tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57908232026-11-03T05:03:53.770-05:00Statistician 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.comBlogger3686125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-37809450569334204342026-10-31T19:27:41.294-04:002026-10-31T19:27:41.294-04:00<div class="ydp5bed28e3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydp6c214ab9pasted-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 14</b> </div> <div> <b>Edmonton 4, Isles 0</b> </div> <div> Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice, and Tristan Jarry made 18 saves as the Edmonton Oilers handed the Islanders their first shutout defeat of the season, 4-0, before a Halloween matinee crowd of 16,587 at UBS Arena.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Islanders were forced to kill six penalties, including an early major penalty to Emil Heineman. Connor McDavid was held to a single assist, but that did extend his NHL-record season-opening assist streak to 14 games. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles continue this three-game homestand on Thursday at 7pm, against the Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> No Scoring </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2) Kasperi Kapanen (3) 08:42 EDM 1, NYI 0 </div> <div> Vasily Podkolzin (9) Leon Draisaitl (13), Evan Bouchard (16) 09:50 EDM 2, NYI 0 </div> <div> Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3) Connor McDavid (29), Leon Draisaitl (14) 18:26 PP EDM 3, NYI 0 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Jason Dickinson (1) Mathieu Joseph (4), Mattias Ekholm (3) 17:23 EN EDM 4, NYI 0 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles went 0-4 on the power play and killed 5-6 Oiler power plays; The Isles’ PK is 25-28 in the last eight games… Matthew Schaefer’s point streak ended at six games; it was only the third time this season he played less than 25 minutes…The Isles were shorthanded six times for the first time since last November 14th at Utah; it is only the third time since 2018 that they have been shorthanded at least six times at home (4/28/22 vs Washington -6 and 10/26/23 vs. Ottawa -8)…Ryan Hugent-Hopkins scored his 90th career power play goal, breaking a tie with Mark Messier for 7th place in club history…Connor Mc David has more points than eight teams have scored goals, and more assists than two of them…The Oilers blanked the Isles for the first time since January 7, 2008, and the first time ever in New York…Tristan Jarry recorded his second consecutive shutout; he has now gone 126:17 without allowing a goal. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Injury</b> </div> <div> Edmonton’s Isaac Howard left the game and did not return after a collision with Emil Heineman that led to Heineman receiving a major penalty for kneeing and a game misconduct.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp; (non-Schaefer)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin played his 318th Isles game, one tying Rick DiPietro for 2nd place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Semyon Varlamov has 290 NHL wins, tied with Ed Giacomin for 48th all-time. 42 goalies have won at least 300 games. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Varlamov has played 177 games for the Isles, tied with Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Varlamov has 77 wins for the Isles, tied with Roland Melanson for 8th in club history. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Schaefer’s</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer has 73 points, three behind Rick Hampton for 4th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 59 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer is tied-16th with Vladimir Malakhov for career goals by an Islander defenseman. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer has played over 25 minutes 51 times in his first 96 career games; since ice-time became official, no other player has done that more than 45 times (Brock Faber). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:</b> </div> <div> 1.&nbsp; Phil Housley 46 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 27 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley 132 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin 84 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Ray Bouque 79 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Rick Hampton 76 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 73&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 27 </div> <div> Schaefer has scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 46 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 73 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier and Matthew Schaefer 5 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </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 274 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 32:16 10/27/2026 at NSH (SO) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 30:01 10/29/2026 at MIN (OT) </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO) </div> <div> 6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> <span><span></span>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 29:24 10/22/2026 vs LA (OT)</span> </div> <div> 8. Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT) </div> <div> The last Islander to play more than 32:16 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than the 31:59 Schaefer played on 3/24/2026 in a game that ended in regulation. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 32:16 10/27/2026 at NSH (SO) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> There are seven recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game, including Schaefer three times and Seth Jones twice. Schaefer is the first teenager with eight games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 84 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 one come-from behind win this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 1-1 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed four empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored two goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 7-5-2 for 16 points in 14 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 6-6-2 for 14 points in 14 games </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: 6-23-29 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 7-5-2 overall; they are 4-2-1 at home and 3-3-1 on the road. </div> <div> Edmonton is 10-2-2 overall; they are 5-2-2 at home and 5-0-0&nbsp; on the road. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-3-1 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-2-1 vs. Atlantic) and 5-2-1 against the West (3-1-0 vs. Central and 2-1-1 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Coach DeBoer</b> </div> <div> Pete DeBoer is 670-455-154 as an NHL coach, and 8-8-2 with the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>Career Wins</i> </div> <div> 15. Mike Keenan 672 </div> <div> 16. Todd McLellan 671 </div> <div> 17. Pete DeBoer 670 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 6-0-1 when scoring first and 1-5-1 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3-6-9=18 </div> <div> Edmonton 7-9-8=24 </div> <div> The Isles are 4-1-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 3-4-0 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 20 saves; he is 6-4-0 this season and 4-4-2 vs. Edmonton. </div> <div> Tristan Jarry made 18 saves; he is 4-1-2 this season and 13-5-1 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 0-4 (8:00); Edmonton was 1-6 (9:51). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 4-2-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 3-3-1 when they do not. The Isles are 2-5-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 5-0-2 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-0-1 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 2-2-0 when they are outscored, and 2-3-1 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 7-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-3-2 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 4-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 1-1 in games decided in overtime and are 1-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia. </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 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 (24:33); Edmonton: Connor McDavid (23:20) </div> <div> Simon Holmstrom led Isles forwards (20:31). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shots on Goal</b> </div> <div> Isles 18 (Kyle Palmieri – 4) </div> <div> Edmonton 24 (Evan Bouchard and Connor McDavid – 3) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shot Attempts</b> </div> <div> Isles 40 (Simon Holmstrom – 8) </div> <div> Edmonton 49 (Evan Bouchard – 9) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 22, Edmonton 25 (47%) </div> <div> Brayden Schenn won 4 of 7 for the Isles; Owen Michaels won 9 of 14 for Edmonton. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 24 (Six with 3) </div> <div> Edmonton 17 (Alex Formenton and Kasperi Kapanen – 3) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 11 (Adam Pelech and Scott Mayfield – 3) </div> <div> Edmonton 8 (Ryan Shea and Shakir Mukhamadullin – 2) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 5 (Stanley-2, Schenn, Pelech, Chaffee) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 40, Edmonton 49 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 28, Edmonton 32 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Kessel +11 </div> <div> Edmonton: Mattias Ekholm +13 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 7, Edmonton 10 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 5, Edmonton 6 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Ryan Pulock (INJ), Isaiah George </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 38. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 340th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues); it is the 8th longest active streak in the NHL. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on November 5th against Carolina. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> Including today, the Isles are 0-1-0 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 18-25-14 in matinees. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The first matinee will be on Monday, December 7th, when the Isles host the Avs at 1:00pm. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13 </div> <div> Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (2): ANA 10/20, DAL 10/25&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (1): Matthew Schaefer (MIN) 10/29 </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandt Clarke (LA) 10/22 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (1): Kyle Palmieri (NAS) 10/27&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15 </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 992… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 656 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 649&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 620 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310… </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 30. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 31. Bo Horvat 106 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 186…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 242 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +80 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. Ryan Pulock +68 *** 21. JP Parise +67 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Games </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 656 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 649*** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 620 </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 and Adam Pelech 31 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 30 *** 16. Vladimir Malakhov and Matthew Schaefer 27 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Assists </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 742*** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 186 …&nbsp; </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 149…&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 242… </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Adam Pelech 180… </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 and Ilya Sorokin 318…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak and Semyon Varlamov 177 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 160 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson and Semyon Varlamov 77 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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 Hamilton Hammers fell to 3-8-0-1 this season with a 7-0 loss in Syracuse on Friday. There were 117 combined penalty minutes in the game; Hamilton heads to Utica on Sunday afternoon. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>Team leaders:</i> </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee and Matthew Highmore (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (8); Points: Foudy (11) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-4-1), Josh Kotai (2-3-0) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> Edmonton leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will conclude the season series on January 9th in Alberta. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> This was only the Islanders’ second regulation home loss this century to Edmonton (14-2-3) and their first at UBS Arena (4-1-1). The loss also snapped a five-game point streak against the Oilers. </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5th&nbsp; -- CAROLINA AT ISLANDERS 7:00pm</b> </div> <div> <b>[ESPN+/Hulu, WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles continue their three-game homestand on Thursday as they welcome the Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes for a nationally streamed game.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Hurricanes swept the season series last year, winning the four games by a combined 18-10 score. The Isles are 2-6-2 in their last ten home games with Carolina, including 2-5-1 at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Steve Levy and PK Subban will have the call. </div> <div> &nbsp; </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="ydp5bed28e3signature"> 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-80713735728811791712026-10-30T00:22:41.200-04:002026-10-30T00:22:41.200-04:00<div class="ydp91871235yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydp5404ae7epasted-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 13</b> </div> <div> <b>Isles 4, Minnesota 3 (OT)</b> </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer scored his second goal of the game :33 into overtime as the Isles defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-3, before a sellout crowd of 18,155 at Grand Casino Arena.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Joel Eriksson-Ek had scored :27 into the game but Schaefer evened it later in the period. The teams traded goals in both the second and third stanzas as well, setting the stage for Schaefer’s heroics. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles head home to begin a three-game homestand, on Saturday at 2pm, against the Edmonton Oilers.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Joel Eriksson Ek (5) Kirill Kaprizov (10), Quinn Hughes (16) 00:27 NYI 0, MIN 1 </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer (3) Emil Heineman (4), Victor Eklund (2) 16:36 NYI 1, MIN 1 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Bo Horvat (7) Simon Holmstrom (3), Matthew Schaefer (10) 01:41 PP NYI 2, MIN 1 </div> <div> Quinn Hughes (4) Ryan Hartman (3), Jonas Brodin (4) 17:21 NYI 2, MIN 2 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Adam Pelech (1) 07:14 NYI 3, MIN 2 </div> <div> Matt Boldy (6) 16:07 NYI 3, MIN 3 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Overtime </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer (4) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (6) 00:33 NYI 4, MIN 3 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles went 1-2 on the power play and killed all three Wild power plays;&nbsp; it was only the second power play goal in seven road games for the Isles (Horvat also scored vs. the Rangers) …. Scott Mayfield played 5:27 of the 6:00 that the Isles were shorthanded… The Isles’ PK is 20-22 in the last seven games… Matthew Schaefer extended his point streak to six games; Adam Pelech scored for the first time in 32 games and later hit the cross-bar, depriving him of his first career two-goal game… Bo Horvat has four of the seven Islander power play goals this season and now has 25 career power play goals for the Isles (and 92 overall); he is the 35th player in club history with 25 power play goals….Schaefer is the fourth Islander defenseman with at least three career OT goals; Thomas Hickey leads the way with five, while Roman Hamrlik and Ryan Pulock also both have three…The Wild scored in the opening minute for the third time this season; it was the seventh time that Ilya Sorokin has allowed an opening minute goal, with the last being scored by Brayden Schenn then with St. Louis, last November…It was the fourth time this season that Ilya Sorokin allowed a goal in the final four minutes of regulation. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Injury</b> </div> <div> Ryan Pulock left the game after two shifts with an upper body injury. He did not return. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp; (non-Schaefer)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin played his 317th Isles game, one behind Rick DiPietro for 2nd place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Adam Pelech’s goal was his 180th point, breaking a tie with Mark Streit for 10th place in club defense history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat scored his 106th Islander goal, passing Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall for 31st in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Semyon Varlamov has 290 NHL wins, tied with Ed Giacomin for 48th all-time. 42 goalies have won at least 300 games. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Varlamov has played 177 games for the Isles, tied with Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Varlamov has 77 wins for the Isles, tied with Roland Melanson for 8th in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Ryan Pulock remains one point behind Nick Leddy for 4th place in club history. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Schaefer’s</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer recorded his 71st, 72nd and 73rd points, passing both&nbsp; Scott Stevens and Bobby Orr to move into 5th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 59 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record. </div> <div> •<span> </span>He now has 27 goals - passes Pat LaFontaine for 2nd place among Isles teenagers. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer is the youngest player in NHL history to record three overtime goals. </div> <div> •<span> </span>It was his fifth game winner - ties Bryan Trottier - most by Isles teenager. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer now has back-to-back 30 minute games; he is the youngest to do so in NHL history— had never been done by someone under 21-years-old. </div> <div> •<span> </span>He is now tied-16th with Vladimir Malakhov for career goals by an Islander defenseman. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer recorded his fifth career 2-goal game; only Denis Potvin (44) has more as an Islander defenseman. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer has played over 25 minutes 51 times in his first 95 career games; since ice-time became official, no other player has done that more than 45 times (Brock Faber). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:</b> </div> <div> 1.&nbsp; Phil Housley 46 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 27 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley 132 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin 84 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Ray Bouque 79 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Rick Hampton 76 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 73&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 27 </div> <div> Schaefer has scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 46 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 73 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier and Matthew Schaefer 5 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </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 272 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 32:16 10/27/2026 at NSH (SO) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 30:01 10/29/2026 at MIN (OT) </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO) </div> <div> 6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> <span><span></span>&nbsp; &nbsp;Matthew Schaefer 29:24 10/22/2026 vs LA (OT)</span> </div> <div> 8.&nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT) </div> <div> The last Islander to play more than 32:16 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than the 31:59 Schaefer played on 3/24/2026 in a game that ended in regulation. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 32:16 10/27/2026 at NSH (SO) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> There are seven recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game, including Schaefer three times and Seth Jones twice. Schaefer is the first teenager with eight games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 83 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 one come-from behind win this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 1-1 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored two goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 7-4-2 for 16 points in 13 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 6-5-2 for 14 points in 13 games </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Offense from Defense</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp; 3-1-4 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 6-23-29 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 7-4-2 overall; they are 4-1-1 at home and 3-3-1 on the road. </div> <div> Minnesota is 9-3-3 overall; they are 4-0-1 at home and 5-3-2&nbsp; on the road. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-3-1 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-2-1 vs. Atlantic) and 5-1-1 against the West (3-1-0 vs. Central and 2-0-1 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Coach DeBoer</b> </div> <div> Pete DeBoer is 670-454-154 as an NHL coach, and 8-7-2 with the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Career Wins </div> <div> 15. Mike Keenan 672 </div> <div> 16. Todd McLellan 671 </div> <div> 17. Pete DeBoer 670 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 6-0-1 when scoring first and 1-4-1 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;10-6-8-2=26 </div> <div> Minnesota 12-5-8-0=25 </div> <div> The Isles are 4-1-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 3-3-0 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 23 saves; he is 6-3-0 this season and 3-4-1 vs. Minnesota. </div> <div> Jesper Wallstedt made 23 saves; he is 8-2-3 this season and 1-0-1 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 1-2 (2:44); Minnesota was 0-3 (6:00). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 4-2-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 3-2-1 when they do not. The Isles are 2-4-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 5-0-2 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-0-1 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 2-1-0 when they are outscored, and 2-3-1 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 7-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-2 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 4-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 1-1 in games decided in overtime and are 1-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia. </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 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 (30:01); Minnesota: Quinn Hughes (Career-high 33:41) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (20:57). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shots on Goal</b> </div> <div> Isles 26 (Matthew Schaefer – 6) </div> <div> Minnesota 25 (Matt Boldy and Quinn Hughes – 4) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shot Attempts</b> </div> <div> Isles 57 (Matthew Schaefer – 9) </div> <div> Minnesota 59 (Matt Boldy – 10) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 33, Minnesota 25 (57%) </div> <div> Bo Horvat won 11 of 17 for the Isles; Yakov Trenin won 2 of 2 for Minnesota. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 30 (Kyle MacLean – 5) </div> <div> Minnesota 31 (Nico Sturm – 5) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 15 (Adam Pelech – 3) </div> <div> Minnesota 12 (Jonas Brodin – 3) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 5 (Stanley-2, Schenn, Pelech, Chaffee) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 57, Minnesota 58 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 51, Minnesota 45 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer and Simon Holmstrom +11 </div> <div> Minnesota: Two with +3 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 13, Minnesota 7 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 11, Minnesota 5 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Matthew Kessel </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 33. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 339th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues); it is the 8th longest active streak in the NHL. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on November 5th against Carolina. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13 </div> <div> Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (2): ANA 10/20, DAL 10/25&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (1): Matthew Schaefer (MIN) 10/29 </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandt Clarke (LA) 10/22 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (1): Kyle Palmieri (NAS) 10/27&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15 </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 991… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 655 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 649&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 619 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 30. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 31. Bo Horvat 106 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 186…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 242 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +81 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. Ryan Pulock +68 *** 21. JP Parise +67 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Games </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 655 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 648*** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 619 </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 and Adam Pelech 31 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 30 *** 16. Vladimir Malakhov and Matthew Schaefer 27 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Assists </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 742*** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 186 …&nbsp; </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 149…&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 242… </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Adam Pelech 180… </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 317…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak and Semyon Varlamov 177 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 160 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson and Semyon Varlamov 77 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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> Matthew Highmore scored two power play goals, including one in overtime as the Hamilton Hammers improved to 3-6-0-1 this season&nbsp; with a 5-4 win over the Hartford Wolfpack on Thursday. Quinn Finley had three helpers in the win; Hamilton heads to Syracuse on Friday. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Team leaders: </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee and Matthew Highmore (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (8); Points: Foudy (11) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-3-1), Josh Kotai (2-3-0) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 1). The teams will conclude the season series on February 13th at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have won twice in St. Paul in 2026, with both wins in overtime; they are 3 -7-1 in their last eleven meetings with the Wild. </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31st&nbsp; -- EDMONTON AT ISLANDERS 2:00pm</b> </div> <div> <b>[MSGSN (pre-game at 1:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles return home to open a three-game homestand as they welcome Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers for a Halloween matinee.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have been very successful on home-ice against the Oilers, going 14-1-3 since the start of the century. They are 4-0-1 against Edmonton at UBS Arena.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles swept the series, winning 4-2 at home for their first win of the season, and blanking the Oilers 1-0 in Edmonton in January. The Isles have points in the last five meetings with the Oilers (3-0-2). </div> <div> &nbsp; </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="ydp91871235signature"> 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-2543848568044555692026-10-28T00:17:17.649-04:002026-10-28T09:33:30.214-04:00<div class="ydpb59f4c0yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div> <div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"> <div class="ydp243fad61pasted-link"> <div> “The Skinny”&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> By Eric Hornick </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Game 12 </div> <div> Isles 4, Nashville 3 (SO) </div> <div> Seymon Varlamov is a winner again!&nbsp; Varlamov earned his first NHL win since November 14, 2024, as Kyle Palmieri and Bo Horvat converted on their shootout attempts to give the Isles a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators, before a sellout crowd of 17,159 at Bridgestone Arena.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles scored twice in a five-minute span in the first period, including Brayden Schenn’s 300th NHL goal, and then got an early 2nd period goal from Bo Horvat to build a 3-0 lead, but the Preds came back and forced OT on a Ryan O’Reilly goal early in the 3rd period. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles conclude their three-game road trip, all against Central Division opponents, at 8pm ET on Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Anthony Duclair (3) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (5), Tony DeAngelo (3) 03:07 4-on-4 NYI 1, NSH 0 </div> <div> Brayden Schenn (4) Ondrej Palat (2) 08:07 NYI 2, NSH 0 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Bo Horvat (6) Matthew Schaefer (9) Simon Holmstrom (2) &nbsp;01:08 NYI 3, NSH 0 </div> <div> Filip Forsberg (3) Jonathan Marchessault (3), Steven Stamkos (8) 09:42 PP NYI 3, NSH 1 </div> <div> Alexander Kerfoot (2) Nils Hoglander (2), Filip Forsberg (10) 13:02 NYI 3, NSH 2 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Ryan O'Reilly (7) Daemon Hunt (1) 04:16 NYI 3, NSH 3 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Overtime </div> <div> No Scoring </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>The Shootout</b> </div> <div> Ryan O’Reilly (NG)/Kyle Palmieri (G/GDG) </div> <div> Filip Forsberg (NG)/Bo Horvat (Goal) </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1 in the shootout while Nashville is 0-3… Semyon Varlamov improves to 36-25 in shootouts while Juuse Saros falls to 24-14 … The Isles (97-95) remain second behind Buffalo (98-85) for the most shootout wins in NHL history… Only Florida (196) has contested more shootouts than the Isles (192) …Kyle Palmieri is now 11-45 in the shootout with seven game-deciding goals…It was the first Islander shootout win since December 30, 2025, in Chicago; the Isles won four shootouts last season, all in their first 40 games. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b><span> </span> </div> <div> The Isles went 0-5 on the power play and killed 4-5 Predator power plays; the Isles have six power play goals this season but are only 1-20 on the road (Horvat vs. Rangers) …. The Isles’ PK is 17-19 in the last six games… Matthew Schaefer played&nbsp; a career-high 32:16, including all five minutes of OT… The Isles have scored 14 goals in six road games (2.3 per game) and 21 goals in six home games (3.5 per game)… Logan Stanley went +2; he is a team-leading +8 on the season.…Matthew Schaefer extended his point streak to five games; Brayden Schenn has a point in four straight… The Isles have scored a four-on-four goal in both games on this trip…The Isles have scored just eight goals in the four games Semyon Varlamov has played…Both teams dressed 11 forwards and 7 defensemen; it was the first time the Isles have done so under DeBoer, and only the 5th time since the start of last season that both teams went 11/7. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>First Time in a Really Long Time</b> </div> <div> Semyon Varlamov's last win was 11-14-2024 in Vancouver (0-2-4 in last 6 over two seasons). Only seven skaters who played that night in lineup tonight: Cizikas, Holmstrom, Horvat, Mayfield, Pageau, Palmieri, Pulock. The Isles other defensemen that night: Cholowski, Dobson, George, Hutton. Forwards that night but not tonight: Engvall, Lee, MacLean, Martin, Nelson, Tsyplakov, Wahlstrom. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp; (non-Schaefer)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Brayden Schenn scored his 300th NHL goal; he is the 249th player in the NHL to reach 300 goals and the 11th to do so while wearing an Islander uniform. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Semyon Varlamov recorded his 290th NHL win, tying Ed Giacomin for 48th all-time. 42 goalies have won at least 300 games. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Varlamov played his 177th game for the Isles,&nbsp; passing Glenn Healy for 9th place and tying Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Varlamov recorded his 77th win for the Isles, tying Roland Melanson for 8th in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Varlamov is the 3rd goalie to win at least one game for the Isles after his 38th birthday, joining Dwayne Roloson and Evgeni Nabokov. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat scored his 105th Islander goal, tying Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall for 31st in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Ryan Pulock’s remains one point behind Nick Leddy for 4th place in club history. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>The Schaeferisms</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer recorded his 70th point, tying Scott Stevens for 6th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 62 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer played a career high 32:16, including the ENTIRE 5:00 of overtime. He is the first NHL player since shift time was recorded in 2009-10 to play all five minutes of an overtime period. The 5:00 shift is also the longest shift ever logged by an Islander at any point of a game. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:</b> </div> <div> 1.&nbsp; Phil Housley 46 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 25 </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley 132 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin 84 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Ray Bouque 79 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Rick Hampton 76 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Bobby Orr 72 </div> <div> 6.<span> </span>Scott Stevens and Matthew Schaefer 70&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 25 </div> <div> Schaefer has scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 45 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 70 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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> <b><br /></b> </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 266 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 32:16 10/27/2026 at NSH (SO) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO) </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> <span><span></span>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 29:24 10/22/2026 vs LA (OT)</span> </div> <div> 7.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT) </div> <div> The last Islander to play more than 32:16 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than the 31:59 Schaefer played on 3/24/2026 in a game that ended in regulation. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 32:16 10/27/2026 at NSH (SO) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT) </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> There are six recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game, including Schaefer and Seth Jones twice each. Schaefer is the first teenager with seven games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 82 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 1-1 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored two goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 6-4-2 for 14 points in 12 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 6-5-1 for 13 points in 12 games </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: 3-22-25 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 6-4-2 overall; they are 4-1-1 at home and 2-3-1 on the road. </div> <div> Nashville is 4-3-5 overall; they are 3-2-2 at home and 1-1-3&nbsp; on the road. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-3-1 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-2-1 vs. Atlantic) and 4-1-1 against the West (2-1-0 vs. Central and 2-0-1 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Coach DeBoer</b> </div> <div> Pete DeBoer is 669-454-154 as an NHL coach, and 7-6-2 with the Isles. The 669 wins are one behind Detroit’s Todd McLellan for 16th all-time. Next up is Mike Keenan (672- 15th).&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 6-0-1 when scoring first and 0-4-1 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;9-8-10-1=28 </div> <div> Nashville 6-7-10-0=23 </div> <div> The Isles are 3-1-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 3-3-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves; he is 1-1-2 this season and 14-14-2 vs. Nashville. </div> <div> Juuse Soros made 25 saves; he is 3-2-4 this season and 9-2-3 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 0-5 (8:06); Nashville was 1-5 (6;20). </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-2-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 3-2-1 when they do not. The Isles are 2-4-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 4-0-2 when they do not. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-0-1 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 2-1-0 when they are outscored, and 2-3-1 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 6-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-2 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 0-1 in games decided in overtime and are 1-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia. </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (Career-high 32:16); Nashville: Roman Josi (26:07) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (Season-high 26:04). </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Shots on Goal</b> </div> <div> Isles 28 (Emil Heineman – 4) </div> <div> Nashville 23 (Filip Forsberg – 4) </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Shot Attempts</b> </div> <div> Isles 67 (Matthew Schaefer – 10) </div> <div> Nashville 62 (Filip Forsberg – 9) </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 33, Nashville 23 (59%) </div> <div> Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 12 of 17 for the Isles; Ryan O'Reilly won 8 of 13 for Nashville. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 23 (Emil Heineman – 5) </div> <div> Nashville 20 (Adam Edstrom – 6) </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 21 (Ryan Pulock – 5) </div> <div> Nashville 16 (Alexander Kerfoot – 4) </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 5 (Stanley-2, Schenn, Pelech, Chaffee) </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 68, Nashville 62 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 46, Nashville 46 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer +9 </div> <div> Nashville: Ryan O’Reilly +9 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 15, Nashville 17 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 10, Nashville 12 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Kyle MacLean </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 29. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 338th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues); it is the 8th longest active streak in the NHL. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on November 5th against Carolina. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13 </div> <div> Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (2): ANA 10/20, DAL 10/25&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandt Clarke (LA) 10/22 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (1): Kyle Palmieri (NAS) 10/27&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15 </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 990… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 654 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 648&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 618 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 30. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 31. Benoit Hogue, Ed Westfall and Bo Horvat 105 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 186…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 242 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +82 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. Ryan Pulock +68 *** 21. JP Parise +67 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Defense Games </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 654 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 648*** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 618 </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*** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 186 …&nbsp; </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 149…&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 242… </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and&nbsp; Adam Pelech 179… </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 316…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak and Semyon Varlamov 177 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 159 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson and Semyon Varlamov 77 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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</b>&nbsp; &nbsp; </div> <div> The Hamilton Hammers are 2-6-0-1 this season as they get ready to host Hartford on Thursday before heading to Syracuse on Friday. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Team leaders: </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (7); Points: Foudy (10) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-3-1), Josh Kotai (1-3-0) </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 1). The teams will conclude the season series on January 18th at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Pete DeBoer did what Barry Trotz, Lane Lambert, and Patrick Roy could not – lead the Isles to a win in Nashville for the first time since October 28, 2017, snapping an 0-4-3 stretch.&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles improve to 1-0-2 in their last trips to Music City and will have a chance in January to sweep the season series for the first time since 2014-15.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29th -- ISLANDERS AT MINNESOTA 8:00pm</b> </div> <div> <b>[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles head to Minesota to meet the Wild in the final game of this three-game road trip.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> St. Paul has also been a difficult stop for the Isles in recent years; they are 1-4-0 in their last five trips and are just 2-7-1 in the last ten meetings with the Wild. The Isles did win this past January in St. Paul on a Simon Holmstrom overtime goal. </div> <div> &nbsp; </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="ydpb59f4c0signature"> 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-1481332795765308332026-10-25T21:40:03.993-04:002026-10-25T21:40:03.993-04:00<div class="ydp4034c90cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydp4ed2f221pasted-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 11</b> </div> <div> <b>Dallas 6, Isles 3</b> </div> <div> Jason Robertson scored twice and eleven Stars had points as Dallas defeated the Islanders 6-3, before a sell-out crowd of 18,532 at American Airlines Center.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The teams traded goals over the first forty minutes, as the Isles three times offset Stars goals with one of their own; however, the Stars scored all three goals in the third period to earn their fifth straight win and snap the Isles’ five-game point streak (3-0-2). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles continue their three-game road trip, all against Central Division opponents, at 8pm ET on Tuesday in Nashville.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;</b>&nbsp; </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Tyler Seguin (3) Jamie Benn (2), Roope Hintz (4) 11:31 NYI 0,DAL 1 </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer (2) Bo Horvat (6) 13:43 NYI 1,DAL 1 </div> <div> Jason Robertson (4) 14:32 NYI 1,DAL 2 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Kyle Palmieri (3) Ryan Pulock (1), Bo Horvat (7) 04:01 NYI 2,DAL 2 </div> <div> Justin Hryckowian (1) Thomas Harley (5), Wyatt Johnston (6) 10:52 PP NYI 2,DAL 3 </div> <div> Brayden Schenn (3) Anthony Duclair (2), Emil Heineman (3) 17:45 NYI 3,DAL 3 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Wyatt Johnston (2) Nils Lundkvist (3), Joel Kiviranta (1) 04:10 NYI 3,DAL 4 </div> <div> Jason Robertson (5) Tyler Seguin (3), Roope Hintz (5) 09:45 NYI 3,DAL 5 </div> <div> Mikko Rantanen (6) Lian Bichsel (1) 13:02 NYI 3,DAL 6 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b><span> </span> </div> <div> The Isles went 0-2 on the power play and killed 2-3 Star power plays; the Isles have six power play goals this season but are only 1-15 on the road…. The Isles’ PK is 13-14 in the last five games… Matthew Schaefer played 11:18 in the second period, and over 26 minutes in the game, despite not playing in the final 7:11; Schaefer was on the ice for Seguin’s goal, but none of the other five Dallas tallies…Dallas scored twice in the first period after scoring only four goals in the first period of their first ten games… The Isles have scored 11 goals in five road games (2.2 per game) and 21 goals in six home games (3.5 per game)…Tyler Seguin’s goal was his 370th, tying him with Tim Kerr for 146th all-time…Matthew Schaefer scored for the second straight game; it is the fifth time in his career he has done that…Logan Stanley is the fourth player in the NHL to reach 30 penalty minutes this season…Both teams scored on a 4-on-4 in the first period…Matthew Schaefer extended his point streak to four games; Brayden Schenn and Emil Heineman have points in three straight… The Isles scored three tying goals in a game three times last season and won them all; the club record is four, which has happened six times, but not since 1981…Ilya Sorokin’s goals against average increased from 1.72 to 2.26. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Kids Are Alright</b> </div> <div> Prior to Palmieri’s goal, the last three Islander goals were scored by players 20 or younger and the last five goals by players born in the 2000s. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp; (non-Schaefer)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Brayden Schenn scored his 299th NHL goal; his next goal will make him the 249th player in the NHL to reach 300 goals and the 11th to do so while wearing an Islander uniform. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Ryan Pulock’s assist was his 242nd point (and first of the season); he is one point behind Nick Leddy for 4th place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Adam Pelech recorded his 300th NHL penalty minute. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Semyon Varlamov has played 176 games for the Isles,&nbsp; tying Glenn Healy for 9th place; his next appearance will tie Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 104 Islander goals, leaving him one behind Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall for 31st in club history. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Schaeferisms</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer scored his 25th career goal, passing Bobby Orr for 2nd place among teenage defensemen; he also passed Doug Bodger for 7th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 63 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer passed John Tavares and Tim Connolly for 3rd on the Isles’ teenager goal list; he is one behind Pat LaFontaine. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1. Phil Housley 46 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 25 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Points by an NHL Teenage Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley 132 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin 84 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Ray Bouque 79 </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Rick Hampton 76 </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Bobby Orr 72 </div> <div> 6.<span> </span>Scott Stevens 70 </div> <div> 7.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 69&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 25 </div> <div> Schaefer has scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 44 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 69 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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> <b><br></b> </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 264 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </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 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO) </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> <span><span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 10/22/2026 vs LA (OT)</span> </div> <div> 6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT) </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 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 six games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 81 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-1 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored two goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 5-4-2 for 12 points in 11 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 5-5-1 for 11 points in 11 games </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Offense from Defense</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp; 1-1-2 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 3-20-23 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 5-4-2 overall; they are 4-1-1 at home and 1-3-1 on the road. </div> <div> Dallas is 7-3-1 overall; they are 4-2-0 at home and 3-1-1 on the road. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-3-1 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-2-1 vs. Atlantic) and 3-1-1 against the West (1-1-0 vs. Central and 2-0-1 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Coach DeBoer</b> </div> <div> Pete DeBoer is 668-454-154 as an NHL coach, and 6-6-2 with the Isles. The 668 wins is one behind Detroit’s Todd McLellan for 16th all-time. Next up is Mike Keenan (672- 15th).&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 5-0-1 when scoring first and 0-4-1 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6-9-4=19 </div> <div> Dallas 9-13-16=38 </div> <div> The Isles are 2-1-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 3-3-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves; he is 5-3-0 this season and 3-2-1 vs. Dallas. </div> <div> Jake Oettinger made 16 saves; he is 6-2-1 this season and 6-3-0 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 0-3 (4:27); Dallas was 1-2 (2:12). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-2-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-2-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-4-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 4-0-2 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-0-1 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 1-1-0 when they are outscored, and 2-3-1 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 5-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-2 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 0-1 in games decided in overtime and are 0-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia. </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (26:16); Dallas: Thomas Harley (24:43) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (19:18). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shots on Goal</b> </div> <div> Isles 20 (Kyle Palmieri – 3) </div> <div> Dallas 38 (Colin Blackwell and Miro Heiskanen – 4) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shot Attempts</b> </div> <div> Isles 44 (Matthew Schaefer and Kyle Palmieri – 6) </div> <div> Dallas 66 (Four with 6) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 22, Dallas 18 (55%) </div> <div> Bo Horvat won 7 of 12 for the Isles; Arttu Hyry won 6 of 11 for Dallas. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 29 (Brayden Schenn – 5) </div> <div> Dallas 9 (Colin Blackwell, Joel Kiviranta and Wyatt Johnston – 2) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 13 (Bo Horvat, Emil Heineman and Ryan Pulock – 2) </div> <div> Dallas 13 (Thomas Harley – 4) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 5 (Stanley-2, Schenn, Pelech, Chaffee) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 44, Dallas 66 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 36, Dallas 60 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: JG Pageau +2 </div> <div> Dallas: Arttu Hyry +15 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 7, Dallas 16 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 6, Dallas 14 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Scott Mayfield </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 25. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 337th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues); it is the 8th-longest active streak in the NHL. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on November 5th against Carolina. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13 </div> <div> Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (2): ANA 10/20, DAL 10/25&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandt Clarke (LA) 10/22 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15 </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 989… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 653 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 647&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 104 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 186…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 242 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +84 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 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 653 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 647 *** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617 </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*** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** </div> <div> 4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 186 …&nbsp; </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 149…&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 242… </div> <div> 9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and&nbsp; Adam Pelech 179… </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 316…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy and Semyon Varlamov 176 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 159 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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 Hamilton Hammers are 2-6-0-1 this season after splitting a pair of games this weekend in Laval. Hamilton returns home to host Hartford on Thursday before heading to Syracuse on Friday. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>Team leaders:</i> </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (7); Points: Foudy (10) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-3-1), Josh Kotai (1-3-0) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> Dallas leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will conclude the season series on January 15th at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have scored three goals or less in each of the last ten meetings with Dallas and are 4-4-1 in those games. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27th -- ISLANDERS AT NASHVILLE 8:00pm</b> </div> <div> <b>[MSGSN2 (pre-game at 7:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> Pete DeBoer will try to do what Barry Trotz, Lane Lambert, and Patrick Roy could not – lead the Isles to a win in Nashville for the first time since October 28, 2017.&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-4-3 in Music City since then but have forced each of the last two games past 60 minutes to earn a point. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> It is the first of two meetings with the Preds this season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-9-4 in the last fifteen meetings with Nashville, including the game Ilya Sorokin scored into an empty net on March 1, 2025.&nbsp; </div> <div> &nbsp; </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="ydp4034c90csignature"> 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-78133843218146879882026-10-23T01:28:31.339-04:002026-10-23T01:28:31.339-04:00<div class="ydp4082e107yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydpd4eaee86pasted-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 10</b> </div> <div> <b>Los Angeles 3, Isles 2 (OT)</b> </div> <div> Brandt Clarke scored 2:43 into overtime as the Los Angeles Kings overcame a two-goal Islander comeback and defeated the Isles, 3-2, before a crowd of 14,397 at UBS Arena.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Artemi Panarin had given the Kings a 2-0 advantage in the first period, but Victor Eklund scored on the power play in the second period and Matthew Schaefer scored his first goal of the season in the third period to force the extra session.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> It was the first overtime goal allowed by the Isles since a 7-6 loss in Nashville on April 10, 2025; the Isles were 10-0 last season in games decided by an overtime goal. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles begin a three-game road trip, all against Central Division opponents, at 6pm ET on Sunday in Dallas.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Artemi Panarin (5) Alex Laferriere (5), Brandt Clarke (5) 05:51 LAK 1, NYI 0 </div> <div> Artemi Panarin (6) 16:37 LAK 2, NYI 0 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Victor Eklund (3) Brayden Schenn (4), Tony DeAngelo (2) 14:06 PP LAK 2, NYI 1 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer (1) Logan Stanley (5), Emil Heineman (2) 07:06 LAK 2, NYI 2 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Overtime </div> <div> Brandt Clarke (2) Adrian Kempe (4), Darcy Kuemper (1) 02:43 LAK 3, NYI 2 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles went 1-2 on the power play and killed both Kings power plays; the Isles have six power play goals this season, including five at home…. The Isles’ PK is 11-11 in the last four games… The Isles have a five-game point streak (3-0-2)… The Isles are 4-1-1 in their first six home games; it is their best record through six games at UBS Arena and their most points since opening 5-0-1 at the Coliseum in 2021… The Isles have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of regulation (one game-winner, three empty-netters and two 6th-attacker goals) and one in overtime; they have allowed only one other goal in the third period and only fifteen goals in the first 57 minutes of games… Matthew Schaefer played the last 96 seconds of regulation and the first 2:33 of overtime; it was the sixth time in his career he played over 29 minutes (finishing with 29:24)…Darcy Kuemper earned his eighth career assist on the game-winner…The Isles had their fifth fight of the season; they did not have their fifth fight last season until February 1st in Washington…Artemi Panarin has scored in all five King road games and now has 21 goals in 43 career games vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Penalty Shot</b> </div> <div> Semyon Varlamov stopped Adrian Kempe on a 2nd period penalty shot. Varlamov has stopped eight of the nine penalty shots he has faced in his career, including both he has faced as an Islander. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Career Penalty Shots Faced, allowing one goal or fewer</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Marty Turco&nbsp; (1-14) </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Mike Richter (1-11) </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Gilles Meloche and Semyon Varlamov (1-9) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Times in a Long Time</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>The Isles have allowed only 22 goals in ten games (excluding shootouts). It is the fewest they have allowed since allowing 21 through ten games in 2001-02. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer is the first Islander with a point in the first six home games since John Tavares (7 games) in 2013-14. The last defensemen to do so with Kenny Jonsson (7) and Bryan Berard (6), both in 1997-78. </div> <div> •<span> </span>The Isles have allowed only 255 shots on goal; it is the fewest they have allowed since 2003-04 (231). The club mark thru ten games in 223 (2002-03). </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span>The Isles lost in OT despite outscoring the Kings 1-0 in special teams goals (PP+SH). That ended a 22-game winning streak dating back to a loss in last season’s home opener. </div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Kids Are Alright</b> </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer (19-47) and Victor Eklund (20-19) are the youngest pair of Islanders&nbsp; (39-66 combined) to ever score a goal in the same game.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men (non-Schaefer)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Semyon Varlamov played his 176th game for the Isles,&nbsp; tying Glenn Healy for 9th place; his next appearance will tie Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 104 Islander goals, leaving him one behind Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall for 31st in club history. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Schaeferisms</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer scored his 24th career goal, tying Bobby Orr for 2nd place among teenage defensemen; he also tied Doug Bodger for 7th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 64 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer set a career high with nine shots on goal. He is the first Isles d-man with nine shots in a game since Ryan Pulock on March 22, 2018, vs. Tampa Bay; Denis Potvin is the only defenseman in club history with at least 10 shots on goal in a game. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer(19 years, 47 days) is the youngest player in Islander history with a 9-shot game, breaking a record set by Bryan Berard as an older 19-year-old. Bobby Orr had two nine shot games as an 18-year-old; he is the only defenseman younger than Schaefer to do so. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fewest Goals Allowed by Isles in First Ten Games (excluding shootout)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>19 in 1974-75 and 1977-78 </div> <div> •<span> </span>21 in 2001-02 </div> <div> •<span> </span>22 in 1975-76, 1976-77, 1997-98 and 2026-27 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley 46 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer and Bobby Orr 24 </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, Tim Connolly, and Matthew Schaefer 24 </div> <div> Schaefer has scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 44 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 68 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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 263 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </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 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO) </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> <span><span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 10/22/2026 vs LA (OT)</span> </div> <div> 6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT) </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 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 six games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 80 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-1 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored two goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 5-3-2 for 12 points in 10 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 4-5-1 for 9 points in 10 games </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: 2-19-21 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 5-3-2 overall; they are 4-1-1 at home and 1-2-1 on the road. </div> <div> Los Angeles is 2-4-2 overall; they are 0-3-0 at home and 2-1-2 on the road. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-3-1 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-2-1 vs. Atlantic) and 3-0-1 against the West (1-0-0 vs. Central and 2-0-1 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Coach DeBoer</b> </div> <div> Pete DeBoer is 668-453-154 as an NHL coach, and 6-6-2 with the Isles. The 668 wins is one behind Detroit’s Todd McLellan for 16th all-time. Next up is Mike Keenan (672- 15th).&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 5-0-1 when scoring first and 0-3-1 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;15-17-10-1=43 </div> <div> Los Angeles 6-9-10-2=27 </div> <div> The Isles are 2-1-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 3-2-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Semyon Varlamov made 24 saves; he is 0-1-2 this season and 9-8-4 vs. Los Angeles. </div> <div> Darcy Kuemper made 41 saves; he is 2-3-1 this season and 10-6-3 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 1-2 (3:34); Los Angeles was 0-2 (2:00). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-2-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-1-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 4-0-2 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-0-1 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 1-0-0 when they are outscored, and 2-3-1 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 5-1-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-2 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 0-1 in games decided in overtime and are 0-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia. </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (29:24); Los Angeles: Erik Gustafsson (22:45) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (21:33). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shots on Goal</b> </div> <div> Isles 43 (Matthew Schaefer – 9) </div> <div> Los Angeles 27 (Adrian Kempe – 5) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shot Attempts</b> </div> <div> Isles 74 (Matthew Schaefer – 10) </div> <div> Los Angeles 61 (Adrian Kempe and Artemi Panarin – 8) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 34, Los Angeles 20 (63%) </div> <div> Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 15 of 21 for the Isles; no King who took multiple draws won&nbsp; more than he lost. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 25 (Victor Eklund – 6) </div> <div> Los Angeles 17 (Andre Lee – 5) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 14 (Adam Pelech – 4) </div> <div> Los Angeles 18 (Brian Dumoulin and Joel Edmundson – 3) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Logan Stanley fought Samuel Helenius in the second period. Season total: 5 (Stanley-2, Schenn, Pelech, Chaffee) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 74, Los Angeles 62 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 63, Los Angeles 49 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Emil Heineman +16 </div> <div> Los Angeles: Erik Gustafsson +9 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 15, Los Angeles 15 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 14, Los Angeles 11 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Scott Mayfield </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 21. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 336th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues); it is the 8th-longest active streak in the NHL. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Including tonight, the Isles are 0-1-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on November 5th against Carolina. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13 </div> <div> Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (1): ANA 10/20&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandt Clarke (LA) 10/22 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15 </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 988… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 652 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 646&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 104 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +84 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +67 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Games </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 652 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 646 *** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617 </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*** 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 149…&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> 9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and&nbsp; Adam Pelech 179… </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 315…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy and Semyon Varlamov 176 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 159 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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 Hamilton Hammers are 1-5-0-1 this season following a 4-1 loss in Toronto on Wednesday. Calle Odelius scored the only goal for Hamilton. The Hammers head to Laval for a pair of games on Friday and Saturday.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Team leaders: </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (7) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-2-1), Josh Kotai (0-3-0) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> Los Angeles leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 1). The teams will conclude the season series on November 12th in Los Angeles. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-4-1 at UBS Arena against the Kings and are 1-9-1 over the last six seasons against Los Angeles. The one Islander win was in overtime, giving Los Angeles an 11-game point streak against the Isles (10-0-1), which is the longest of any opponent. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25th -- ISLANDERS AT DALLAS 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 will look to extend their point streak to six, when Pete DeBoer returns to Dallas to face the Stars. DeBoer coaches the Stars for three seasons, leading the team to the Western Conference Final in each season and compiling a 149-68-29 record. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> It is the first of two meetings with the Stars this season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have scored three goals or less in each of the last nine meetings with Dallas, but are 4-4-1 in those games, including a sweep of the season series last season. </div> <div> &nbsp; </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="ydp4082e107signature"> 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-32945225020695005322026-10-21T00:11:52.394-04:002026-10-21T00:11:52.394-04:00<div class="ydp26a20342yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydp8ccac68apasted-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 9</b> </div> <div> <b>Isles 3, Anaheim 2</b> </div> <div> The Islanders scored three goals in a 5:05 span of the first period&nbsp; as they defeated the Anaheim Ducks, 3-2, before a crowd of 13,273 at UBS Arena. Ondrej Palat, Victor Ekland and Simon Holmstrom, the latter on a power play, scored for the Isles. Frank Vatrano scored 50 seconds after Eklund, but the Ducks did not score again until Alex Killorn scored with an extra attacker for the final margin of victory.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer earned an assist for the fifth straight home game, becoming the youngest player in NHL history to open a season with a helper in five straight. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles host Los Angeles on Thursday. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Ondrej Palat (2) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (4), Anthony Duclair (1) 13:39 NYI 1, ANA 0 </div> <div> Victor Eklund (2) Emil Heineman (1), Matthew Kessel (2) 16:28 NYI 2, ANA 0 </div> <div> Frank Vatrano (2) A.J. Greer (2), Leo Carlsson (8) 17:18 NYI 2, ANA 1 </div> <div> Simon Holmstrom (4) Matthew Schaefer (8), Bo Horvat (5) 18:44 PP NYI 3, ANA 1 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> No Scoring </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Alex Killorn (2) Leo Carlsson (9), Jackson LaCombe (6) 17:20 NYI 3, ANA 2 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b><span> </span> </div> <div> The Isles went 1-4 on the power play, and killed both Duck power plays… The Isles have scored seven first period goals over the last four games after only scoring one first period goal in the first five games… The Isles, have won consecutive games for the first time this season, and now have a four-game point streak (3-0-1)…Both Islander goaltenders continue to have goals against averages under 2.00&nbsp; (Sorokin 1.72 and Varlamov 1.93)…&nbsp; Simon Holmstrom has three goals in the last two games…The Isles are 4-1-0 in their first five home games; it is their best record through five games at UBS Arena and their most points since opening 4-0-1 at the Coliseum in 2021…Ondrej Palat had only one goal after joining the Isles last January… Nine Islanders earned points on the three goals in the first period; the Isles are 18-1-1 in their last 20 games scoring at least three goals in the first period…Matthew Schaefer leads the team with eight assists; only the Rangers’ Adam Fox has more points (0-10-10) without scoring a goal…The Isles have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of regulation (one game-winner, three empty-netters and two 6th-attacker goals); they have allowed only one other goal in the third period and only thirteen goals in the first 57 minutes of games…Frank Vatrano played in his 300th Duck game and 701st NHL game….Alex Killorn’s goal was his seventh against the Isles. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>First Time in a Long Time</b> </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer is the first Islander defenseman with an assist in the first five home games since Kenny Jonsson (7) and Bryan Berard (6) both did so in 1997-78. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp;</b> &nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>Semyon Varlamov has played 175 games for the Isles, one fewer than Glenn Healy and two fewer than Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 104 Islander goals, leaving him one behind Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall for 31st in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Pete DeBoer passed Claude Julien and tied Todd McLellan with his 668th NHL win (pending Detroit’s late game Tuesday). </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer now needs one point to tie Doug Bodger for 7th place on the teenage point list. He is 65 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Fewest Goals Allowed by Isles in First Nine Games (excluding shootout)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>17 in 1974-75&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>18 in 1975-76 </div> <div> •<span> </span>19 in 1977-78, 2001-02 ,2021-22 and 2026-27 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley 46 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Bobby Orr 24 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer and Ray Bourque 23 </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 scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 44 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 67 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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> <b><br></b> </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 254 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </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 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO) </div> <div> 4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA </div> <div> 5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT) </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 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 five games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 79 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-1 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored two goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 5-3-1 for 11 points in 9 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 4-4-1 for 9 points in 9 games </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: 1-17-18 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 5-3-1 overall; they are 4-1-0 at home and 1-2-1 on the road. </div> <div> Anaheim is 4-5-0 overall; they are 1-3-0 at home and 3-2-0 on the road. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-3-1 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-2-1 vs. Atlantic) and 3-0-0 against the West (1-0-0 vs. Central and 2-0-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Coach DeBoer</b> </div> <div> Pete DeBoer is 668-453-153 as an NHL coach, and 6-6-1 with the Isles. The 668 wins passes Claude Julien, and ties Detroit’s Todd McLellan for 16th all-time. Next up is Mike Keenan (672- 15th). (Detroit played a late game on Tuesday) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>First Things First</b><span> </span> </div> <div> The Isles are 5-0-1 when scoring first and 0-3-0 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;13-7-5=25 </div> <div> Anaheim 6-7-4=17 </div> <div> The Isles are 2-1-1 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 3-2-0 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 15 saves; he is 5-2-0 this season and 5-1-0 vs. Anaheim. </div> <div> Lukas Dostal made 22 saves; he is 3-4-0 this season and 2-2-0 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 1-4 (4:55); Anaheim was 0-2 (2:10). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-2-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-1-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 4-0-1 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 1-0-0 when they are outscored, and 2-3-1 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 5-1-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-1 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-1-1 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia. </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (26:20); Anaheim: Jackson LaCombe (27:55) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (21:35). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shots on Goal</b> </div> <div> Isles 25 (Victor Eklund – 4) </div> <div> Anaheim 17 (Beckett Sennecke – 3) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shot Attempts</b> </div> <div> Isles 77 (Bo Horvat – 9) </div> <div> Anaheim 49 (Cutter Gauthier, Beckett Sennecke and Tristan Luneau – 7) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 31, Anaheim 21 (60%) </div> <div> Bo Horvat won 11 of 17 for the Isles; Mikael Granlund won 11 of 21 for Anaheim. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 19 (Kyle MacLean – 5) </div> <div> Anaheim 22 (Tim Washe – 5) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 14 (Adam Pelech – 5) </div> <div> Anaheim 24 (Tyson Hinds – 4) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Mitchell Chaffee (in his Islander debut) fought AJ Greer in the second period. Season total: 4 (Schenn, Pelech, Stanley, Chaffee) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 76, Anaheim 49 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 61, Anaheim 45 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> 5-on-5 leaders: </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Kessel +14 </div> <div> Anaheim: Tristan Luneau +16 </div> <div> <i><br></i> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 23, Anaheim 10 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 19, Anaheim 10 (including five for Victor Eklund) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Scott Mayfield </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 17. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 335th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13 </div> <div> Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (1): ANA 10/20&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15 </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 987… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 651 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 645&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 104 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +85 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +67 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Games </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 651 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 645 *** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617 </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*** 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 149…&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> 9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and&nbsp; Adam Pelech 179… </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 315…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 175 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 159 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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 Hamilton Hammers are 1-4-0-1 this season following a 4-3 loss to Syracuse on Sunday. Hamilton erased a 3-goal deficit before allowing the deciding goal. The Hammers head to Toronto for a game on Wednesday.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Team leaders: </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (7) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-1-1), Josh Kotai (0-3-0) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> The Isles lead the season series,&nbsp; 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will conclude the season series on November 14th in Anaheim. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 5-1-0 at UBS Arena against the Ducks and are 8-3-0 over the last six seasons against Anaheim.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22nd –LOS ANGELES AT ISLANDERS 7:30pm</b> </div> <div> <b>[ESPN+/Hulu, WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles will look to extend their winning streak to three and their point streak to five, when they welcome Peter Laviolette and the Kings to UBS Arena for a nationally-streamed game. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> It is the first of two meetings with the Kings this season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-4-0 at UBS Arena against the Kings and are 1-9-0 over the last five seasons against Los Angeles. The only Islander win in that stretch was a come-from-behind OT win on December 9, 2023; Jean-Gabriel Pageau had the OT winner. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Bob Wischusen and AJ Mleczko will have the call of the game. </div> <div> &nbsp; </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="ydp26a20342signature"> 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-85918782255675405912026-10-17T23:41:25.632-04:002026-10-17T23:41:25.632-04:00<div class="ydp230c50e0yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydp13a25fe0pasted-link"> <div> “The Skinny”&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> By Eric Hornick </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Game 8 </div> <div> Isles 4, Toronto 1 </div> <div> The Islanders lost two forwards to first period injuries, but they still earned their first road win of the season as they defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1, before a sellout crowd of 18,915 at Scotiabank Arena. Anthony Duclair scored in the first period and Bo Horvat scored on a rebound in the second session to build a 2-0 lead; Simon Holmstrom added a pair of third period goals, the latter into an empty net, after Colton Sissons scored on a deflection early in the period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Both Cal Ritchie (on his first shift of the game) and Matias Maccelli left the game with lower-body injuries. </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin earned his 158th win, passing Chico Resch for 2nd place on the club’s all-time list, lowering his season GAA to 1.68. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles head home to host Anaheim on Tuesday and Los Angeles on Thursday. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Anthony Duclair (2) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (3) 08:18 NYI 1,TOR 0 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Bo Horvat (5) Kyle Palmieri (1) 18:33 NYI 2,TOR 0 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Colton Sissons (2) Troy Stecher (1), Easton Cowan (4) 03:54 NYI 2,TOR 1 </div> <div> Simon Holmstrom (2) Bo Horvat (4), Matthew Schaefer (7) 14:08 NYI 3,TOR 1 </div> <div> Simon Holmstrom (3)EN 17:55 NYI 4,TOR 1 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b><span> </span> </div> <div> The Isles went 0-2 on the power play, but killed all three Leaf power plays… Mattias Maccelli’s injury ended his point streak at five games (2-4-6)… The Isles have scored four first period goals over the last three games after only scoring one first period goal in the first five games… The Isles, who have won every other game this season, now have a three-game point streak (2-0-1)…Both Islander goaltenders continue to have goals against averages under 2.00&nbsp; (Sorokin 1.68 and Varlamov 1.94)… 22 of Bo Horvat’s 104 goals as an Islander have been game-winners; he has scored at least one game-winner in all 13 seasons of his NHL career…Both of Colton Sissons’ goals this season have come against the Isles; Easton Cowan has a point on all three Leaf goals this season vs. New York…The Isles stopped six-game point streaks for both Auston Matthews and Kirill Marchenko as the Leafs were held to one goal for the first time this season…Simon Holmstrom earned his 7th career multi-goal game…Ondrej Palat was on-ice for eighteen shot attempts (5-on-5) by the Isles and only one by Toronto…Matthew Schaefer, who entered the game leading all defensemen in shots on goal with 26, added five more to his total…Kyle Palmieri’s assist on Bo Horvat’s goal was his first helper since the play he suffered his season-ending injury last November. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Injuries</b> </div> <div> Cal Ritchie and Matias Maccelli left the game with lower body injuries in the first period and did not return. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>First Times in a Long Time</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>It is the first time since 10/10/1975 that Billy Smith and Chico Resch are not 1-2 in either order in career Isles wins. Resch tied Gerry Desjardins on 10/11, and they have been 1-2 for the last 51 years! </div> <div> •<span> </span>Excluding the shootout game deciding goal in Ottawa, the Isles have allowed only 17 goals in eight games (including three empty-netters). It is the fewest goals the Isles have allowed in their first eight games since 2001, when they also allowed 17 goals. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp; &nbsp;</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin recorded his 158th win for the Islanders, passing Chico Resch for second place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Semyon Varlamov has played 175 games for the Isles, one fewer than Glenn Healy and two fewer than Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat scored his 104th goal, leaving him one behind Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall for 31st in club history. </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span>Matthew Schaefer became the 2^nd-youngest defenseman in NHL history to reach 250 career shots on goal, just behind Bobby Orr. </div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fewest Goals Allowed by Isles in First Eight Games (excluding shootout)</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>16 in 1974-75 and 1976-77 </div> <div> •<span> </span>17 in 1975-76, 1977-78, 2001-02 and 2025-26 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley 46 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Bobby Orr 24 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer and Ray Bourque 23 </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 scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 43 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 66 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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> <b><br></b> </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 253 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </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 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO) </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> 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 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 five games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 78 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-1 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored one goal with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 4-3-1 for 9 points in 8 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 4-3-1 for 9 points in 8 games </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: 1-15-16 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 4-3-1 overall; they are 3-1-0 at home and 1-2-1 on the road. </div> <div> Toronto is 3-4-2 overall; they are 2-3-1 at home and 1-1-1 on the road. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-3-1 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-2-1 vs. Atlantic) and 2-0-0 against the West (1-0-0 vs. Central and 1-0-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>First Things First</b><span> </span> </div> <div> The Isles are 4-0-1 when scoring first and 0-3-0 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;11-6-3=20 </div> <div> Toronto 10-6-13=29 </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-1 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 3-2-0 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 28 saves; he is 4-2-0 this season and 9-6-0 vs. Toronto. </div> <div> Sergei Bobrovsky made 16 saves; he is 1-3-2 this season and 20-13-0 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 0-2 (3:50, including a :10 5-on3); Toronto was 0-3 (6:00). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-2-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-1-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 3-0-1 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 1-0-0 when they are outscored, and 2-2-1 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 4-1-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-1 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-1 in games decided by a single goal including 1-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders (and yes – they are all 24:21!)</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer and Bo Horvat (24:21); Toronto: Darren Raddysh (24:21) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (24:21). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shots on Goal</b> </div> <div> Isles 20 (Matthew Schaefer – 5) </div> <div> Toronto 29 (Kirill Marchenko and Jack Roslovic – 5) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shot Attempts</b> </div> <div> Isles 53 (Matthew Schaefer – 10) </div> <div> Toronto 45 (Kirill Marchenko and Gavin McKenna – 6) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 22, Toronto 23 (48.9%) </div> <div> Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 11 of 17 for the Isles; Colton Sissons won 9 of 12 for Toronto. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 29 (Emil Heineman – 6) </div> <div> Toronto 18 (Zack MacEwen – 5) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 4 (Jean-Gabriel Pageau – 2) </div> <div> Toronto 18 (Auston Matthews – 4) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 3 (Schenn, Pelech, Stanley) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 53, Toronto 45 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 49, Toronto 30 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Ondrej Palat +17 </div> <div> Toronto: Brandon Duhaime +3 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 7, Toronto 14 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 4, Toronto 7 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Scott Mayfield, Kyle MacLean </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 13. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 334th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13 </div> <div> Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15 </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 986… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 650 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 644&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 104 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +85 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +67 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Games </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 650 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 644 *** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617 </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*** 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 149…&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> 9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and&nbsp; Adam Pelech 179… </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 314…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 175 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 158 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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 Hamilton Hammers are 1-3-0-1 this season following a 4-1 loss to Rochester on Friday. Hamilton will host Syracuse on Sunday afternoon.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>Team leaders:</i> </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (6) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-1-1), Josh Kotai (0-2-0) </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 conclude the season series on November 23rd on Long Island. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 9-3-0 in their last twelve meetings with Toronto. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20th –ANAHEIM AT ISLANDERS 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 for a pair of games, beginning on Tuesday with Anaheim. Matthew Schaefer will be looking to become the youngest player in NHL history to start the season with a five-game home assist steak; he is already the youngest defenseman in league history to start a season with a four-game home assist streak. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> It will be the first game the Isles play this season against a team that won a playoff series last spring. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 4-1-0 at UBS Arena against the Ducks and are 7-3-0 over the last five seasons against Anaheim.&nbsp; </div> <div> &nbsp; </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="ydp230c50e0signature"> 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-17399139064140973152026-10-15T23:15:23.462-04:002026-10-15T23:15:23.462-04:00<div class="ydpd299ca09yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydp61b6a75epasted-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 7</b> </div> <div> <b>Ottawa 2, Isles 1 (SO)</b> </div> <div> Mattias Maccelli extended his point streak to five games, but Ridley Greig tied the game in the second period and Shane Pinto scored the only goal in the shootout as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Islanders 2-1, before a crowd of 14,534 at Canadian Tire Centre.&nbsp; </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> Semyon Varlamov made 18 saves in his second appearance since November 2024 and lowered his GAA to 1.94. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-2-1 on the road this season as they head to Toronto for a rematch with the Leafs on Saturday. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Matias Maccelli (2) 19:48 NYI 1,OTT 0 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period&nbsp; </div> <div> Ridly Greig (1) Warren Foegele (2), Artem Zub (1) 15:43 NYI 1,OTT 1 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period&nbsp; </div> <div> No Goals </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> OT </div> <div> No Goals </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Shootout</b> </div> <div> Drake Batherson (NG)/Brayden Schenn (NG) </div> <div> Tim Stutzle (NG)/ Bo Horvat (NG) </div> <div> Shane Pinto (G/GDG)/ Simon Holmstrom (NG) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1 in the shootout while Ottawa is 2-0… Semyon Varlamov falls to 35-25 in shootouts while Linus Ullmark improves to 17-9 … The Isles (96-95) remain second behind Buffalo (98-85) for the most shootout wins in NHL history… Only Florida (196) has contested more shootouts than the Isles (191) …Shano Pinto is now 4-6 in the shootout with three game-deciding goals…It was the first Islander shootout since January 8th in Nashville; the Isles contested nine shootouts last season, all in their first 44 games. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b> </div> <div> The Isles went 0-3 on the power play, but killed all four Senator power plays… Mattias Maccelli has points in the last five games (2-4-6)… The Isles have scored three first period goals over the last two games after only scoring one first period goal in the first five games… This was the first Islander game to go to overtime since March 11th in St. Louis… After outscoring the opposition 10-3 in the second period thru five games, the Isles have been outscored 3-0 in the middle period over the last two games…The Isles have not had a winning streak or a losing streak this season but now have a two-game point streak (2-0-1)…Linus Ullmark joins Ray Emery (2005-06) as the only Sens goalie to start a season 6-0-0; he has won ten straight since April 5, 2026 – establishing a new Sens record; Ullmark lowered his goals against average to 1.20…Both Islander goaltenders now had goals against averages under 2.00&nbsp; (Sorokin 1.81 and Varlamov 1.94)…It is the first time in a decade (0-4-1 in 2016-17) that the Isles have not won one of their first three road games. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>First Time in a Long Time</b> </div> <div> Excluding the shootout game deciding goal, the Isles have allowed only 16 goals in 7 games (including three empty-netters). It is the fewest goals the Isles have allowed in their first seven games since 2003, when they also allowed 16 goals. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp; &nbsp;</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin has 157 wins for the Islanders, tied with Chico Resch for second place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Semyon Varlamov has played 175 games for the Isles, one fewer than Glenn Healy and two fewer than Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley 46 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Bobby Orr 24 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer and Ray Bourque 23 </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 scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 42 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 65 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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 247 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </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 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO) </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> 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 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 five games of at least 29 minutes. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 77 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-1 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored one goal with the sixth attacker and allowed one empty-netter to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 3-3-1 for 7 points in 7 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 4-3-0 for 8 points in 7 games </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: 1-14-15 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-3-1 overall; they are 3-1-0 at home and 0-2-1 on the road. </div> <div> Ottawa is 6-2-0 overall; they are 3-1-0 at home and 3-1-0 on the road. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-3-1 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-2-1 vs. Atlantic) and 2-0-0 against the West (1-0-0 vs. Central and 1-0-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-0-1 when scoring first and 0-3-0 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;5-6-7-3=21 </div> <div> Ottawa 4-10-3-2=19 </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-1 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 2-2-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Semyon Varlamov made 18 saves; he is 0-1-1 this season and 8-5-4 vs. Ottawa. </div> <div> Linus Ullmark made 20 saves; he is 6-0-0 this season and 11-7-1 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 0-3 (4:59); Ottawa was 0-4 (8:00). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-2-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 1-1-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 2-0-1 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 1-0-0 when they are outscored, and 1-2-1 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 3-1-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-1 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-1 in games decided by a single goal including 1-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia. </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (29:29); Ottawa: Thomas Chabot (24:37) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (23:22). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shots on Goal</b> </div> <div> Isles 21 (Bo Horvat – 4) </div> <div> Ottawa 19 (Six with 2) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shot Attempts</b> </div> <div> Isles 53 (Matthew Schaefer -10) </div> <div> Ottawa 49 (Claude Giroux -8) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 30, Ottawa 21 (58.8%) </div> <div> Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 14 of 20 for the Isles; Shane Pinto won 8 of 14 for Ottawa. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 23 (Logan Stanley – 4) </div> <div> Ottawa 22 (Claude Giroux – 4) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 14 (Logan Stanley – 5) </div> <div> Ottawa 15 (Artem Zub – 6) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 3 (Schenn, Pelech, Stanley) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 53, Ottawa 49 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 46, Ottawa 30 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Jean-Gabriel Pageau +20 </div> <div> Ottawa: Ridley Greig +5 </div> <div> <i><br></i> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 9, Ottawa 15 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 8, Ottawa 7 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Scott Mayfield, Kyle MacLean </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 11. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 333rd consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13 </div> <div> Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15 </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 985… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 649 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 643&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 103 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +65 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Games </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 649 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 643 *** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617 </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*** 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 149…&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> 9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and&nbsp; Adam Pelech 179… </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 313…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 175 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 and Ilya Sorokin 157 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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> The Hamilton Hammers are 1-3-0-0 this season heading into Friday’s home game against Rochester.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Team leaders: </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (6) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-1-0), Josh Kotai (0-2-0) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> Ottawa leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 1). The teams will play on December 27th and April 2nd on Long Island. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 5-3-2 in their last ten meetings with Ottawa, including 0-2-1 in the last three games. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th – ISLANDERS AT TORONTO 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 play their final game this season in Ontario as they meet the Maple Leafs in Toronto for the second time in 18 days. The Leafs scored twice in the first period and held on for a 2-1 victory over the Isles to spoil the first September regular-season game in Islander history. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Despite that loss, the Isles are 8-3-0 in their last eleven meetings with Toronto. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>AND FINALLY…</b> </div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> With the Dodgers loss tonight, there are no reigning repeat champions in any of the four major sports. This means that it will be at least until <span>Super Bowl LXIII in 2029</span>&nbsp;before a team has a shot to match what the Islander Dynasty did from 1980-1983. </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="ydpd299ca09signature"> 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-66967905524124038952026-10-14T01:03:32.401-04:002026-10-14T01:03:32.401-04:00<div class="ydp1633ee1fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydpc0abba76pasted-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 6</b> </div> <div> <b>Isles 3, Vancouver 2</b> </div> <div> Kyle Palmieri scored his first two goals in nearly eleven months and the latter goal, with 14:22 to play proved to be the game-winner, as the Islanders defeated the Canucks 3-2 , before a crowd of 13,647 at UBS Arena.&nbsp; </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> Mattias Maccelli capped a 2-goal in 53 second outburst in the first period for his first goal as an Islander. The Canucks scored twice in the middle period, including a Brock Boeser tying goal with 1:05 to play. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> It was the Isles’ first win over Vancouver on the East Coast since 2018, and their first win in six tries against the Canucks at UBS (1-5-0). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Kyle Palmieri (1) Matthew Kessel (1), Bo Horvat (3) 14:57 VAN 0,NYI 1 </div> <div> Matias Maccelli (1) Matthew Schaefer (5) 15:50 VAN 0,NYI 2 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Max Sasson (2) Arshdeep Bains (2), Jamie Oleksiak (3) 07:52 VAN 1,NYI 2 </div> <div> Brock Boeser (2) Elias Pettersson (7), Filip Hronek (6) 18:55 VAN 2,NYI 2 PPG </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Kyle Palmieri (2) Matias Maccelli (4), Matthew Schaefer (6) 05:38 VAN 2,NYI 3 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b><span> </span> </div> <div> Matthew Kessel made his Islander debut and earned an assist in his 100th NHL game…The Isles went 0-3 with the power play, ending their four-game streak with a power play goal…Mattias Maccelli has three points in the last two games (1-2-3) …The Isles scored twice in the first period after only scoring one first period goal in the first five games… Brock Boeser scored his 80th career power play goal, passing Todd Bertuzzi for fifth place in Canuck history…This was the 23rd consecutive Islander game, going back to last season, to end in regulation…Kyle Palmieri recorded his 31st career multi-goal game…Matthew Schaefer’s two assists gives him the team lead with six…It was the first time since March 1st that the Isles won a game in which they lost the special teams battle…After outscoring the opposition 10-3 in the second period thru five games, Vancouver scored the only two goals of the middle session tonight…This was the 22nd regular season meeting of the Schenn brothers; Brayden has won 15 of them.&nbsp; However, Luke’s Jets beat Brayden’s Blues in a 7-game series in the 2025 playoffs. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp; &nbsp;</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span> Ilya Sorokin recorded his 157th win for the Islanders, tying Chico Resch for second place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer recorded his 64th and 65th career points, which tied and then passed Larry Murphy for 8th place among teenage defensemen. It was his 14th career multi-point game, which tied Bobby Orr for 6th among teenage defensemen. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Schaefer is also the youngest defenseman (and third-youngest player) in NHL history with an assist in each of the season’s first four home games. Wayne Gretzky and Sam Gagner also did in four straight games, but neither earned an assist in their fifth game. The record for a teenager is ten games, set by Ron Francis. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Time in a Long Time</b> </div> <div> Bo Horvat is the first Islander forward since Kyle Okposo in 2009 to start the season with a 6-game point streak (3-3-6). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley 46 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Bobby Orr 24 </div> <div> 3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer and Ray Bourque 23 </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 scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 42 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 65 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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> <b><br></b> </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 244 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </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 3/3121/2026 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> 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 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 76 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win zero times this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-0 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored one goal with the sixth attacker and allowed one empty-netter to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 3-3-0 for 6 points in 6 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 3-3-0 for 6 points in 6 games </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: 1-14-15 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-3-0 overall; they are 3-1-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road. </div> <div> Vancouver is 2-6-0 overall; they are 1-2-0 at home and 1-4-0 on the road. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-3-0 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-2-0 vs. Atlantic) and 2-0-0 against the West (1-0-0 vs. Central and 1-0-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-0-0 when scoring first and 0-3-0 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 12-7-19=38 </div> <div> Vancouver 7-11-8=26 </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 2-2-0 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 24 saves; he is 3-2-0 this season and 4-4-1 vs. Vancouver. </div> <div> Leevi Merilainen made 35 saves; he is 1-1-0 this season and 1-1-0 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 0-3 (5:22); Vancouver was 1-4 (7:27). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-2-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 1-1-0 when they do not. The Isles are 1-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 2-0-0 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 1-0-0 when they are outscored, and 1-2-0 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 3-1-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-0 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 in games decided by a single goal including 1-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (25:23); Vancouver: Tom Willander (25:43) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (19:49). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 30, Vancouver 20 (60.0%) </div> <div> Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 13 of 17 for the Isles; Brock Boeser won 3 of 4 for Vancouver. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 18 (Emil Heineman, Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Ondrej Palat – 3) </div> <div> Vancouver 33 (Paul Cotter and Luke Schenn – 5) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 13 (Jean-Gabriel Pageau – 3) </div> <div> Vancouver 12 (Tom Willander – 3) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 3 (Schenn, Pelech, Stanley) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 60, Vancouver 54 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 45, Vancouver 37 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Casey Cizikas and Simon Holmstrom +9 </div> <div> Vancouver: Brock Boeser +5 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 13, Vancouver 11 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 11, Vancouver 8 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Scott Mayfield, Kyle MacLean </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 9. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 332nd consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13 </div> <div> Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 984… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 648 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 642&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 103 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +65 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Games </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 648 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 642 *** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617 </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*** 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 149…&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> 9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and&nbsp; Adam Pelech 179… </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 313…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 174 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 and Ilya Sorokin 157 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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> The Hamilton Hammers are 0-2-0 in their new home after a 5-2 loss to Toronto on Sunday. Matt Luff had a pair of assists for Hamilton. The Hammers are off until Friday when they host Rochester. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Team leaders:&nbsp; </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (6) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-1-0), Josh Kotai (0-2-0) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play next on January 5th in British Columbia. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> This was the Isles’ first win at home against the Canucks since a 5-2 win at Barclay’s Center on November 13, 2018. They had gone 0-5-0 at UBS Arena, and 0-5-1 at home overall since then. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th – ISLANDERS 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 Isles head to Ontario for a two-game trip beginning on Thursday in Kanata, ONT against the Ottawa Senators. </div> <div> The Isles are 5-3-1 in the past three seasons against the Sens, including 4-1-0 on the road. However, the Sens’ home win (by a 3-2 score) was in a key game late last 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="ydp1633ee1fsignature"> 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-57456937581812026112026-10-11T01:01:53.110-04:002026-10-11T01:48:51.772-04:00<div class="ydpf34dbf77yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div> <div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"> <div class="ydp67475b25pasted-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 5</b> </div> <div> <b>Tampa Bay 5, Isles 3</b> </div> <div> Brandon Hagel broke a 3-3 tie with 1:44 to play and then completed his hat trick with an empty net goal 21 seconds later as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Isles 5-3, before a sell-out crowd of 17,345 at UBS Arena.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles scored three goals in the middle period to erase 2-0 and 3-1 deficits; Jean-Gabriel Pageau was credited with his first goal of the season in a post-game scoring change, taking a goal away from Matthew Schaefer. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;</b>&nbsp; </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Jake Guentzel (2) 05:45 TBL 1,NYI 0 </div> <div> Brandon Hagel (2) Victor Hedman (1), Max Crozier (1) 15:42 TBL 2,NYI 0 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Tony DeAngelo (1) Ondrej Palat (1) 06:27 TBL 2,NYI 1 </div> <div> Jake Guentzel (3) Nikita Kucherov (6), Brandon Hagel (4) 07:54 TBL 3,NYI 1 PPG </div> <div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1) Matthew Schaefer (1) Tony DeAngelo (1) 11:41 TBL 3,NYI 2 </div> <div> Brayden Schenn (2) Bo Horvat (2), Matias Maccelli (3) 19:53 TBL 3,NYI 3 PPG </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Brandon Hagel (3) Max Crozier (2), Ryan McDonagh (1) 18:16 TBL 4,NYI 3 </div> <div> Brandon Hagel (4)EN Anthony Cirelli (1), Nikita Kucherov (7) 18:37 TBL 5,NYI 3 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny<span> </span></b> </div> <div> Tony DeAngelo became the first Islander defenseman to score a goal and then assisted on Jean-Gabriel Pageau’s goal…Jake Guentzel scored twice for the Bolts, giving him eleven goals against Ilya Sorokin, more than any other player; Jack Hughes has beaten Ilya ten times…Only Artemi Panarin (18) has scored more goals against the Isles than Guentzel (16) since Guentzel joined the NHL in 2016-16...…All three Islander losses have been by one goal (or one plus empty nets)… Bo Horvat is the first Islander forward since Brock Nelson in 2016 to start the season with a 5-game point streak (3-2-5)…The Isles have scored power play goals in four straight games for the first time since a five-game streak from November 28 to December 7, 2023…Mattias Maccelli earned an assist in his 300th NHL game…Nikita Kucherov extended his point streak to five games with an assist on the empty-netter… Hagel joins Alexis Lafreniere as opponents who have completed hat tricks against the Isles this season with an EN goal…The Isles have been outscored 5-1 in first periods, but had outscored the opposition 10-2 in the second frame...Matthew Schaefer matched a career high with eight shots on goal; no Isle d-man has had nine shots since Ryan Pulock in March 2018, also against Tampa Bay.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><div>Milestone Men&nbsp; &nbsp;</div> <div> •<span> </span> Ilya Sorokin has 156 wins for the Islanders, leaving him one behind Chico Resch for second place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer recorded his 63rd point, passing Pat LaFontaine for third place among Isles teenagers.</div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Phil Housley 46 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Bobby Orr 24 </div><div>3. Matthew Schaefer and Ray Bourque 23</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>4. Matthew Schaefer and Brent Sutter 23</div> <div> Schaefer has scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 40</div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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>Matthew Schaefer 63 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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 241 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </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 3/3121/2026 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> 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 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 75 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win zero times this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-0 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored one goal with the sixth attacker and allowed one empty-netter to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 2-3-0 for 4 points in 5 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 2-3-0 for 4 points in 5 games </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: 1-11-12 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-3-0 overall; they are 2-1-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road. </div> <div> Tampa Bay is 1-4-0 overall; they are 1-0-0 at home and 0-4-0 on the road. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-3-0 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-2-0 vs. Atlantic) and 1-0-0 against the West (1-0-0 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-0-0 when scoring first and 0-3-0 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4-10-9=23 </div> <div> Tampa Bay 10-8-8=26 </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 2-2-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves; he is 2-2-0 this season and 6-8-0 vs. Tampa Bay. </div> <div> Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves; he is 3-1-0 this season and 15-5-1 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 1-2 (3:41); Tampa Bay was 1-4 (7:09). </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-2-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 0-1-0 when they do not. The Isles are 0-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 2-0-0 when they do not. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 0-0-0 when they are outscored, and 1-2-0 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 2-1-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-0 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 in games decided by a single goal including 0-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (27:07); Tampa Bay: Brandon Hagel (21:32) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (20:09). </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 26, Tampa Bay 25 (51.0%) </div> <div> Casey Cizikas won 4 of 6 for the Isles; Zemgus Girgensons won 10 of 12 for Tampa Bay. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 30 (Bo Horvat, Victor Eklund and Brayden Schenn – 4) </div> <div> Tampa Bay 18 (Brandon Hagel and Erik Cernak – 3) </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 16 (Ryan Pulock and Ondrej Palat – 3) </div> <div> Tampa Bay 14 (Brandon Hagel – 4) </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Logan Stanley fought Scott Sabourin in the 2nd period. Season total: 3 (Schenn, Pelech Stanley) </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 46, Tampa Bay 48 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 40, Tampa Bay 37 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer +19 </div> <div> Tampa Bay: Max Crozier +6 </div> <div> <i><br /></i> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 10, Tampa Bay 9 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 8, Tampa Bay 5 </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Matt Kessel, Kyle MacLean </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 7. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 331st consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games</b>&nbsp; </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (1): Vs NJD 10/3 </div> <div> Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10 </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (1):&nbsp; Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 983… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 647 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 641&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 103 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 198 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +65 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Defense Games </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 647 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 641 *** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617 </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*** 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 149…&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> 9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and&nbsp; Adam Pelech 179… </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 312…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 174 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 156 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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> Cole Eiserman scored the first home goal in Hamilton Hammers history and Mitchell Chaffee added a goal and an assist, but the Hammers dropped a 5-4 shootout decision to Toronto in their home opener on Friday. They will also host the Marlies on Sunday afternoon at 3. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Team leaders:&nbsp; </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (6) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-1-0), Josh Kotai (0-1-0) </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> Tampa Bay leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play next on January 30th in Tampa. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles had swept last season’s series but fall to 6-5-0 in the last 11 meetings with the Hawks. </div> <div> <b><br /></b> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13th – VANCOUVER AT ISLANDERS 7:45pm</b> </div> <div> <b>[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles conclude the home stand as they entertain the Vancouver Canucks; note the slightly later start due to the NHL’s Frozen Frenzy. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> Vancouver is 5-0-0 at UBS Arena, and they have outscored the Isles 24-11 in this building. They are the only opponent that has been the Isles in regulation in every meeting in their current rink. Going back to an overtime loss at Barclay’s Center on February 1, 2020, the Isles are 0-5-1 in their last six home games with the Canucks. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> The Isles’ last home victory over the Canucks was a 5-2 win at Barclays Center on November 13, 2018; however, they have an even longer point streak in Vancouver, having gone 5-0-3 since a loss in 2015.&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="ydpf34dbf77signature"> 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-72443422069928723572026-10-09T00:10:08.528-04:002026-10-09T00:27:21.953-04:00<div class="ydpf416cc52yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydp7773a1afpasted-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 4</b> </div> <div> <b>Isles 4, Chicago 1</b> </div> <div> Bo Horvat connected on the power play for the third straight game and added an empty-netter while Logan Stanley earned his second two-assist game of the season as the Isles defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1, before 13,946 at UBS Arena.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin set a career high with a 165:31 shutout streak before allowing a late 6th-attacker goal; it was the first he allowed in 117:26 at home, breaking Chico Resch’s club record for a shutout streak to start the season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Emil Heineman and Anthony Duclair scored 2:54 apart for the Isles. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> <b>1st Period</b> </div> <div> Bo Horvat (3) Matthew Schaefer (3) 19:01 CHI 0,NYI 1 PPG </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>2nd Period</b> </div> <div> Emil Heineman (2) Matias Maccelli (2), Adam Pelech (2) 06:44 CHI 0,NYI 2 </div> <div> Anthony Duclair (1) Logan Stanley (3), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2) 09:38 CHI 0,NYI 3 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>3rd Period</b> </div> <div> Frank Nazar (2) Patrick Kane (1), Sam Rinzel (1) 17:26 CHI 1,NYI 3 </div> <div> Bo Horvat (4)EN Logan Stanley (4) 18:27 CHI 1,NYI 4 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny<span> </span></b> </div> <div> Logan Stanley had his second consecutive two-assist game on home-ice and now leads the team in assists (4)… The Isles have scored thirteen goals; in the last twelve seasons, they have scored more times thru four games only once (14 in 2022-23)… Bo Horvat is the first Islander to score power play goals in three consecutive games since Anders Lee did so in 2018…Horvat recorded his 41st multi-goal game, including 13 for the Isles…Anthony Duclair scored for the first time since January 21st in Seattle…Logan Stanley matched career highs in assists (8th time) and points (10th time) with his two assists. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Injury</b> </div> <div> Bo Horvat left the game after his empty-net goal; Frank Nazar received a match penalty for an illegal hit to the head on the play. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men</b>&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat scored his 102nd and 103rd goals as an Islander, passing Anders Kallur (101) and Anthony Beauvillier (102) for 33rd place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Sorokin recorded his 156th win for the Islanders, leaving him one behind Chico Resch for second place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer recorded his 62nd point, tying Pat LaFontaine for third place among Isles teenagers. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Adam Pelech tied Mark Streit for 10th place on the Isles defensemen point list (179). </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 scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 39 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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 and Matthew Schaefer 62 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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> <b><br></b> </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 232 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </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 3/3121/2026 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> 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 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 74 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win zero times this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-0 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have scored no goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored one goal with the sixth attacker and allowed one empty-netter to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 2-2-0 for 4 points in 4 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 1-3-0 for 2 points in 4 games </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Offense from Defense</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp; 0-4-4 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 0-9-9 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-2-0 overall; they are 2-0-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road. </div> <div> Chicago is 1-4-0 overall; they are 1-0-0 at home and 0-4-0 on the road. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-2-0 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-1-0 vs. Atlantic) and 1-0-0 against the West (1-0-0 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>First Things First</b><span> </span> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-0-0 when scoring first and 0-2-0 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6-7-6=19 </div> <div> Chicago 5-11-7=23 </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 2-1-0 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 22 saves; he is 2-1-0 this season and 5-2-1 vs. Chicago. </div> <div> Arvid Soderstrom made 17 saves; he is 0-2-0 this season and 2-4-0 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 1-4 (3:36); Chicago was 0-3 (6:00). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-1-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 0-1-0 when they do not. The Isles are 0-2-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 2-0-0 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 2-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 0-0-0 when they are outscored, and 1-1-0 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 2-0-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-0 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 in games decided by a single goal including 0-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-1 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 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 (26:45); Chicago: Bowen Byram (26:35) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (17:53). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 29, Chicago 20 (59.2%) </div> <div> Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 10 of 17 for the Isles; Roman Kantserov won 3 of 5 for Chicago. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 25 (Bo Horvat – 5) </div> <div> Chicago 15 (Jordan Greenway – 4) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 17 (Logan Stanley – 3) </div> <div> Chicago 10 (Bowen Byram and Patrick Kane – 2) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 2 (Schenn, Pelech) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 37, Chicago 54 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 29, Chicago 43 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> 5-on-5 leaders: </div> <div> Isles: Bo Horvat +7 </div> <div> Chicago: Three with +11 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick) </div> <div> All situations: Isles 11, Chicago 9 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 9, Chicago 8 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Matt Kessel, Kyle MacLean </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 5. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 330th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (1): Vs NJD 10/3 </div> <div> Vs (1): @ NYR 10/6 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 982… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 646 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 640&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 616 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 33. Bo Horvat 103 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 198 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +85 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 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 646 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 640 *** </div> <div> 4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 616 </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*** 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 149…&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 and&nbsp; Adam Pelech 179… </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 311…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 174 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 156 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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 Hamilton Hammers are 1-1-0-0 heading into their home opener on Friday against Toronto. They will also host the Marlies on Sunday afternoon at 3. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Team leaders:&nbsp; </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (3); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (5) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-0-0), Josh Kotai (0-1-0) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play next on February 23rd at United Center. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 7-2-2 in the last 11 meetings with the Hawks. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th – TAMPA BAY AT ISLANDERS 7:30pm</b> </div> <div> <b>[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles will look to improve to 3-0-0 at home for only the third time this century (2003-04 and 2021) and first time at UBS Arena as they host the Tampa Bay Lightning. It is the first of three meetings between the teams this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 6-4-0 in the last ten meetings after sweeping three low-scoring games (one in a shootout) last season.&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="ydpf416cc52signature"> 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-47981633207519571262026-10-06T23:59:19.266-04:002026-10-07T00:14:48.640-04:00<div class="ydp6426662cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydpbb0e4161pasted-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 3</b> </div> <div> <b>Rangers 5, Isles 2</b> </div> <div> Alexis Lafreniere completed his third career hat trick with a pair of empty net goals, and Mika Zibanejad added three assists as the Rangers spoiled Semyon Varlamov’s return to the nets after a 22-month absence, defeating the Isles, 5-2, before a sellout crowd of 18,006 at Madison Square Garden. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Bo Horvat and Cal Ritchie erased a 2-0 Ranger lead with goals 1:56 apart, but Oliver BJorkstrand scored a power play goal late in the second period and that held up for the game-winning goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period </div> <div> Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) Alexis Lafrenière (2) Sean Durzi (1) 06:40 NYI 0,NYR 1 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> Alexis Lafrenière (1) Mika Zibanejad (3), Vladislav Gavrikov (2) 00:25 NYI 0,NYR 2 </div> <div> Bo Horvat (2) Matias Maccelli (1), Brayden Schenn (2) 02:56 NYI 1,NYR 2 PPG </div> <div> Calum Ritchie (1) Brayden Schenn (3) 04:52 NYI 2,NYR 2 </div> <div> Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) Gabe Perreault (2), Will Cuylle (3) 17:07 NYI 2,NYR 3 PPG </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Alexis Lafrenière (2)EN J.T. Miller (1), Mika Zibanejad (4) 18:22 NYI 2,NYR 4 </div> <div> Alexis Lafrenière (3)EN Adam Fox (5), Mika Zibanejad (5) 18:54 NYI 2,NYR 5 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny<span> </span></b> </div> <div> It was Lafreniere’s third career hat trick, doubling his career goal total against the Isles…Oliver Bjorkstrand recorded his 22nd multi-goal game; he has never had a hat trick…His fight with Adam Pelech was the 3rd in Pelech’s career (Alex Tuch three years ago, and Yanni Gourde in the 2021 playoffs)… Matthew Schaefer was credited with twelve shot attempts, but nine were blocked by the Rangers…No Islander had more than two shots on goal…Brayden Schenn had his second consecutive two-point game and now leads the team in both assists (3) and points (4)…Ryan Pulock celebrated his 32nd birthday…Matthew Schaefer faced a defenseman younger than him for the first time in his NHL career; Ranger rookie Alberts Smits is 88 days younger than Schaefer. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Injuries</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Simon Holmstrom suffered a facial injury in the first period but returned for the second period. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Alex Romanov did not play in the final 12:04 (undisclosed injury) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>First Time For Everything</b> </div> <div> Alexis Lafreniere is the first opponent to record two empty net goals in a game against the Isles. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat scored his 101st goal as an Islander, tying Anders Kallur for 34th place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span> Sorokin has 155 wins for the Islanders, leaving him two behind Chico Resch for second place in club history. </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 scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 38 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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 61 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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> <b><br></b> </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 228 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager. </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> 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 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 73 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win zero times this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-0 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have scored no goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored no goals with sixth attacker and allowed no empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 1-2-0 for 2 points in 3 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 0-3-0 for 0 points in 3 games </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: 0-5-5 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-2-0 overall; they are 1-0-0 at home and 0-2-0 on the road. </div> <div> The Rangers are 4-1-0 overall; they are 3-0-0 at home and 1-1-0 on the road. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-2-0 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-1-0 vs. Atlantic) and 0-0-0 against the West (0-0-0 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-0-0 when scoring first and 0-2-0 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;9-5-5=19 </div> <div> Rangers 5-7-12=24 </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 1-1-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Semyon Varlamov made 19 saves; he is 0-1-0 this season and 14-9-2 vs. the Rangers. </div> <div> Igor Sherterkin made 17 saves; he is 3-1-0 this season and 10-10-1 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Special Teams </div> <div> The Isles were 1-4 (6:54); the Rangers were 1-3 (3:52). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 0-1-0 when they do not. The Isles are 0-2-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 1-0-0 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 0-0-0 when they are outscored, and 1-1-0 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 1-0-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-0 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 in games decided by a single goal including 0-11 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-1 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 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 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 (25:03); Rangers: Vladislav Gavrikov (24:10) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (17:49). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 32, Rangers 34 (48.5%) </div> <div> Bo Horvat won 11 of 20 for the Isles; Mika Zibanejad won 9 of 17 for the Rangers. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 18 (Emil Heineman – 4) </div> <div> Rangers 27 (Will Cuylle – 6) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 14 (Ondrej Palat, Logan Stanley, Alexander Romanov, and Tony DeAngelo – 2) </div> <div> Rangers 14 (Eeli Tolvanen – 4)&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn fought JT Miller in the first period; Adam Pelech fought Oliver Bjorkstrand in the final seconds. Season total: 2 (Schenn, Pelech) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 47, Rangers 56 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 35, Rangers 40 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Cal Ritchie and Victor Eklund +7 </div> <div> Rangers: Adam Fox +9 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 8, Rangers 13 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 6, Rangers 6 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Scott Mayfield, Matt Kessel, Kyle MacLean </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 3. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 329th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Including tonight, the Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (1): Vs NJD 10/3 </div> <div> Vs (1): @ NYR 10/6 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 981… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 645 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 639&nbsp; *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 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 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur and Bo Horvat 101 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 148 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +85 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +65 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Defense Games </div> <div> 1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 645 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 639 *** </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*** 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 148…&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 178… </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 310…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 174 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 155 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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 Hamilton Hammers are 1-1-0-0 heading into their home opener on Friday against Toronto. They will also host the Marlies on Sunday afternoon at 3. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Team leaders:&nbsp; </div> <div> Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (3); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (5) </div> <div> Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-0-0), Josh Kotai (0-1-0) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> The Rangers lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play next on December 20th at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> This was the Rangers’ first win over the Isles in the Schaefer era; the Isles went 4-0-0 last season, outscoring the Blueshirts 14-3.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8th – CHICAGO AT ISLANDERS 7:30pm</b> </div> <div> <b>[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:00), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles begin a three-game homestand as they host the Chicago Blackhawks. It is the first of two meetings between the teams this season. The Isles are 6-2-2 in the last five seasons against the Hawks but are only 2-2-0 in the last four meetings.&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="ydp6426662csignature"> 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-9250926861259807172026-10-04T01:36:26.349-04:002026-10-04T01:36:26.349-04:00<div class="ydpfb35ac36yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydpd575162pasted-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 2</b> </div> <div> <b>Isles 6, New Jersey 0</b> </div> <div> What a home opener for the Islanders! Ilya Sorokin made 35 saves for his 30th career shutout, and the Isles got goals for six different players as they defeated the New Jersey Devils, 6-0, before a franchise-record 17,345 at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Victor Eklund scored his first NHL goal and added an assist on his 20th birthday, Bo Horvat scored his 100th goal as an Islander, Matthew Schaefer and Logan Stanley each matched career high with two assists, and Ondrej Palat scored his first goal since his Islander debut as eleven Islanders had points.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles, who defeated New Jersey, 9-0, in January at UBS Arena, have now scored seventeen consecutive goals at home against the Devils dating back to last December. This is a franchise record against a single opponent. </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> Simon Holmstrom (1) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1), Adam Pelech (1) 03 :32 NJD 0,NYI 1 </div> <div> Brayden Schenn (1) Victor Eklund (1), Matthew Schaefer (1) 05:00 NJD 0,NYI 2 </div> <div> Bo Horvat (1) Matthew Schaefer (2) 12:08 NJD 0,NYI 3 PPG </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Victor Eklund (1) Calum Ritchie (1), Brayden Schenn (1) 11:32 NJD 0,NYI 4 </div> <div> Ondrej Palat (1) Casey Cizikas (1), Logan Stanley (1) 12:14 NJD 0,NYI 5 </div> <div> Casey Cizikas (1) Simon Holmstrom (1) Logan Stanley (2) 18:41 NJD 0,NYI 6 SHG </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b> </div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> This was the 4,200th game in Islander history… The Islanders are 2-3-1 in six openers at UBS Arena…This was the fifth shutout in a home opener in Isles history, last happening before no fans on January 18, 2021 vs. Boston...Casey Cizikas’ shorty was the 14th of his career and his 125th career goal…Ondrej Palat’s only other Islander goal was in his team debut on January 28th at MSG…The October 3rd home game matched the earliest ever by the calendar for the Isles (also 2009)…The Isles scored at least three goals in multiple periods of a game only once in each of the last two seasons (1/6/26 vs. New Jersey, and 12/21/24 at Toronto)… Ilya Sorokin has 1.02 GAA and a .968 save percentage thru two starts…The Isles’ 17-goal home streak is the longest by any NHL team against another since Columbus scored 19 goals over a four-game span against the Isles in December 2016-December 2017...There were 90 seats added in the offseason, raising the capacity to 17,345. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Bo Horvat became the 35th player to score 100 goals as an Islander; he did it in fewer games than any Islander since Matt Moulson. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin is the 76th goalie to record at least 30 NHL shutouts, as he extended his own club record. It was his third shutout against the Devils.&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>Sorokin now has 155 wins for the Islanders, leaving him two behind Chico Resch for second place in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer now has 38 career assists, passing Pat LaFontaine for third place among Islander teenagers. His 61 points are one behind LaFontaine for third place on the teenage list. </div> <div> •<span> </span>The 61 points tied Aaron Ekblad for ninth place all-time among teenage defensemen; Phil Housley holds the record with 132, and Rasmus Dahlin is second with 84. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Adam Pelech’s assist was his 178th point, leaving him one point behind Mark Streit for 10th place among Islander defensemen. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Times in a Long Time</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>The Isles have scored shorthanded goals in each of their first two games for the first time since the 1976-77 season. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Victor Eklund is the first Islander to score a goal on his 20th birthday since Duane Sutter did so on March 16, 1980. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Eklund is the first NHL player with a multi-point game on his 20th birthday since Nicklas Backstrom did so for Washington in 2007.&nbsp; </div> <div> •<span> </span>Eklund is the Islander to have a goal and an assist in one of his first three NHL games since Sebastian Aho did so on January 7, 2018, vs. New Jersey; the last Islander forward to do so was Kael Mouillierat, who recorded the only two points of his career on February 24, 2015, vs. Arizona. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Howie’s Stat</b> </div> <div> Howie Rose was in the building, and this was always one of his favorite stats; Victor Eklund is the 415th player to score a goal for the Isles. Ondrej Palat tonight became the 344th player to score multiple career goals for the Isles. </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 scored 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>Matthew Schaefer 38 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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 61 </div> <div> Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman.&nbsp; </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 226 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 82 Isles games. </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> 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 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 72 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win zero times this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-0 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have scored no goals with the sixth attacker and allowed no empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored no goals with sixth attacker and allowed no empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 1-1-0 for 2 points in 2 games </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 0-2-0 for 0 points in 2 games </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Offense from Defense</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-5-5 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Season: 0-5-5 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 overall; they are 1-0-0 at home and 0-1-0 on the road. </div> <div> New Jersey is 1-1-0 overall; they are 1-0-0 at home and 0-1-0 on the road. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-1-0 against the East (1-0-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-1-0 vs. Atlantic) and 0-0-0 against the West (0-0-0 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-0-0 when scoring first and 0-1-0 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;9-12-11=32 </div> <div> New Jersey 7-19-11=37 </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 1-0-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin made 37 saves; he is 1-1-0 this season and 12-5-2 vs. New Jersey. </div> <div> Nico Daws made 26 saves; he is 0-1-0 this season and 0-2-0 vs. the Isles. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 1-3 (4:45); New Jersey was 0-5 (10:00) and allowed a shorthanded goal. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-0-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 0-1-0 when they do not. The Isles are 0-1-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 1-0-0 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 0-0-0 when they are outscored, and 0-1-0 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 1-0-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-1-0 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 in games decided by a single goal including 0-11 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-0 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (20:34); New Jersey: Doug Hamilton (22:17) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (18:31). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 28, New Jersey 21 (57%) </div> <div> Bo Horvat won 9 of 15 for the Isles; Cody Glass won 6 of 11 for New Jersey. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 25 (Logan Stanley and Braden Schenn -4) </div> <div> New Jersey 15 (Timo Meier -4) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 0. </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 14 (Alex Romanov -3) </div> <div> New Jersey 8 (Brenden Dillon -3) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 50, New Jersey 72 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 34, New Jersey 59 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> 5-on-5 leaders: </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer +19 </div> <div> New Jersey: Nick Paul +6 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick) </div> <div> All situations: Isles 15, New Jersey 15 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 11, New Jersey 13 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Scott Mayfield, Matt Kessel, Kyle MacLean </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 2. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 328th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The first nationally televised game will be on Tuesday against the Rangers. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Challenges</b> </div> <div> Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (1): Vs NJD 10/3 </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of the other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 980… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 644 *** 17. Derek King and Ryan Pulock 638 *** 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 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </div> <div> 17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153… </div> <div> 22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125… </div> <div> 33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 100 </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> 23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185…&nbsp; </div> <div> 32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 148 </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 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533… </div> <div> 27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 … </div> <div> 32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> +/- </div> <div> 1. Bryan Trottier +467 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +86 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 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 644 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 638 *** </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*** 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 148…&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 178… </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 310…&nbsp; </div> <div> 8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 155 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Shutouts&nbsp; </div> <div> 1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 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> The Hamilton Hammers opened their season with a 5-2 win at Belleville on Friday and a 5-4 loss to Toronto on Saturday. The first home game is on Friday against Toronto.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play next on November 7th at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have won six straight against the Devils and are 8-0-1 in their last nine games against New Jersey. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6th - ISLANDERS AT RANGERS 7:30pm</b> </div> <div> <b>[ESPN, WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles head to Manhattan for a nationally televised game as they face the Rangers for the first time this season. Last season the Isles swept the series, winning all four games by a combined score of 14-3.&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="ydpfb35ac36signature"> 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-32934152207118510982026-10-01T02:26:40.019-04:002026-10-02T19:31:07.114-04:00<div class="ydpa9d5818dyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydp6d089f56pasted-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 1</b> </div> <div> <b>Toronto 2, Isles 1</b> </div> <div> Easton Cowan had a goal and an assist in a 4:41 span of the first period, and that proved to be enough as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Islanders 2-1 before a crowd of 18,801 at Scotiabank Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Colton Sissons scored his first goal for the Leafs while Emil Heineman scored shorthanded with under six minutes to play for the only Islander tally.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> 1st Period&nbsp; </div> <div> Colton Sissons (1) Nick Paul (1), Easton Cowan (2) 07:14 NYI 0,TOR 1 </div> <div> Easton Cowan (1) Jack Roslovic (1), Morgan Rielly (2) 11:55 NYI 0,TOR 2 PPG </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 2nd Period </div> <div> No Goals </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> 3rd Period </div> <div> Emil Heineman (1) Bo Horvat (1) 14:09 NYI 1,TOR 2 SHG </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Skinny</b> </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer played 27:45 – most by an Islander in an opener since Adrian Aucoin played 30:02 (10-10-2002 at Buffalo); he is the first teenager to play that much in an NHL season opener since ice-time became official in 1997-98…Emil Heineman’s shorty was the first of his career, and the 50th point of his career (33-17-50)…The Isles had two teenagers in their opening night lineup for the first time since 2000 (Taylor Pyatt and Tim Connolly)…Ilya Sorokin is 1-4-0 in season openers....The three combined goals were the fewest in an Islander season opener since 2019 (L 2-1 at Barclays to Washington)..The Isles scored a shorty for the second time in the last three openers (Utah 2024)...Bo Horvat served as Islander captain for the first time. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>&nbsp; </div> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> •<span>&nbsp;Bo&nbsp;</span>Horvat has 99 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history. </div> <div> •<span> </span>Casey Cizikas became the first Islander skater to appear in a game in 16 different seasons; Billy Smith did so in 17 seasons.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>For Openers&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-7-1 on Opening Night over the last eleven years, and they are only 6-14-4 in their last 24 Openers. Overall, the Isles are 14-28-12 on Opening Night (11-22-8 on the road and 3-6-4 at home). Only four teams (all Original Six teams) have opened their season on the road more often than the Isles. </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 Teenager</b> </div> <div> 1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5 </div> <div> 2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </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 224 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 83 Isles games. </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> 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 71 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 zero come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win zero times this season, including zero times in the third period. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Overtime Is Our Time</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-0 in shootouts.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Sixth Attacker</b> </div> <div> The Isles have scored no goals with the 6th attacker and allowed no empty net goals. </div> <div> Opponents have scored no goals with 6th attacker and allowed no empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Last Year vs. This Year</b> </div> <div> •<span> </span>2026-27: 0-1-0 for 0 points in 1 game </div> <div> •<span> </span>2025-26: 0-1-0 for 0 points in 1 game </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: 0-0-0 </div> <div> •<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 40-126-166 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Home and Road</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 overall; they are 0-0-0 at home and 0-1-0 on the road. </div> <div> Toronto is 1-1-0 overall; they are 1-1-0 at home and 0-0-0 on the road. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 against the East (0-0-0 vs. Metropolitan and 0-1-0 vs. Atlantic) and 0-0-0 against the West (0-0-0 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>First Things First<span> </span></b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 when scoring first and 0-1-0 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;11-8-8=27 </div> <div> Toronto 10-12-4=26 </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 0-0-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves; he is 0-1-0 this season and 8-6-0 vs. Toronto. </div> <div> Anthony Stolarz made 25 saves; he is 1-0-0 this season and 2-3-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Special Teams</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 0-4 (8:00); Toronto was 1-4 (7:54). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 0-1-0 when they do not. The Isles are 0-1-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 0-0-0 when they do not. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 0-0-0 when they are outscored, and 0-1-0 when special team goals are equal.&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles 0-0-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-1-0 when they do not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 in games decided by a single goal including 0-11 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-0 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-0 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season.&nbsp; </div> <div> The Isles are 0-1-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 0-0-0 when the Isles also played the previous day. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Ice-time Leaders</b> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer (27:45); Toronto: Chris Tanev (20:39) </div> <div> Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (22:31). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Face-offs</b> </div> <div> Isles 20, Toronto 30 (40%) </div> <div> Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 7 of 13 for the Isles; Auston Matthews won 8 of 13 for Toronto. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Hit Count</b> </div> <div> Isles 24 (Three with 3) </div> <div> Toronto 19 (Kirill Marchenko -4) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Fights&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> None. Season total: 0 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <b>Blocked Shots</b> </div> <div> Isles 11 (Two with 2) </div> <div> Toronto 21 (Jake McCabe -5) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> Corsi: All situations: Isles 67, Toronto 48 </div> <div> Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 46, Toronto 33 </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <i>5-on-5 leaders:</i> </div> <div> Isles: Matthew Schaefer +19 </div> <div> Toronto: Nick Paul +6 </div> <div> <i><br></i> </div> <div> <i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i> </div> <div> All situations: Isles 14, Toronto 10 </div> <div> 5-on-5: Isles 9, Toronto 8 </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Scratches</b> </div> <div> Mathew Barzal (INJ), Scott Mayfield, Matt Kessel, Kyle MacLean </div> <div> Games Lost to injury: 1. (Last season’s total: 399) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Brayden Schenn played his 327th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have played in every Islander game since the start of last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 0-0-0 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> The Isles went 0-0-0 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: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b> </div> <div> Isles responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Opponent responses (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </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 (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>OT Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Shootout Winners</b> </div> <div> For (0):&nbsp; </div> <div> Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp; </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 979… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 643 *** 17. Derek King 638 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 637*** 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 309…&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 dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div> <div> The Hamilton Hammers begin their season on Friday night in Belleville and then visit Toronto at 4pm on Saturday. </div> <div> <br> </div> </div> </div> <div> <b>Season Series Stats</b> </div> <div> Toronto leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will play next on October 17th in Toronto. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 8-3-0 in their last 11 games against Toronto. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>UP NEXT</b> </div> <div> <b>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd —NEW JERSEY AT ISLANDERS 7:30pm</b> </div> <div> <b>[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:00], WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Isles return home to face the Devils in the home opener.&nbsp; Last season the Isles swept the series, winning all four games by a combined score of 17-4.&nbsp; The Isles are 7-0-1 in the last eight games against New Jersey. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles are 1-3-1 in five prior home openers at UBS Arena. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> It will be the 4,200th game in Islander history. </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="ydpa9d5818dsignature"> 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-69766406162673108732026-09-28T23:10:23.078-04:002026-09-28T23:10:23.078-04:00<div class="ydpd595f730yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div class="ydp3064af72pasted-link"> <div> <b>“The Skinny” on the Opener</b> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>By Eric Hornick</b> </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> The 2026-27 season begins on Wednesday night in Toronto.&nbsp; What will the first 84-game season since 1993-94 be like?&nbsp; It all begins to unfold with the earliest regular season game in Islander history – on Wednesday, September 30th.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>UP FIRST</b> </div> <div> <b>WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th — ISLANDERS AT TORONTO 7:30pm</b> </div> <div> <b>[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:00], WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b> </div> <div> The Islanders begin their 54th season by heading to Toronto to face the new look Maple Leafs. It is the first of two trips to Toronto in the first 2 ½ weeks of the season. The Isles went 3-0-0 against the Leafs last season (1-0-0 in Toronto) and are 8-2-0 in their last ten games against the Leafs.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Opening Night Skinny Notes</b> </div> <div> The Isles are 3-6-1 on Opening Night over the last ten years, and they are only 6-13-4 in their last 23 Openers. Overall, the Isles are 14-27-12 on Opening Night (11-21-8 on the road and 3-6-4 at home). Only four teams (all Original Six teams) have opened their season on the road more often than the Isles. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> This is the first time that the Isles have faced the Leafs in their opener; it will be the second game for Toronto, who host Montreal on Tuesday. The Isles did open the shortened 2013 road season in Toronto (with a 7-4 win) but that was the third game of the season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles 14-27-12 (.377) Opening Night record is the second worst among current teams who have played more than five openers (Seattle is 1-3-1). Anaheim has the worst record on opening night of any other team: 11-21-0 (.344). This will be Pete DeBoer’s first Opening Night as the Isles’ head coach; he is 10-7-0 in his career in openers. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles have been involved in five shutouts on Opening Night. Chico Resch blanked the Flyers in 1976, and Semyon Varlamov had a clean sheet against the Rangers in January 2021, while the Kings (Stephane Fiset in 1996), Panthers (Jose Theodore in 2011), and Blue Jackets (Sergei Bobrovsky in 2017) turned the trick on the Isles. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Islander club record for the fastest goal on Opening Night is 1:01, set by Dave Scatchard on October 10, 2002, in Buffalo. The NHL record for the fastest Opening Night goal is 0:10, set by Kent Nilsson of Minnesota (10/11/86 @ Quebec). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> No Islander has ever had an opening night hat trick; twelve Isles scored twice in an Opener, with Anders Lee (January 2021) being the last player to have done so. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Schedule Skinny:</b> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Schedule Format</b> </div> <div> The 84-game schedule allows for two extra division games, so the Isles will face each Metro foe four times. The Isles will play each of the eight teams in the Atlantic Division three times and will play a home and home series with each Western Conference foe. Buffalo, Detroit, Ottawa, and Montreal are the four Atlantic Division teams that will visit UBS Arena twice; the Isles will play twice in Boston, Florida, Toronto, and Tampa Bay. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Back-to-Backs</b> </div> <div> After playing sixteen sets of back-to-backs (tied for the most in the NHL) last season, the Isles will play only 13 sets this season.&nbsp; All of them will be played in the final 60 games as the Isles will hit Thanksgiving before their first set. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Every Day’s a Home Game</b> </div> <div> The Isles will play nine home games on Saturday, eight on Tuesday, and six times on Thursday. They will play five times on Sunday, five times on Friday and on Monday, and four times on Wednesday.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Schedule by Month</b> </div> <div> September (1), October (13), November (12), December (14), January (14), February (11), March (13), April (6). The Isles will complete the regular season against Columbus on Saturday, April 10th. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles will reach the midway point of their schedule when they play game 42 on January 5th in Vancouver. There will be 26 games remaining after the Isles host the NHL All-Star break on February 5-6th.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Schedule Streaks</b> </div> <div> The 2026-27 schedule is more balanced between home and road games this last season. The Isles have only one four-game homestand (March 1-9) and play more than four straight games on the road only once (five games before the All-Star break and one afterwards). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles will play 21 of the first 42 games at home and will also play 21 of the last 42 games at home, including eight of the final eleven games of the regular season. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Changing Times</b> </div> <div> Beginning this year, Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia will use year-round daylight savings time.&nbsp; Thus, there will be earlier New York starting times for the four Islander games played in those provinces – </div> <div> •<span> </span>19-Nov-26<span> </span>@<span> </span>Winnipeg&nbsp; &nbsp;(7:00 NY Time/ 7:00 local) </div> <div> •<span> </span>5-Jan-27<span> </span>@<span> </span>Vancouver (9:00 NY Time/ 7:00 local) </div> <div> •<span> </span>7-Jan-27<span> </span>@<span> </span>Calgary&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (8:00 NY Time/ 7:00 local) </div> <div> •<span> </span>9-Jan-27<span> </span>@<span> </span>Edmonton&nbsp; (3:30 NY Time/ 1:30 local) </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Matinee Isles</b> </div> <div> The Isles will play ten afternoon games this season, including eight at UBS Arena (beginning on Halloween vs. Edmonton). The Isles will play one 5:00 home game (April 10th vs. Columbus), one 7:45 home game (October 13th vs. Vancouver), one 6:30 home game (March 1st vs. Florida) and twelve 7:30 home games, with the other 20 home games scheduled for 7:00pm. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>All-Star Break</b> </div> <div> The Isles will go eight consecutive days without a game around the All-Star break between contests in Buffalo on February 3rd and at Madison Square Garden on February 12th.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The 2026-27 Islanders:</b> </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>General Manager Mathieu Darche</b> </div> <div> After helping the Tampa Bay Lightning to two Stanley Cups, Mathieu Darche was named Islander General Manager and Executive Vice President on May 23, 2025. Darche begins his second season as the Isles General Manager. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Coach Peter DeBoer</b> </div> <div> Pete De Boer begins his first full season as the Islander head coach after going 1-3-0 last April. De Boer is 663-450-152 in 1265 regular season games, 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 a Conference Final six times in his last eight full seasons.&nbsp; He is coaching in the NHL for the 19th consecutive season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> DeBoer is 21st in games coached (nine behind Todd McLellan and Claude Julien) 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 (237) is the only active coach with more games.&nbsp; His 97 wins are fifth all-time, and three behind Dick Irvin. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Active Roster</b> </div> <div> The Isles have 23 players on their active roster, as submitted to the NHL on Monday: </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>FORWARDS (13)</b> </div> <div> Casey Cizikas </div> <div> Anthony Duclair </div> <div> Victor Eklund </div> <div> Emil Heineman </div> <div> Simon Holmstrom </div> <div> Bo Horvat </div> <div> Mattias Maccelli </div> <div> Kyle MacLean </div> <div> Jean-Gabriel Pageau </div> <div> Ondrej Palat </div> <div> Kyle Palmieri </div> <div> Cal Ritchie </div> <div> Brayden Schenn </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>DEFENSEMEN (8)</b> </div> <div> Tony DeAngelo </div> <div> Matt Kessel </div> <div> Scott Mayfield </div> <div> Adam Pelech </div> <div> Ryan Pulock </div> <div> Alexander Romanov </div> <div> Matthew Schaefer </div> <div> Logan Stanley </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>GOALTENDERS (2)</b> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin </div> <div> Semyon Varlamov </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> There are eight changes from last season’s opening roster. </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> Victor Eklund, Matt Kessel, Mattias Maccelli, Ondrej Palat, Cal Ritchie, Brayden Schenn, Logan Stanley and Semyon Varlomov (injured all last season) are newcomers on the Isles roster from last October, replacing Jonathan Drouin, Marc Gatcomb, Anders Lee, Max Shabanov, Max Tsyplakov, Adam Boqvist, David Rittich, and Mathew Barzal (injured). </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The twenty-three active players represent five nationalities: American (DeAngelo, Kessel, MacLean, Mayfield, and Palmieri), Canadian (ten players), Czech (Palat), Finnish (Maccelli), Swedish (Ekland, Heineman and Holmstrom), and Russian (Romanov, Sorokin, and Varlamov). </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Old and Young</b> </div> <div> Semyon Varlamov (April 27, 1988) is the only Islander born in the 1980s, with Kyle Palmieri (February 1, 1991) being the oldest skater. Matthew Schaefer (9-5-2007) remains the youngest skater and will play his entire second NHL season as a teenager; Victor Eklund is the second youngest and will turn 20 on Saturday. Eight of the 23 players (all skaters) were born in the 2000s. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Of the twenty-three active players, Ilya Sorokin is the 12th oldest (and 12th youngest); Sorokin turned 31 on August 4th.&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Big and Small</b> </div> <div> Logan Stanley is the tallest (6’7”) and is the heaviest (231 pounds). Only five Islanders are below six feet tall (all are 5’11”); Victor Eklund is the lightest (175 pounds).&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Opening Night</b> </div> <div> Casey Cizikas is expected to play on Opening Night for the 14th time in his career, tying Bryan Trottier’s club record. Bailey and Denis Potvin for second place in club history (Bryan Trottier played in 14 openers). Cizikas will also become the first Islander skater to appear in 16 different seasons; Bill Smith played in the first 17 seasons of Islander history. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Isles Opening Night Leaders:</b> </div> <div> Goals:&nbsp; &nbsp;Bossy 7, Nelson 6, Trottier/Harris 5 (Active: Palmieri 2, Barzal 2) </div> <div> Assists: Trottier 9, Gillies 7/Nelson 7 (Active: Barzal 4, Cizikas/Palmieri 3) </div> <div> Points: Trottier 14, Nelson 13, Bossy 11 (Active: Barzal 6, Palmieri 5) </div> <div> Penalty Minutes: Rich Pilon 39, Ray Schultz 23 (in 1 game!), Duane Sutter 21 (Active: Barzal 10) </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Ilya Sorokin is 1-3-0 on opening night (.896, 3.33) while Semyon Varlamov is 1-1-1 (.910, 2.32) in three openers as an Islander. Billy Smith is the only goalie in Islander history with multiple opening night wins (3-4-3 in 10 openers).&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Captain, My Captain</b> </div> <div> For the first time since 2017, the Islanders have a new Captain, as Bo Horvat replaces Anders Lee.&nbsp; Horvat also served as Captain of the Canucks from October 9, 2019, until his trade to the Islanders on January 30, 2023. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>The Rookie</b> </div> <div> Victor Eklund, who made his NHL debut in the season finale, is the only rookie on the Isles roster.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>A Look Back</b> </div> <div> The Isles finished the 2025-26 regular season with a 43-34-5 record, with a 1-7-0 finish costing them a shot at post-season play. That left the Isles in 19th place in the 32-team NHL, and seven points out of a playoff spot. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The Isles went 22-17-2 on UBS ice and 21-17-3 on the road. </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>Special Teams (Last Season)</b> </div> <div> Power Play 40-242 16.5% (9 shorthanded goals allowed); 30th in NHL </div> <div> Penalty Kill 41-214 80.8% (9 shorthanded goals scored); 10th in NHL </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> The special teams combined for 97.3%, which was a 12.5% improvement from the 84.8% combined the previous season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <b>Offense from Defense</b> </div> <div> The Islander defense contributed 40 goals and 126 assists for 166 points last season; the 40 goals were the most for the Isles’ defense since 2022-23, when they scored 41 goals. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>East and West</b> </div> <div> Last season, the Isles went 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 were 29-12-3 when scoring first and were 14-22-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Three is a Magic Number</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 33-9-3 when they scored at least three goals (including shootout winners) last season and are 10-25-2 when they did not.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>One-Goal Games</b> </div> <div> The Isles were 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> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b> </div> <div> The Isles went 5-11-0 in the front end and 9-6-1 in the back end last season.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>The Ironmen</b> </div> <div> Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman played in every Islander game last season. Including 307 games in St. Louis, Brayden Schenn has played 326 consecutive games. </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>Matthew Schaefer and History</b> </div> <div> Almost every club record for a teenager is within reach this season for Matthew Schaefer.&nbsp; Schaefer brings career totals of 23-36-59 (4 game-winning goals) into this season; Bryan Trottier went 32-63-95 (5 game-winning goals) in his teenage season of 1975-76.&nbsp; Schaefer has 221 shots on goal, 64 shy of Tim Connolly’s club record for a teen. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 84 Isles games. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer played at least 29 minutes four times last season: </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 (NHL record for a teenager) </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> <br> </div> <div> Schaefer ended the season by playing 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> <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 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 *** </div> <div> 4. Casey Cizikas 978… </div> <div> 15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 642 *** 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 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 *** </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> 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> 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 ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380… </div> <div> 15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 **** 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*** 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*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173 </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Wins </div> <div> 1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 154 … </div> <div> 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 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>Isles on the Air</b> </div> <div> MSG Networks will carry 74 of the Isles’ 84 games this season (TNT will carry three games, ESPN will carry two games, while ESPN+/Hulu will exclusively stream five games). All MSG broadcasts will also stream on DAZN. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Brendan Burke will call most Islander games for the 11th straight season. Newly crowned Emmy Award Winner Thomas Hickey (5th season) returns as the lead analyst on Islander broadcasts, while Cal Clutterbuck (3rd season) and Butch Goring (!7th season) also return. Shannon Hogan hosts Isles telecasts for her 13th season. </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> Alan Fuehring will call play-by-play on radio and will continue to fill in for Brendan Burke as well. Analysts include Josh Bailey, Eric Carins and Butch Goring. All games will air on WRHU (88.7FM) and on WRCN (103.9FM), and stream on the Isles + UBS Arena App, as well as the NHL App and on Satellite Radio.&nbsp; </div> <div> <b><br></b> </div> <div> <b>And Finally…</b> </div> <div> We begin the 17th consecutive season of The Skinny as I begin my 46th season on Islander telecasts. The Skinny streak stands at 1,178 consecutive games, including playoffs. The 1,200th consecutive edition will follow the game in Detroit on November 21st. </div> <div> <i style=""><br></i> </div> <div> <i style="">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="ydpd595f730signature"> 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-67226232155646000252026-05-04T07:02:30.689-04:002026-05-04T07:02:30.689-04:00<div class="ydp66434c4eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="ydp66434c4eyiv4187497896" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp66434c4eyiv4187497896ydpda5141dfyahoo-style-wrap"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Do you remember this from last year?&nbsp; What's 14 x 13 x 12 x 11? It's 24,024. </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> What does that have to do with the Draft Lottery, which will be conducted on Tuesday night? Well, everything. </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <br> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> The lottery, which will determine the first two picks in the NHL Entry Draft, which begins June 26th, is conducted with the selection of four balls from a pool of 14. Once a ball is chosen, it is not replaced (so each ball can be selected only once). As if turns out, there are 24,024 possible "permutations" that can be chosen. However, when you change it to combinations (ie 1-2-3-4 is the same result as 4-3-2-1 or 2-3-4-1.... or 21 other permutations), there are only (24,024 divided by 24 = ) 1,001 possible results. </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <br> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> One of those 1,001 is thrown out (it is the combination 11-12-13-14) and the others are assigned to each of the teams. Last year's combination of 7-11-12-13 was assigned to the Islanders and that was how they earned the right to draft the presumptive Calder Trophy winner. </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <br> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> Here are the odds of winning the lottery: </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div> <div> <span><span> </span>Teams (Fewest Points to Most)<span> </span>Odds</span> </div> <div> 1<span> </span>Vancouver Canucks<span> </span>18.5% </div> <div> 2<span> </span>Chicago Blackhawks<span> </span>13.5% </div> <div> 3<span> </span>New York Rangers<span> </span>11.5% </div> <div> 4<span> </span>Calgary Flames<span> </span>9.5% </div> <div> 5<span> </span>Toronto Maple Leafs (cond. to BOS) *<span> </span>8.5% </div> <div> 6<span> </span>Seattle Kraken<span> </span>7.5% </div> <div> 7<span> </span>Winnipeg Jets<span> </span>6.5% </div> <div> 8<span> </span>Florida Panthers<span> </span>6.0% </div> <div> 9<span> </span>San Jose Sharks<span> </span>5.0% </div> <div> 10<span> </span>Nashville Predators<span> </span>3.5% </div> <div> 11<span> </span>St. Louis Blues<span> </span>3.0% </div> <div> 12<span> </span>New Jersey Devils<span> </span>2.5% </div> <div> 13<span> </span>New York Islanders<span> </span>2.0% </div> <div> 14<span> </span>Columbus Blue Jackets<span> </span>1.5% </div> <div> 15<span> </span>St. Louis Blues (from DET)<span> </span>0.5% </div> <div> 16<span> </span>Washington Capitals<span> </span>0.5% </div> <div> <br> </div> </div>(If the Leafs fall out of the top 5, their pick transfers to Boston) </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <br> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;"> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> The Isles' odds of winning the lottery are 1 in 50, although if the Isles win the lottery they can only move as high as 3rd (and Vancouver would retain the top pick) as you can only move up 10 spots. </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <br> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> The Isles' odds of winning the lottery are about 57% of what they were a season ago - the chances a team winning with a 3.5% and a 2.0% chance is in consecutive years is 1:1,428, but the lotteries are independent events so the Isles' still have 2.0% chance this season. </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <br> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> The Isles have won the lottery three times, moving from 4th to 1st in 2000 (DiPietro), retaining the first pick in 2009 (Tavares), and hitting the lottery from 10th to 1st last season (Schaefer). </div> </div> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <br> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> The Isles have picked 1st overall five times: Harris (1972), Potvin (1973), DiPietro (2000), Tavares (2009), Schaefer (2025) but won't this season. </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <br> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> So what are the Isles' lucky numbers?&nbsp; Here are the 20 combinations that will win the lottery for the Isles. </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <br> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;"> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> 1 2 5 6&nbsp; </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>1 2 5 11&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>1 3 4 13&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>1 5 7 9&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>1 5 11 12&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>1 6 7 11&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>2 3 7 13&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>2 3 12 13&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>2 9 12 13&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>2 12 13 14&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>3 6 13 14&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>3 8 12 14&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>3 10 11 14&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>4 5 8 11&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>4 5 8 14&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>4 6 9 14&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>5 7 10 14&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>6 11 13 14&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>7 9 13 14&nbsp;</span> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr"> <span>8 9 10 14</span><br> </div> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> Each lottery ball appears in exactly 286 combinations (although the 11-12-13-14 combination would be thrown out).&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <br> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> The number 14 is the most common winning number for the Isles, appearing 10 times; number 10 is the least common, appearing only three times.&nbsp; (The number ten was also the least common number in the Isles' lottery card last season) </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <br> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> The lottery will be shown live on ESPN Tuesday night; you will be able to see the Isles' odds of winning change after each ball is chosen. </div> </div> <div style="line-height:1.5;"> <br> </div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.5;" data-setdir="false"> The most you can move up is 10 spots, so if NJ/NYI/CBJ/Stl/Was win the lottery, the first pick will belong to Vancouver.&nbsp; The Canucks have never picked first in the NHL Entry Draft. </div> </div> </div> <div> <i><br></i> </div> <div class="ydp66434c4eyiv4187497896ydpda5141dfsignature"> <i>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</i><br><br> </div> </div><br> </div> </div> Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-82989566839584392472026-04-15T00:58:31.960-04:002026-04-15T00:58:31.960-04:00<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-78303182100798287082026-04-12T22:11:25.502-04:002026-04-12T22:11:25.502-04:00<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-80799679225924007572026-04-11T22:15:11.516-04:002026-04-11T22:15:11.516-04:00<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-64065690322776496052026-04-10T01:06:38.127-04:002026-04-10T01:06:38.127-04:00<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-37867783065840765312026-04-08T23:11:00.000-04:002026-04-08T23:11:05.898-04:00<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^st&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^st&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^nd&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^rd&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^st&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^nd&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^rd&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^th&nbsp;WC/4^th&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^th&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^th&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^th&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-31327680413712154482026-04-07T22:10:00.000-04:002026-04-07T22:10:03.532-04:00<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^st&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^st&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^nd&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^rd&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^st&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^nd&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^rd&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^th&nbsp;WC/4^th&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^th&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^th&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^th&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-55526061100596335022026-04-06T21:52:00.003-04:002026-04-06T21:52:39.325-04:00<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^st&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^st&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^nd&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^rd&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^st&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^nd&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^rd&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^th&nbsp;WC/4^th&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^th&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^th&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^th&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-13228709610085829412026-04-05T22:29:00.000-04:002026-04-05T22:29:27.471-04:00<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^st 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^st 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^nd 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^rd 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^st 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^nd 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^rd 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^th WC/4^th 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^th 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^th 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^th 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-39912192132284822532026-04-04T23:25:00.000-04:002026-04-04T23:40:24.588-04:00<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.com0