Max Shabanov earned a point for the second straight game.…After having been outshot 48-19 in the first period of their last four games, the Isles had a 24-3 shot advantage in the first period… Tony DeAngelo had two assists as he returned to the lineup after missing six games (and most of a seventh)…Toronto’s Luke Haymes earned a late assist in his NHL debut…Brayden Schenn scored his sixth goal in sixteen games as an Islander…Jean-Gabriel Pageau now has seventeen goals, one shy of his high as an Islander (18 in 2021-22)…Matthew Schaefer’s goal was his 23rd, passing Mathew Barzal’s rookie total; the last Isles rookie with more goals in a season was Anders Lee (25 in 2014-15)..Schaefer and Ritchie are the first Isles teammates to score at least 13 goals in the same rookie season since Todd Bertuzzi (18) and Niklas Andersson (14) in&nbsp; 1995-96; the last time two Isle rookies had at least 13 goals and 30 points in the same season was Patrick Flatley (20-31-51) and Pat LaFontaine (19-35-54) in 1984-85….If Ritchie (5 PPG) can get another power play goal this season, he and Schaefer would be the first rookie duo to each have six power play goals in a season…The Isles scored an unassisted power play goal for the second time this season; Ritchie has them both…The Isles matched a season high with 24 shots in the first period (also vs Florida – 2nd period- March 28th)…It is the first time in club history the Isles have outshot an opponent by at least 24 shots (44-16) after being outshot by at least 24 shots in the previous game (16-40); the 52-shot improvement in the differential (from -24 to +28) matches the club record, set in 2008. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Playoff Chase</b> </div> <div> The Isles closed within one point of third in the Metro; the Penguins clinched both a playoff spot and second place tonight. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Standings</b> </div> <div> 1.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; xy(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 108 points (37 RW) in 79 games </div> <div> 2.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; x (1st Atlantic) Buffalo 106 (41 RW, 44 ROW) in 80 </div> <div> 3.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; x (2nd Atlantic) Montreal 104 (33 RW) in 79 </div> <div> 4.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; x (3rd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 102 (39 RW, 44 ROW) in 79 </div> <div> 5.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; x (2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 98 (34 RW) in 79 </div> <div> 6.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (1st WC) Boston 96 (31 RW) in 79 </div> <div> 7.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (2nd WC) Ottawa 94 (36 RW) in 79 </div> <div> 8.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (3rd Metro) Philadelphia 92 (25 RW) in 79 </div> <div> ------- </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 9.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(3rd WC) Detroit 91 (30 RW, 39 ROW) in 79 </div> <div> 10.&nbsp; &nbsp;(4th WC/4th Metro) ISLES 91 (29 RW, 39 ROW) in 79 </div> <div> 11.&nbsp; &nbsp;(5th WC) Columbus 90 (27 RW, 32 ROW) in 79 </div> <div> 12.&nbsp; &nbsp;(6th WC) Washington 89 (34 RW) in 79 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Maximum Points and RW for Teams That Isles Are Competing With for Playoff Spots</b>: </div> <div> Boston 102/34 </div> <div> Ottawa 100/39 </div> <div> Philadelphia 98/28 </div> <div> Detroit 97/33 </div> <div> ISLES 97/32 </div> <div> Columbus 96/30 </div> <div> Washington 95/37 </div> <div> <i><br></i> </div> <div> <i>Thursday's Results</i> </div> <div> TOR 3 @NYI 5 </div> <div> CBJ 0 @BUF5 </div> <div> TB 1 @MTL 2 </div> <div> CAR 7 @CHI 2 </div> <div> PIT 5 @NJ 2 </div> <div> FLA 1 @OTT 5 </div> <div> PHI 3 @DET 6 </div> <div> <i><br></i> </div> <div> <i>Remaining Games</i> </div> <div> Fri 4/10: No Games in Chase </div> <div> Sat 4/11: OTT@NYI, TB@BOS, CBJ@MTL, CAR@UTA, WAS@PIT, PHI@WPG, NJ@DET </div> <div> Sun 4/12 MTL@NYI, PIT@WAS, BOS@CBJ, OTT@NJD </div> <div> Mon 4/13 DET@TB, BUF@CHI, CAR@PHI </div> <div> Tue 4/14 CAR@NYI, MTL@PHI, PIT@STL,NJ@BOS, WSH@CBJ </div> <div> Wed 4/15 NYR@TB, DAL@BUF, TOR@OTT, DET@FLA </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>A History Lesson</b> </div> <div> Only nine times in NHL history has a team made the playoffs after being at least three points out of a spot with four games to play. The Isles have done this twice, in 1989-90 and in 2006-07.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer scored his 23rd goal, tying Brian Leetch’s NHL record for goals in a season by a rookie defenseman. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer now has a club rookie defenseman record 59 points; it is also an NHL record for an 18-year-old defenseman. Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer now has 209 shots on goal, tying Denis Potvin’s club record for a rookie defenseman; he is the first rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Adrian Aucoin (213 in 2003-04) was the last Islander defenseman with more shots on goal. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Adam Pelech played his 639th game, passing Derek King for 16th place among Islander skaters. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Anders Lee remains two goals behind Denis Potvin for 3rd place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (417) and Jake Guentzel (304) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Coaching Change</b> </div> <div> The Isles improve to 6-1-0 in the first game after a mid-season coaching change since Bill Stewart replaced Mike Milbury in 1999. The Isles are 9-9-2 in the first game for their new coach and are 10-11-2 in first games when you include multiple stints for Al Arbour, Lorne Henning, and Milbury. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Pete DeBoer is the first Islander coach to debut against the Leafs since Earl Ingarfield, Sr. became the second coach in Islander history, débuting January 31, 1973. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The New Coach</b> </div> <div> Pete De Boer is coaching in the NHL for the 18th consecutive season. DeBoer improved to 663-447-152 in 1262 regular season game; he is 97-82 in the playoffs. DeBoer has won a playoff series in each of his last seven trips to the Stanley Cup playoffs and has made the Western Conference Final six times in the last eight seasons.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> DeBoer tied Jacques Lemaire for 21st place in games coached on Thursday and is 18th in career wins (two behind Todd McLellan). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> DeBoer is 7th in playoff games coached, three behind Darryl Sutter and four behind Pat Quinn. Joel Quenneville (225) is the only active coach with more games. His 97 wins are fifth all-time, and three behind Dick Irvin. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>How Swede It Is</b> </div> <div> Emil Heineman (22) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 41 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>21 (2025-26 CURRENT) </div> <div> •<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena) </div> <div> •<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season) </div> <div> The Isles have sold out 23 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Return to Form</b> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 27-18-1 (with a .914 save percentage, and a 2.49 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin is 15-5-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin leads the NHL with 18 road wins (18-11-1) but is 11-11-1 at home. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Shutout Leader</b> </div> <div> Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Big Save Dave</b> </div> <div> David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one ‘no decision’&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Rittich is 11-3-1 at home this season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Home Stretch</b> </div> <div> The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 4-5-0 overall, 4-3-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road: </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI 1-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR 3-4 L </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR 5-3 W </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL </div> <div> •<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 23 (2025-26) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83) </div> <div> (Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (23-36-59 in 79 GP) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp; </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 26 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Brent Sutter and Matthew Schaefer 23 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 63 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 51 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine and Matthew Schaefer 36 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 95 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 75 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 62 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 59 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenage</b>r </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 285 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 209 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 87 Isles games. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b> </div> <div> Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (23), assists (36), and points (59). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals and Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 23 goals and 59 points (2025-26) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman, Season (NHL History)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89) and Matthew Schaefer 23 (2025-26) </div> <div> Leetch did have two goals after joining the Rangers following the 1988 Olympics, so he has 25 goals as a rookie. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b> </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer has drawn 38 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +20 (having taken only 18 penalties). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Best Penalty Differential by an NHL Defensemen (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer +20 2025-26 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Cale Makar COL +19 2024-25&nbsp; </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Cale Makar COL +17 in 2023-24 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp; </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 38 (2025-26) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> This is only the sixth time since 2009-10 (including PK Subban twice) that any defenseman has drawn at least 38 penalties. Schaefer’s +20 differential is by far the highest of that group. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 38 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 38 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25 </div> <div> [Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT) </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO) </div> <div> &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT) </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO) </div> <div> 6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 67 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Shots by an Isles Rookie</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>&nbsp; 235<span> </span>1977-78<span> </span> </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>David Volek<span> </span>&nbsp; 229<span> </span>1988-89<span> </span> </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Michael Grabner 228<span> </span>2010-11<span> </span> </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin<span> </span>&nbsp; 209<span> </span>1973-74 and Matthew Schaefer 209&nbsp; &nbsp; 2025-26<span> </span> </div> <div> Schaefer is the first NHL rookie defenseman to hit 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06 (242). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b> </div> <div> The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26 10 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2023-24 9 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5) </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers’ 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have scored thirteen goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 13 empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>2025-26 13 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>2017-18 9 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Building on a Lead</b> </div> <div> The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 38 times this season: </div> <div> •<span> </span>Score the next goal: 16 times </div> <div> •<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 15 times </div> <div> •<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 7 times </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 43-31-5 for 91 points in 79 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 34-33-12 for 80 points in 79 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Offense from Defense</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-3-4 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 40-124-164 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Rookie Scoring</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;2-2-4 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 42-69-111 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49 </div> <div> •<span> </span>The assists and points are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139); the last time Islander rookies combined for more goals was in 2010-11 (48, including 34 from Michael Grabner). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 42 rookie goals are one ahead of Montreal for the NHL lead, while the 111 points are 2nd to Chicago’s 112. Islander rookies have scored 18.5% of the team’s goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 43-31-5 overall; they are 22-14-2 at home and 21-17-3 on the road. </div> <div> Toronto is 32-33-14 overall; they are 18-13-8 at home and 14-20-6 on the road. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 26-17-4 against the East (14-9-2 vs. Metropolitan and 12-8-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 29-12-3 when scoring first and 14-19-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 24-12-8=44 </div> <div> Toronto 3-6-7=16 </div> <div> The Isles are 15-17-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-12-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin made 13 saves; he is 29-22-2 this season and 8-5-0 vs. Toronto. </div> <div> Artur Akhtyamov made 39 saves in his first NHL start; he is 0-1-0 this season and 0-1-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 2-5 (7:49); Toronto was 1-1 (1:07). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 21-9-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-22-3 when they do not. The Isles are 13-14-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-17-1 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 20-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-12-2 when they are outscored, and 18-18-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 33-9-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-22-2 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 27-10-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-10 in regulation; the 27 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp;</b> &nbsp; </div> <div> T9he Isles are 5-10-0 on the front end and 9-5-1 on the back end this season. The final back-to-back will be on April 11th-12th when the Isles host Ottawa and Montreal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 9-6-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (24:50); Toronto: Jake McCabe (25:06) </div> <div> Mathew Barzal led Isles forwards (21:36). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 36, Toronto 31 (54%) </div> <div> Bo Horvat won 19 of 29 for the Isles; John Tavares won 11 of 19 for Toronto. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 24 (Marc Gatcomb -6) </div> <div> Toronto 21 (Michael Pezzetta -6) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 10 (Mayfield -3, Lee-3, MacLean-2, DeAngelo, Schenn) </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 11 (Three with 2) </div> <div> Toronto 13 (Morgan Rielly -3) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 79, Toronto 58 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 63, Toronto 49 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer +12 </div> <div> Toronto: Two with +9 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 17, Toronto 7 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 12, Toronto 7 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> (Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), Isaiah George, Anthony Duclair, Kyle MacLean, Adam Boqvist </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 383. (Last season’s total: 304) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 323rd consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (161) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> This was the final national telecast/streaming game for the Isles this season. The Isles were 7-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-6-2 in matinee games this season; the final matinee is April 11th vs Ottawa at 1:00pm. 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 18-23-14 in matinees. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28 </div> <div> Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17 </div> <div> Opponent responses (4): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4, TOR 4/9 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (1): STL 3/10 </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b> </div> <div> For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA) </div> <div> Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30 </div> <div> Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b> </div> <div> Games Played (skaters) </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 975 *** 5. Anders Lee 920… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 639&nbsp; *** 17. Derek King 638 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 634 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 612 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 608 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 4. Anders Lee 308&nbsp; … </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123… </div> <div> 33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Assists </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 *** </div> <div> 4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 380… </div> <div> 18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241… </div> <div> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 147 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Points </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052… </div> <div> 9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** </div> <div> 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67&nbsp; ***&nbsp; 21. Ryan Pulock +66 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Goals </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 *** </div> <div> 4. Ryan Pulock 56… </div> <div> 12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Assists </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp; </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 147…&nbsp; </div> <div> 14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 109 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Points </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240… </div> <div> 10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 177… </div> <div> 14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 139 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goalie Games </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 306…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 154 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 *** </div> <div> 4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>On the Farm&nbsp; </b>&nbsp; </div> <div> Pierrick Dube had the overtime winner as Bridgeport improved to 8-3-0-0 in their last eleven games and 31-28-3-5 on the season with a 5-4 OT win over Wilkes Barre-Scranton. Victor Eklund scored his first goal in North America and is 1-7-8 in five games with Bridgeport. Henrik Tikkanen won his seventh straight game and improved to 9-1-0 in his last ten games, allowing only one goal in his only loss. The Islanders remain in 4th place in the Atlantic; they are now eight points clear of 7th place Lehigh Valley, who are out of the playoffs.&nbsp; </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> Bridgeport will play in Lehigh Valley on Saturday and then return home to host Hartford on Sunday in the final regular season game ever to be played in Bridgeport. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 27;&nbsp; Assists: Marshall Warren 24&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 32, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 47.(Luff has 50, 39 prior to being acquired) </div> <div> Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen 17-7-1, 2.47, .903; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> The Isles sweep the season series, 3 games to 0 (and 6 points to 1).&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 9-3-0 in the last four seasons against Toronto, including three overtime victories. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>SATURDAY, APRIL 11th&nbsp; &nbsp;—OTTAWA AT ISLES 1:00PM</b> </div> <div> <b>[MSGSN (pre-game at 12:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles begin their final back-to-back of the season&nbsp; and look to move back into a playoff berth as they welcome the Ottawa Senators to UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> It is the third meeting of the season, with each team earning a one-goal win in Kanata on a late goal. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 15-4-2 against the Sens in their last 21 meetings; the Isles are 3-1-2 in their six meetings at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div> <div> A win would temporarily move the Isles ahead of Philadelphia, since the Flyers do not play until Saturday night. However, if the Senators win in any fashion, the Isles will be eliminated from catching them in the Wild Card race (though they could still pass the Flyers in the Metro). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles also still have a slim chance to catch Boston for a Wild Card spot. They trail the Bruins by five points and two regulation wins with three games left. Any Bruins win or an Islanders regulation loss would end that possibility. </div> </div><br> </div> <div> <i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i> </div> <div> <br> </div> </div><br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div class="ydp767ba1fesignature"> Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick </div> </div> </div> Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-37867783065840765312026-04-08T23:11:00.000-04:002026-04-08T23:11:05.898-04:00The Skinny on the Playoff Chase<p>&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The two games played in the East Wednesday only had a modest impact on the Isles as Buffalo beat the Rangers and Washington beat Toronto.</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3132768041371215448" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 681px;"><p>The Isles head into their Thursday game trailing both Ottawa and Philadelphia by three points. They need a win over Toronto and could really use some help.</p><p>&nbsp;<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">The Standings:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">xy(1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;Metro)&nbsp;&nbsp;Carolina 106 points (36 RW) in 78 games<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">x (1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;Atlantic)&nbsp;</span>Buffalo 104 (40 RW, 43 ROW) in 79</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">x (2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;Atlantic)&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span>Tampa Bay 102 (39 RW, 44 ROW) in 78</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">4.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">x(3<sup>rd</sup>&nbsp;Atlantic) Montreal 102 (32 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">5.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 96 (33 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">6.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;WC) Boston 96 (31 RW) in 79<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">7.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;WC) Ottawa 92 (35 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">8.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(3<sup>rd</sup>&nbsp;Metro) Philadelphia 92 (25 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">-------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">9.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(3<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC/4<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Metro)&nbsp;</span>Columbus 90 (27 RW, 32 ROW) in 78</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">10.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(4<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC) Detroit 89 (29 RW, 38 ROW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">11.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(5<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC)&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span>ISLES 89 (28 RW, 38 ROW) in 78</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">12.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(6<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC) Washington 89 (34 RW, 38 ROW) in 79<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b>Wednesday's Results</b></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">BUF 5 @ NYR 3</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">WAS 4 @ TOR 0&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><b>Remaining Games<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Thu 4/9:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;TOR@NYI, CBJ@BUF, TB@MTL, CAR@CHI, PIT@NJ, FLA@OTT, PHI@DET</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Fri 4/10:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;No Games in Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Sat 4/11: OTT@NYI, TB@BOS, CBJ@MTL, CAR@UTA, WAS@PIT, PHI@WPG, NJ@DET</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Sun 4/12 MTL@NYI, PIT@WAS, BOS@CBJ, OTT@NJD,&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Mon 4/13 DET@TB, BUF@CHI, CAR@PHI</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Tue 4/14 CAR@NYI, MTL@PHI, PIT@STL,NJ@BOS, WSH@CBJ</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Wed 4/15 NYR@TB, DAL@BUF, TOR@OTT, DET@FLA</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><br /></p><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-31327680413712154482026-04-07T22:10:00.000-04:002026-04-07T22:10:03.532-04:00The Skinny on the Playoff Chase<p>Pete DeBoer's job has gotten harder, and the Isles have not yet played a game under their new coach.</p><p>Ottawa and Philadelphia both won, so the Isles are now three points behind both teams in the Wild Card and Division race.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p><p>To make matters worse, Adam Fantilli tied the DET/CBJ game late, and then Columbus won in a shootout.&nbsp; As I mentioned last night, that would be the worst combination as it moved both teams from behind the Isles to ahead of them.</p><p>&nbsp;<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-size: 13.2px;">The Standings:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">xy(1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;Metro)&nbsp;&nbsp;Carolina 106 points (36 RW) in 78 games<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">x (1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;Atlantic) Tampa Bay 102 (39 RW, 44 ROW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">x (2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;Atlantic) Buffalo 102 (39 RW, 41 ROW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">4.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">x(3<sup>rd</sup>&nbsp;Atlantic) Montreal 102 (32 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">5.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 96 (33 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">6.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;WC) Boston 96 (31 RW) in 79<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">7.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;WC) Ottawa 92 (35 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">8.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(3<sup>rd</sup>&nbsp;Metro) Philadelphia 92 (25 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">-------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">9.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(3<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC/4<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Metro)&nbsp;</span>Columbus 90 (27 RW, 32 ROW) in 78</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">10.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(4<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC) Detroit 89 (29 RW, 38 ROW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">11.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(5<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC)&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span>ISLES 89 (28 RW, 38 ROW) in 78</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">12.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(6<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC) Washington 87 (33 RW, 37 ROW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><b>Tuesday's Results<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;">TB 2 @OTT 6</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;">FLA 3 @MTL 4 (SO)</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;">BOS 5 @CAR 6 (OT)</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;">CBJ 4@DET 3 (SO)</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;">PHI 5 @NJ 1</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><b>Upcoming Games<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Wed 4/8:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;BUF@NYR, WAS@TOR</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Thu 4/9:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;TOR@NYI, CBJ@BUF, TB@MTL, CAR@CHI, PIT@NJ, FLA@OTT, PHI@DET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Fri 4/10:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;No Games in Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The Isles' position will not change on Wednesday; they will head into play Thursday 3 points out of a playoff spot with four games to play, with&nbsp; the Isles now even in games with all teams they are chasing.</p>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-55526061100596335022026-04-06T21:52:00.003-04:002026-04-06T21:52:39.325-04:00The Skinny on the Playoff Chase<p>In the only game on Monday, the Sabres tied Tampa Bay for the Atlantic Division lead in both points and Regulation Wins with a 4-2 win in Buffalo.&nbsp; Tampa Bay maintains first place because they have a game-in-hand.&nbsp; The Bolts will play that extra game in Ottawa tomorrow.</p><p>&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The Standings:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">x(1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;Metro)&nbsp;&nbsp;Carolina 104 points (36 RW) in 77 games<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">x (1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;Atlantic) Tampa Bay 102 (39 RW, 44 ROW) in 76<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">x (2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;Atlantic) Buffalo 102 (39 RW, 41 ROW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">4.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">x(3<sup>rd</sup>&nbsp;Atlantic) Montreal 100 (32 RW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">5.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 96 (33 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">6.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;WC) Boston 95 (31 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">7.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;WC) Ottawa 90 (34 RW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">8.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(3<sup>rd</sup>&nbsp;Metro) Philadelphia 90 (24 RW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">-------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">9.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(3<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC/4<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW, 38 ROW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">10.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(4<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC) Detroit 88 (29 RW, 38 ROW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">11.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(5<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC) Columbus 88 (27 RW, 32 ROW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">12.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">(6<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;WC) Washington 87 (33 RW, 37 ROW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><b>Monday’s Results<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;">TB 2 @BUF4</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><b>Upcoming Games<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Tue 4/7:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;TB@OTT, FLA@MTL, BOS@CAR,CBJ@DET, PHI@NJ</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Wed 4/8:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;BUF@NYR, WAS@TOR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Thu 4/9:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;TOR@NYI, CBJ@BUF, TB@MTL, CAR@CHI, PIT@NJ, FLA@OTT, PHI@DET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Fri 4/10:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;No Games in Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3164ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The Isles will fall behind Detroit, Columbus, or possibly both when those two teams play on Tuesday.&nbsp; When Tuesday's games end, the Isles will know whether they are 10th or 11th in the East - and 4th or 5th in the Metro, as well as how may points out of a playoff spot they are (either 1, 2, or 3). Those positions won't change on Wednesday.</p>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-13228709610085829412026-04-05T22:29:00.000-04:002026-04-05T22:29:27.471-04:00The Skinny on the Coaching Change and The Playoff Chase<p>&nbsp;It wasn't Epic in the sense of Pat LaFontaine's goal early Easter Morning in 1987, or Wade Dubielewicz' poke check to get the Isles into the playoffs in 2007, but it was consequential nevertheless, as the Isles replaced Patrick Roy as Head Coach with veteran coach Pete DeBoer.</p><p>DeBoer looks to turn around an Islander team that had lost four straight games for the first time in over a year and found themselves on the precipice of falling out of a playoff spot.&nbsp;</p><p>Within the first eight hours of DeBoer's tenure, and on the first of four consecutive Islander days off, they did just that, as Philadelphia knocked the Isles out of third in the Metro and Ottawa then knocked them out of the second Wild Card spot.&nbsp; The news was not all bad though as Detroit suffered a late loss to Minnesota and Washington got blown out at Madison Square Garden.</p><p>The Standings:</p><p></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">x(1<sup>st</sup> Metro)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Carolina 104 points (36 RW) in 77 games<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">x (1<sup>st</sup> Atlantic) Tampa Bay 102 (39 RW) in 76 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">x (2<sup>nd</sup> Atlantic) Buffalo 100 (38 RW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">x(3<sup>rd</sup> Atlantic) Montreal 100 (32 RW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 96 (33 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> WC) Boston 95 (31 RW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2<sup>nd</sup> WC) Ottawa 90 (34 RW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>rd</sup> Metro) Philadelphia 90 (24 RW) in 77 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.25in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">-------<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>th</sup> WC/4<sup>th</sup> Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW, 38 ROW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(4<sup>th</sup> WC) Detroit 88 (29 RW, 38 ROW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(5<sup>th</sup> WC) Columbus 88 (27 RW, 32 ROW) in 77<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(6<sup>th</sup> WC) Washington 87 (33 RW, 37 ROW) in 78<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><b>Sunday’s Results<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">MIN 5 @DET 4<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">FLA 2 @PIT 5<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>BOS 1 @PHI 2 (OT)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>CAR 3 @OTT 6 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>NJ 3 @MTL 0 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>WAS1 @NYR 8</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="background: yellow; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><br /></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><b>Upcoming Games<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Mon 4/6:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> TB@BUF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Tue 4/7:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>TB@OTT, FLA@MTL, BOS@CAR,CBJ@DET, PHI@NJ<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Wed 4/8:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> BUF@NYR, WAS@TOR<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Thu 4/9:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> TOR@NYI, CBJ@BUF, TB@MTL, CAR@CHI, PIT@NJ, FLA@OTT, PHI@DET<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Fri 4/10:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> No Games in Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p>Tomorrow's game will not impact the Isles but the Isles will fall behind Detroit, Columbus, or possibly both when those two teams play on Tuesday.</p><p><b>The Coaching Change</b></p><p>The Isles are 5-1-0 in the first game after a mid-season coaching change since Bill Stewart replaced Mike Milbury in 1999. The Isles are 8-9-2 in the first game for their new coach and are 9-11-2 in first games when you include multiple stints for Al Arbour, Lorne Henning, and Milbury.</p><p>DeBoer will be the first Islander coach to debut against the Leafs since Earl Ingarfield, Sr. became the second coach in Islander history, débuting January 31, 1973.</p><p><b>The New Coach</b></p><p>Pete De Boer is 662-447-152 in 1261 regular season, and 97-82 in the playoffs.&nbsp; He has won a playoff series in each of his last seven trips to the Stanley Cup playoffs, and has made the Western Conference Final six times in the last eight seasons.&nbsp; He will now coach in the NHL for the 18th consecutive season.</p><p>DeBoer will tie Jacques Lemaire for 21st place in games coached on Thursday and is 18th in career wins (two behind Todd McLellan).</p><p>DeBoer is 7th in playoff games coached, three behind Darryl Sutter and four behind Pat Quinn. Joel Quenneville (225) is the only active coach with more games.&nbsp; His 97 wins are fifth all-time, and three behind Dick Irvin.</p><p><b>The Old Coach</b></p><p>Patrick Roy leaves the Isles with a record of 97-78-22 in 197 games.&nbsp; He has coached 443 career games.</p><p><b>Class of 97</b></p><p>The Isles replaced a coach who won 97 games for them with a coach who has 97 playoff wins.</p>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-39912192132284822532026-04-04T23:25:00.000-04:002026-04-04T23:40:24.588-04:00The Skinny: Carolina 4, Isles 3<div class="ydp74db37c8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><div class="ydp49ab2dapasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Game 78</b></div><div><b>Carolina 4, Isles 3</b></div><div>Seth Jarvis scored twice and added an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes held the Isles to only 16 shots in a 4-3 win over the Islanders, before a sellout crowd of 18,567 at Lenovo Center.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles actually had 1-0 and 2-1 leads in this game but dropped their fourth straight game in regulation for the first time this season.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles remain in third place in the Metro Division, leading Philadelphia and Columbus by one point, and Washington by two points.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Marc Gatcomb (3) Simon Holmstrom (22), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (18) 05:17 NYI 1,CAR 0</div><div>Seth Jarvis (31) Sean Walker (18), K'Andre Miller (28) 11:07 NYI 1,CAR 1</div><div><br /></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Max Shabanov (5) Calum Ritchie (16), Scott Mayfield (12) 02:15 NYI 2,CAR 1</div><div>Jackson Blake (22) Logan Stankoven (20), Taylor Hall (28) 11:15 NYI 2,CAR 2</div><div>Sebastian Aho (26) Seth Jarvis (34), Jaccob Slavin (6) 16:17 NYI 2,CAR 3 SHG</div><div><br /></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Seth Jarvis (32) Andrei Svechnikov (38), K'Andre Miller (29) 00:24 NYI 2,CAR 4</div><div>Anders Lee (19) Matthew Schaefer (36), Mathew Barzal (51) 18:23 NYI 3,CAR 4</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-7-0 in their last ten games and 7-10-0 in their last seventeen games… Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 28 of 33, allowing three goals to the Canadiens and two to the Sabres… Cal Ritchie now has points in six of the last seven games … Mathew Barzal extended his assist streak to four games. Max Shabanov's goal was his first since December 28th in Columbus, and the 40th this season by an Islander rookie…The Canes have scored shorthanded in three straight games…The Isles finished the road season with a 21-17-3 record…Matthew Schaefer had exactly one point in each of the last eight road games, matching the longest single-season road streak by an Islander since Alexei Yashin had a ten-game streak in 2002…Isaiah George played his first NHL goal since January 26th, and his first game anywhere since March 22nd…The Isles have been out-shot 48-19 in the first period of their last four games…Seth Jarvis is 4-9-13 in his last nine games.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>x(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 104 points (36 RW) in 76 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>x (1st Atlantic) Tampa Bay 102 (39 RW) in 76&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Montreal 100 (32 RW) in 76</div><div>4.<span> </span>x(3rd Atlantic) Buffalo 100 (38 RW) in 77</div><div>5.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 94 (32 RW) in 77</div><div>6.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 94 (31 RW) in 77</div><div>7.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 78</div><div>8.<span> </span>(2nd WC) Ottawa 88 (33 RW) in 76</div><div>-------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC) Detroit 88 (29 RW) in 76</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC/4th Metro) Philadelphia 88 (24 RW) in 76&nbsp;</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 77</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 87 (33 RW) in 77&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Saturday's Results</b></div><div>NYI 3 @CAR 4&nbsp;</div><div>DET 1 @NYR 4</div><div>MIN 4 @OTT 1</div><div>BOS 1@TB 3</div><div>FLA 4 @PIT 9</div><div>MTL 4 @NJ 3 (SO)</div><div>BUF 2@WAS 6</div><div>WPG 2@CBJ 1</div><div><br /></div><div>Upcoming Games</div><div>Sun 4/5: MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR</div><div>Mon 4/6: TB@BUF</div><div>Tue 4/7:&nbsp; TB@OTT, FLA@MTL, BOS@CAR,CBJ@DET, PHI@NJ</div><div>Wed 4/8: BUF@NYR, WAS@TOR</div><div>Thu 4/9: TOR@NYI, CBJ@BUF, TB@MTL. CAR@CHI. PIT@NJ, FLA@OTT, PHI@DET</div><div>Fri 4/10: No Games in Chase</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles were held to only six shots in the first two periods, matching the club record set 3/4/2004 in Toronto.</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer is the first Islander defenseman with a point in eight consecutive road games since Doug Crossman in October/November 1989 (nearly eighteen years before Matthew was born). Tom Kurvers had an assist in eight consecutive road appearances in 1992-93.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Anders Lee scored his 308th goal, moving him within two goals of Denis Potvin for 3rd place in club history.</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;Jean-Gabriel Pageau earned his 400th NHL point.&nbsp;</span></div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer now has a club rookie defenseman record 58 points; it is also an NHL record for an 18-year-old defenseman. Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer now has 206 shots on goal; he is the first rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Noah Dobson (206 in 2022-23) is the only Islander defenseman with as many shots on goal in the last 20 years.</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (417) and Jake Guentzel (304) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Patrick Roy has 97 wins as an Islander coach; only 3 coaches have won at least 100 games for the Isles.</div><div><br /></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><div><div><b>#Dynasty</b></div><div>The Florida Panthers were eliminated from the playoffs today, officially ending their chances at a third straight Stanley Cup. This means that the Islander Dynasty teams will celebrate the 49th anniversary of their first Stanley Cup on May 24, 2029, without any team winning four straight Cups since.</div><div><br /></div></div></div><div><b>How Swede It Is</b></div><div>Emil Heineman (21) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 40 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>20 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 22 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 26-18-1 (with a .915 save percentage, and a 2.48 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin is 15-5-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin leads the NHL with 18 road wins (18-11-1) but is 10-11-1 at home.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Rittich is 11-3-1 at home this season.</div><div><br /></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 3-5-0 overall, 3-3-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI 1-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (22-35-58 in 78 GP)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24</div><div>5.<span> </span>Brent Sutter 23</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 63</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 51</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine and Matthew Schaefer 36</div><div>Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 95</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 75</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 62</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 58</div><div>Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 285</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 206</div><div>Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 88 Isles games.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (36), and points (58). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Goals and Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 goals and 58 points (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 37 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +19 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br /></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Penalty Differential by an NHL Defensemen (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer +19 2025-26</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Cale Makar COL +19 2024-25&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span> </span>Cale Makar COL +17 in 2023-24</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 37 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div>This is only the seventh time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf and PK Subban each twice) that any defenseman has drawn at least 37 penalties. Schaefer's +19 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 37</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 37</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br /></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>4.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)</div><div><br /></div><div>There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 66 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Shots by an Isles Rookie</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>&nbsp; 235<span> </span>1977-78<span> </span></div><div>2.<span> </span>David Volek<span> </span>&nbsp; 229<span> </span>1988-89<span> </span></div><div>3.<span> </span>Michael Grabner 228<span> </span>2010-11<span> </span></div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin<span> </span>&nbsp; 209<span> </span>1973-74</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 206&nbsp; &nbsp; 2025-26<span> </span></div><div>Schaefer is the first NHL rookie defenseman to hit 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06 (242).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br /></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored thirteen goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 13 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 13</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 35 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 15 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 42-31-5 for 89 points in 78 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 34-33-11 for 79 points in 78 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-2-2</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-121-160</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br /></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 40-67-107</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>The assists and points are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139); the last time Islander rookies combined for more goals was in 2010-11 (48, including 34 from Michael Grabner).</div><div><br /></div><div>The 40 rookie goals are tied with Montreal for the NHL lead, while the 107 points are 2nd to Chicago's 110. Islander rookies have scored 18.0% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 42-31-5 overall; they are 21-14-2 at home and 21-17-3 on the road.</div><div>Carolina is 48-21-6 overall; they are 28-10-2 at home and 21-11-4 on the road.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-17-4 against the East (14-9-2 vs. Metropolitan and 11-8-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 28-12-3 when scoring first and 14-19-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4-2-10=16</div><div>Carolina 13-18-9=40</div><div>The Isles are 14-17-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-12-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 36 saves; he is 28-22-2 this season and 5-7-1 vs. Carolina.</div><div>Brandon Bussi made 13 saves; he is 29-6-1 this season and 2-0-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-1 (2:00) and allowed a shorthanded goal; Carolina was 0-3 (6:00).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 20-9-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-22-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-14-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-17-1 when they do not.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 19-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-12-2 when they are outscored, and 18-18-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 32-9-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-22-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-10-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-10 in regulation; the 27 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 5-10-0 on the front end and 9-5-1 on the back end this season. The final back-to-back will be on April 11th-12th when the Isles host Ottawa and Montreal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 8-6-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (27:11); Carolina: Jaccob Slavin (20:52)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (20:43).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 30, Carolina 27 (53%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 10 of 17 for the Isles; Jordan Staal won 12 of 22 for Carolina.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 23 (Brayden Schenn and Marc Gatcomb -3)</div><div>Carolina 21 (William Carrier -6)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>None. Season total: 10 (Mayfield -3, Lee-3, MacLean-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 19 (Carson Soucy -3)</div><div>Carolina 7 (Jalen Chatfield -2)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 32, Carolina 81</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 21, Carolina 71</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: No Isle was a +</div><div>Carolina: Nikolaj Ehlers +22</div><div><br /></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 11, Carolina 14</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 7, Carolina 10</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), Anthony Duclair, Kyle MacLean, Adam Boqvist</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 379. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 322nd consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (160) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-6-2 in matinee games this season; the final matinee is April 11th vs Ottawa at 1:00pm. 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 18-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br /></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br /></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><br /></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 974 *** 5. Anders Lee 919…</div><div>15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Derek King and Adam Pelech 638 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 633 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 611 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 607</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 308&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123…</div><div>33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98</div><div><br /></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 379…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 146</div><div><br /></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 532…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 …</div><div>32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240</div><div><br /></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +82 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67&nbsp; ***&nbsp; 21. Ryan Pulock +66 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 146…&nbsp;</div><div>14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 109</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 176…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 139</div><div><br /></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 305…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br /></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 153 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br /></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport is 7-3-0-0 in their last ten games and are 30-28-3-5 on the season. Henrik Tikkanen has won six straight, while allowing only 13 goals; he is 8-1-0 in his last nine games, allowing only one goal in his only loss. The Islanders have climbed into 4th place in the Atlantic; they are now six points clear of 7th place Lehigh Valley, who are out of the playoffs.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Islanders are off until Thursday, when they host Wilkes Barre-Scranton in the penultimate regular season game ever to be played in Bridgeport.</div><div><br /></div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 27;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Highmore 22&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 32, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 46.(Luff has 49, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 16-7-1, 2.38, .907; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Carolina leads the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 0). Their only visit to Long Island in the regular season will be the season finale on April 14th.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have lost four straight games in Raleigh and have been outscored 18-9 in that span.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>THURSDAY, APRIL 9th&nbsp; &nbsp;—TORONTO AT ISLES 6:45PM</b></div><div><b>[ESPN+/Hulu; WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles now have four days off, before they return home for four games in six days to close out the regular season.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The first of those games will be on Thursday when The Kid Who (Could Win) the Calder hosts John Tavares and the Toronto Maple Leafs. It is the third meeting of the season between the teams, and the Isles will be looking for their second sweep of the Leafs in three seasons; the Isles won 4-3 in OT in January on a Matthew Schaefer OT goal; another rookie from Ontario, Cal Ritchie, had the winner in the 3-1 St. Patrick's Day win.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 8-3-0 in the last four seasons against Toronto, including three overtime victories.</div><div><br /></div><div>Note the early starting time for the ESPN+ stream of this game.</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="ydp74db37c8signature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick<br /></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-10045862956591579132026-04-04T00:14:00.001-04:002026-04-04T00:30:05.372-04:00The Skinny: Philadelphia 4, Isles 1<div class="ydpc5af2aecyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><div class="ydp69781d54pasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Game 77</b></div><div><b>Philadelphia 4, Isles 1</b></div><div>Matvei Michkov scored a goal and added two assists for his seventh career three-point game as the Philadelphia Flyers built a 3-0 lead defeated the Islanders 4-1, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau had the only goal for the Islanders, who lost in regulation for the third straight game. It is the Isles' first 0-3-0 stretch since the first three games of the season.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles remain in third place in the Metro Division, although Columbus and Philadelphia are both one point behind.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Owen Tippett (28) Travis Sanheim (25) 13:54 PHI 1,NYI 0</div><div>Alex Bump (4) Matvei Michkov (25), Noah Cates (26) 15:01 PHI 2,NYI 0</div><div><br /></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Matvei Michkov (17) 02:52 PHI 3,NYI 0</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau (16) Mathew Barzal (50), Simon Holmstrom (21) 15:37 PHI 3,NYI 1</div><div><br /></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Travis Sanheim (10) Matvei Michkov (26), Alex Bump (4) 09:16 PHI 4,NYI 1</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-6-0 in their last nine games and 7-9-0 in their last sixteen games… Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 25 of 30, allowing three goals to the Canadiens and two to the Sabres…The Isles improved their NHL-leading home penalty kill to 13-87 (85.1%) with their eighth consecutive game without allowing a power play goal.…Cal Ritchie's point streak ended at a career-best five games … Mathew Barzal reached the 50-assist mark for the 3rd time.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 102 points (35 RW) in 75 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Tampa Bay 100 (38 RW) in 75&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Buffalo 100 (38 RW) in 76</div><div>4.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 98 (32 RW) in 75</div><div>5.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 94 (31 RW) in 76</div><div>6.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 92 (31 RW) in 76</div><div>7.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 77</div><div>8.<span> </span>(2nd WC) Ottawa 88 (33 RW) in 75</div><div>-------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC) Detroit 88 (29 RW) in 75&nbsp;</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC/4th Metro) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 76&nbsp;</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 88 (24 RW) in 76</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 85 (32 RW) in 76&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Friday's Result</div><div>PHIL 4 @NYI 1</div><div><br /></div><div>Upcoming Games</div><div>Sat 4/4: NYI@CAR, DET@NYR,MIN@OTT,BOS@TB,FLA@PIT,MTL@NJ,BUF@WAS, WPG@CBJ</div><div>Sun 4/5: MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR</div><div>Mon 4/6: TB@BUF</div><div>Tue 4/7:&nbsp; TB@OTT, FLA@MTL, BOS@CAR,CBJ@DET, PHI@NJ</div><div>Wed 4/8: BUF@NYR, WAS@TOR</div><div>Thu 4/9: TOR@NYI, CBJ@BUF, TB@MTL. CAR@CHI. PIT@NJ, FLA@OTT, PHI@DET</div><div>Fri 4/10: No Games in Chase</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>JG Pageau's goal ended a streak of ten straight goals allowed by the Islanders at home; that had not happened since March 2001 when they allowed twelve straight.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal is the fifth Islander (and first this century) with at least three 50-assist seasons&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer now has a club rookie defenseman record 57 points. Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer remains tied with Phil Housley for the record for points by an 18-year-old defenseman.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer now has 205 shots on goal; he is the first rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Noah Dobson (206 in 2022-23) is the only Islander defenseman with more shots on goal in the last 20 years.</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (417) and Jake Guentzel (304) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Patrick Roy has 97 wins as an Islander coach; only 3 coaches have won at least 100 games for the Isles.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Fourth Line</b></div><div>Isles are 21-14-2 when Casey Cizikas, Marc Gatcomb and Kyle MacLean are all in the lineup and 21-16-3 otherwise.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>How Swede It Is</b></div><div>Emil Heineman (21) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 40 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>20 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 22 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 26-17-1 (with a .909 save percentage, and a 2.62 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin is 15-4-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin leads the NHL with 18 road wins (18-10-1) but is 10-11-1 at home.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Rittich is 11-3-1 at home this season.</div><div><br /></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 3-4-0 overall, 3-3-0 at home and 0-1-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI 1-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>Matthew Schaefer (22-35-57 in 77 GP)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24</div><div>5.<span> </span>Brent Sutter 23</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 63</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 51</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 36</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 35</div><div>Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 95</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 75</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 62</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 57</div><div>Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 285</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 205</div><div>Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 89 Isles games.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (35), and points (57). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals and Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 goals and 57 points (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties</b><span> </span></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 37 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +19 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br /></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 37 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div>This is only the seventh time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf and PK Subban each twice) that any defenseman has drawn at least 37 penalties. Schaefer's +19 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 37</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 37</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br /></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>4.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div><br /></div><div>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)</div><div><br /></div><div>There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 65 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Shots by an Isles Rookie</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>&nbsp; 235<span> </span>1977-78<span> </span></div><div>2.<span> </span>David Volek<span> </span>&nbsp; 229<span> </span>1988-89<span> </span></div><div>3.<span> </span>Michael Grabner 228<span> </span>2010-11<span> </span></div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin<span> </span>&nbsp; 209<span> </span>1973-74</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 205&nbsp; &nbsp; 2025-26<span> </span></div><div>Schaefer is the first NHL rookie defenseman to hit 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06 (242).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br /></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 13 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 35 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 15 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 42-30-5 for 89 points in 77 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 34-32-11 for 79 points in 77 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-0-0</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-119-158</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br /></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-0-0</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-65-104</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>The assists and points are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139); the last time Islander rookies combined for more goals was in 2010-11 (48, including 34 from Michael Grabner).</div><div><br /></div><div>The 39 rookie goals are tied with Montreal for the NHL lead,&nbsp; while the 104 points are 2nd to Chicago's 110. Islander rookies have scored 17.8% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 42-30-5 overall; they are 21-14-2 at home and 21-16-3 on the road.</div><div>Philadelphia is 38-26-12 overall; they are 17-13-8 at home and 21-13-4 on the road.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-16-4 against the East (14-8-2 vs. Metropolitan and 11-8-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>First Things First</b><span> </span></div><div>The Isles are 28-11-3 when scoring first and 14-19-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2-12-8=22</div><div>Philadelphia 12-6-3=21</div><div>The Isles are 14-17-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-11-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 17 saves; he is 28-21-2 this season and 12-4-3 vs. Philadelphia.</div><div>Dan Vladar made 20 saves; he is 25-13-7 this season and 2-0-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-3 (6:00); Philadelphia was 0-2 (4:00).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 20-9-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-21-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-14-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-16-1 when they do not.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 19-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-11-2 when they are outscored, and 18-18-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 32-8-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-22-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-9-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-9 in regulation; the 27 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 5-10-0 on the front end and 9-4-1 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes on Saturday in Carolina. The final back-to-back will be on April 11th-12th when the Isles host Ottawa and Montreal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 8-6-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (28:43); Philadelphia: Travis Sanheim (24:15)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Isles forwards (24:06).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 32, Philadelphia 27 (54%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 10 of 18 for the Isles; Tage Thompson won 7 of 12 for Philadelphia.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 26 (Kyle MacLean-5)</div><div>Philadelphia 25 (Two with 4)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>None. Season total: 10 (Mayfield -3, Lee-3, MacLean-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 11 (Two with 4)</div><div>Philadelphia 21 (Two with 4)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 61, Philadelphia 47</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 40, Philadelphia 31</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><i>5-on-5 leaders:</i></div><div>Isles: Bo Horvat +10</div><div>Philadelphia: Alex Bump +4</div><div><br /></div><div><i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i></div><div>All situations: Isles 10, Philadelphia 12</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 6, Philadelphia 7</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), Anthony Duclair, Max Shabanov, Isaiah George</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 374. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 321st&nbsp; consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (159) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-6-2 in matinee games this season; the final matinee is April 11th vs Ottawa at 1:00pm. 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 18-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br /></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br /></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 973 *** 5. Anders Lee 918…</div><div>15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 637 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 632 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 610 *** 22. Frans Nielsen and Mathew Barzal 606</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 307&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123…</div><div>33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98</div><div><br /></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 378…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 146</div><div><br /></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 548 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 531…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 …</div><div>32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240</div><div><br /></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +82 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 20. Ryan Pulock +68 *** 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 146…&nbsp;</div><div>14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Tom Kurvers, Gerry Hart, and Scott Mayfield 108</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 176…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 138</div><div><br /></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 304…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br /></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 153 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br /></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport beat Hershey 4-1 on Wednesday and beat Hartford 4-2 on Friday to improve to 30-28-3-5 on the season. Victor Eklund had five assists in the two wins, giving him six helpers in four games in North America while Henrik Tikkanen earned both wins. Tikkanen has won six straight, while allowing only 13 goals; he is 8-1-0 in his last nine games, allowing only one goal in his only loss. The Islanders have climbed into 4th place in the Atlantic; they are now six points clear of Lehigh Valley, who are out of the playoffs.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Islanders are now off until Thursday, when they host Wilkes Barre-Scranton in the penultimate regular season game ever to be played in Bridgeport.</div><div><br /></div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 27;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Highmore 22&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 32, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 46.(Luff has 49, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 16-7-1, 2.38, .907; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Philadelphia wins the season series, 3 games to 1 (and 6 points to 4).&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>This was only the Isles' second regulation loss to the Flyers at UBS Arena (6-2-2); the Isles are 9-2-2 in their last 13 home games against the Flyers.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SATURDAY, APRIL 4th&nbsp; &nbsp;—ISLES AT CAROLINA 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>It has been over five months since the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Isles 6-2 in Raleigh on the day before Halloween. The Isles head back to Tobacco Road for the middle game of the season series on Saturday.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have lost three straight games in Raleigh and have been outscored 14-6 in that span.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Canes will make their only visit to Long Island on April 14th in the final game of the regular season.</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="ydpc5af2aecsignature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick<br /></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-48367054378434577092026-04-02T22:09:00.004-04:002026-04-02T22:09:41.760-04:00The Skinny on the Playoff Chase<p>&nbsp;It was a fairly decent off night for the Isles in the Metro race as Pittsburgh, Columbus, Philadelphia and Washington all lost in regulation.&nbsp;</p><p>However, Ottawa moved into a playoff spot, and Detroit's win in Philly created a 3-way tie at 88 points.</p><p>Isles can take a three point lead in the playoff race with a home-ice win on Friday night&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">The Playoff Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> Metro)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Carolina 102 points (35 RW) in 75 games<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> Atlantic) Tampa Bay 100 (38 RW) in 75 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2<sup>nd</sup> Atlantic) Buffalo 100 (38 RW) in 76<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>rd</sup> Atlantic) Montreal 98 (32 RW) in 75<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> WC) Boston 94 (31 RW) in 76<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2nd Metro)</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Pittsburgh 92 (31 RW) in 76</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>rd</sup> Metro)</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 76</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">8.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(2nd&nbsp;WC) Ottawa 88 (33 RW) in 75</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">-----</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">9.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(3rd&nbsp;WC) Detroit 88 (29 RW) in 75</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(4th<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span>WC/4<sup>th</sup> Metro) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 76 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .25in; 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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(6<sup>th</sup> WC) Washington 85 (32 RW) in 76<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><b>Thursday’s Results<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">BUF 1 @OTT 4 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">PIT 3 @TB 6<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">BOS 1 @FLA 2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">MTL 3 @NYR 2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DET 4@PHI 2 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">CBJ 1 @CAR 5 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">WSH 3@NJD 7<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><b>Upcoming Games<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Fri 4/3: PHI@NYI</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Sat 4/4:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> NYI@CAR, DET@NYR,MIN@OTT,BOS@TB,FLA@PIT,MTL@NJ,BUF@WAS, WPG@CBJ<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Sun 4/5:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Mon 4/6:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> TB@BUF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Tue 4/7:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>TB@OTT, FLA@MTL, BOS@CAR,CBJ@DET, PHI@NJ<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Wed 4/8:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> BUF@NYR, WAS@TOR<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Thu 4/9:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> TOR@NYI, CBJ@BUF, TB@MTL. CAR@CHI. PIT@NJ, FLA@OTT, PHI@DET<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Fri 4/10:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> No Games in Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-43088221150958274542026-03-31T23:34:00.001-04:002026-03-31T23:34:26.701-04:00The Skinny: Buffalo 4, Isles 3<div class="ydp73ceb536yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydp451f2c9dpasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 76</b></div><div><b>Buffalo 4, Isles 3</b></div><div>Peyton Krebs broke a 2-2 tie with 3:01 to play, and a Bo Byram empty-netter 78 seconds later turned out to be the winner as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Islanders, 4-3, before a sellout crowd of 19,070 at KeyBank Center.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The teams traded power play goals over the first two periods, and when Anders Lee re-tied the game with 6:21 to play but Krebs' goal sent the Isles to a second straight defeat. Matthew Schaefer assisted on the Lee goal to set a club rookie defensemen record with his 57th point.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles remain in third place in the Metro Division and hope to still be there when they host Philadelphia on Friday.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Jack Quinn (18) Josh Norris (16) 14:19 NYI 0,BUF 1 PPG</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Calum Ritchie (12) Brayden Schenn (21), Bo Horvat (23) 17:57 NYI 1,BUF 1 PPG&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period&nbsp;</div><div>Tage Thompson (38) Josh Norris (17), Jack Quinn (31) 02:40 NYI 1,BUF 2 PPG</div><div>Anders Lee (18) Bo Horvat (24), Matthew Schaefer (35) 13:39 NYI 2,BUF 2</div><div>Peyton Krebs (11) Alex Tuch (31), Tage Thompson (40) 16:59 NYI 2,BUF 3</div><div>Bowen Byram (11)EN Mattias Samuelsson (28) 18:17 NYI 2,BUF 4</div><div>Brayden Schenn (17) Mathew Barzal (49), Bo Horvat (25) 19:59 NYI 3,BUF 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 15-10-0 in their last 25 games… Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 23 of 28, allowing three goals to the Canadiens and two tonight …Cal Ritchie extended his point streak to a career-best five games with his fourth power-play goal; other two rookies (Matthew Schaefer -8 and Dalibor Dvorsky -5) have more …The Isles went 8-8-0 In March … The Isles scored on the power play for the third consecutive game, matching a season high (also 11/8-11/13 and 12/9-12/13)…Bo Horvat had his first three-assist game of the season…Brayden Schenn's last second goal was his sixth in seven games against Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen…The Sabres recorded the 2,000th win in team history; they were 117 more wins than the Isles, who entered the NHL two years after Buffalo…This was the 15th straight sell-out in Buffalo...The Sabres' game-winner was their 24th empty-net goal of the season; Buffalo has faced an empty-net for a league-leading 69:22…Buffalo led the NHL in March with 11 wins (11-2-2); they recorded their first 100-point season since 2009-10.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Penalty Shot</b></div><div>Anders Lee became the second Islander to attempt a penalty shot when he was fouled in the second period; Lee was stopped on his first career attempt. Emil Heineman scored for the Isles in January in Winnipeg. Goalies have now stopped 26 of 32 this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 100 points (34 RW) in 74 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Buffalo 100 (38 RW) in 75</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 98 (37 RW) in 74&nbsp;</div><div>4.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 96 (31 RW) in 74</div><div>5.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 94 (31 RW) in 75</div><div>6.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 92 (31 RW) in 75</div><div>7.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 76</div><div>8.<span> </span>(2nd WC/4th Metro) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 75</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 74</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC) Detroit 86 (28 RW) in 74</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 86 (23 RW) in 74</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 85 (32 RW) in 75&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><i>Tuesday's Results</i></div><div>NYI 3 @BUF 4</div><div>DAL 3 @BOS 6&nbsp;</div><div>MTL 4 @TBL 1</div><div>OTT 3 @FLA 6</div><div>DET 1 @PIT 5</div><div>PHI&nbsp; 4 @WSH 6&nbsp;</div><div>CAR 5 @CBJ 2</div><div><br></div><div><i>Upcoming Games</i></div><div>Wed 4/1: No Games in Chase</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thu 4/2: BUF@OTT, PIT@TB, BOS@FLA, MTL@NYR, DET@PHI, CBJ@CAR, WSH@NJD</div><div>Fri 4/3: PHI@NYI</div><div>Sat 4/4: NYI@CAR, DET@NYR,MIN@OTT,BOS@TB,FLA@PIT,MTL@NJ,BUF@WAS, WPG@CBJ</div><div>Sun 4/5: MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR</div><div>Mon 4/6: TB@BUF</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn's last-second goal made Bowen Byram's empty-netter the game-winner; it is the third time the Isles have allowed a game-winner into an empty-net (1/27/22 vs LA and 12/29/99 vs TOR) and the first time it has ever happened on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Ondrej Palat played his 900th NHL game; Casey Cizikas and Anders Lee did that earlier this season.</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer now has 57 points, breaking the club record set 48 years ago by Stefan Persson; Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has tied Phil Housley's record for points by an 18-year-old defenseman.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer now has 203 shots on goal; he is the first rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Noah Dobson (206 in 2022-23) is the only Islander defenseman with more shots on goal in the last 20 years.</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin appeared in a 50th game for the fifth straight season to set a club record; Rick DiPietro did so four times (and they were consecutive with a lockout in the middle).</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (415) and Jake Guentzel (303) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal needs one assist to become the fifth Islander (and first this century) with at least three 50-assist seasons.</div><div>•<span> </span>Patrick Roy has 97 wins as an Islander coach; only 3 coaches have won at least 100 games for the Isles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Fourth Line</b></div><div>Isles are 21-13-2 when Casey Cizikas, Marc Gatcomb and Kyle MacLean are all in the lineup and 21-16-3 otherwise.</div><div><br></div><div><b>How Swede It Is</b></div><div>Emil Heineman (21) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 40 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 21 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 26-16-1 (with a .917 save percentage, and a 2.40 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin is 15-4-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)</b></div><div>1. Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%</div><div>2. Ken Dryden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(46/397) 11.6%</div><div>3. Dominik Hasek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (81/735) 11.0%</div><div>4. Martin Brodeur&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(125/1266)&nbsp; 9.9%</div><div>5. Ilya Sorokin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(29/303)&nbsp; 9.6%</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 3-3-0 overall, 3-2-0 at home and 0-1-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer (22-35-57 in 76 GP)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24</div><div>5.<span> </span>Brent Sutter 23</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 63</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 51</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 36</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 35</div><div>Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 95</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 75</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 62</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 57</div><div>Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 285</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 203</div><div>Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 90 Isles games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (35), and points (57). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals and Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 goals and 57 points (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 36 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +18 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 36 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div>This is only the eighth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 36 penalties. Schaefer's +18 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 36&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 36&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>4.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)</div><div><br></div><div>There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 64 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Shots by an Isles Rookie</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>&nbsp; 235<span> </span>1977-78<span> </span></div><div>2.<span> </span>David Volek<span> </span>&nbsp; 229<span> </span>1988-89<span> </span></div><div>3.<span> </span>Michael Grabner 228<span> </span>2010-11<span> </span></div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin<span> </span>&nbsp; 209<span> </span>1973-74</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 203&nbsp; 2025-26<span> </span></div><div>Schaefer is the first NHL rookie defenseman to hit 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06 (242).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 13 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><br></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 35 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 15 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 42-29-5 for 89 points in 76 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 34-32-10 for 78 points in 76 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-1-1</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-119-158</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-1-2</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-65-104</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>The assists and points are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139); the last time Islander rookies combined for more goals was in 2010-11 (48, including 34 from Michael Grabner).</div><div><br></div><div>The 39 rookie goals are tied with Montreal for the NHL lead,&nbsp; while the 104 points are 2nd to Chicago's 108. Islander rookies have scored 17.7% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 42-29-5 overall; they are 21-13-2 at home and 21-16-3 on the road.</div><div>Buffalo is 46-21-8 overall; they are 23-10-4 at home and 23-11-4 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-15-4 against the East (14-7-2 vs. Metropolitan and 11-8-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 28-11-3 when scoring first and 14-18-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6-9-13=28</div><div>Buffalo 12-7-14=33</div><div>The Isles are 14-16-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-11-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves; he is 28-20-2 this season and 7-5-2 vs. Buffalo.</div><div>Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves; he is 19-8-3 this season and 4-1-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-3 (3:06); Buffalo was 2-4 (4:23).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 20-9-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-20-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-14-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-15-1 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 19-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-11-2 when they are outscored, and 18-17-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 32-8-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-9-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-9 in regulation; the 27 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 5-9-0 on the front end and 9-4-1 on the back end this season. The penultimate back-to-back will be on April 3rd-4th when the Isles host Philadelphia and visit Carolina.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (29:40); Buffalo: Rasmus Dahlin (23:14)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (21:22).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 32, Buffalo 27 (54%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 10 of 18 for the Isles; Tage Thompson won 7 of 12 for Buffalo.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 26 (Kyle MacLean-5)</div><div>Buffalo 25 (Peyton Krebs-5)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>Anders Lee fought Sam Carrick in the third period. Season total: 10 (Mayfield -3, Lee-3, MacLean-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 10 (Three with 2)</div><div>Buffalo 15 (Bowen Byram -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 52, Buffalo 65</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 34, Buffalo 51</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><i>5-on-5 leaders:</i></div><div>Isles: Anders Lee +6</div><div>Buffalo: Parker Wotherspoon +18</div><div><br></div><div><i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i></div><div>All situations: Isles 9, Buffalo 15</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 3, Buffalo 12</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), (Simon Holmstrom-INJ), Max Shabanov, Isaiah George</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 369. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 320th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (158) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-6-2 in matinee games this season; the final matinee is April 11th vs Ottawa at 1:00pm. 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 18-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 972 *** 5. Anders Lee 917…</div><div>15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 636 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 631 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 609 *** 22. Frans Nielsen 606 ***&nbsp; 23. Mathew Barzal 605</div><div><br></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 307&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123…</div><div>33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 377…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 146</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 548 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 530…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 …</div><div>32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +82 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 20. Ryan Pulock +70 *** 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 146…&nbsp;</div><div>14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Tom Kurvers, Gerry Hart, and Scott Mayfield 108</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 176…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 138</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 303…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 153 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><br></div><div>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div>Bridgeport is 28-28-3-5 on the season heading into Wednesday morning's game with Hershey. The Islanders are in 5th place in the Atlantic; they are one point behind Hershey and two points ahead of Springfield and Lehigh Valley.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 26;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Highmore 22&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 32, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 45.(Luff has 49, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 14-7-1, 2.45, .902; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Buffalo wins the season series, 3 games to 0 (and 6 points to 1).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 0-3-1 in their last four games with the Sabres; it is their longest winless streak against the Sabres since October 2005- New Year's Day 2007, when they went 0-5-1 in a six-game stretch.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>FRIDAY, APRIL 3rd&nbsp; —PHILADELPHIA AT ISLES 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles return home and host the Flyers in a key Metro Division game.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 1-0-2 against the Flyers this season, including a 4-3 shootout loss on Black Friday in the game where Kyle Palmieri was injured.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 9-1-2 in their last twelve home games against the Flyers, including 6-1-2 at UBS Arena.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>AND FINALLY…</b></div><div>Happy Birthday to the Hockey Maven, Stan Fischler—who turned 94 today and has the press level at UBS Arena named in his honor.</div><div><i><br></i></div></div></div><div><i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp73ceb536signature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick<br></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-6184246168266984482026-03-31T00:34:14.921-04:002026-03-31T00:34:39.084-04:00The Skinny: Pittsburgh 8, Isles 3<p>&nbsp;<b style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></p><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="ydp507e6e71pasted-link"><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Game 75</b></div><div><b>Pittsburgh 8, Isles 3</b></div><div>In a game the Isles led 3-1 halfway through, the Pittsburgh Penguins scored the game's final seven goals and defeated the Islanders, 8-3, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Following a scoreless first period, Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal gave the Isles a 2-0 lead with goals 1:29 apart in the second and when Brayden Schenn responded to an Elmer Soderblom goal, the Isles had a 3-1 lead. Rickard Rakell's 100th goal as a Penguin and first career shorthanded goal came just 1:44 later, and Pittsburgh kept scoring from there.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles fell to third place in the Metro Division as they finish their homestand with a 3-2-0 record. The Isles will play the back-end of this back-to-back in Buffalo on Tuesday.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br /></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Anders Lee (17) Adam Boqvist (3), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (17) 01:27 PIT 0,NYI 1 PPG</div><div>Mathew Barzal (19) Calum Ritchie (14), Adam Boqvist (4) 02:56 PIT 0,NYI 2</div><div>Elmer Soderblom (4) Connor Dewar (14), Noel Acciari (11) 06:41 PIT 1,NYI 2</div><div>Brayden Schenn (16) Mathew Barzal (48), Calum Ritchie (15) 09:17 PIT 1,NYI 3</div><div>Rickard Rakell (18) Bryan Rust (34), Parker Wotherspoon (25) 11:01 PIT 2,NYI 3 SHG</div><div>Ryan Shea (5) Anthony Mantha (28), Sidney Crosby (37) 13:29 PIT 3,NYI 3</div><div>Anthony Mantha (28) Justin Brazeau (15), Parker Wotherspoon (26) 14:35 PIT 4,NYI 3</div><div>Anthony Mantha (29) Justin Brazeau (16), Kris Letang (26) 17:18 PIT 5,NYI 3</div><div><br /></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Avery Hayes (3) Ben Kindel (17), Tommy Novak (23) 06:06 PIT 6,NYI 3</div><div>Rickard Rakell (19) Justin Brazeau (17), Samuel Girard (12) 07:54 PIT 7,NYI 3</div><div>Bryan Rust (27) Sidney Crosby (38), Kris Letang (27) 16:16 PIT 8,NYI 3</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">The Isles are 15-9-0 in their last 24 games… Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 21 of 24, allowing all three goals in one game to the Canadiens; their 87.5% penalty kill is tied for the best in the NHL in that span…Cal Ritchie extended his point streak to four games, matching a career high; Ritchie also had his first multi-assist game…Adam Boqvist had a pair of assists in 89 seconds to match is offensive performance for the season… Anthony Mantha has 29 goals, the most by any first-year Penguin since Evgeny Malkin had 33 as a rookie in 2006-07…Sidney Crosby recorded his 141st and 142nd point against the Isles; his assist on the final goal was his 1,100th career assist…The Penguins scored at least five goals in a period at UBS Arena for a second time (six on December 27, 2023); the Isles did that for a first time on Sunday…The Isles have scored eight goals in their last two second periods…Ilya Sorokin allowed seven goals in a game for the first time in his career; he allowed 15 goals in 166 minutes against the Penguins this season…Sorokin had given up only three goals through twelve periods of action on this homestand through the first period….The Isles dominated the face-off circle and have won an NHL-best 56.8% of draws since the Trade Deadline…The Isles allowed a season-high eight goals…The Isles have changed goaltenders in each of their last three losses, after changing goalies only once in their first 69 games…The Isles are 8-7-0 In March with one game to play…Jean-Gabriel Pageau was assessed only his second penalty of the season; he has only 111 penalty minutes in 436 games with the Isles…Mathew Barzal went 2-4-6 in three games against the Pens this season.<span>…The Isles scored on the power play for the second consecutive game; it is the first time since January 26th-28th that they scored power play goals in consecutive games.</span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>(1st Atlantic) Tampa Bay 98 points (37 RW) in 73 games</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 98 (33 RW) in 73&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>(2nd Atlantic) Buffalo 98 (37 RW) in 74</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 94 (30 RW) in 73</div><div>5.<span>&nbsp;</span>(1st WC) Boston 92 (30 RW) in 74</div><div>6.<span>&nbsp;</span>(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 90 (30 RW) in 74</div><div>7.<span>&nbsp;</span>(3rd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 75</div><div>8.<span>&nbsp;</span>(2nd WC/4th Metro) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 74</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span>&nbsp;</span>(3rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 73</div><div>10.<span>&nbsp;</span>(4th WC) Detroit 86 (28 RW) in 73</div><div>11.<span>&nbsp;</span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 86 (23 RW) in 73</div><div>12.<span>&nbsp;</span>(6th WC) Washington 83 (31 RW) in 74&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Upcoming Games</b></div><div>Tue 3/31: NYI @BUF, DAL@BOS, MTL@TBL, OTT@FLA, DET@PIT, PHI@WSH, CAR@CBJ</div><div>Wed 4/1: No Games</div><div>Thu 4/2: BUF@OTT, PIT@TB, BOS@FLA, MTL@NYR, DET@PHI, CBJ@CAR, WSH@NJD</div><div>Fri 4/3: PHI@NYI</div><div>Sat 4/4: NYI@CAR, DET@NYR, MIN@OTT, BOS@TB, FLA@PIT, MTL@NJ,BUF@WAS, WPG@CBJ</div><div>Sun 4/5: MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR</div><div>Mon 4/6: TB@BUF</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time&nbsp;</b></div><div>The teams combined for eight goals in the second period; it matched the most scored in an NHL game this season and was the most in an Islander game since February 9, 2018, vs. Detroit; the Isles out-scored the Red Wings 5-3 in the third period that night as they rallied to win.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer saw his point streak end at three games. He has 56 points, tying the club record held by Stefan Persson; Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Schaefer now has 199 shots on goal; the last rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots was Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Noah Dobson (206 in 2022-23) is the only Islander defenseman with more shots on goal in the last 20 years.</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (415) and Jake Guentzel (302) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Patrick Roy has 97 wins as an Islander coach; only 3 coaches have won at least 100 games for the Isles.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Fourth Line</b></div><div>Isles are 21-12-2 when Casey Cizikas, Marc Gatcomb and Kyle MacLean are all in the lineup and 21-16-3 otherwise.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>How Swede It Is</b></div><div>Emil Heineman (21) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 40 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>19 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 21 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 26-15-1 (with a .917 save percentage, and a 2.38 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then. Since October 31, only Andrei Vasilevskiy has won more games.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin is 15-3-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)</b></div><div>1. Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%</div><div>2. Ken Dryden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(46/397) 11.6%</div><div>3. Dominik Hasek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (81/735) 11.0%</div><div>4. Martin Brodeur&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(125/1266)&nbsp; 9.9%</div><div>5. Ilya Sorokin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(29/302)&nbsp; 9.6%</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 3-1-0 overall, 3-2-0 at home and 0-0-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 31 @ BUF</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 3 vs PHI</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer (22-34-56 in 75 GP)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Pat LaFontaine 26</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24</div><div>5.<span>&nbsp;</span>Brent Sutter 23</div><div>6.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Bryan Trottier 63</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Tim Connolly 51</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Pat LaFontaine 36</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 34</div><div>Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Bryan Trottier 95</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Tim Connolly 75</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Pat LaFontaine 62</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 56</div><div>Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Tim Connolly 285</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 199</div><div>Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 91 Isles games.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (32), and points (54). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78) Matthew Schaefer 56 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties<span></span></b></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 35 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +17 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br /></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2019-10)</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 35 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div>This is only the eighth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 35 penalties. Schaefer's +17 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 35&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 35&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br /></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>5.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)</div><div><br /></div><div>There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the second teenager with three games of at least 29 minutes, joining Seth Jones.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 63 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br /></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>2017-18 9</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Bryan Trottier&nbsp;<span></span>27</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>John Tavares<span>&nbsp;</span>20</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Mike Bossy<span>&nbsp;</span>15</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Brock Nelson<span>&nbsp;</span>13</div><div>5.<span>&nbsp;</span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 35 times this season:</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Score the next goal: 15 times</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>2025-26&nbsp; 42-28-5 for 89 points in 75 games</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>2024-25&nbsp; 33-32-10 for 76 points in 75 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-2-2</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Season: 39-118-157</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br /></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-2-2</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Season: 38-64-102</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The 38 rookie goals are second to Montreal's 39,&nbsp; while the 102 points are 2nd to Chicago's 106. Islander rookies have scored 17.7% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 42-28-5 overall; they are 21-13-2 at home and 21-15-3 on the road.</div><div>Pittsburgh is 37-21-16 overall; they are 17-12-8 at home and 20-9-8 on the road.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-14-4 against the East (14-8-2 vs. Metropolitan and 11-7-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Things First<span></span></b></div><div>The Isles are 28-11-3 when scoring first and 14-17-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 7-8-8=23</div><div>Pittsburgh 11-13-7=31</div><div>The Isles are 14-16-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-10-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves before being replaced after Pittsburgh's seventh goal; he is 28-19-2 this season and 12-7-0 vs. Pittsburgh. David Rittich made two saves in relief.</div><div>Arturs Silovs made 20 saves; he is 17-10-8 this season and 1-0-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-2 (2:24) but allowed a shorthanded goal; Pittsburgh was 0-1 (1:42).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 20-8-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-20-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-13-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-15-1 when they do not.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 19-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-10-2 when they are outscored, and 18-17-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 32-7-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-8-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-8 in regulation; the 26 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 5-9-0 on the front end and 9-3-1 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes Tuesday in Buffalo. The penultimate back-to-back will be on April 3rd-4th when the Isles host Philadelphia and visit Carolina.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Adam Pelech (22:23); Pittsburgh: Parker Wotherspoon (20:39)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Isles forwards (18:21).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 44, Pittsburgh 19 (70%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 15 of 22 for the Isles; no Penguin who took multiple draws won more than he lost.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 15 (Emil Heineman -4)</div><div>Pittsburgh 16 (Three with 3)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>Scott Mayfield fought Elmer Soderblom in the third period. Season total: 9 (Mayfield -3, MacLean-2, Lee-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 13 (Ryan Pulock -3)</div><div>Pittsburgh 16 (Justin Brazeau -3)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 51, Pittsburgh 64</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 48, Pittsburgh 60</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>5-on-5 leaders:</b></div><div>Isles: Anders Lee +6</div><div>Pittsburgh: Parker Wotherspoon +18</div><div><br /></div><div><b>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</b></div><div>All situations: Isles 8, Pittsburgh 24</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 6, Pittsburgh 23&nbsp; (Including 13-1 in the second period)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), Anthony Duclair, Max Shabanov, Isaiah George</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 363. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 319th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (157) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>Including today, the Isles are 3-6-2 in matinee games this season; the final matinee is April 11th vs Ottawa at 1:00pm. 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 18-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br /></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br /></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6): Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 971 *** 5. Anders Lee 916…</div><div>15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 635 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 630 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 608 *** 22. Frans Nielsen 606 ***&nbsp; 23. Mathew Barzal 604</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 306&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123…</div><div>33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98</div><div><br /></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 376…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 146</div><div><br /></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 547 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 529…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 …</div><div>32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240</div><div><br /></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +82 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 20. Ryan Pulock +69 *** 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 146…&nbsp;</div><div>14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Tom Kurvers, Gerry Hart, and Scott Mayfield 108</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 176…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 138</div><div><br /></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 302…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br /></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 153 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br /></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport is 28-28-3-5 on the season and find themselves in 5th place in the Atlantic; they are one point behind Hershey and two points ahead of Springfield and Lehigh. The Islanders will host Hershey at 10:30am on Wednesday.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 26;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Highmore 22&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 32, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 45.(Luff has 49, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 14-7-1, 2.45, .902; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Pittsburgh wins the season series, 2 games to 1 (and 5 points to 2).&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 7-3-0 all-time against the Pens at UBS Arena.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 31st&nbsp; &nbsp;—ISLES AT BUFFALO 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN2 (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles head to Buffalo to try to stop a three-game losing streak (0-2-1) to the Sabres. The Sabres won a shootout in Buffalo on December 20th and then blanked the Isles 5-0 on January 24th.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have not gone winless in four games against the Sabres since October 2005- New Year's Day 2007, when they went 0-5-1 in a six-game stretch.</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="ydpadae93a9signature" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick</div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-11258771428316680852026-03-29T21:50:00.006-04:002026-03-29T21:50:53.057-04:00The Skinny on the Playoff Chase<p>What a week it has been for the Isles. From the lows in Montreal and to Chicago to big wins over Columbus, Dallas, and Florida.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>On Sunday the Jackets had a chance to tie the Isles with 89 points but gave away a three-goal third period lead at Nationwide and lost to Boston in a shootout.&nbsp; That leaves the Isles second in the Metro, and means that the winner of Monday's Isles/Penguins game will be in second place while the loser will be in third.</p><p>Elsewhere - the Lightning move back into first in the East (via tie-breakers), while Montreal moved within four points of Buffalo and Philadelphia has poked their head back into the race and sit only two points behind Columbus and Pittsburgh (and three behind the Isles).</p><p><b>The Playoff Chase</b></p><p>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(1st Atlantic) Tampa Bay 98 points (37 RW) in 73 games</p><p>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 98 (33 RW) in 73&nbsp;</p><p>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Buffalo 98 (37 RW) in 74</p><p>4.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 94 (30 RW) in 73</p><p>5.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(1st WC) Boston 92 (30 RW) in 74</p><p>6.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(2nd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 74</p><p>7.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(3rd Metro) Pittsburgh 88 (29 RW) in 73</p><p>8.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(2nd WC/4th Metro) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 74</p><p>----------</p><p>9.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(3rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 73</p><p>10.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(4th WC) Detroit 86 (28 RW) in 73</p><p>11.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 86 (24 RW) in 73</p><p>12.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(6th WC) Washington 83 (31 RW) in 74&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Sunday’s&nbsp; Results:&nbsp;</p><p>NSH 2 @TB 3&nbsp;</p><p>MTL 3 @CAR 1</p><p>BOS 4 @CBJ 3 (SO)</p><p><span style="white-space: normal;">DAL 1 @ PHI 2 (OT)</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Upcoming Games</p><p>Mon 3/30: PIT @NYI</p><p>Tue 3/31: NYI @BUF, DAL@BOS, MTL@TBL, OTT@FLA, DET@PIT, PHI@WSH, CAR@CBJ</p><p>Wed 4/1: No Games</p><p>Thu 4/2: BUF@OTT, PIT@TB, BOS@FLA, MTL@NYR, DET@PHI, CBJ@CAR, WSH@NJD</p><p>Fri 4/3: PHI@NYI</p><p>Sat 4/4: NYI@CAR, DET@NYR,MIN@OTT,BOS@TB,FLA@PIT,MTL@NJ,BUF@WAS, WPG@CBJ</p><p>Sun 4/5: MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR</p><div><br /></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-43625107426755283802026-03-28T23:41:00.001-04:002026-03-28T23:41:52.051-04:00The Skinny: Isles 5, Florida 2<div class="ydp973d425eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydpb7fb4011pasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 74</b></div><div><b>Isles 5, Florida 2</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn scored a goal and added two assists as the Isles tallied five times in a 12:29 span of the second period to erase a 2-0 Florida lead and defeat the Stanley Cup Champion Panthers, 5-2, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Matthew Tkachuk had a pair of goals 5:57 apart as Florida grabbed a 2-0 lead over the Isles for the third time this season; however, the Isles came back to win both games played on Long Island.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles moved from the 2nd Wild Card spot to second place in the Metro Division as they improve to 7-6-0 in their last 12 games and 3-1-0 on this homestand. The Isles will welcome the Pittsburgh Penguins to UBS on Monday in the front-end of a back-to-back that concludes in Buffalo on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Matthew Tkachuk (11) Seth Jones (20) 08:06 FLA 1,NYI 0</div><div>Matthew Tkachuk (12) 14:03 FLA 2,NYI 0</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Marc Gatcomb (2) Adam Pelech (11), Scott Mayfield (11) 05:28 FLA 2,NYI 1</div><div>Brayden Schenn (15) Calum Ritchie (13), Matthew Schaefer (33) 12:09 FLA 2,NYI 2</div><div>Simon Holmstrom (19) Matthew Schaefer (34), Brayden Schenn (19) 14:52 FLA 2,NYI 3 PPG</div><div>Emil Heineman (21) Anders Lee (23), Brayden Schenn (20) 17:00 FLA 2,NYI 4</div><div>Casey Cizikas (9) Carson Soucy (7), Marc Gatcomb (4) 17:57 FLA 2,NYI 5</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 15-8-0 in their last 23 games… The Isles improve to 21-2-1 when leading after two periods …Ilya Sorokin has allowed four goals on 86 shots in the 11 periods on this homestand, for a 1.10 GAA and a .953 save percentage…Bo Horvat's point streak ended at five games. …Matthew Schaefer had his fourth two-assist game and second straight; it was his 12th multi-point game…Schaefer tied the Islander rookie defenseman record with his 56th point (and fifth in the last three games, 0-5-5)… Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 20 of 23, allowing all three goals in one game to the Canadiens…Cal Ritchie extended his point streak to three games…The Isles had a season-high and UBS-record 24 shots on goal in the second period; it was the most shots that they had in a period since March 5, 2019, when they had 26 in the second period at the Coliseum against Ottawa…The 24 shots were also the most allowed by Florida in a period this season… At one point in the third period, the Isles had 31 of the 37 shots taken since the start of the second period…Matthew Tkachuk has 27 points in 25 games since returning from injury…Adam Boqvist beat Jesper Boqvist in a game that the brothers played on opposite sides for the second time in six games (2-4-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 98 points (33 RW) in 72 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Buffalo 98 (37 RW) in 74</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 96 (36 RW) in 72</div><div>4.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 92 (29 RW) in 72</div><div>5.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 90 (30 RW,37 ROW) in 73</div><div>6.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 74</div><div>7.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) Pittsburgh 88 (29 RW,33 ROW) in 73</div><div>8.<span> </span>(2nd WC/4th Metro) Columbus 87 (27 RW) in 73</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 73</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC) Detroit 86 (28 RW) in 73</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 84 (23 RW) in 72</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 81 (31 RW) in 73&nbsp; (excludes late game)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Saturday's&nbsp; Results:&nbsp;</b></div><div>FLA 2 @NYI 5</div><div>SEA 2 @BUF3 (SO)</div><div>OTT 2 @TB 4</div><div>&nbsp;MTL 4@NSH 1&nbsp;</div><div>NJ 2 @CAR 5&nbsp;</div><div>DAL 6 @PIT 3</div><div>SJ 3 @CBJ 2&nbsp;</div><div>MIN3 @BOS 6&nbsp;</div><div>PHI 5 @DET 3</div><div>WAS@VGK late game</div><div><br></div><div>Upcoming Games</div><div>Sun 3/29: NSH@TB, MTL@CAR, BOS @CBJ, DAL @ PHI</div><div>Mon 3/30: PIT @NYI</div><div>Tue 3/31: NYI @BUF, DAL@BOS, MTL@TBL, OTT@FLA, DET@PIT, PHI@WSH, CAR@CBJ</div><div>Wed 4/1: No Games</div><div>Thu 4/2: BUF@OTT, PIT@TB, BOS@FLA, MTL@NYR, DET@PHI, CBJ@CAR, WSH@NJD</div><div>Fri 4/3: PHI@NYI</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>First Time in a Long Time</div><div>The Isles scored five goals in a period for the first time ever at UBS Arena; they last did so in Vancouver on February 9, 2022.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer recorded his 55th and 56th points; passing Denis Potvin for second place among rookie defenseman in club history and tying the club record held by Stefan Persson; Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer also broke Bryan Berard's record for assists by an Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer now has 195 shots on goal; the last rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots was Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Noah Dobson (206 in 2022-23 and 196 last season) is the only Islander defenseman with more shots on goal in the last 20 years.</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (415) and Jake Guentzel (302) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Fourth Line</b></div><div>Isles are 21-11-2 when Casey Cizikas, Marc Gatcomb and Kyle MacLean are all in the lineup and 21-16-3 otherwise.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>How Swede It Is</b></div><div>Emil Heineman (21) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 40 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>18 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 21 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 26-14-1 (with a .921 save percentage, and a 2.25 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then. Since October 31, only Andrei Vasilevskiy has won more games.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin is 15-3-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)</b></div><div>1. Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%</div><div>2. Ken Dryden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(46/397) 11.6%</div><div>3. Dominik Hasek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (81/735) 11.0%</div><div>4. Martin Brodeur&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(125/1266)&nbsp; 9.9%</div><div>5. Ilya Sorokin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(29/301)&nbsp; 9.6%</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 3-1-0 overall, 3-1-0 at home and 0-0-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (22-34-56 in 74 GP)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24</div><div>5.<span> </span>Brent Sutter 23</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 63</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 51</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 36</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 34</div><div>Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 95</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 75</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 62</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 56</div><div>Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 285</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 195</div><div>Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 92 Isles games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (32), and points (54). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78) Matthew Schaefer 56 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties</b><span> </span></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 35 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +17 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2019-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 35 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div>This is only the eighth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 35 penalties. Schaefer's +17 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 35&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 35&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)</div><div><br></div><div>There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the second teenager with three games of at least 29 minutes, joining Seth Jones.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 62 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fourteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have three (none in the third period).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><br></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 35 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 15 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 42-27-5 for 89 points in 74 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 32-32-10 for 74 points in 74 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-5-5</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-116-155</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-3-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 38-62-100</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 38 rookie goals are second to Montreal's 39,&nbsp; while the 100 points are 2nd to Chicago's 106. Islander rookies have scored 17.9% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 42-27-5 overall; they are 21-12-2 at home and 21-15-3 on the road.</div><div>Florida is 35-34-3 overall; they are 19-15-3 at home and 16-19-0 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-13-4 against the East (14-6-2 vs. Metropolitan and 11-7-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 28-10-3 when scoring first and 14-17-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; 8-24-8=40</div><div>Florida 8-5-8=21</div><div>The Isles are 14-16-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-9-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves; he is 28-18-2 this season and 4-3-1 vs. Florida.&nbsp;</div><div>Daniil Tarasov made 35 saves; he is 9-14-2 this season and 1-1-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-3 (5:12); Florida was 0-1 (2:00).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 20-7-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-20-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-13-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-14-1 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 19-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-10-2 when they are outscored, and 18-16-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 32-6-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-8-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-8 in regulation; the 26 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 5-8-0 on the front end and 9-3-1 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be on March 30th-31st when the Isles host Pittsburgh and visit Buffalo.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (26:49); Florida: Seth Jones (24:21)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (20:18).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 34, Florida 18 (35%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 12 of 14 for the Isles; no Panther who took multiple draws won more than he lost.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 13 (Marc Gatcomb -3)</div><div>Florida 21 (Two with 3)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>None. Season total: 8 (Mayfield -2, MacLean-2, Lee-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 18 (Ryan Pulock -4)</div><div>Florida 10 (Gustav Forsling -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 76, Florida 60 (including 39-9 in the second period).</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 69, Florida 43</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Carson Soucy +20</div><div>Florida: Vinnie Hinostroza +2</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 20, Florida 13</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 20, Florida 9</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), Anthony Duclair, Max Shabanov, Isaiah George</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 358. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 318th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (156) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>Including today, the Isles are 3-6-2 in matinee games this season; the final matinee is April 11th vs Ottawa at 1:00pm. 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 18-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><br></div><div>Challenges</div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 970 *** 5. Anders Lee 915…</div><div>15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 634 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 629 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 607 *** 22. Frans Nielsen 606 ***&nbsp; 23. Mathew Barzal 603</div><div><br></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 305&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 152…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123…</div><div>33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 375…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 146</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 546 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 527…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 …</div><div>32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +85 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Ryan Pulock +70 *** 20. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 146…&nbsp;</div><div>14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Tom Kurvers, Gerry Hart, and Scott Mayfield 108</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 176…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 138</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 301…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 153 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport is 28-28-3-5 on the season after a 3-2 shootout win over Laval on Friday and a 6-4 loss in Providence on Saturday; Henrik Tikkanen earned his fourth straight win and Victor Eklund had the shootout winner in his professional debut on Friday, while Cole Eiserman had his first goal, Eklund had his first assist in the loss on Saturday.&nbsp; Long Islander James Hagen also had his first pro goal for Providence. Bridgeport has passed Lehigh Valley for 5th place and are four points ahead of Springfield for the final playoff spot. The Islanders will host Hershey at 10:30am on Wednesday.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 26;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Highmore 22&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 32, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 45.(Luff has 49, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 14-7-1, 2.45, .902; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles win the season series, 2 games to 1 (and 4 points to 2).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in their last ten games against Florida.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>MONDAY, MARCH 30th&nbsp; — PITTSBURGH AT ISLES 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles conclude the homestand with the final meeting of the year with the Pittsburgh Penguins.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles opened the season with a 4-3 loss in Pittsburgh and then beat the Penguins 5-4 on a Bo Horvat OT goal just before the Olympic break.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 7-2-0 all-time against the Pens at UBS Arena.</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp973d425esignature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-42684639846982643722026-03-27T22:07:00.001-04:002026-03-27T22:07:48.725-04:00The Skinny on the Playoff Chase<p>For the second time in three days, the Sabres played at home in the only meaningful game in the Eastern Conference playoff rate, and once again they came up short - losing 5-2 to Detroit in Western NY.</p><p>The Red Wings win moves them within one point of the Isles, and ties Ottawa for 9th place.</p><p></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">The Playoff Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; 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font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>rd</sup> Atlantic) Montreal 90 (28 RW) in 71<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> WC) Boston 88 (29 RW,37 ROW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2nd&nbsp;Metro) Pittsburgh 88 (29 RW,33 ROW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3rd&nbsp;Metro) Columbus 87 (27 RW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2nd WC/4<sup>th</sup> Metro) ISLES 87 (27 RW) in 73<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .25in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">----------<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>rd</sup> WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(4<sup>th</sup> WC) Detroit 86 (28 RW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(5<sup>th</sup> WC) Philadelphia 82 (22 RW) in 71<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(6<sup>th</sup> WC) Washington 81 (31 RW) in 73<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Friday's Results:</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DET 5 @BUF 2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Upcoming Games:</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Sat:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">FLA@NYI</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">SEA@BUF</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">OTT@TB</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">MTL@NSH&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">NJ@CAR&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DAL@PIT&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">SJ@CBJ</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MIN@BOS</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">PHI@DET</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">WAS@VGK</span></p>There are two early games on the schedule, both at 1pm ET, as the Isles host Florida and Ottawa faces Tampa Bay.&nbsp;<p></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;">An Islander win and they'll skate off in 2nd place in the Metro, an OT/SO loss will leave them 3rd in the Metro, but a regulation loss could push them to the outside even before the other games are played.</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;">Isles have struggled in matinees (2-6-2) - let's see if they can get a win against the Stanley Cup champs, whose reign is near an end; Florida's tragic number is down to 9.</p><p></p>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-76633451076125456232026-03-27T00:35:00.001-04:002026-03-27T00:35:10.240-04:00The Skinny: Isles 2, Dallas 1<div class="ydp57858c7yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydpdffe6444pasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 73</b></div><div><b>Isles 2, Dallas 1</b></div><div>In his 300th NHL game, Ilya Sorokin came within 2:59 of bowling a Perfect Game. Sorokin nearly recorded a shutout for the second straight start, and the Isles got goals from Bo Horvat and Cal Ritchie to defeat the Dallas Stars, 2-1, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Matt Duchesne scored with a sixth attacker to break the shutout, but it was not enough to prevent the Isles from sweeping the season series from the 97-point Stars.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles regained the 2nd Wild Card spot as they improve to 6-6-0 in their last 12 games and 2-1-0 on this homestand. The Isles will welcome the Stanley Cup Champion Panthers to UBS Arena on Saturday afternoon.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;</div><div>1st Period&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>Bo Horvat (30) Emil Heineman (9), Matthew Schaefer (31) 04:48 DAL 0,NYI 1</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Calum Ritchie (11) Matthew Schaefer (32), Ryan Pulock (23) 02:19 DAL 0,NYI 2</div><div>Matt Duchene (14) Jamie Benn (17), Thomas Harley (27) 17:01 DAL 1,NYI 2</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 14-8-0 in their last 22 games… The Isles improve to 17-3-3 when tied after two periods and set a franchise record with their 27th one-goal win…Ilya Sorokin has allowed two goals on 65 shots in the last eight periods, for a 0.76 GAA and a .969 save percentage…Bo Horvat reached the 30-goal mark for the fourth time; it was his 299th NHL goal and 98th as an Islander… Horvat now has a point in five straight games and has scored nine goals in last seventeen games; he has ten goals in 24 career games against the Stars…Matthew Schaefer had his third two-assist game; it was his 12th multi-point game…Ryan Pulock replaced Tony DeAngelo in the lineup; DeAngelo had played 107 consecutive Isles games… There were only 38 face-offs in the game, which was played in 2:14 …Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 19 of 22, allowing all three goals in one game to the Canadiens.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 96 points (32 RW) in 71 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Buffalo 96 (37 RW) in 72</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 94 (35 RW) in 71</div><div>4.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 90 (28 RW) in 71</div><div>5.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 88 (29 RW,37 ROW) in 72</div><div>6.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) Pittsburgh 88 (29 RW,33 ROW) in 72</div><div>7.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) Columbus 87 (27 RW) in 72</div><div>8.<span> </span>(2nd WC/4th Metro) ISLES 87 (27 RW) in 73</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 72</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC) Detroit 84 (27 RW) in 71</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 82 (22 RW) in 71</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 81 (31 RW) in 73</div><div><br></div><div><b>Thursday's&nbsp; Results:&nbsp;</b></div><div>DAL 1@NYI 2</div><div>SEA 4@TB 3 OT</div><div>CBJ 1@MTL 2</div><div>PIT 4@OTT 3 SO</div><div>CHI 1@PHI 5</div><div>WAS 7@UTA 4</div><div><br></div><div>Upcoming Games:</div><div>Fri: DET@BUF</div><div>Sat: FLA@NYI, SEA@BUF, OTT@TB, MTL@NSH, NJ@CAR, DAL@PIT, SJ@CBJ, MIN@BOS,&nbsp; PHI@DET, WAS@VGK</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time</b></div><div>Cal Ritchie scored for the second straight game and now has eleven goals; it is the first time since 1995-96 (Todd Bertuzzi and Niklas Andersson) that the Isles have had two rookies with more than ten goals in the same season.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat now has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (413) and Jake Guentzel (300) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Horvat's goal was his 98th as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer recorded his 53rd and 54th points; passing Vladimir Malakhov for third and tying Denis Potvin for 2nd place among rookie defenseman in club history; the club record is 56 and is held by Stefan Persson; Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer's 32 assists also tie Bryan Berard's record for an Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>17 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 21 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 25-14-1 (with a .922 save percentage, which is tied for the best in the NHL in that span, and a 2.26 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin is 15-3-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)</b></div><div>1. Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%</div><div>2. Ken Dryden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(46/397) 11.6%</div><div>3. Dominik Hasek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (81/735) 11.0%</div><div>4. Martin Brodeur&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(125/1266)&nbsp; 9.9%</div><div>5. Ilya Sorokin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(29/300)&nbsp; 9.7%</div><div><b><br></b></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 2-1-0 overall, 2-1-0 at home and 0-0-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (22-32-54 in 73 GP)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 11 2025-26</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 7</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have scored at least 22 goals, led by Bryan Trottier's 32 and Pat LaFontaine's 26. Brent Sutter (23) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 32 and Matthew Schaefer 32</div><div>Only five Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 32 assists, led by Bryan Trottier's 63 and Tim Connolly's 51. Berard (32) is now tied with Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 54</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 39</div><div>Only five Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 54 points, led by Bryan Trottier's 95 and Tim Connolly's 75. John Tavares (54) is now tied with Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 93 Isles games.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (32), and points (54). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 17 (1973-74)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 54 (1973-74) and Matthew Schaefer 54 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties</b><span> </span></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 34 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +16 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2019-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 34 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div>This is only the ninth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 34 penalties. Schaefer's +16 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 vs NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer now also has the highest ice-time for a teenager; the record of 30:57 was held by Jay Bouwmeester; it is only the fifth four recorded instance of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the second teenager with three games of at least 29 minutes, joining Seth Jones.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 61 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have eighteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fourteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have six multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have three (none in the third period).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 34 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 41-27-5 for 87 points in 73 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 32-31-10 for 74 points in 73 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-3-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-111-150</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 38-59-97</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 38 rookie goals are the most in the NHL while the 97 points are 2nd to Dallas's 105. Islander rookies have scored 18.4% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 41-27-5 overall; they are 20-12-2 at home and 21-15-3 on the road.</div><div>Dallas is 43-18-11 overall; they are 22-10-4 at home and 21-8-7 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 24-13-4 against the East (14-6-2 vs. Metropolitan and 10-7-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 28-10-3 when scoring first and 13-17-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; 10-6-9=25</div><div>Dallas 6-11-10=27</div><div>The Isles are 13-16-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-9-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves; he is 27-18-2 this season and 3-1-1 vs. Dallas.&nbsp;</div><div>Jake Oettinger made 23 saves; he is 29-11-6 this season and 5-3-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-3 (6:00); Dallas was 0-2 (4:00).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 19-7-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-20-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-13-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 29-14-1 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 18-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-10-2 when they are outscored, and 18-16-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 31-6-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-8-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-8 in regulation; the 26 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 5-8-0 on the front end and 9-3-1 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be on March 30th-31st when the Isles host Pittsburgh and visit Buffalo.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (26:15); Dallas: Thomas Harley (24:48)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (21:08).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 22, Dallas 16 (58%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 8 of 11 for the Isles; no Star who took multiple draws won more than he lost.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 15 (Anders Lee and Casey Cizikas -3)</div><div>Dallas 20 (Lian BIchsel -4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>None. Season total: 8 (Mayfield -2, MacLean-2, Lee-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 15 (Ryan Pulock and Brayden Schenn -3)</div><div>Dallas 10 (Thomas Harley -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 46, Dallas 59</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 38, Dallas 41</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><i>5-on-5 leaders:</i></div><div>Isles: Adam Pelech +12</div><div>Dallas: Arttu Hyry&nbsp; +8</div><div><br></div><div><i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i></div><div>All situations: Isles 15, Dallas 10</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 13, Dallas 8</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), Anthony Duclair, Max Shabanov, Isaiah George</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 353. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 317th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (155) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Tony DeAngelo, who played the final 35 games of last season, saw his streak end at 107 straight games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 2-6-2 in matinee games this season; the remaining matinees are on March 28th vs Florida and April 11th vs Ottawa, both at 1:00pm. 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 17-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (6): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 969 *** 5. Anders Lee 914…</div><div>16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 633 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 628 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Frans Nielsen and Scott Mayfield 606 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 602</div><div><br></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 305&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 152…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 122</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 375…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 240…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 545 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 527…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 278</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Ryan Pulock +72 *** 20. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 ***10. Adam Pelech 145…&nbsp;</div><div>15. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 108 *** 17. Scott Mayfield 107</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 175…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 137</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 300…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 152 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport improved to&nbsp; 27-27-3-5 on the season with a 3-2 win over Charlotte on Wednesday; Matthew Highmore had a pair of goals as Bridgeport won their third straight game, all with Henrik Tikkanen in the nets. Bridgeport has passed Lehigh Valley for 5th place and are now four points ahead of Springfield for the final playoff spot. The Islanders will host Laval on Friday.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 25;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Warren and Marshall Highmore 21&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 30, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 43.(Luff has 47, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 13-7-1, 2.48, .900; Marcus Hogberg 11-12-6, 2.87, .892</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles sweep the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 0).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 3-1-1 all-time at UBS Arena, and 4-2-1 in their last seven games overall against the Stars.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 28th&nbsp; — FLORIDA AT ISLES 1:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 12:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles look to win the season series from the Florida Panthers for the second time in three seasons as they face-off at UBS on Saturday. The Panthers earned a 4-1 win in South Florida on December 7th, but the Isles responded with a come-from-behind 5-4 win on March 1st at UBS.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 5-3-1 in their last nine games overall against the Cats, who currently sit 15th in the Eastern Conference, and will likely not have an opportunity to pursue their third straight Stanley Cup.</div><div><br></div><div><i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp57858c7signature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick<br></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-22997278459036168482026-03-25T22:28:00.003-04:002026-03-25T22:28:56.001-04:00The Skinny on the Playoff Chase<p>&nbsp;It looked like the Bruins were going to get no points in Buffalo tonight, instead a tying goal at 14:00 and a Pavel Zacha overtime winner pushes Boston three points ahead of the Isles in the only game Wednesday that affected the playoff race:</p><p>The Playoff Chase</p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> Metro)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Carolina 96 points (32 RW) in 71 games<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> Atlantic) Buffalo 96 (37 RW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2<sup>nd</sup> Atlantic) Tampa Bay 93 (35 RW) in 70<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>rd</sup> Atlantic) Montreal 88 (27 RW) in 70<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span>(1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;WC) Boston 88 (29 RW,37 ROW) in 72</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">6.&nbsp; &nbsp; (2</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">nd</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Metro) Columbus 87 (27 RW) in 71</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-indent: -0.25in;">(3<sup>rd</sup> Metro) Pittsburgh 86 (29 RW,33 ROW) in 71</span><!--[if !supportLists]--></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2<sup>nd</sup> WC) Ottawa 85 (32 RW) in 71<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.25in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">----------<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>rd</sup> WC/4<sup>th</sup> Metro) ISLES 85 (26 RW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(4<sup>th</sup> WC) Detroit 84 (27 RW) in 71<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(5<sup>th</sup> WC) Philadelphia 80 (21 RW) in 70<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(6<sup>th</sup> WC) Washington 79 (30 RW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Wednesday's Result: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">BOS 4 @BUF 3 (OT)</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;">Upcoming Games:</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Thu:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DAL@NYI</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">, SEA@TB, CBJ@MTL, PIT@OTT, CHI@PHI, WAS@UTA</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Fri: </span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DET@BUF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Sat:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">FLA@NYI, </span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">SEA@BUF, OTT@TB, MTL@NSH, NJ@CAR, DAL@PIT, SJ@CBJ, MIN@BOS,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>PHI@DET, WAS@VGK<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-1342778001062121852026-03-25T00:47:00.000-04:002026-03-25T00:49:04.216-04:00The Skinny: Chicago 4, Isles 3<div class="ydp602763efyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydpe46e09eapasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 72</b></div><div><b>Chicago 4, Isles 3</b></div><div>The Chicago Blackhawks scored three goals in a 6:45 span and built a 4-1 lead; that proved to be just enough as an Islander third period rally fell short in a 4-3 loss to the Hawks, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles had 23 shots on goal and 49 shot attempts in the third period, getting goals from Simon Holmstrom and Cal Ritchie, but they could not get even. Anders Lee had scored a double milestone goal in the opening minute, as he passed Clark Gillies in goals and John Tonelli in points.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 5-6-0 in their last 11 games as they fall out of the wild card spot. The homestand continues on Thursday as the Isles entertain Dallas in their final game of the season against a Western Conference opponent.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>Anders Lee (16) Matthew Schaefer (30), Bo Horvat (22) 00:49 CHI 0,NYI 1</div><div>Nick Lardis (7) Frank Nazar (24), Tyler Bertuzzi (23) 12:46 CHI 1,NYI 1</div><div>Ilya Mikheyev (14) Anton Frondell (1) 18:06 CHI 2,NYI 1</div><div>Tyler Bertuzzi (29) Alex Vlasic (17), Nick Lardis (4) 19:31 CHI 3,NYI 1</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Frank Nazar (12) Nick Lardis (5) 06:02 CHI 4,NYI 1</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Simon Holmstrom (18) Scott Mayfield (10) 08:45 CHI 4,NYI 2</div><div>Calum Ritchie (10) Carson Soucy (6), Mathew Barzal (47) 16:37 CHI 4,NYI 3</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 13-8-0 in their last 21 games… The Isles fall to 5-22-1 when trailing after two periods … Nick Lardis is the second rookie with three points in a game against the Islanders this season; Jimmy Snuggerud did so for St. Louis two weeks ago…Anton Frondell, the third pick in the 2025 Draft, earned his first point in his NHL debut….Frank Nazar scored the only goal against Ilya Sorokin; the Isles' third period comeback saddled Sorokin with the loss…Bo Horvat matched a career high with nine shots on goal: Matthew Schaefer matched a career high in shots (8), had 17 attempts, and played 31:59 – the most by any Islander since 2010…Schaefer played 11:56 in the 2nd period, and 11:43 in the third, making him the only rookie in at least the last five years with multiple periods of 11 minutes in the same game and skated 4.70 miles, which was the second-highest total by an NHL defenseman this season.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Injury:</b></div><div>Tony DeAngelo, playing his 107th consecutive game, left the game with a lower body injury in the first period. He did not return. DeAngelo has not missed a game since returning to the NHL last January.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 96 points (32 RW) in 71 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Buffalo 95 (37 RW) in 71</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 93 (35 RW) in 70</div><div>4.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 88 (27 RW) in 70</div><div>5.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) Columbus 87 (27 RW) in 71</div><div>6.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 86 (29 RW,36 ROW) in 71</div><div>7.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) Pittsburgh 86 (29 RW,33 ROW) in 71</div><div>8.<span> </span>(2nd WC) Ottawa 85 (32 RW) in 71</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC/4th Metro) ISLES 85 (26 RW) in 72</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC) Detroit 84 (27 RW) in 71</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 80 (21 RW) in 70</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 79 (30 RW) in 72</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Tuesday's&nbsp; Results:&nbsp;</b></div><div>CHI 4 @NYI 3</div><div>&nbsp;MIN 3 @TB 6</div><div>CAR 2 @MTL 5</div><div>COL 6 @PIT 2</div><div>CBJ 3 @PHI 2</div><div>TOR 4 @BOS 2</div><div>OTT 3 @DET 2</div><div>WAS 0 @STL 3</div><div><br></div><div>Upcoming Games:</div><div><br></div><div>Wed: BOS@BUF</div><div>Thu: DAL@NYI, SEA@TB, CBJ@MTL, PIT@OTT, CHI@PHI, WAS@UTA</div><div>Fri: DET@BUF</div><div>Sat: FLA@NYI, SEA@BUF, OTT@TB, MTL@NSH, NJ@CAR, DAL@PIT, SJ@CBJ, MIN@BOS,&nbsp; PHI@DET, WAS@VGK</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles finished with 27 hi-danger chances, their most in a game since 1/23/2023 vs. Toronto; all of them were at 5-on-5, marking the most in the NHL this season and the highest total for the Isles in Natural Stat Trick's 20-year database.</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer played 31:59 – the most by a teenager since ice-time became official and the most by an Islander in sixteen years.</div><div>•<span> </span>Cal Ritchie now has ten goals; it is the first time since 2017-18 (Mathew Barzal 22; Ryan Pulock 10) that the Isles have had two players hit double digits in the same season. Ritchie's next goal will give the Isles two rookies with more than ten goals for the first time in 30 years (Todd Bertuzzi and Niklas Andersson in 1995-96).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Anders Lee passed Clark Gillies for 4th place with his 305th goal; it was his 545th point, passing John Tonelli for 10th place in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat had nine shots on goal but remains at 298 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (412) and Jake Guentzel (299) have more. To date, 243 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer recorded his 52nd point, tying Vladimir Malakhov for third among rookie defenseman in club history; the club record is 56 and is held by Stefan Persson; Quinn Hughes (53) and Lane Hutson (66) are the only active defensemen who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>16 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 20 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 24-14-1 (with a .921 save percentage, which is tied for the best in the NHL in that span, and a 2.29 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin is 15-3-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)</b></div><div>1. Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%</div><div>2. Ken Dryden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (46/397) 11.6%</div><div>3. Dominik Hasek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (81/735) 11.0%</div><div>4. Martin Brodeur&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(125/1266)&nbsp; 9.9%</div><div>5. Ilya Sorokin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(29/298)&nbsp; 9.7%</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-3-0 in his last five starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 1-1-0 overall, 1-1-0 at home and 0-0-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (22-30-52 in 72 GP)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer&nbsp; 10 2025-26</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 7</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have scored at least 22 goals, led by Bryan Trottier's 32 and Pat LaFontaine's 26. Brent Sutter (23) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 32</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 30</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 30 assists, led by Bryan Trottier's 63 and Tim Connolly's 51. John Tavares (30) is now tied with Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 52</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 39</div><div>Only five Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 51 points, led by Bryan Trottier's 95 and Tim Connolly's 75. John Tavares (54) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 94 Isles games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (30), and points (52). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 17 (1973-74)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 54 (1973-74)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Vladimir Malakhov 52 (1992-93) and Matthew Schaefer 52 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 34 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +16 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2019-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 34 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div>This is only the ninth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 34 penalties. Schaefer's +16 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 vs NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer now also has the highest ice-time for a teenager; the record of 30:57 was held by Jay Bouwmeester; it is only the fifth four recorded instance of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the second teenager with three games of at least 29 minutes, joining Seth Jones.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 60 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-78) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have eighteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fourteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have six multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have three (none in the third period).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored seven goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 34 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 40-27-5 for 85 points in 72 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 32-30-10 for 74 points in 71 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-3-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-108-147</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-1-2</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 37-57-94</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 37 rookie goals are the most in the NHL while the 94 points are 2nd to Chicago's 104. Islander rookies have scored 18.1% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 40-27-5 overall; they are 19-12-2 at home and 21-15-3 on the road.</div><div>Chicago is 27-31-13 overall; they are 13-16-7 at home and 14-15-6 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 24-13-4 against the East (14-6-2 vs. Metropolitan and 10-7-2 vs. Atlantic) and 16-14-1 against the West (6-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 27-10-3 when scoring first and 13-17-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;12-12-23=47</div><div>Chicago 12-7-5=24</div><div>The Isles are 13-16-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 25-9-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>David Rittich made nine saves in the first period; Ilya Sorokin made 11 saves but is charged with the loss; he is 26-18-2 this season and 4-2-1 vs. Chicago.&nbsp;</div><div>Arvid Soderblom made 44 saves; he is 7-11-3 this season and 2-3-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-2 (2:27); Chicago was 0-2 (4:00).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 19-7-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 21-20-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-13-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 28-14-1 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 18-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-10-2 when they are outscored, and 17-16-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 31-6-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 9-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 26-8-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-8 in regulation; the 26 one-goal wins match a club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 5-8-0 on the front end and 9-3-1 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be on March 30th-31st when the Isles host Pittsburgh and visit Buffalo.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (career-high 31:59); Chicago: Alex Vlasic (25:20)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (22:03).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 32, Chicago 23 (58%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 11 of 17 for the Isles; Ryan Donato won 9 of 17 for Chicago.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 31 (Emil Heineman -7)</div><div>Chicago 17 (Artyom Levshunov -4)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>None. Season total: 8 (Mayfield -2, MacLean-2, Lee-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 12 (Scott Matfield and Emil Heineman -3)</div><div>Chicago 14 (Five with 2)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 92, Chicago 47&nbsp; (including 49-14 in the third period)</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 83, Chicago 44</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><i>5-on-5 leaders:</i></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer +30</div><div>Chicago: Nick Lardis+4</div><div><br></div><div><i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i></div><div>All situations: Isles 27, Chicago 12</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 27, Chicago 12</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Ryan Pulock-INJ), Anthony Duclair, Max Shabanov, Isaiah George</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 348. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 316th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (154) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Tony DeAngelo, who played the final 35 games of last season, has played 107 straight. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 2-6-2 in matinee games this season; the remaining matinees are on March 28th vs Florida and April 11th vs Ottawa, both at 1:00pm. 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 17-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (6): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 968 *** 5. Anders Lee 913…</div><div>16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 632 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 627 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Frans Nielsen 606 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 605 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 601</div><div><br></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 305&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 152…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 122</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 375…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 240…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 183…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 545 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 527…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 278</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Ryan Pulock +71 *** 20. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 183 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 ***10. Adam Pelech 145…&nbsp;</div><div>15. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 108 *** 17. Scott Mayfield 107</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 239…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 175…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 137</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 298…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 151 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport is 26-27-3-5 on the season; they have moved into a tie with Lehigh Valley for 5th place and are now two points ahead of Springfield for the final playoff spot. The Islanders will host Charlotte on Wednesday and Laval on Friday.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 24;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Warren and Marshall Highmore 21&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 30, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 42.(Luff has 47, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Marcus Hogberg 11-12-6, 2.87, .892; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 12-7-1, 2.51, .899</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The teams split the season series, 1 game to 1 (Chicago earned 3 points to the Isles' 2).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>This was the Hawks' first regulation win at UBS Arena (Isles are 3-1-1); it was only the Isles' second regulation loss in five seasons to Chicago (6-2-2).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 26th&nbsp; — DALLAS AT ISLES 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles look to sweep the season series from the Dallas Stars for the second time in three seasons as they face-off at UBS on Thursday. The Isles benefited from a last-second video review that wiped out a potential Dallas tying goal on November 18th in Texas; this was also the game that Mikko Rantanen ended Alex Romanov's regular season.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 2-1-1 all-time at UBS Arena, and 3-2-1 in their last six games overall against the Stars.&nbsp;</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp602763efsignature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-67107141366581027342026-03-23T22:16:00.000-04:002026-03-23T22:16:12.189-04:00The Skinny on the Playoff Chase<p>Only one game in the NHL on Monday as Ottawa beats the Rangers for their third straight win and to get to 83 points.&nbsp; Ottawa plays Detroit on Tuesday, so the Isles will need at least a point (and maybe two) on Tuesday against Chicago to stay in a playoff spot.</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">The Playoff Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> Metro)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Carolina 96 points (32 RW) in 70 games<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> Atlantic) Buffalo 95 (37 RW) in 71<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2<sup>nd</sup> Atlantic) Tampa Bay 91 (34 RW) in 69<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>rd</sup> Atlantic) Montreal 86 (26 RW) in 69<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> WC) Boston 86 (29 RW,36 ROW) in 70<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2<sup>nd</sup> Metro) Pittsburgh 86 (29 RW,33 ROW) in 70<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>rd</sup> Metro) Columbus 85 (26 RW) in 70<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>rd</sup> WC/4<sup>th</sup> Metro) ISLES 85 (26 RW) in 71<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .25in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">----------<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2<sup>nd</sup> WC) Detroit 84 (27 RW) in 70<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(4<sup>th</sup> WC) Ottawa 83 (31 RW) in 70<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(5<sup>th</sup> WC) Philadelphia 80 (21 RW) in 69<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(6<sup>th</sup> WC) Washington 79 (30 RW) in 71<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Monday’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Results: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>OTT 2 @NYR 1<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Upcoming Games:</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Tue:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">CHI @NYI</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">, MIN@TB, CAR@MTL,COL@PIT,CBJ@PHI,TOR@BOS, OTT@DET, WAS@STL</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Wed:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> BOS@BUF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Thu:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DAL@NYI</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">, SEA@TB, CBJ@MTL, PIT@OTT, CHI@PHI, WAS@UTA<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Fri: </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DET@BUF<o:p></o:p></span></p>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-78302405291903665322026-03-23T00:58:00.001-04:002026-03-23T00:58:38.380-04:00The Skinny: Isles 1, Columbus 0<div class="ydp962ddf54yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydpe03c6287pasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 71</b></div><div><b>Isles 1, Columbus 0</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves to tie the Islander club record with his seventh shutout of the season and Bo Horvat scored the only goal as the Isles moved back into a playoff spot with a 1-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Horvat's goal, just 1:25 into play, was the earliest ever scored in a 1-0 Islander victory. It also was his 50th point of the season, marking the eighth time in his career he has reached that total.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-0 since the Olympic Break and 27-16-2 in their last 44 games. The Isles move into the second wild card spot, marking the first time the Metro Division has claimed one of the wild card spots since January 11th.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>Bo Horvat (29) Anders Lee (22), Adam Boqvist (2) 01:25 CBJ 0,NYI 1</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 13-7-0 in their last 20 games… The Isles improve to 19-2-1 when leading after two periods …The Blue Jackets fall to 8-1-4 in their last 13 games (although the have lost twice to the Isles in that spans)...The Jackets are 19-3-4 in their last 26 games…The Isles earned their 40th win in 71 games, which was the earliest than they did since it took 69 games in 2018-19…The Isles stopped Adam Fantilli's six-game point streak as Columbus was shut out for the third time this season…Ilya Sorokin improves to 7-4-0 on the back-end of back-to-backs, including three shutouts…Sorokin now has a .939 save percentage on the back-end; among goalies who have played at least 10 back-ends, only Roman Cechmanek (.955) has a better career save percentage…Marc Gatcomb and Kyle MacLean played in the same game for the first time in eight games…Carson Soucy played 18:55, his highest total since joining the Isles.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 96 points (32 RW) in 70 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Buffalo 95 (37 RW) in 71</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 91 (34 RW) in 69</div><div>4.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 86 (26 RW) in 69</div><div>5.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 86 (29 RW,36 ROW) in 70</div><div>6.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 86 (29 RW,33 ROW) in 70</div><div>7.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) Columbus 85 (26 RW) in 70</div><div>8.<span> </span>(3rd WC/4th Metro) ISLES 85 (26 RW) in 71</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(2nd WC) Detroit 84 (27 RW) in 70</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC) Ottawa 81 (30 RW) in 69</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 80 (21 RW) in 69</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 79 (30 RW) in 71</div><div><br></div><div>Sunday's&nbsp; Results:&nbsp;</div><div><span><span> </span>CBJ 0 @NYI 1</span></div><div><span><span> </span>BUF 5 @ANA 6 (OT)&nbsp;</span></div><div><span><span> </span>TB 3 @CGY 4 (OT)</span></div><div><span><span> </span>CAR 5 @PIT 1</span></div><div><span><span> </span>COL 3 @WAS 2 (OT)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Upcoming Games:</div><div>Mon: OTT@NYR</div><div>Tue: CHI @NYI, MIN@TB, CAR@MTL,COL@PIT,CBJ@PHI,TOR@BOS, OTT@DET, WAS@STL</div><div>Wed: BOS@BUF</div><div>Thu: DAL@NYI, SEA@TB, CBJ@MTL, PIT@OTT, CHI@PHI, WAS@UTA</div><div>Fri: DET@BUF</div><div><br></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat scored his 298th NHL goal; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (412) and Jake Guentzel (299) have more. To date, 243 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal played his 600th game; he is the 23rd skater in club history to appear in 600 games.</div><div>•<span> </span>Anders Lee tied John Tonelli for 10th place in club history with 544 points.</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer has 51 points; he is the fourth rookie defenseman in club history to do so; the club record is 56 and is held by Stefan Persson; Quinn Hughes (53) and Lane Hutson (66) are the only active defensemen who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span> </span>Denis Potvin had six seasons with at least 22 goals, and Schaefer has matched that total for 6th place in club history among defensemen.</div><div>•<span> </span>A Columbus challenge left Lee tied with Clark Gillies for 4th place in club history with 304 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Ryan Pulock is one goal behind Kenny Jonsson for third place in club defensemen history and is four points behind Nick Leddy for fourth place among club defensemen</div><div><br></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>15 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out nineteen games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 24-13-1 (with a .921 save percentage, which is tied for the best in the NHL in that span, and a 2.31 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin is 15-3-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)</b></div><div>1. Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%</div><div>2. Ken Dryden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (46/397) 11.6%</div><div>3. Dominik Hasek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (81/735) 11.0%</div><div>4. Martin Brodeur&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(125/1266)&nbsp; 9.9%</div><div>5. Ilya Sorokin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(29/297)&nbsp; 9.8%</div><div><br></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-9-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 in his last five starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 1-0-0 overall, 1-0-0 at home and 0-0-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (22-29-51 in 71 GP)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer&nbsp; 10 2025-26</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 7</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have scored at least 22 goals, led by Bryan Trottier's 32 and Pat LaFontaine's 26. Brent Sutter (23) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 32</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 29 assists, led by Bryan Trottier's 63 and Tim Connolly's 51. John Tavares (30) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 51</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 39</div><div>Only five Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 51 points, led by Bryan Trottier's 95 and Tim Connolly's 75. John Tavares (54) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 95 Isles games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (29), and points (51). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 17 (1973-74)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 54 (1973-74)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Vladimir Malakhov 52 (1992-93)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 51 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 34 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +16 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2019-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 34 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div>This is only the ninth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 34 penalties. Schaefer's +16 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:12 12/9/2025 vs VEG</div><div><br></div><div>A 20-year-old Islander has played more than 29:24 only once: Bryan Berard -31:30 on February 7, 1998, vs. the Devils, when he was 20 years, 339 days old; Schaefer will not hit that age until August 2028.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 vs NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer now has the 12th-highest ice-time for a teenager; the record is 30:57 and is held by Jay Bouwmeester; there are only four recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the sixth teenager with multiple games of at least 29 minutes; Seth Jones is the only one to have three such games.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 59 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-78) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have eighteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fourteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have six multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have three (none in the third period).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored seven goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><br></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 34 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 40-26-5 for 85 points in 71 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 32-29-10 for 74 points in 71 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-1-1</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-105-144</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-0-1</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 36-56-92</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 36 rookie goals are the most in the NHL while the 92 points are 2nd to Chicago's 100. Islander rookies have scored 17.8% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 40-26-5 overall; they are 19-11-2 at home and 21-15-3 on the road.</div><div>Columbus is 37-22-11 overall; they are 20-8-7 at home and 17-14-4 on the road.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 24-13-4 against the East (14-6-2 vs. Metropolitan and 10-7-2 vs. Atlantic) and 16-13-1 against the West (6-7-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 27-9-3 when scoring first and 13-17-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 7-9-6=22</div><div>Columbus 8-5-13=26</div><div>The Isles are 13-15-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 25-9-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves; he is 26-17-2 this season and 8-0-3 vs. Columbus.&nbsp;</div><div>Jet Greaves made 21 saves; he is 23-13-8 this season and 2-2-1 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-3 (6:00); Columbus did not have a power play.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 19-7-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 21-19-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-13-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 28-13-1 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 18-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-10-2 when they are outscored, and 17-15-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 31-5-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 9-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 26-7-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-7 in regulation. They are 10-0 in games&nbsp; decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 5-8-0 on the front end and 9-3-1 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be on March 30th-31st when the Isles host Pittsburgh and visit Buffalo.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (26:43); Columbus: Zach Werenski (29:01)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (19:55).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 30, Columbus 20 (60%)</div><div>Casey Cizikas won 10 of 12 for the Isles; Adam Fantilli won 9 of 17 for Columbus.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 24 (Jean-Gabriel Pageau -4)</div><div>Columbus 24 (Two with 4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>None. Season total: 8 (Mayfield -2, MacLean-2, Lee-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 17 (Carson Soucy-5)</div><div>Columbus 16 (Two with 3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 54, Columbus 51</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 43, Columbus 47</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><i>5-on-5 leaders:</i></div><div>Isles: Simon Holmstrom +6</div><div>Columbus: Zach Werenski +20</div><div><br></div><div><i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i></div><div>All situations: Isles 6, Columbus 7</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 4, Columbus 7</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Ryan Pulock-INJ), (Anthony Duclair-INJ), Max Shabanov</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 343. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 315th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (153) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Tony DeAngelo, who played the final 35 games of last season, has played 106 straight. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 2-6-2 in matinee games this season; the remaining matinees are on March 28th vs Florida and April 11th vs Ottawa, both at 1:00pm. 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 17-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (6): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/11</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 967 *** 5. Anders Lee 912…</div><div>16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 631 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 627 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Frans Nielsen 606 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 604 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 600</div><div><br></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Clark Gillies and Anders Lee 304&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 152…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 122</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 374…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 240…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 183…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 910. John Tonelli and Anders Lee 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 526…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 278</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +84 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Ryan Pulock +71 *** 20. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 183 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 ***10. Adam Pelech 1454…&nbsp;</div><div>15. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 108 *** 17. Scott Mayfield 106</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 239…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 174…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 136</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 297…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 151 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport completed a sweep of the home-and-home and&nbsp; improved to 26-27-3-5 on the season with a 6-3 win on Sunday in Hershey. Adam Beckman scored twice and added an assists; Henrik Tikkanen made 22 saves for his second win in 24 hours.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Bridgeport moved into a tie with Lehigh Valley for 5th place and are now two points ahead of Springfield for the final playoff spot. The Islanders will host Charlotte on Wednesday and Laval on Friday.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 24;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Warren and Marshall Highmore 21&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 30, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 42.(Luff has 47, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Marcus Hogberg 11-12-6, 2.87, .892; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 12-7-1, 2.51, .899</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles win the season series, 3 games to 1 (and 6 points to 3).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-0-1 in nine games played between the teams at UBS Arena.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 24th&nbsp; — CHICAGO AT ISLES 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles look to sweep the season series with the Chicago Blackhawks as they face-off at UBS on Tuesday. The Isles closed out 2025 with a 3-2 shootout win at the United Center.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 3-0-1 all-time at UBS Arena, and 4-0-1 in their last five games against the Hawks. Since 2021, the Isles are 6-1-2 against Chicago overall.</div><div><br></div><div><i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp962ddf54signature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-52109482436067011992026-03-22T00:18:00.001-04:002026-03-22T00:59:55.595-04:00The Skinny: Montreal 7, Isles 3<div class="ydp5e38d3eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><div class="ydp159ff3d0pasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Game 70</b></div><div><b>Montreal 7, Isles 3</b></div><div>Cole Caufield recorded his 3rd career hat trick, all in a 15:51 span, as the Montreal Canadiens scored six goals in 17:10 to overcome a 2-1 deficit and defeat the Isles 7-3, before a sellout crowd of 20,962 at Bell Centre.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Emil Heineman reached the 20-goal mark and Simon Holmstrom also scored, as the Isles held a 2-1 lead late in the second period, but the Canadiens took over from there, despite Matthew Schaefer's 8th power play goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 7-5-0 since the Olympic Break and 26-16-2 in their last 44 games as they remain one point out of a playoff spot; they return home on Sunday to begin a stretch where they will play 10 of the final twelve games on home ice.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>Juraj Slafkovský (26) Nick Suzuki (58), Cole Caufield (30) 04:10 NYI 0,MTL 1 PPG</div><div>Emil Heineman (20) Anders Lee (21) Tony DeAngelo (28) 06:46 NYI 1,MTL 1 PPG</div><div>Simon Holmstrom (17) Adam Pelech (10) 13:19 NYI 2,MTL 1</div><div><br /></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Alex Newhook (10) Kaiden Guhle (7), Oliver Kapanen (14) 17:49 NYI 2,MTL 2</div><div>Cole Caufield (41) Nick Suzuki (59), Juraj Slafkovský (33) 19:08 NYI 2,MTL 3 PPG</div><div><br /></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Matthew Schaefer (22) Mathew Barzal (46), Bo Horvat (21) 00:45 NYI 3,MTL 3 PPG</div><div>Kaiden Guhle (2) Alexandre Carrier (14), Brendan Gallagher (16) 03:17 NYI 3,MTL 4</div><div>Juraj Slafkovský (27) Cole Caufield (31), Nick Suzuki (60) 08:08 NYI 3,MTL 5</div><div>Cole Caufield (42) Juraj Slafkovský (34), Kaiden Guhle (8) 11:20 NYI 3,MTL 6</div><div>Cole Caufield (43) Nick Suzuki (61) 14:59 NYI 3,MTL 7 PPG</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 12-7-0 in their last nineteen games… The Isles fall to 5-21-1 when trailing after two periods Schaefer's 22 career goals are tied-23rd in club history among defensemen for a career…The Isles pulled Ilya Sorokin after the sixth goal; it was the first time he had been pulled all season… The Canadiens' top line combined for 5-10-15, as Cole Caufield had his first career five-point game, Juraj Slafkofsky had his first four-point (2-2-4) game and Nick Suzuki had four assists for the first time…The Isles had gone 14-14 on the penalty kill since the trade deadline prior to allowing three goals tonight…The Isles are 5-2-0 when scoring multiple power play goals, with the other loss in the home opener…Emil Heineman's goal gives the Isles three 20-goal scorers, including two who were not with the team last season…Matthew Schaefer became the first rookie defenseman in club history with eight power play goals in a season, breaking a tie with Vladimir Malakhov….Cole Caufield, who is known as Mr. Saturday Night, now has 19 goals in 19 Saturday games this season…Emil Heineman matched Simon Holmstrom's 20-goal total from last season as the most by a Swede in the post-Cup era.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 94 points (31 RW) in 69 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Buffalo 94 (37 RW) in 70</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 90 (34 RW) in 68</div><div>4.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 86 (29 RW) in 69</div><div>5.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 86 (26 RW) in 69</div><div>6.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 86 (29 RW) in 70</div><div>7.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) Columbus 85 (26 RW) in 69</div><div>8.<span> </span>(2nd WC) Detroit 84 (27 RW) in 70</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC/4th Metro) ISLES 83 (25 RW) in 70</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC) Ottawa 81 (30 RW) in 69</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 80 (21 RW) in 69</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 78 (30 RW) in 70</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Saturday's Results:&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>NYI 3 @MTL 7&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>BUF 4&nbsp; @LA 1</div><div>•<span> </span>TB&nbsp; 5 @EDM 2</div><div>•<span> </span>WPG 4 @PIT 5 (SO)</div><div>•<span> </span>BOS 4&nbsp; @DET 2</div><div>•<span> </span>SEA&nbsp; 2 @CBJ 5</div><div>•<span> </span>TOR 2 @OTT 5</div><div>•<span> </span>PHI 4&nbsp; @SJS 1</div><div><br /></div><div>Upcoming Games</div><div>Sun: CBJ@NYI, BUF@ANA, TB@CGY, CAR@PIT, COL@WAS</div><div>Mon: OTT@NYR</div><div>Tue: CHI @NYI, MIN@TB, CAR@MTL,COL@PIT,CBJ@PHI,TOR@BOS, OTT@DET, WAS@STL</div><div>Wed: BOS@BUF</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer is the first Islander defenseman to score eight power play goals since Mark Streit had nine in 2009-10.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles allowed seven goals to Montreal for the first time since January 8, 1998 (8-2 loss at the Coliseum).</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles allowed seven goals in a regulation road game for the first time since February 25, 2017, at Columbus; the Isles lost 7-6 in OT in Nashville last April 8th.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles allowed three power play goals for the first time since February 18, 2024 (to the Rangers at Met Life). That was also the last Islander game where the teams combined for five power play goals.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal played his 599th game; he will be the 23rd skater in club history to appear in 600 games.</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer earned his 51st point; he is the fourth rookie defenseman in club history to do so; the club record is 56 and is held by Stefan Persson.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer(51) passed Cale Makar and Mo Seider's rookie point total of 50; Quinn Hughes (53) and Lane Hutson (66) are the only active defensemen who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer scored his 22nd goal, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span> </span>Denis Potvin had six seasons with at least 22 goals, as Schaefer matched that total for 6th place in club history among defensemen.</div><div>•<span> </span>Anders Lee passed Bob Bourne for 11th place in club history with 543 points; his next point will tie John Tonelli for 10th place.</div><div>•<span> </span>Lee remains tied with Clark Gillies for 4th place in club history with 304 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Ryan Pulock is one goal behind Kenny Jonsson for third place in club defensemen history and is four points behind Nick Leddy for fourth place among club defensemen</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out nineteen games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 23-13-1 (with a .919 save percentage, and a 2.37 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading six shutouts since then.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin is 15-3-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 28 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin now has three seasons of at least six shutouts; he is the only goalie in club history with more than one such season (Varlamov, Resch, Halak, and Lehner each did it once.)&nbsp; Hellebuyck, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Sergei Bobrovsky are the only other actives with three seasons.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-9-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 in his last five starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>8&nbsp; 2025-26, 2022-23 and 1997-98&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Road Warriors</b></div><div>The Isles reach the end of a stretch where they played nine of 12 games on the road. They went 7-5-0 overall, 2-1-0 at home and 5-4-0 on the road:</div><div><br /></div><div>•<span> </span>February 26 at MTL&nbsp; W 4-3 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>February 28 at CBJ&nbsp; W 4-3 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>March 1 vs FLA W 5-4</div><div>•<span> </span>March 4 at ANA L 1-5</div><div>•<span> </span>March 5 at LA L 3-5</div><div>•<span> </span>March 7 at SJ W 2-1 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>March 10 at STL W 4-3 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>March 13 vs LA L 2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>March 14 vs CGY W 3-2</div><div>•<span> </span>March 17 at TOR W 3-1</div><div>•<span> </span>March 19 at OTT L 2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>March 21 at MTL L 3-7</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>Beginning on Sunday, the Isles will end the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home.</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (22-29-51 in 70 GP)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer&nbsp; 10 2025-26</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 7</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have scored at least 22 goals, led by Bryan Trottier's 32 and Pat LaFontaine's 26. Brent Sutter (23) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 32</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 29 assists, led by Bryan Trottier's 63 and Tim Connolly's 51. John Tavares (30) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 51</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 39</div><div>Only five Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 51 points, led by Bryan Trottier's 95 and Tim Connolly's 75. John Tavares (54) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 96 Isles games.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (29), and points (51). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 17 (1973-74)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 54 (1973-74)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Vladimir Malakhov 52 (1992-93)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 51 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 34 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +16 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br /></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2019-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 34 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div>This is only the ninth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 34 penalties. Schaefer's +16 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:12 12/9/2025 vs VEG</div><div><br /></div><div>A 20-year-old Islander has played more than 29:24 only once: Bryan Berard -31:30 on February 7, 1998, vs. the Devils, when he was 20 years, 339 days old; Schaefer will not hit that age until August 2028.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 vs NAS (SO)</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer now has the 12th-highest ice-time for a teenager; the record is 30:57 and is held by Jay Bouwmeester; there are only four recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the sixth teenager with multiple games of at least 29 minutes; Seth Jones is the only one to have three such games.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 58 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-78) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have eighteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fourteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have six multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have three (none in the third period).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br /></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored seven goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 34 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 39-26-5 for 83 points in 70 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 32-28-10 for 74 points in 70 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-104-143</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br /></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-0-1</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 36-56-92</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The 36 rookie goals are the most in the NHL while the 92 points are 2nd to Chicago's 96. Islander rookies have scored 17.3% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 39-26-5 overall; they are 18-11-2 at home and 21-15-3 on the road.</div><div>Montreal is 38-21-10 overall; they are 20-13-2 at home and 18-8-8 on the road.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 23-13-4 against the East (13-6-2 vs. Metropolitan and 10-7-2 vs. Atlantic) and 16-13-1 against the West (6-7-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 26-9-3 when scoring first and 13-17-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6-8-8=22</div><div>Montreal 17-7-12=36</div><div>The Isles are 13-15-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 24-9-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves before being replaced after Montreal's sixth goal; he is 25-17-2 this season and 6-1-2 vs. Montreal. David Rittich made three saves in his first relief appearance of the season.</div><div>Jacob Fowler made 19 saves; he is 6-5-2 this season and 1-0-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 2-3 (4:33); Montreal was 3-4 (3:55).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 19-7-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 20-19-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-13-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 27-13-1 when they do not.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 18-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-10-2 when they are outscored, and 16-15-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 31-5-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 8-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-7-5 in games decided by a single goal including 11-7 in regulation. They are 10-0 in games&nbsp; decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 5-8-0 on the front end and 8-3-1 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes Sunday at home vs. Columbus. The next back-to-back will be on March 30th-31st when the Isles host Pittsburgh and visit Buffalo.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 7-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 4-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (22:25); Montreal: Mike Matheson (21:45)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (20:21).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 26, Montreal 26 (50%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 9 of 11 for the Isles; Nick Suzuki won 10 of 14 for Montreal.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 34 (Marc Gatcomb -6)</div><div>Montreal 25 (Two with 5)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>None. Season total: 8 (Mayfield -2, MacLean-2, Lee-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 11 (Four with 2)</div><div>Montreal 18 (Noah Dobson -5)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 49, Montreal 67</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 39, Montreal 58</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><i>5-on-5 leaders:</i></div><div>Isles: Bo Horvat +6</div><div>Montreal: Lane Hutson +17</div><div><br /></div><div><i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i></div><div>All situations: Isles 7, Montreal 17</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 5, Montreal 15</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), Adam Boqvist, Kyle MacLean, Max Shabanov</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 337. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 314th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (152) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Tony DeAngelo, who played the final 35 games of last season, has played 105 straight. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 2-6-2 in matinee games this season; the remaining matinees are on March 28th vs Florida and April 11th vs Ottawa, both at 1:00pm. 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 17-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br /></div><div>Opponents: 4 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28)</div><div><br /></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (6): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/11</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><br /></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 966 *** 5. Anders Lee 911…</div><div>16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 630 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 627 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Frans Nielsen 606 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 603 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 599</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Clark Gillies and Anders Lee 304&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 152…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 122</div><div><br /></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 374…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 239…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 183…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156</div><div><br /></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 910. John Tonelli 544 *** 11. Anders Lee 543 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 526…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 278</div><div><br /></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +84 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Ryan Pulock +71 *** 20. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 183 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 ***10. Adam Pelech 1454…&nbsp;</div><div>15. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 108 *** 17. Scott Mayfield 106</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 239…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 174…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 136</div><div><br /></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 296…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br /></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 150 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br /></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 28 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport improved to 25-27-3-5 on the season with a 4-3 shootout win on Saturday over Hershey; Bridgeport rallied from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits for the win; Liam Foudy had a goal (tying for the team lead with 22) and an assist. The same teams will switch sites and play in Chocolatetown on Sunday.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Bridgeport remains tied with Springfield for the final playoff spot; the Islanders have played one fewer game.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman and Liam Foudy 22;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Warren and Marshall Highmore 21&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 29, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 39.(Luff has 46, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Marcus Hogberg 11-12-6, 2.87, .892; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 11-7-1, 2.48, .900</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The season series is tied, 1 game to 1 (Montreal has 3 points to the Isles' 2). The teams will meet at UBS Arena on April 13th to complete the season series</div><div><br /></div><div>This was the first game between the teams decided in regulation since January 25, 2024; the Isles had won four of the five games (all decided after 60 minutes) since then.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SUNDAY, MARCH 22nd&nbsp; — COLUMBUS AT ISLES 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles return home to open a key five-game homestand as they welcome Columbus to UBS. It is the fourth meeting of the season, and the Isles have two dramatic wins in the first three. Matthew Schaefer scored twice in a comeback win in November and the Isles earned an overtime win in Ohio in February on a goal from Simon Holmstrom.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 7-0-1 in eight games played between the teams at UBS Arena; the Blue Jackets (8-0-4 in their last 12 since losing to Boston in their first game back from the Olympic break) will look to tie the second-longest point streak in their history. The Jackets are 19-2-4 in their last 25 games.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="ydp5e38d3esignature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-49780339395573739222026-03-20T21:43:00.000-04:002026-03-20T21:43:27.766-04:00The Skinny on The Playoff Chase<p>&nbsp;Friday's Game:&nbsp;</p><p>Carolina 4, Toronto 3 (OT)</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">The Playoff Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> Metro)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Carolina 94 points (31 RW) in 69 games<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> Atlantic) Buffalo 92 (36 RW) in 69<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; 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mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3<sup>rd</sup> Atlantic) Montreal 84 (25 RW) in 68<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1<sup>st</sup> WC) Boston 84 (28 RW) in 69<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2<sup>nd</sup> WC) Detroit 84 (27 RW) in 69<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Upcoming Games<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Sat: NYI@MTL, </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">BUF@LA, TB@EDM, WPG@PIT, BOS@DET, SEA@CBJ, TOR@OTT<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Sun: CBJ@NYI, </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">BUF@ANA, TB@CGY, CAR@PIT<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Mon:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> OTT@NYR<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-8152773006021145122026-03-19T23:55:00.001-04:002026-03-20T07:19:00.136-04:00The Skinny: Ottawa 3, Isles 2<div class="ydpd25e61d0yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><div class="ydp45d40f55pasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Game 69</b></div><div><b>Ottawa 3, Isles 2</b></div><div>Brady Tkachuk fought Anders Lee in the first second of the game and then broke a 2-2 tie with 13 seconds to play as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Isles 3-2, before a crowd of 16,785 at Canadian Tire Centre.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Matthew Schaefer and Brayden Schenn had given the Isles the lead twice, but the Sens tied it both times, setting the stage for the latest game winning goal against the Isles since January 13, 2024, in Nashville.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 7-4-0 since the Olympic Break and 26-15-2 in their last 43 games but drop out of a playoff spot for the first time since December 4th; the final game of the Canadian road trip is on Saturday in Montreal.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br /></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Matthew Schaefer (21) Ryan Pulock (22), Bo Horvat (20) 04:45 NYI 1,OTT 0</div><div>Shane Pinto (18) Tyler Kleven (11), Nikolas Matinpalo (5) 10:27 NYI 1,OTT 1 SHG</div><div><br /></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Brayden Schenn (14) Simon Holmstrom (20), Scott Mayfield (9) 02:02 NYI 2,OTT 1</div><div>Warren Foegele (10) Fabian Zetterlund (14), Dennis Gilbert (1) 05:12 NYI 2,OTT 2</div><div>Brady Tkachuk (19) Jordan Spence (17), Drake Batherson (33) 19:47 NYI 2,OTT 3</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 12-6-0 in their last eighteen games… The Isles fall to 16-3-3 when tied after two periods .... Brayden Schenn scored his second goal with the Isles (2-2-4 in six games) and the 292nd of his NHL career; it was the Isles' only shot on goal in the third period… Matthew Schaefer (18 years, 195 days) is the youngest defenseman and seventh-youngest player in NHL history to reach 50 career points, and the youngest to do so since Nathan MacKinnon did so (18 years, 184 days) on March 4, 2014…Schaefer's 21 career goals are 26th in club history among defensemen for a career….The Isles lost the face-off battle for the first time since the Trade Deadline…Shane Pinto scored his fourth career shorthanded goal; he is 3-2-5 in eight games vs. the Isles.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 92 points (31 RW) in 68 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Buffalo 92 (36 RW) in 69</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 88 (33 RW) in 69</div><div>4.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 84 (29 RW) in 68</div><div>5.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 84 (25 RW) in 68</div><div>6.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 84 (28 RW) in 69</div><div>7.<span> </span>(2nd WC) Detroit 84 (27 RW) in 69</div><div>8.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) Columbus 83 (26 RW) in 68</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC/4th Metro) ISLES 83 (25 RW) in 69</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC) Ottawa 79 (29 RW) in 68</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Upcoming Games</b></div><div>Fri:&nbsp; CAR@TOR</div><div>Sat: NYI@MTL, BUF@LA, TB@EDM, WPG@PIT, BOS@DET, SEA@CBJ, TOR@OTT</div><div>Sun: CBJ@NYI, BUF@ANA, TB@CGY, CAR@PIT</div><div>Mon: OTT@NYR</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time</b></div><div>The Isles engaged in a fight one second into play for the second time in club history. Matt Martin and Joe Finley fought two Lightning players on January 21, 2013.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Second Losses</b></div><div>This was the fifth time in club history that the Isles allowed the winning goal in the final 13 seconds of regulation:</div><div>•<span> </span>19:59 - Brian MacLellan (Minnesota) 1/27/1988&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>19:57 – Brayden Schenn (Philadelphia) 4/7/2015</div><div>•<span> </span>19:52 – Alexandre Carrier (Nashville) 1/13/2024</div><div>•<span> </span>19:48 -&nbsp; Eeli Tolvanen (Nashville) 12/9/2021</div><div>•<span> </span>19:47 -&nbsp; Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa) 3/19/2026</div><div>Brady's goal knocked his father off the list of five-latest winning goals against the Isles. Keith Tkachuk did it for Phoenix on January 3, 1998 (19:46), about 20 months before Brady was born.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer earned his 50th point; he is the fourth rookie defenseman in club history to do so. He is the 50th defensemen in club history with 50 career points.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer tied Cale Makar and Mo Seider's rookie point total; Quinn Hughes (53) and Lane Hutson (66) are the only active defensemen who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer scored his 21st goal; among rookie defensemen, only Brian Leetch (23) and Barry Beck (22) have more goals in a season.</div><div>•<span> </span>Denis Potvin had six seasons with a least 22 goals, and two others with 21, as Schaefer matched that total for 7th place in club history among defensemen.</div><div>•<span> </span>Anders Lee remains tied with Bob Bourne for 11th place in club history with 542 points.</div><div>•<span> </span>Lee remains tied with Clark Gillies for 4th place in club history with 304 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Ryan Pulock is one goal behind Kenny Jonsson for third place in club defensemen history and is four points behind Nick Leddy for fourth place among club defensemen</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out nineteen games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 23-12-1 (with an NHL-best .922 save percentage, and a 2.26 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading six shutouts since then.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin is 15-2-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 28 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin now has three seasons of at least six shutouts; he is the only goalie in club history with more than one such season (Varlamov, Resch, Halak, and Lehner each did it once.)&nbsp; Hellebuyck, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Sergei Bobrovsky are the only other actives with three seasons.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-9-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 in his last five games.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>8&nbsp; 2025-26, 2022-23 and 1997-98&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Road Warriors</b></div><div>The Isles are nearing the end of a stretch where they are playing nine of 12 games on the road. They are 7-4-0 overall, 2-1-0 at home and 5-3-0 on the road:</div><div><br /></div><div>•<span> </span>February 26 at MTL&nbsp; W 4-3 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>February 28 at CBJ&nbsp; W 4-3 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>March 1 vs FLA W 5-4</div><div>•<span> </span>March 4 at ANA L 1-5</div><div>•<span> </span>March 5 at LA L 3-5</div><div>•<span> </span>March 7 at SJ W 2-1 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>March 10 at STL W 4-3 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>March 13 vs LA L 2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>March 14 vs CGY W 3-2</div><div>•<span> </span>March 17 at TOR W 3-1</div><div>•<span> </span>March 19 at OTT L 2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>March 21 at MTL</div><div><br /></div><div>Beginning on Sunday, they will end the season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home.</div><div><br /></div><div>Eight of the remaining 13 games will be played in four sets of back-to-backs.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 21 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (21-29-50 in 69 GP)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 7 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer&nbsp; 10 2025-26</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 21</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 7</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have scored at least 21 goals, led by Bryan Trottier's 32 and Pat LaFontaine's 26. Brent Sutter (23) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 32</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 29 assists, led by Bryan Trottier's 63 and Tim Connolly's 51. John Tavares (30) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 50</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 39</div><div>Only five Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 50 points, led by Bryan Trottier's 95 and Tim Connolly's 75. John Tavares (54) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 97 Isles games.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (21), assists (29), and points (50). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 21 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 17 (1973-74)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 54 (1973-74)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Vladimir Malakhov 52 (1992-93)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 50 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 21 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 33 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +15(having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br /></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2019-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 33 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div>This is only the tenth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf four times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 33 penalties. Schaefer's +15 differential is by far the best of those ten.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:12 12/9/2025 vs VEG</div><div><br /></div><div>A 20-year-old Islander has played more than 29:24 only once: Bryan Berard -31:30 on February 7, 1998, vs. the Devils, when he was 20 years, 339 days old; Schaefer will not hit that age until August 2028.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 vs NAS (SO)</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer now has the 12th-highest ice-time for a teenager; the record is 30:57 and is held by Jay Bouwmeester; there are only four recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the sixth teenager with multiple games of at least 29 minutes; Seth Jones is the only one to have three such games.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 57 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have eighteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win thirteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have six multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have three (none in the third period).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br /></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored seven goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 34 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 39-25-5 for 83 points in 69 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 32-29-8 for 72 points in 69 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 38-102-140</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br /></div><div>The 38 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-0-1</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 35-56-91</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The 35 rookie goals are tied with Montreal for the most in the NHL while the 91 points are 2nd to Chicago's 96. Islander rookies have scored 17.3% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 39-25-5 overall; they are 18-11-2 at home and 21-14-3 on the road.</div><div>Ottawa is 35-24-9 overall; they are 17-11-5 at home and 18-13-4 on the road.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 23-12-4 against the East (13-6-2 vs. Metropolitan and 10-6-2 vs. Atlantic) and 16-13-1 against the West (6-7-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 26-9-3 when scoring first and 13-16-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;7-11-1=19</div><div>Ottawa 7-8-11=26</div><div>The Isles are 13-15-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 24-8-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves; he is 25-16-2 this season and 5-1-1 vs. Ottawa.&nbsp;</div><div>James Reimer made 17 saves; he is 5-3-1 this season and 10-4-2 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-4 (8:00) and allowed a shorthanded goal; Ottawa was 0-2 (4:00).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 19-6-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 20-19-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-12-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 27-13-1 when they do not.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 18-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-10-2 when they are outscored, and 16-14-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 31-4-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 8-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-7-5 in games decided by a single goal including 11-7 in regulation. They are 10-0 in games&nbsp; decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 5-7-0 on the front end and 8-3-1 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be on March 21st-22nd when the Isles visit Montreal and host Columbus.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 7-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 4-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (24:07); Ottawa: Thomas Chabot (30:50)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (22:39).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 24, Ottawa 27 (47%)</div><div>Casey Cizikas won 6 of 8 for the Isles; Claude Giroux won 8 of 12 for Ottawa.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 19 (Emil Heineman -4)</div><div>Ottawa 29 (Five with 3)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>Anders Lee fought Brady Tkachuk off the opening faceoff; Brayden Schenn also fought Ridley Greig in the first period. Season total: 8 (Mayfield -2, MacLean-2, Lee-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 10 (Anthony Duclair and Kyle MacLean -3)</div><div>Ottawa 12 (Artem Zub -4)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 44, Ottawa 58</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 37, Ottawa 45</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>5-on-5 leaders:</b></div><div>Isles: Mathew Barzal and Casey Cizikas +4</div><div>Ottawa: Ridley Greig +19</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</b></div><div>All situations: Isles 6, Ottawa 14</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 3, Ottawa 10</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), Adam Boqvist, Marc Gatcomb, (Max Shabanov-INJ)</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 333. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 313th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (151) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, Tony DeAngelo, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season. Of those, DeAngelo, who played the final 35 games of last season, has the longest streak (104).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 2-6-2 in matinee games this season; the remaining matinees are on March 28th vs Florida and April 11th vs Ottawa, both at 1:00pm. 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 17-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 1 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11)</div><div><br /></div><div>Opponents: 4 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28)</div><div><br /></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (6): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/11</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 965 *** 5. Anders Lee 910…</div><div>16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 629 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 626 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Frans Nielsen 606 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 602 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 598</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Clark Gillies and Anders Lee 304&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 152…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 122</div><div><br /></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 373…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 238…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 183…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156</div><div><br /></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 910. John Tonelli 544 *** 11. Bob Bourne and Anders Lee 542 ***&nbsp;</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 525…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 278</div><div><br /></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +85 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Ryan Pulock +72 *** 20. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 183 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 ***10. Adam Pelech 144…&nbsp;</div><div>15. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 108 *** 17. Scott Mayfield 106</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 239…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 173…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 136</div><div><br /></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 295…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br /></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 150 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br /></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 28 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport is 24-27-3-5 on the season and is tied with Springfield for the final playoff spot.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bridgeport hosts Hershey Saturday in the front-end of a home-and-home series.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 22;&nbsp; Assists: Marshall Highmore 21&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 28, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 39.(Luff has 45, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Marcus Hogberg 11-12-6, 2.87, .892; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 10-7-1, 2.46, .901</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The season series is tied, 1 game to 1 (and 2 points to 2). The teams will meet at UBS Arena on April 11th to complete the season series</div><div><br /></div><div>The loss snapped a four-game Islander winning streak in Ottawa; they are still 10-3-0 in their last thirteen visits to Canadian Tire Centre.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 21st&nbsp; — ISLES AT MONTREAL 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The nine road games in a twelve-game stretch returning from the Olympic break comes to end in the same spot it started as the Isles return to the Bell Center in Montreal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won that game on February 26th with an overtime goal to snap a four game (0-2-2) Islander losing streak in La Belle Province.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Each of the last five games between the teams has gone extra time, with the Isles winning four of them.&nbsp;</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="ydpd25e61d0signature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick</div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-27468637555661071792026-03-17T23:28:00.001-04:002026-03-17T23:28:07.168-04:00The Skinny: Isles 3, Toronto 1<div class="ydp1d6225ffyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydp9f78c86cpasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 68</b></div><div><b>Isles 3, Toronto 1</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Cal Ritchie scored a goal and added an assist, both on the power play, and Mathew Barzal assisted on all three Islander goals as the Isles defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1, before a sellout crowd of 18,949 at Scotiabank Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Ritchie and Matthew Schaefer (one assist),both Ontario natives, were on the winning squad in their first game in Toronto. Ilya Sorokin earned his 150th career win as the Isles won their third straight road game and improved to 4-1-0 in their last five games overall. The win guarantees the Isles will finish over NHL-.500, after finishing 35-35-12 last season.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 7-3-0 since the Olympic Break and 26-14-2 in their last 42 games; the middle game of the Canadian road trip is on Thursday against Ottawa.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>Brayden Schenn (13) Calum Ritchie (12), Mathew Barzal (43) 04:15 NYI 1,TOR 0 PPG</div><div>Calum Ritchie (9) Mathew Barzal (44), Matthew Schaefer (29) 09:43 NYI 2,TOR 0 PPG</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Steven Lorentz (5) Bo Groulx (1) 04:40 NYI 2,TOR 1</div><div>Emil Heineman (19) Tony DeAngelo (27), Mathew Barzal (45) 11:57 NYI 3,TOR 1</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Isles are 12-5-0 in their last seventeen games… The Isles are 18-2-1 when leading after two periods .... Cal Ritchie recorded his third multi-point game of the season; he is 2-6-8 on the power play since January 15… <span>Ritchie also has a power play goal and a power play assist last week in St. Louis; he is the only Islander to do that even once this season </span>....The Isles go 15 games over NHL- .500 for the first time since ending the 2021 season with a 32-17-7 record … The Isles have not played a home game on St. Patrick's Day since 1990…Brayden Schenn scored his first goal with the Isles (1-2-3 in five games); it was his first goal since January 27th (St. Louis vs. Dallas) and the 291st of his NHL career… Schenn now has 96 career power play goals…Matthew Barzal is now 8-17-25 in 21 games against the Leafs; it was his third game in Toronto with at least three points and his first three-assist game of the season…Barzal matched John Tavares for the most three-assist games (11) by any player who appeared solely in the post-Cup era…The Isles scored on their first two power plays after scoring on their last two power plays in St. Louis last Tuesday, marking goals on four consecutive road power plays…Bo Groulx earned an assist on the Leafs goal; it was his first NHL assist since January 27, 2024… Emil Heineman moved into third place on the team in goals with his 19th (in 68 games); he had ten goals in 66 games prior to this season…The Isles ended Matthew Knies' three-game (2-4-6) point streak…The Isles have now scored 33 power play goals and allowed 33 power play goals; Mathew Barzal has 18 points on those 33 PPGs.</div><div><br></div><div>The Standings</div><div>The Isles once again tie Pittsburgh for 2nd place in the Metropolitan Division (the Isles have played one more game); and remain two points ahead of Columbus. The Isles are nine points ahead of Washington and Philadelphia.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In the overall Eastern Conference, the Isles are tied-5th and are one point ahead of both Boston and Detroit, who hold the two wild cards.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Times in a Long Time</b></div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles earned their 21st road win in their 37th road game, matching the 2018-19 team as the fastest to 21 road wins since the 1980-81 team won 21 of the first 35 games.</div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles are 15 games over NHL- .500 for the first time since ending the 2021 season with a 32-17-7 record.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">•&nbsp;</span></span>Cal Ritchie is the first rookie to have multiple games with one power play goal and one power play assist for the Isles since&nbsp; Mathew Barzal both did so in 2017-18.</span><br></div><div>•<span> </span>The Isles are 141 games over all-time .500 for the first time since April 29, 1995.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Anders Lee played his 150th consecutive game.</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin earned his 150th win and reached the 25-win mark for the fifth straight season.</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer earned his 49th point, passing Bryan Berard for 4th place on the club's rookie defensemen point list.</div><div>•<span> </span>Anders Lee remains tied with Bob Bourne for 11th place in club history with 542 points.</div><div>•<span> </span>Lee remains tied with Clark Gillies for 4th place in club history with 304 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Ryan Pulock remains one goal behind Kenny Jonsson for third place in club defenseman history.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>14 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out nineteen games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 23-11-1 (with an NHL-best .923 save percentage, and a 2.24 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading six shutouts since then.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin is 15-2-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 28 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin now has three seasons of at least six shutouts; he is the only goalie in club history with more than one such season (Varlamov, Resch, Halak, and Lehner each did it once.)&nbsp; Hellebuyck, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Sergei Bobrovsky are the only other actives with three seasons.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%</div><div>2.<span> </span>Ken Dryden<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(46/397) 11.6%</div><div>3.<span> </span>Dominik Hasek<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(81/735) 11.0%</div><div>4.<span> </span>Martin Brodeur&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(125/1266)&nbsp; 9.9%</div><div>5.<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(28/294)&nbsp; 9.5%</div><div><br></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-9-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 in his last five games.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>8&nbsp; 2025-26, 2022-23 and 1997-98&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Road Warriors</b></div><div>The Isles are in a stretch where they will play six of seven games, and nine of 12 games on the road. They are 7-3-0 overall, 2-1-0 at home and 5-2-0 on the road:</div><div><br></div><div>•<span> </span>February 26 at MTL&nbsp; W 4-3 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>February 28 at CBJ&nbsp; W 4-3 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>March 1 vs FLA W 5-4</div><div>•<span> </span>March 4 at ANA L 1-5</div><div>•<span> </span>March 5 at LA L 3-5</div><div>•<span> </span>March 7 at SJ W 2-1 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>March 10 at STL W 4-3 (OT)</div><div>•<span> </span>March 13 vs LA L 2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>March 14 vs CGY W 3-2</div><div>•<span> </span>March 17 at TOR W 3-1</div><div>•<span> </span>March 19 at OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>March 21 at MTL</div><div><br></div><div>Beginning on Sunday, they will end the season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home.</div><div><br></div><div>Eight of the remaining 14 games will be played in four sets of back-to-backs.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 20 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (20-29-49 in 68 GP)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF)&nbsp; (9-35-44 in 82 GP) 2018-19</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 7 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 5 (2018-19)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer&nbsp; 10 2025-26</div><div>3.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF)&nbsp; 2018-19 and Bobby Orr (BOS) 1966-67 8.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 20</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 7</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have scored at least twenty goals, led by Bryan Trottier's 32 and Pat LaFontaine's 26. Brent Sutter (23) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 32</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 29 assists, led by Bryan Trottier's 63 and Tim Connolly's 51. John Tavares (30) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 49</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 39</div><div>Only five Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 49 points, led by Bryan Trottier's 95 and Tim Connolly's 75. John Tavares (54) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 98 Isles games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (20), assists (29), and points (49). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 20 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 17 (1973-74)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 54 (1973-74)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Vladimir Malakhov 52 (1992-93)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 49 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Dion Phaneuf – CGY 20 (2005-06) and Matthew Schaefer 20 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 32 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and tied-2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid and tied with Macklin Celebrini). He is a net +14(having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 32 (tied with John Tavares, Mathew Barzal and Matt Martin)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 32</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:12 12/9/2025 vs VEG</div><div><br></div><div>A 20-year-old Islander has played more than 29:24 only once: Bryan Berard -31:30 on February 7, 1998, vs. the Devils, when he was 20 years, 339 days old; Schaefer will not hit that age until August 2028.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>2.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>3.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 vs NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer now has the 12th-highest ice-time for a teenager; the record is 30:57 and is held by Jay Bouwmeester; there are only four recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the sixth teenager with multiple games of at least 29 minutes; Seth Jones is the only one to have three such games.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 56 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have eighteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win twelve times this season, including four times in the third period.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have six multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have three (none in the third period).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored seven goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><br></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 34 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 39-24-5 for 83 points in 68 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 32-28-8 for 72 points in 68 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-2-2</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 37-100-137</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br></div><div>The 37 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 34-56-90</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 34 rookie goals are one behind Montreal for the most in the NHL while the 90 points are 2nd to Chicago's 96. Islander rookies have scored 17.3% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 39-24-5 overall; they are 18-11-2 at home and 21-13-3 on the road.</div><div>Toronto is 29-28-12 overall; they are 17-12-7 at home and 12-16-5 on the road.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 23-11-4 against the East (13-6-2 vs. Metropolitan and 10-5-2 vs. Atlantic) and 16-13-1 against the West (6-7-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>First Things First</b><span> </span></div><div>The Isles are 26-8-3 when scoring first and 13-16-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span> </span> 12-8-14=34</div><div>Toronto 8-8-11=27</div><div>The Isles are 13-15-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 24-7-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>In the Nets</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves; he is 25-15-2 this season and 7-5-0 vs. Toronto.&nbsp;</div><div>Joseph Woll made 31 saves; he is 14-12-5 this season and 3-2-1 vs. the Isles.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 2-6 (7:20); Toronto was 0-3 (4:26).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 19-6-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 20-18-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-12-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 27-12-1 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 18-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-9-2 when they are outscored, and 16-14-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 31-4-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 8-20-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-6-5 in games decided by a single goal including 11-6 in regulation. They are 10-0 in games&nbsp; decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 5-7-0 on the front end and 8-3-1 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be on March 21st-22nd when the Isles visit Montreal and host Columbus.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 7-4-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 4-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (22:57); Toronto: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (25:06)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Isles forwards (18:31).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 35, Toronto 33 (51%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Bo Horvat each won 11 of 19 for the Isles; Bo Groulx won 9 of 15 for Toronto.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 9 (Three with 2)</div><div>Toronto 19 (Dakota Joseph -6)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>Kyle MacLean fought Morgan Rielly in the second period. Season total: 6 (Mayfield -2, MacLean, Lee, DeAngelo)</div><div><b>&nbsp;</b></div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 10 (Three with 2)</div><div>Toronto 12 (Two with 2)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 67, Toronto 49</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 46, Toronto 39</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><i>5-on-5 leaders:</i></div><div>Isles: Simon Holmstrom and Tony DeAngelo +8</div><div>Toronto: Calle Jarnkrok +5</div><div><br></div><div><i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i></div><div>All situations: Isles 15, Toronto 10</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 6, Toronto 6</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), Adam Boqvist, Marc Gatcomb, (Max Shabanov.-INJ)</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 328. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 312th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (150) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, Tony DeAngelo, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season. Of those, DeAngelo, who played the final 35 games of last season, has the longest streak (103).</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 2-6-2 in matinee games this season; the remaining matinees are on March 28th vs Anaheim and April 11th vs Ottawa, both at 1:00pm. 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 17-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 1 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 4 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28)</div><div><br></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (6): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/11</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation.</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 964 *** 5. Anders Lee 909…</div><div>16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 628 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 625 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Frans Nielsen 606 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 601 *** 23. Kenny Jonsson and Mathew Barzal 597</div><div><br></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Clark Gillies and Anders Lee 304&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 152…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 122</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 373…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 238…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 182…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 910. John Tonelli 544 *** 11. Bob Bourne and Anders Lee 542 ***&nbsp;</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 525…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 278</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +86 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. Ryan Pulock +70 *** 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57&nbsp; ***&nbsp; 24. Greg Gilbert +54&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 182 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 ***10. Adam Pelech 144…&nbsp;</div><div>15. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 108 *** 17. Scott Mayfield 105</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 238…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 173…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 135</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 294…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 150 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 28 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport is 24-27-3-5 on the season and has fallen into a tie with Springfield for the final playoff spot.</div><div><br></div><div>Bridgeport is off until Saturday when they host Hershey in the front-end of a home-and-home series.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 22;&nbsp; Assists: Marshall Highmore 21&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 28, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 39.(Luff has 45, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Marcus Hogberg 11-12-6, 2.87, .892; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 10-7-1, 2.46, .901</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles lead the season series, 2 game to 0 (and 4 points to 1). The teams will meet at UBS Arena on April 9th to complete the season.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-3-0 in their last eleven games against Toronto, including 4-2-0 in that span at Scotiabank Arena.</div><div><br></div><div>The final meeting of the season will be on April 9th at UBS Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 19th&nbsp; — ISLES AT OTTAWA 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The middle game of this Canadian sojourn will be Thursday in Ottawa as the Isles catch the Sens on the back-end of a back-to-back as Ottawa is in DC on Wednesday.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>It has been over five months since the Isles faced the Sens, earning a come-from-behind win in Kanata on October 18th by a 5-4 score.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have won four straight in Ottawa and are 10-2-0 in their last twelve trips to the rink located sixteen miles from the Canadian capital.</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>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 &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp1d6225ffsignature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick<br></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0