tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57908232026-10-11T15:48:40.346-04:00Statistician 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.comBlogger3677125tag: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.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-10045862956591579132026-04-04T00:14:00.001-04:002026-04-04T00:30:05.372-04:00<div class="ydpc5af2aecyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"><div class="ydp69781d54pasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Game 77</b></div><div><b>Philadelphia 4, Isles 1</b></div><div>Matvei Michkov scored a goal and added two assists for his seventh career three-point game as the Philadelphia Flyers built a 3-0 lead defeated the Islanders 4-1, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau had the only goal for the Islanders, who lost in regulation for the third straight game. It is the Isles' first 0-3-0 stretch since the first three games of the season.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles remain in third place in the Metro Division, although Columbus and Philadelphia are both one point behind.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Owen Tippett (28) Travis Sanheim (25) 13:54 PHI 1,NYI 0</div><div>Alex Bump (4) Matvei Michkov (25), Noah Cates (26) 15:01 PHI 2,NYI 0</div><div><br /></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Matvei Michkov (17) 02:52 PHI 3,NYI 0</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau (16) Mathew Barzal (50), Simon Holmstrom (21) 15:37 PHI 3,NYI 1</div><div><br /></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Travis Sanheim (10) Matvei Michkov (26), Alex Bump (4) 09:16 PHI 4,NYI 1</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-6-0 in their last nine games and 7-9-0 in their last sixteen games… Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 25 of 30, allowing three goals to the Canadiens and two to the Sabres…The Isles improved their NHL-leading home penalty kill to 13-87 (85.1%) with their eighth consecutive game without allowing a power play goal.…Cal Ritchie's point streak ended at a career-best five games … Mathew Barzal reached the 50-assist mark for the 3rd time.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 102 points (35 RW) in 75 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Tampa Bay 100 (38 RW) in 75&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Buffalo 100 (38 RW) in 76</div><div>4.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 98 (32 RW) in 75</div><div>5.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 94 (31 RW) in 76</div><div>6.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 92 (31 RW) in 76</div><div>7.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 77</div><div>8.<span> </span>(2nd WC) Ottawa 88 (33 RW) in 75</div><div>-------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC) Detroit 88 (29 RW) in 75&nbsp;</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC/4th Metro) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 76&nbsp;</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 88 (24 RW) in 76</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 85 (32 RW) in 76&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Friday's Result</div><div>PHIL 4 @NYI 1</div><div><br /></div><div>Upcoming Games</div><div>Sat 4/4: NYI@CAR, DET@NYR,MIN@OTT,BOS@TB,FLA@PIT,MTL@NJ,BUF@WAS, WPG@CBJ</div><div>Sun 4/5: MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR</div><div>Mon 4/6: TB@BUF</div><div>Tue 4/7:&nbsp; TB@OTT, FLA@MTL, BOS@CAR,CBJ@DET, PHI@NJ</div><div>Wed 4/8: BUF@NYR, WAS@TOR</div><div>Thu 4/9: TOR@NYI, CBJ@BUF, TB@MTL. CAR@CHI. PIT@NJ, FLA@OTT, PHI@DET</div><div>Fri 4/10: No Games in Chase</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>JG Pageau's goal ended a streak of ten straight goals allowed by the Islanders at home; that had not happened since March 2001 when they allowed twelve straight.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal is the fifth Islander (and first this century) with at least three 50-assist seasons&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer now has a club rookie defenseman record 57 points. Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer remains tied with Phil Housley for the record for points by an 18-year-old defenseman.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer now has 205 shots on goal; he is the first rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Noah Dobson (206 in 2022-23) is the only Islander defenseman with more shots on goal in the last 20 years.</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (417) and Jake Guentzel (304) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Patrick Roy has 97 wins as an Islander coach; only 3 coaches have won at least 100 games for the Isles.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Fourth Line</b></div><div>Isles are 21-14-2 when Casey Cizikas, Marc Gatcomb and Kyle MacLean are all in the lineup and 21-16-3 otherwise.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>How Swede It Is</b></div><div>Emil Heineman (21) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 40 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>20 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 22 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 26-17-1 (with a .909 save percentage, and a 2.62 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin is 15-4-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin leads the NHL with 18 road wins (18-10-1) but is 10-11-1 at home.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Rittich is 11-3-1 at home this season.</div><div><br /></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 3-4-0 overall, 3-3-0 at home and 0-1-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI 1-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>Matthew Schaefer (22-35-57 in 77 GP)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24</div><div>5.<span> </span>Brent Sutter 23</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 63</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 51</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 36</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 35</div><div>Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 95</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 75</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 62</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 57</div><div>Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 285</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 205</div><div>Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 89 Isles games.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (35), and points (57). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals and Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 goals and 57 points (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties</b><span> </span></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 37 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +19 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br /></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 37 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div>This is only the seventh time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf and PK Subban each twice) that any defenseman has drawn at least 37 penalties. Schaefer's +19 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 37</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 37</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br /></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>4.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div><br /></div><div>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)</div><div><br /></div><div>There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 65 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Shots by an Isles Rookie</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>&nbsp; 235<span> </span>1977-78<span> </span></div><div>2.<span> </span>David Volek<span> </span>&nbsp; 229<span> </span>1988-89<span> </span></div><div>3.<span> </span>Michael Grabner 228<span> </span>2010-11<span> </span></div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin<span> </span>&nbsp; 209<span> </span>1973-74</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 205&nbsp; &nbsp; 2025-26<span> </span></div><div>Schaefer is the first NHL rookie defenseman to hit 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06 (242).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br /></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 13 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 35 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 15 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 42-30-5 for 89 points in 77 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 34-32-11 for 79 points in 77 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-0-0</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-119-158</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br /></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-0-0</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-65-104</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>The assists and points are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139); the last time Islander rookies combined for more goals was in 2010-11 (48, including 34 from Michael Grabner).</div><div><br /></div><div>The 39 rookie goals are tied with Montreal for the NHL lead,&nbsp; while the 104 points are 2nd to Chicago's 110. Islander rookies have scored 17.8% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 42-30-5 overall; they are 21-14-2 at home and 21-16-3 on the road.</div><div>Philadelphia is 38-26-12 overall; they are 17-13-8 at home and 21-13-4 on the road.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-16-4 against the East (14-8-2 vs. Metropolitan and 11-8-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>First Things First</b><span> </span></div><div>The Isles are 28-11-3 when scoring first and 14-19-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2-12-8=22</div><div>Philadelphia 12-6-3=21</div><div>The Isles are 14-17-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-11-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 17 saves; he is 28-21-2 this season and 12-4-3 vs. Philadelphia.</div><div>Dan Vladar made 20 saves; he is 25-13-7 this season and 2-0-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-3 (6:00); Philadelphia was 0-2 (4:00).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 20-9-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-21-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-14-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-16-1 when they do not.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 19-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-11-2 when they are outscored, and 18-18-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 32-8-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-22-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-9-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-9 in regulation; the 27 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 5-10-0 on the front end and 9-4-1 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes on Saturday in Carolina. The final back-to-back will be on April 11th-12th when the Isles host Ottawa and Montreal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 8-6-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (28:43); Philadelphia: Travis Sanheim (24:15)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Isles forwards (24:06).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 32, Philadelphia 27 (54%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 10 of 18 for the Isles; Tage Thompson won 7 of 12 for Philadelphia.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 26 (Kyle MacLean-5)</div><div>Philadelphia 25 (Two with 4)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>None. Season total: 10 (Mayfield -3, Lee-3, MacLean-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 11 (Two with 4)</div><div>Philadelphia 21 (Two with 4)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 61, Philadelphia 47</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 40, Philadelphia 31</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><i>5-on-5 leaders:</i></div><div>Isles: Bo Horvat +10</div><div>Philadelphia: Alex Bump +4</div><div><br /></div><div><i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i></div><div>All situations: Isles 10, Philadelphia 12</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 6, Philadelphia 7</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), Anthony Duclair, Max Shabanov, Isaiah George</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 374. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 321st&nbsp; consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (159) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-6-2 in matinee games this season; the final matinee is April 11th vs Ottawa at 1:00pm. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 18-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br /></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br /></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 973 *** 5. Anders Lee 918…</div><div>15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 637 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 632 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 610 *** 22. Frans Nielsen and Mathew Barzal 606</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 307&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123…</div><div>33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98</div><div><br /></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 378…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 146</div><div><br /></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 548 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 531…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 …</div><div>32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240</div><div><br /></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +82 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 20. Ryan Pulock +68 *** 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 146…&nbsp;</div><div>14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Tom Kurvers, Gerry Hart, and Scott Mayfield 108</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 176…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 138</div><div><br /></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 304…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br /></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 153 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br /></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport beat Hershey 4-1 on Wednesday and beat Hartford 4-2 on Friday to improve to 30-28-3-5 on the season. Victor Eklund had five assists in the two wins, giving him six helpers in four games in North America while Henrik Tikkanen earned both wins. Tikkanen has won six straight, while allowing only 13 goals; he is 8-1-0 in his last nine games, allowing only one goal in his only loss. The Islanders have climbed into 4th place in the Atlantic; they are now six points clear of Lehigh Valley, who are out of the playoffs.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Islanders are now off until Thursday, when they host Wilkes Barre-Scranton in the penultimate regular season game ever to be played in Bridgeport.</div><div><br /></div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 27;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Highmore 22&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 32, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 46.(Luff has 49, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 16-7-1, 2.38, .907; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Philadelphia wins the season series, 3 games to 1 (and 6 points to 4).&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>This was only the Isles' second regulation loss to the Flyers at UBS Arena (6-2-2); the Isles are 9-2-2 in their last 13 home games against the Flyers.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SATURDAY, APRIL 4th&nbsp; &nbsp;—ISLES AT CAROLINA 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>It has been over five months since the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Isles 6-2 in Raleigh on the day before Halloween. The Isles head back to Tobacco Road for the middle game of the season series on Saturday.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have lost three straight games in Raleigh and have been outscored 14-6 in that span.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Canes will make their only visit to Long Island on April 14th in the final game of the regular season.</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="ydpc5af2aecsignature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick<br /></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-48367054378434577092026-04-02T22:09:00.004-04:002026-04-02T22:09:41.760-04:00<p>&nbsp;It was a fairly decent off night for the Isles in the Metro race as Pittsburgh, Columbus, Philadelphia and Washington all lost in regulation.&nbsp;</p><p>However, Ottawa moved into a playoff spot, and Detroit's win in Philly created a 3-way tie at 88 points.</p><p>Isles can take a three point lead in the playoff race with a home-ice win on Friday night&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">The Playoff Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1^st Metro)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Carolina 102 points (35 RW) in 75 games<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1^st Atlantic) Tampa Bay 100 (38 RW) in 75 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2^nd Atlantic) Buffalo 100 (38 RW) in 76<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3^rd Atlantic) Montreal 98 (32 RW) in 75<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1^st WC) Boston 94 (31 RW) in 76<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2nd Metro)</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Pittsburgh 92 (31 RW) in 76</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3^rd Metro)</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 76</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">8.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(2nd&nbsp;WC) Ottawa 88 (33 RW) in 75</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">-----</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">9.<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(3rd&nbsp;WC) Detroit 88 (29 RW) in 75</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(4th<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span>WC/4^th Metro) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 76 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .25in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">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; </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">(5^th WC) Philadelphia 86 (23 RW) in 75</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(6^th WC) Washington 85 (32 RW) in 76<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><b>Thursday’s Results<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">BUF 1 @OTT 4 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">PIT 3 @TB 6<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">BOS 1 @FLA 2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">MTL 3 @NYR 2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DET 4@PHI 2 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">CBJ 1 @CAR 5 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">WSH 3@NJD 7<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><b>Upcoming Games<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Fri 4/3: PHI@NYI</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Sat 4/4:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> NYI@CAR, DET@NYR,MIN@OTT,BOS@TB,FLA@PIT,MTL@NJ,BUF@WAS, WPG@CBJ<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Sun 4/5:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Mon 4/6:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> TB@BUF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Tue 4/7:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>TB@OTT, FLA@MTL, BOS@CAR,CBJ@DET, PHI@NJ<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Wed 4/8:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> BUF@NYR, WAS@TOR<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Thu 4/9:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> TOR@NYI, CBJ@BUF, TB@MTL. CAR@CHI. PIT@NJ, FLA@OTT, PHI@DET<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Fri 4/10:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> No Games in Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-43088221150958274542026-03-31T23:34:00.001-04:002026-03-31T23:34:26.701-04:00<div class="ydp73ceb536yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydp451f2c9dpasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 76</b></div><div><b>Buffalo 4, Isles 3</b></div><div>Peyton Krebs broke a 2-2 tie with 3:01 to play, and a Bo Byram empty-netter 78 seconds later turned out to be the winner as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Islanders, 4-3, before a sellout crowd of 19,070 at KeyBank Center.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The teams traded power play goals over the first two periods, and when Anders Lee re-tied the game with 6:21 to play but Krebs' goal sent the Isles to a second straight defeat. Matthew Schaefer assisted on the Lee goal to set a club rookie defensemen record with his 57th point.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles remain in third place in the Metro Division and hope to still be there when they host Philadelphia on Friday.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Jack Quinn (18) Josh Norris (16) 14:19 NYI 0,BUF 1 PPG</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Calum Ritchie (12) Brayden Schenn (21), Bo Horvat (23) 17:57 NYI 1,BUF 1 PPG&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period&nbsp;</div><div>Tage Thompson (38) Josh Norris (17), Jack Quinn (31) 02:40 NYI 1,BUF 2 PPG</div><div>Anders Lee (18) Bo Horvat (24), Matthew Schaefer (35) 13:39 NYI 2,BUF 2</div><div>Peyton Krebs (11) Alex Tuch (31), Tage Thompson (40) 16:59 NYI 2,BUF 3</div><div>Bowen Byram (11)EN Mattias Samuelsson (28) 18:17 NYI 2,BUF 4</div><div>Brayden Schenn (17) Mathew Barzal (49), Bo Horvat (25) 19:59 NYI 3,BUF 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 15-10-0 in their last 25 games… Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 23 of 28, allowing three goals to the Canadiens and two tonight …Cal Ritchie extended his point streak to a career-best five games with his fourth power-play goal; other two rookies (Matthew Schaefer -8 and Dalibor Dvorsky -5) have more …The Isles went 8-8-0 In March … The Isles scored on the power play for the third consecutive game, matching a season high (also 11/8-11/13 and 12/9-12/13)…Bo Horvat had his first three-assist game of the season…Brayden Schenn's last second goal was his sixth in seven games against Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen…The Sabres recorded the 2,000th win in team history; they were 117 more wins than the Isles, who entered the NHL two years after Buffalo…This was the 15th straight sell-out in Buffalo...The Sabres' game-winner was their 24th empty-net goal of the season; Buffalo has faced an empty-net for a league-leading 69:22…Buffalo led the NHL in March with 11 wins (11-2-2); they recorded their first 100-point season since 2009-10.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Penalty Shot</b></div><div>Anders Lee became the second Islander to attempt a penalty shot when he was fouled in the second period; Lee was stopped on his first career attempt. Emil Heineman scored for the Isles in January in Winnipeg. Goalies have now stopped 26 of 32 this season.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 100 points (34 RW) in 74 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Buffalo 100 (38 RW) in 75</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 98 (37 RW) in 74&nbsp;</div><div>4.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 96 (31 RW) in 74</div><div>5.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 94 (31 RW) in 75</div><div>6.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 92 (31 RW) in 75</div><div>7.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 76</div><div>8.<span> </span>(2nd WC/4th Metro) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 75</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 74</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC) Detroit 86 (28 RW) in 74</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 86 (23 RW) in 74</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 85 (32 RW) in 75&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><i>Tuesday's Results</i></div><div>NYI 3 @BUF 4</div><div>DAL 3 @BOS 6&nbsp;</div><div>MTL 4 @TBL 1</div><div>OTT 3 @FLA 6</div><div>DET 1 @PIT 5</div><div>PHI&nbsp; 4 @WSH 6&nbsp;</div><div>CAR 5 @CBJ 2</div><div><br></div><div><i>Upcoming Games</i></div><div>Wed 4/1: No Games in Chase</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thu 4/2: BUF@OTT, PIT@TB, BOS@FLA, MTL@NYR, DET@PHI, CBJ@CAR, WSH@NJD</div><div>Fri 4/3: PHI@NYI</div><div>Sat 4/4: NYI@CAR, DET@NYR,MIN@OTT,BOS@TB,FLA@PIT,MTL@NJ,BUF@WAS, WPG@CBJ</div><div>Sun 4/5: MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR</div><div>Mon 4/6: TB@BUF</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn's last-second goal made Bowen Byram's empty-netter the game-winner; it is the third time the Isles have allowed a game-winner into an empty-net (1/27/22 vs LA and 12/29/99 vs TOR) and the first time it has ever happened on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Ondrej Palat played his 900th NHL game; Casey Cizikas and Anders Lee did that earlier this season.</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer now has 57 points, breaking the club record set 48 years ago by Stefan Persson; Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has tied Phil Housley's record for points by an 18-year-old defenseman.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer now has 203 shots on goal; he is the first rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Noah Dobson (206 in 2022-23) is the only Islander defenseman with more shots on goal in the last 20 years.</div><div>•<span> </span>Ilya Sorokin appeared in a 50th game for the fifth straight season to set a club record; Rick DiPietro did so four times (and they were consecutive with a lockout in the middle).</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (415) and Jake Guentzel (303) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Mathew Barzal needs one assist to become the fifth Islander (and first this century) with at least three 50-assist seasons.</div><div>•<span> </span>Patrick Roy has 97 wins as an Islander coach; only 3 coaches have won at least 100 games for the Isles.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Fourth Line</b></div><div>Isles are 21-13-2 when Casey Cizikas, Marc Gatcomb and Kyle MacLean are all in the lineup and 21-16-3 otherwise.</div><div><br></div><div><b>How Swede It Is</b></div><div>Emil Heineman (21) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 40 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 21 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 26-16-1 (with a .917 save percentage, and a 2.40 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin is 15-4-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)</b></div><div>1. Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%</div><div>2. Ken Dryden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(46/397) 11.6%</div><div>3. Dominik Hasek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (81/735) 11.0%</div><div>4. Martin Brodeur&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(125/1266)&nbsp; 9.9%</div><div>5. Ilya Sorokin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(29/303)&nbsp; 9.6%</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 3-3-0 overall, 3-2-0 at home and 0-1-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer (22-35-57 in 76 GP)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24</div><div>5.<span> </span>Brent Sutter 23</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 63</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 51</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 36</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 35</div><div>Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 95</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 75</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 62</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 57</div><div>Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 285</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 203</div><div>Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 90 Isles games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (35), and points (57). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals and Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 goals and 57 points (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties<span> </span></b></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 36 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +18 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 36 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div>This is only the eighth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 36 penalties. Schaefer's +18 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 36&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 36&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>4.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)</div><div><br></div><div>There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with four games of at least 29 minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 64 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Shots by an Isles Rookie</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>&nbsp; 235<span> </span>1977-78<span> </span></div><div>2.<span> </span>David Volek<span> </span>&nbsp; 229<span> </span>1988-89<span> </span></div><div>3.<span> </span>Michael Grabner 228<span> </span>2010-11<span> </span></div><div>4.<span> </span>Denis Potvin<span> </span>&nbsp; 209<span> </span>1973-74</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 203&nbsp; 2025-26<span> </span></div><div>Schaefer is the first NHL rookie defenseman to hit 200 shots since Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06 (242).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 13 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><br></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 35 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 15 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 42-29-5 for 89 points in 76 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 34-32-10 for 78 points in 76 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-1-1</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-119-158</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-1-2</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-65-104</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>The assists and points are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139); the last time Islander rookies combined for more goals was in 2010-11 (48, including 34 from Michael Grabner).</div><div><br></div><div>The 39 rookie goals are tied with Montreal for the NHL lead,&nbsp; while the 104 points are 2nd to Chicago's 108. Islander rookies have scored 17.7% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 42-29-5 overall; they are 21-13-2 at home and 21-16-3 on the road.</div><div>Buffalo is 46-21-8 overall; they are 23-10-4 at home and 23-11-4 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-15-4 against the East (14-7-2 vs. Metropolitan and 11-8-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 28-11-3 when scoring first and 14-18-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6-9-13=28</div><div>Buffalo 12-7-14=33</div><div>The Isles are 14-16-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-11-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves; he is 28-20-2 this season and 7-5-2 vs. Buffalo.</div><div>Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves; he is 19-8-3 this season and 4-1-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-3 (3:06); Buffalo was 2-4 (4:23).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 20-9-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-20-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-14-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-15-1 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 19-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-11-2 when they are outscored, and 18-17-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 32-8-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-9-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-9 in regulation; the 27 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 5-9-0 on the front end and 9-4-1 on the back end this season. The penultimate back-to-back will be on April 3rd-4th when the Isles host Philadelphia and visit Carolina.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (29:40); Buffalo: Rasmus Dahlin (23:14)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (21:22).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 32, Buffalo 27 (54%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 10 of 18 for the Isles; Tage Thompson won 7 of 12 for Buffalo.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 26 (Kyle MacLean-5)</div><div>Buffalo 25 (Peyton Krebs-5)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>Anders Lee fought Sam Carrick in the third period. Season total: 10 (Mayfield -3, Lee-3, MacLean-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 10 (Three with 2)</div><div>Buffalo 15 (Bowen Byram -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 52, Buffalo 65</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 34, Buffalo 51</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><i>5-on-5 leaders:</i></div><div>Isles: Anders Lee +6</div><div>Buffalo: Parker Wotherspoon +18</div><div><br></div><div><i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i></div><div>All situations: Isles 9, Buffalo 15</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 3, Buffalo 12</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), (Simon Holmstrom-INJ), Max Shabanov, Isaiah George</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 369. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 320th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (158) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 3-6-2 in matinee games this season; the final matinee is April 11th vs Ottawa at 1:00pm. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 18-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 972 *** 5. Anders Lee 917…</div><div>15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 636 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 631 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 609 *** 22. Frans Nielsen 606 ***&nbsp; 23. Mathew Barzal 605</div><div><br></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 307&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123…</div><div>33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 377…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 146</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 548 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 530…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 …</div><div>32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +82 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 20. Ryan Pulock +70 *** 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 146…&nbsp;</div><div>14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Tom Kurvers, Gerry Hart, and Scott Mayfield 108</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 176…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 138</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 303…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 153 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><br></div><div>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div>Bridgeport is 28-28-3-5 on the season heading into Wednesday morning's game with Hershey. The Islanders are in 5th place in the Atlantic; they are one point behind Hershey and two points ahead of Springfield and Lehigh Valley.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 26;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Highmore 22&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 32, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 45.(Luff has 49, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 14-7-1, 2.45, .902; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887</div><div><br></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Buffalo wins the season series, 3 games to 0 (and 6 points to 1).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 0-3-1 in their last four games with the Sabres; it is their longest winless streak against the Sabres since October 2005- New Year's Day 2007, when they went 0-5-1 in a six-game stretch.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>FRIDAY, APRIL 3rd&nbsp; —PHILADELPHIA AT ISLES 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles return home and host the Flyers in a key Metro Division game.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 1-0-2 against the Flyers this season, including a 4-3 shootout loss on Black Friday in the game where Kyle Palmieri was injured.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 9-1-2 in their last twelve home games against the Flyers, including 6-1-2 at UBS Arena.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div><b>AND FINALLY…</b></div><div>Happy Birthday to the Hockey Maven, Stan Fischler—who turned 94 today and has the press level at UBS Arena named in his honor.</div><div><i><br></i></div></div></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp73ceb536signature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick<br></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-6184246168266984482026-03-31T00:34:14.921-04:002026-03-31T00:34:39.084-04:00<p>&nbsp;<b style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></p><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="ydp507e6e71pasted-link"><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Game 75</b></div><div><b>Pittsburgh 8, Isles 3</b></div><div>In a game the Isles led 3-1 halfway through, the Pittsburgh Penguins scored the game's final seven goals and defeated the Islanders, 8-3, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Following a scoreless first period, Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal gave the Isles a 2-0 lead with goals 1:29 apart in the second and when Brayden Schenn responded to an Elmer Soderblom goal, the Isles had a 3-1 lead. Rickard Rakell's 100th goal as a Penguin and first career shorthanded goal came just 1:44 later, and Pittsburgh kept scoring from there.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles fell to third place in the Metro Division as they finish their homestand with a 3-2-0 record. The Isles will play the back-end of this back-to-back in Buffalo on Tuesday.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br /></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Anders Lee (17) Adam Boqvist (3), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (17) 01:27 PIT 0,NYI 1 PPG</div><div>Mathew Barzal (19) Calum Ritchie (14), Adam Boqvist (4) 02:56 PIT 0,NYI 2</div><div>Elmer Soderblom (4) Connor Dewar (14), Noel Acciari (11) 06:41 PIT 1,NYI 2</div><div>Brayden Schenn (16) Mathew Barzal (48), Calum Ritchie (15) 09:17 PIT 1,NYI 3</div><div>Rickard Rakell (18) Bryan Rust (34), Parker Wotherspoon (25) 11:01 PIT 2,NYI 3 SHG</div><div>Ryan Shea (5) Anthony Mantha (28), Sidney Crosby (37) 13:29 PIT 3,NYI 3</div><div>Anthony Mantha (28) Justin Brazeau (15), Parker Wotherspoon (26) 14:35 PIT 4,NYI 3</div><div>Anthony Mantha (29) Justin Brazeau (16), Kris Letang (26) 17:18 PIT 5,NYI 3</div><div><br /></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Avery Hayes (3) Ben Kindel (17), Tommy Novak (23) 06:06 PIT 6,NYI 3</div><div>Rickard Rakell (19) Justin Brazeau (17), Samuel Girard (12) 07:54 PIT 7,NYI 3</div><div>Bryan Rust (27) Sidney Crosby (38), Kris Letang (27) 16:16 PIT 8,NYI 3</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr">The Isles are 15-9-0 in their last 24 games… Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 21 of 24, allowing all three goals in one game to the Canadiens; their 87.5% penalty kill is tied for the best in the NHL in that span…Cal Ritchie extended his point streak to four games, matching a career high; Ritchie also had his first multi-assist game…Adam Boqvist had a pair of assists in 89 seconds to match is offensive performance for the season… Anthony Mantha has 29 goals, the most by any first-year Penguin since Evgeny Malkin had 33 as a rookie in 2006-07…Sidney Crosby recorded his 141st and 142nd point against the Isles; his assist on the final goal was his 1,100th career assist…The Penguins scored at least five goals in a period at UBS Arena for a second time (six on December 27, 2023); the Isles did that for a first time on Sunday…The Isles have scored eight goals in their last two second periods…Ilya Sorokin allowed seven goals in a game for the first time in his career; he allowed 15 goals in 166 minutes against the Penguins this season…Sorokin had given up only three goals through twelve periods of action on this homestand through the first period….The Isles dominated the face-off circle and have won an NHL-best 56.8% of draws since the Trade Deadline…The Isles allowed a season-high eight goals…The Isles have changed goaltenders in each of their last three losses, after changing goalies only once in their first 69 games…The Isles are 8-7-0 In March with one game to play…Jean-Gabriel Pageau was assessed only his second penalty of the season; he has only 111 penalty minutes in 436 games with the Isles…Mathew Barzal went 2-4-6 in three games against the Pens this season.<span>…The Isles scored on the power play for the second consecutive game; it is the first time since January 26th-28th that they scored power play goals in consecutive games.</span></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>(1st Atlantic) Tampa Bay 98 points (37 RW) in 73 games</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 98 (33 RW) in 73&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>(2nd Atlantic) Buffalo 98 (37 RW) in 74</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 94 (30 RW) in 73</div><div>5.<span>&nbsp;</span>(1st WC) Boston 92 (30 RW) in 74</div><div>6.<span>&nbsp;</span>(2nd Metro) Pittsburgh 90 (30 RW) in 74</div><div>7.<span>&nbsp;</span>(3rd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 75</div><div>8.<span>&nbsp;</span>(2nd WC/4th Metro) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 74</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span>&nbsp;</span>(3rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 73</div><div>10.<span>&nbsp;</span>(4th WC) Detroit 86 (28 RW) in 73</div><div>11.<span>&nbsp;</span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 86 (23 RW) in 73</div><div>12.<span>&nbsp;</span>(6th WC) Washington 83 (31 RW) in 74&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Upcoming Games</b></div><div>Tue 3/31: NYI @BUF, DAL@BOS, MTL@TBL, OTT@FLA, DET@PIT, PHI@WSH, CAR@CBJ</div><div>Wed 4/1: No Games</div><div>Thu 4/2: BUF@OTT, PIT@TB, BOS@FLA, MTL@NYR, DET@PHI, CBJ@CAR, WSH@NJD</div><div>Fri 4/3: PHI@NYI</div><div>Sat 4/4: NYI@CAR, DET@NYR, MIN@OTT, BOS@TB, FLA@PIT, MTL@NJ,BUF@WAS, WPG@CBJ</div><div>Sun 4/5: MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR</div><div>Mon 4/6: TB@BUF</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time&nbsp;</b></div><div>The teams combined for eight goals in the second period; it matched the most scored in an NHL game this season and was the most in an Islander game since February 9, 2018, vs. Detroit; the Isles out-scored the Red Wings 5-3 in the third period that night as they rallied to win.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer saw his point streak end at three games. He has 56 points, tying the club record held by Stefan Persson; Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Schaefer now has 199 shots on goal; the last rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots was Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Noah Dobson (206 in 2022-23) is the only Islander defenseman with more shots on goal in the last 20 years.</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (415) and Jake Guentzel (302) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Patrick Roy has 97 wins as an Islander coach; only 3 coaches have won at least 100 games for the Isles.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Fourth Line</b></div><div>Isles are 21-12-2 when Casey Cizikas, Marc Gatcomb and Kyle MacLean are all in the lineup and 21-16-3 otherwise.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>How Swede It Is</b></div><div>Emil Heineman (21) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 40 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>19 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 21 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 26-15-1 (with a .917 save percentage, and a 2.38 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then. Since October 31, only Andrei Vasilevskiy has won more games.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin is 15-3-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)</b></div><div>1. Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%</div><div>2. Ken Dryden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(46/397) 11.6%</div><div>3. Dominik Hasek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (81/735) 11.0%</div><div>4. Martin Brodeur&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(125/1266)&nbsp; 9.9%</div><div>5. Ilya Sorokin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(29/302)&nbsp; 9.6%</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 3-1-0 overall, 3-2-0 at home and 0-0-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 30 vs PIT 3-8 L</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>March 31 @ BUF</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 3 vs PHI</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer (22-34-56 in 75 GP)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Pat LaFontaine 26</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24</div><div>5.<span>&nbsp;</span>Brent Sutter 23</div><div>6.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Bryan Trottier 63</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Tim Connolly 51</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Pat LaFontaine 36</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 34</div><div>Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Bryan Trottier 95</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Tim Connolly 75</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Pat LaFontaine 62</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 56</div><div>Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Tim Connolly 285</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 199</div><div>Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 91 Isles games.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (32), and points (54). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78) Matthew Schaefer 56 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties<span></span></b></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 35 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +17 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br /></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2019-10)</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 35 (2025-26)</div><div><br /></div><div>This is only the eighth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 35 penalties. Schaefer's +17 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 35&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 35&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br /></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>5.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)</div><div><br /></div><div>There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the second teenager with three games of at least 29 minutes, joining Seth Jones.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 63 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fifteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have four (none in the third period).</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br /></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>2017-18 9</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span>&nbsp;</span>Bryan Trottier&nbsp;<span></span>27</div><div>2.<span>&nbsp;</span>John Tavares<span>&nbsp;</span>20</div><div>3.<span>&nbsp;</span>Mike Bossy<span>&nbsp;</span>15</div><div>4.<span>&nbsp;</span>Brock Nelson<span>&nbsp;</span>13</div><div>5.<span>&nbsp;</span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 35 times this season:</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Score the next goal: 15 times</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>2025-26&nbsp; 42-28-5 for 89 points in 75 games</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>2024-25&nbsp; 33-32-10 for 76 points in 75 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-2-2</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Season: 39-118-157</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br /></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-2-2</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Season: 38-64-102</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span>&nbsp;</span>This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The 38 rookie goals are second to Montreal's 39,&nbsp; while the 102 points are 2nd to Chicago's 106. Islander rookies have scored 17.7% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 42-28-5 overall; they are 21-13-2 at home and 21-15-3 on the road.</div><div>Pittsburgh is 37-21-16 overall; they are 17-12-8 at home and 20-9-8 on the road.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-14-4 against the East (14-8-2 vs. Metropolitan and 11-7-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>First Things First<span></span></b></div><div>The Isles are 28-11-3 when scoring first and 14-17-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 7-8-8=23</div><div>Pittsburgh 11-13-7=31</div><div>The Isles are 14-16-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-10-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves before being replaced after Pittsburgh's seventh goal; he is 28-19-2 this season and 12-7-0 vs. Pittsburgh. David Rittich made two saves in relief.</div><div>Arturs Silovs made 20 saves; he is 17-10-8 this season and 1-0-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-2 (2:24) but allowed a shorthanded goal; Pittsburgh was 0-1 (1:42).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 20-8-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-20-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-13-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-15-1 when they do not.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 19-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-10-2 when they are outscored, and 18-17-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 32-7-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-8-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-8 in regulation; the 26 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Including tonight, the Isles are 5-9-0 on the front end and 9-3-1 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes Tuesday in Buffalo. The penultimate back-to-back will be on April 3rd-4th when the Isles host Philadelphia and visit Carolina.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Adam Pelech (22:23); Pittsburgh: Parker Wotherspoon (20:39)</div><div>Mathew Barzal led Isles forwards (18:21).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 44, Pittsburgh 19 (70%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 15 of 22 for the Isles; no Penguin who took multiple draws won more than he lost.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 15 (Emil Heineman -4)</div><div>Pittsburgh 16 (Three with 3)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>Scott Mayfield fought Elmer Soderblom in the third period. Season total: 9 (Mayfield -3, MacLean-2, Lee-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 13 (Ryan Pulock -3)</div><div>Pittsburgh 16 (Justin Brazeau -3)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 51, Pittsburgh 64</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 48, Pittsburgh 60</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>5-on-5 leaders:</b></div><div>Isles: Anders Lee +6</div><div>Pittsburgh: Parker Wotherspoon +18</div><div><br /></div><div><b>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</b></div><div>All situations: Isles 8, Pittsburgh 24</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 6, Pittsburgh 23&nbsp; (Including 13-1 in the second period)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), Anthony Duclair, Max Shabanov, Isaiah George</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 363. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 319th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (157) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>Including today, the Isles are 3-6-2 in matinee games this season; the final matinee is April 11th vs Ottawa at 1:00pm. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 18-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br /></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br /></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6): Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 971 *** 5. Anders Lee 916…</div><div>15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 635 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 630 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 608 *** 22. Frans Nielsen 606 ***&nbsp; 23. Mathew Barzal 604</div><div><br /></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 306&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123…</div><div>33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98</div><div><br /></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 376…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 146</div><div><br /></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 547 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 529…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 …</div><div>32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240</div><div><br /></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +82 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 20. Ryan Pulock +69 *** 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 146…&nbsp;</div><div>14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Tom Kurvers, Gerry Hart, and Scott Mayfield 108</div><div><br /></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 176…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 138</div><div><br /></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 302…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br /></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 153 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br /></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport is 28-28-3-5 on the season and find themselves in 5th place in the Atlantic; they are one point behind Hershey and two points ahead of Springfield and Lehigh. The Islanders will host Hershey at 10:30am on Wednesday.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 26;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Highmore 22&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 32, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 45.(Luff has 49, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 14-7-1, 2.45, .902; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>Pittsburgh wins the season series, 2 games to 1 (and 5 points to 2).&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles are 7-3-0 all-time against the Pens at UBS Arena.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 31st&nbsp; &nbsp;—ISLES AT BUFFALO 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN2 (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles head to Buffalo to try to stop a three-game losing streak (0-2-1) to the Sabres. The Sabres won a shootout in Buffalo on December 20th and then blanked the Isles 5-0 on January 24th.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>The Isles have not gone winless in four games against the Sabres since October 2005- New Year's Day 2007, when they went 0-5-1 in a six-game stretch.</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="ydpadae93a9signature" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick</div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-11258771428316680852026-03-29T21:50:00.006-04:002026-03-29T21:50:53.057-04:00<p>What a week it has been for the Isles. From the lows in Montreal and to Chicago to big wins over Columbus, Dallas, and Florida.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>On Sunday the Jackets had a chance to tie the Isles with 89 points but gave away a three-goal third period lead at Nationwide and lost to Boston in a shootout.&nbsp; That leaves the Isles second in the Metro, and means that the winner of Monday's Isles/Penguins game will be in second place while the loser will be in third.</p><p>Elsewhere - the Lightning move back into first in the East (via tie-breakers), while Montreal moved within four points of Buffalo and Philadelphia has poked their head back into the race and sit only two points behind Columbus and Pittsburgh (and three behind the Isles).</p><p><b>The Playoff Chase</b></p><p>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(1st Atlantic) Tampa Bay 98 points (37 RW) in 73 games</p><p>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 98 (33 RW) in 73&nbsp;</p><p>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Buffalo 98 (37 RW) in 74</p><p>4.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 94 (30 RW) in 73</p><p>5.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(1st WC) Boston 92 (30 RW) in 74</p><p>6.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(2nd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 74</p><p>7.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(3rd Metro) Pittsburgh 88 (29 RW) in 73</p><p>8.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(2nd WC/4th Metro) Columbus 88 (27 RW) in 74</p><p>----------</p><p>9.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(3rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 73</p><p>10.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(4th WC) Detroit 86 (28 RW) in 73</p><p>11.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 86 (24 RW) in 73</p><p>12.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(6th WC) Washington 83 (31 RW) in 74&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Sunday’s&nbsp; Results:&nbsp;</p><p>NSH 2 @TB 3&nbsp;</p><p>MTL 3 @CAR 1</p><p>BOS 4 @CBJ 3 (SO)</p><p><span style="white-space: normal;">DAL 1 @ PHI 2 (OT)</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Upcoming Games</p><p>Mon 3/30: PIT @NYI</p><p>Tue 3/31: NYI @BUF, DAL@BOS, MTL@TBL, OTT@FLA, DET@PIT, PHI@WSH, CAR@CBJ</p><p>Wed 4/1: No Games</p><p>Thu 4/2: BUF@OTT, PIT@TB, BOS@FLA, MTL@NYR, DET@PHI, CBJ@CAR, WSH@NJD</p><p>Fri 4/3: PHI@NYI</p><p>Sat 4/4: NYI@CAR, DET@NYR,MIN@OTT,BOS@TB,FLA@PIT,MTL@NJ,BUF@WAS, WPG@CBJ</p><p>Sun 4/5: MIN@DET,FLA@PIT, BOS@PHI, CAR@OTT, NJ@MTL, WAS@NYR</p><div><br /></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-43625107426755283802026-03-28T23:41:00.001-04:002026-03-28T23:41:52.051-04:00<div class="ydp973d425eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydpb7fb4011pasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 74</b></div><div><b>Isles 5, Florida 2</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn scored a goal and added two assists as the Isles tallied five times in a 12:29 span of the second period to erase a 2-0 Florida lead and defeat the Stanley Cup Champion Panthers, 5-2, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Matthew Tkachuk had a pair of goals 5:57 apart as Florida grabbed a 2-0 lead over the Isles for the third time this season; however, the Isles came back to win both games played on Long Island.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles moved from the 2nd Wild Card spot to second place in the Metro Division as they improve to 7-6-0 in their last 12 games and 3-1-0 on this homestand. The Isles will welcome the Pittsburgh Penguins to UBS on Monday in the front-end of a back-to-back that concludes in Buffalo on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>1st Period</div><div>Matthew Tkachuk (11) Seth Jones (20) 08:06 FLA 1,NYI 0</div><div>Matthew Tkachuk (12) 14:03 FLA 2,NYI 0</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>Marc Gatcomb (2) Adam Pelech (11), Scott Mayfield (11) 05:28 FLA 2,NYI 1</div><div>Brayden Schenn (15) Calum Ritchie (13), Matthew Schaefer (33) 12:09 FLA 2,NYI 2</div><div>Simon Holmstrom (19) Matthew Schaefer (34), Brayden Schenn (19) 14:52 FLA 2,NYI 3 PPG</div><div>Emil Heineman (21) Anders Lee (23), Brayden Schenn (20) 17:00 FLA 2,NYI 4</div><div>Casey Cizikas (9) Carson Soucy (7), Marc Gatcomb (4) 17:57 FLA 2,NYI 5</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 15-8-0 in their last 23 games… The Isles improve to 21-2-1 when leading after two periods …Ilya Sorokin has allowed four goals on 86 shots in the 11 periods on this homestand, for a 1.10 GAA and a .953 save percentage…Bo Horvat's point streak ended at five games. …Matthew Schaefer had his fourth two-assist game and second straight; it was his 12th multi-point game…Schaefer tied the Islander rookie defenseman record with his 56th point (and fifth in the last three games, 0-5-5)… Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 20 of 23, allowing all three goals in one game to the Canadiens…Cal Ritchie extended his point streak to three games…The Isles had a season-high and UBS-record 24 shots on goal in the second period; it was the most shots that they had in a period since March 5, 2019, when they had 26 in the second period at the Coliseum against Ottawa…The 24 shots were also the most allowed by Florida in a period this season… At one point in the third period, the Isles had 31 of the 37 shots taken since the start of the second period…Matthew Tkachuk has 27 points in 25 games since returning from injury…Adam Boqvist beat Jesper Boqvist in a game that the brothers played on opposite sides for the second time in six games (2-4-0).</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 98 points (33 RW) in 72 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Buffalo 98 (37 RW) in 74</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 96 (36 RW) in 72</div><div>4.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 92 (29 RW) in 72</div><div>5.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 90 (30 RW,37 ROW) in 73</div><div>6.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) ISLES 89 (28 RW) in 74</div><div>7.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) Pittsburgh 88 (29 RW,33 ROW) in 73</div><div>8.<span> </span>(2nd WC/4th Metro) Columbus 87 (27 RW) in 73</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 73</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC) Detroit 86 (28 RW) in 73</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 84 (23 RW) in 72</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 81 (31 RW) in 73&nbsp; (excludes late game)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Saturday's&nbsp; Results:&nbsp;</b></div><div>FLA 2 @NYI 5</div><div>SEA 2 @BUF3 (SO)</div><div>OTT 2 @TB 4</div><div>&nbsp;MTL 4@NSH 1&nbsp;</div><div>NJ 2 @CAR 5&nbsp;</div><div>DAL 6 @PIT 3</div><div>SJ 3 @CBJ 2&nbsp;</div><div>MIN3 @BOS 6&nbsp;</div><div>PHI 5 @DET 3</div><div>WAS@VGK late game</div><div><br></div><div>Upcoming Games</div><div>Sun 3/29: NSH@TB, MTL@CAR, BOS @CBJ, DAL @ PHI</div><div>Mon 3/30: PIT @NYI</div><div>Tue 3/31: NYI @BUF, DAL@BOS, MTL@TBL, OTT@FLA, DET@PIT, PHI@WSH, CAR@CBJ</div><div>Wed 4/1: No Games</div><div>Thu 4/2: BUF@OTT, PIT@TB, BOS@FLA, MTL@NYR, DET@PHI, CBJ@CAR, WSH@NJD</div><div>Fri 4/3: PHI@NYI</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>First Time in a Long Time</div><div>The Isles scored five goals in a period for the first time ever at UBS Arena; they last did so in Vancouver on February 9, 2022.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer recorded his 55th and 56th points; passing Denis Potvin for second place among rookie defenseman in club history and tying the club record held by Stefan Persson; Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer also broke Bryan Berard's record for assists by an Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer now has 195 shots on goal; the last rookie defenseman with at least 200 shots was Dion Phaneuf in 2005-06. Noah Dobson (206 in 2022-23 and 196 last season) is the only Islander defenseman with more shots on goal in the last 20 years.</div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (415) and Jake Guentzel (302) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Horvat has 98 goals as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Fourth Line</b></div><div>Isles are 21-11-2 when Casey Cizikas, Marc Gatcomb and Kyle MacLean are all in the lineup and 21-16-3 otherwise.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>How Swede It Is</b></div><div>Emil Heineman (21) and Simon Holmstrom (19) have combined for 40 goals this season. The Isles are the only team with two Swedes with at least 19 goals.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>18 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 21 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 26-14-1 (with a .921 save percentage, and a 2.25 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then. Since October 31, only Andrei Vasilevskiy has won more games.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin is 15-3-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)</b></div><div>1. Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%</div><div>2. Ken Dryden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(46/397) 11.6%</div><div>3. Dominik Hasek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (81/735) 11.0%</div><div>4. Martin Brodeur&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(125/1266)&nbsp; 9.9%</div><div>5. Ilya Sorokin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(29/301)&nbsp; 9.6%</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 3-1-0 overall, 3-1-0 at home and 0-0-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA 5-2 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (22-34-56 in 74 GP)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 12 2025-26</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 32&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 26</div><div>3.<span> </span>John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24</div><div>5.<span> </span>Brent Sutter 23</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>Schaefer has the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 63</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 51</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 36</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 34</div><div>Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more assists in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 95</div><div>2.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 75</div><div>3.<span> </span>Pat LaFontaine 62</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 56</div><div>Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman, and only Trottier has more points in a single season by an Islander teenager.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Tim Connolly 285</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 195</div><div>Schaefer has the most shots on goal in a single season by any Islander teenager.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 92 Isles games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (32), and points (54). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78) Matthew Schaefer 56 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties</b><span> </span></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 35 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +17 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2019-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 35 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div>This is only the eighth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 35 penalties. Schaefer's +17 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 35&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 35&nbsp;</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)</div><div><br></div><div>There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the second teenager with three games of at least 29 minutes, joining Seth Jones.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 62 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have nineteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fourteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have seven multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have three (none in the third period).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><br></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 35 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 15 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 42-27-5 for 89 points in 74 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 32-32-10 for 74 points in 74 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-5-5</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-116-155</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-3-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 38-62-100</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 38 rookie goals are second to Montreal's 39,&nbsp; while the 100 points are 2nd to Chicago's 106. Islander rookies have scored 17.9% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 42-27-5 overall; they are 21-12-2 at home and 21-15-3 on the road.</div><div>Florida is 35-34-3 overall; they are 19-15-3 at home and 16-19-0 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 25-13-4 against the East (14-6-2 vs. Metropolitan and 11-7-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 28-10-3 when scoring first and 14-17-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; 8-24-8=40</div><div>Florida 8-5-8=21</div><div>The Isles are 14-16-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-9-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves; he is 28-18-2 this season and 4-3-1 vs. Florida.&nbsp;</div><div>Daniil Tarasov made 35 saves; he is 9-14-2 this season and 1-1-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 1-3 (5:12); Florida was 0-1 (2:00).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 20-7-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-20-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-13-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 30-14-1 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 19-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-10-2 when they are outscored, and 18-16-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 32-6-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-8-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-8 in regulation; the 26 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 5-8-0 on the front end and 9-3-1 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be on March 30th-31st when the Isles host Pittsburgh and visit Buffalo.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (26:49); Florida: Seth Jones (24:21)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (20:18).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 34, Florida 18 (35%)</div><div>Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 12 of 14 for the Isles; no Panther who took multiple draws won more than he lost.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 13 (Marc Gatcomb -3)</div><div>Florida 21 (Two with 3)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>None. Season total: 8 (Mayfield -2, MacLean-2, Lee-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 18 (Ryan Pulock -4)</div><div>Florida 10 (Gustav Forsling -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 76, Florida 60 (including 39-9 in the second period).</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 69, Florida 43</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>5-on-5 leaders:</div><div>Isles: Carson Soucy +20</div><div>Florida: Vinnie Hinostroza +2</div><div><br></div><div>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</div><div>All situations: Isles 20, Florida 13</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 20, Florida 9</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), Anthony Duclair, Max Shabanov, Isaiah George</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 358. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 318th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (156) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>Including today, the Isles are 3-6-2 in matinee games this season; the final matinee is April 11th vs Ottawa at 1:00pm. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 18-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><br></div><div>Challenges</div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (7): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28, FLA 3/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><br></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><br></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><br></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 970 *** 5. Anders Lee 915…</div><div>15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 634 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 629 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 607 *** 22. Frans Nielsen 606 ***&nbsp; 23. Mathew Barzal 603</div><div><br></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 305&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 152…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 123…</div><div>33. Anthony Beavillier 102 *** 34. Anders Kallur 101 *** 35. Bo Horvat 98</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 375…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 241…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 146</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 546 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 527…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 279 …</div><div>32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 240</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +85 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Ryan Pulock +70 *** 20. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 146…&nbsp;</div><div>14 Roman Hamrlik 110 *** 15. Tom Kurvers, Gerry Hart, and Scott Mayfield 108</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 176…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 138</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 301…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 153 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport is 28-28-3-5 on the season after a 3-2 shootout win over Laval on Friday and a 6-4 loss in Providence on Saturday; Henrik Tikkanen earned his fourth straight win and Victor Eklund had the shootout winner in his professional debut on Friday, while Cole Eiserman had his first goal, Eklund had his first assist in the loss on Saturday.&nbsp; Long Islander James Hagen also had his first pro goal for Providence. Bridgeport has passed Lehigh Valley for 5th place and are four points ahead of Springfield for the final playoff spot. The Islanders will host Hershey at 10:30am on Wednesday.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 26;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Highmore 22&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 32, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 45.(Luff has 49, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 14-7-1, 2.45, .902; Marcus Hogberg 11-13-6, 2.98, .887</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles win the season series, 2 games to 1 (and 4 points to 2).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in their last ten games against Florida.</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>MONDAY, MARCH 30th&nbsp; — PITTSBURGH AT ISLES 7:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles conclude the homestand with the final meeting of the year with the Pittsburgh Penguins.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles opened the season with a 4-3 loss in Pittsburgh and then beat the Penguins 5-4 on a Bo Horvat OT goal just before the Olympic break.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 7-2-0 all-time against the Pens at UBS Arena.</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp973d425esignature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick</div></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-42684639846982643722026-03-27T22:07:00.001-04:002026-03-27T22:07:48.725-04:00<p>For the second time in three days, the Sabres played at home in the only meaningful game in the Eastern Conference playoff rate, and once again they came up short - losing 5-2 to Detroit in Western NY.</p><p>The Red Wings win moves them within one point of the Isles, and ties Ottawa for 9th place.</p><p></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">The Playoff Chase<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; 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font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3^rd Atlantic) Montreal 90 (28 RW) in 71<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1^st WC) Boston 88 (29 RW,37 ROW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2nd WC/4^th Metro) ISLES 87 (27 RW) in 73<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .25in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">----------<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3^rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(4^th WC) Detroit 86 (28 RW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(5^th WC) Philadelphia 82 (22 RW) in 71<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(6^th WC) Washington 81 (31 RW) in 73<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Friday's Results:</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DET 5 @BUF 2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Upcoming Games:</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Sat:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">FLA@NYI</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">SEA@BUF</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">OTT@TB</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">MTL@NSH&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">NJ@CAR&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DAL@PIT&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">SJ@CBJ</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MIN@BOS</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">PHI@DET</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">WAS@VGK</span></p>There are two early games on the schedule, both at 1pm ET, as the Isles host Florida and Ottawa faces Tampa Bay.&nbsp;<p></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;">An Islander win and they'll skate off in 2nd place in the Metro, an OT/SO loss will leave them 3rd in the Metro, but a regulation loss could push them to the outside even before the other games are played.</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops: 13.5pt;">Isles have struggled in matinees (2-6-2) - let's see if they can get a win against the Stanley Cup champs, whose reign is near an end; Florida's tragic number is down to 9.</p><p></p>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-76633451076125456232026-03-27T00:35:00.001-04:002026-03-27T00:35:10.240-04:00<div class="ydp57858c7yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydpdffe6444pasted-link"><div><b>"The Skinny"&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>By Eric Hornick</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Game 73</b></div><div><b>Isles 2, Dallas 1</b></div><div>In his 300th NHL game, Ilya Sorokin came within 2:59 of bowling a Perfect Game. Sorokin nearly recorded a shutout for the second straight start, and the Isles got goals from Bo Horvat and Cal Ritchie to defeat the Dallas Stars, 2-1, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Matt Duchesne scored with a sixth attacker to break the shutout, but it was not enough to prevent the Isles from sweeping the season series from the 97-point Stars.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles regained the 2nd Wild Card spot as they improve to 6-6-0 in their last 12 games and 2-1-0 on this homestand. The Isles will welcome the Stanley Cup Champion Panthers to UBS Arena on Saturday afternoon.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Scoring:&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;</div><div>1st Period&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>Bo Horvat (30) Emil Heineman (9), Matthew Schaefer (31) 04:48 DAL 0,NYI 1</div><div><br></div><div>2nd Period</div><div>No Goals</div><div><br></div><div>3rd Period</div><div>Calum Ritchie (11) Matthew Schaefer (32), Ryan Pulock (23) 02:19 DAL 0,NYI 2</div><div>Matt Duchene (14) Jamie Benn (17), Thomas Harley (27) 17:01 DAL 1,NYI 2</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Skinny</b></div><div>The Isles are 14-8-0 in their last 22 games… The Isles improve to 17-3-3 when tied after two periods and set a franchise record with their 27th one-goal win…Ilya Sorokin has allowed two goals on 65 shots in the last eight periods, for a 0.76 GAA and a .969 save percentage…Bo Horvat reached the 30-goal mark for the fourth time; it was his 299th NHL goal and 98th as an Islander… Horvat now has a point in five straight games and has scored nine goals in last seventeen games; he has ten goals in 24 career games against the Stars…Matthew Schaefer had his third two-assist game; it was his 12th multi-point game…Ryan Pulock replaced Tony DeAngelo in the lineup; DeAngelo had played 107 consecutive Isles games… There were only 38 face-offs in the game, which was played in 2:14 …Since the trade deadline the Isles have killed 19 of 22, allowing all three goals in one game to the Canadiens.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Playoff Chase</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>(1st Metro)&nbsp; Carolina 96 points (32 RW) in 71 games</div><div>2.<span> </span>(1st Atlantic) Buffalo 96 (37 RW) in 72</div><div>3.<span> </span>(2nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 94 (35 RW) in 71</div><div>4.<span> </span>(3rd Atlantic) Montreal 90 (28 RW) in 71</div><div>5.<span> </span>(1st WC) Boston 88 (29 RW,37 ROW) in 72</div><div>6.<span> </span>(3rd Metro) Pittsburgh 88 (29 RW,33 ROW) in 72</div><div>7.<span> </span>(2nd Metro) Columbus 87 (27 RW) in 72</div><div>8.<span> </span>(2nd WC/4th Metro) ISLES 87 (27 RW) in 73</div><div>----------</div><div>9.<span> </span>(3rd WC) Ottawa 86 (32 RW) in 72</div><div>10.<span> </span>(4th WC) Detroit 84 (27 RW) in 71</div><div>11.<span> </span>(5th WC) Philadelphia 82 (22 RW) in 71</div><div>12.<span> </span>(6th WC) Washington 81 (31 RW) in 73</div><div><br></div><div><b>Thursday's&nbsp; Results:&nbsp;</b></div><div>DAL 1@NYI 2</div><div>SEA 4@TB 3 OT</div><div>CBJ 1@MTL 2</div><div>PIT 4@OTT 3 SO</div><div>CHI 1@PHI 5</div><div>WAS 7@UTA 4</div><div><br></div><div>Upcoming Games:</div><div>Fri: DET@BUF</div><div>Sat: FLA@NYI, SEA@BUF, OTT@TB, MTL@NSH, NJ@CAR, DAL@PIT, SJ@CBJ, MIN@BOS,&nbsp; PHI@DET, WAS@VGK</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Time in a Long Time</b></div><div>Cal Ritchie scored for the second straight game and now has eleven goals; it is the first time since 1995-96 (Todd Bertuzzi and Niklas Andersson) that the Isles have had two rookies with more than ten goals in the same season.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Milestone Men&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Bo Horvat now has 299 NHL goals; among 2013 draft picks only Nathan MacKinnon (413) and Jake Guentzel (300) have more. To date, 244 NHL players have scored 300 goals.</div><div>•<span> </span>Horvat's goal was his 98th as an Islander; only 34 players have reached 100 in club history.</div><div>•<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer recorded his 53rd and 54th points; passing Vladimir Malakhov for third and tying Denis Potvin for 2nd place among rookie defenseman in club history; the club record is 56 and is held by Stefan Persson; Lane Hutson (66) is the only active defenseman who had more points as a rookie.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer has 22 goals, tying Barry Beck (22) for the second-highest total in a season. His next goal will tie Brian Leetch's NHL record.</div><div>•<span> </span>Schaefer's 32 assists also tie Bryan Berard's record for an Islander teenage defenseman.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)</b></div><div>•<span> </span>19 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)</div><div>•<span> </span>17 (2025-26 CURRENT)</div><div>•<span> </span>12 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)</div><div>The Isles have sold out 21 games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Return to Form</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 25-14-1 (with a .922 save percentage, which is tied for the best in the NHL in that span, and a 2.26 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading seven shutouts since then.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin is 15-3-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shutout Leader</b></div><div>Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 29 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorokin has tied the club record with his seven shutouts (Varlamov, Resch); he is the first Islander goalie to do so twice. Sergei Bobrovsky is the only other goalie who has appeared in a game this season to have two seasons with at least seven shutouts.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)</b></div><div>1. Roman Cechmanek (25/212) 11.8%</div><div>2. Ken Dryden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(46/397) 11.6%</div><div>3. Dominik Hasek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (81/735) 11.0%</div><div>4. Martin Brodeur&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(125/1266)&nbsp; 9.9%</div><div>5. Ilya Sorokin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(29/300)&nbsp; 9.7%</div><div><b><br></b></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><b>Big Save Dave</b></div><div>David Rittich is 14-10-3 on the season. He is 3-2-0 with one 'no decision'&nbsp; in his last six starts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Islander Shutouts in a Season</b></div><div>•<span> </span>11 2018-19&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>10 2020-21 and 1975-76&nbsp;</div><div>•<span> </span>9&nbsp; 2021-22 and 2025-26&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Home Stretch</b></div><div>The Isles are ending the regular season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home. They are 2-1-0 overall, 2-1-0 at home and 0-0-0 on the road:</div><div>•<span> </span>March 22 vs CBJ 1-0 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 24 vs CHI 3-4 L</div><div>•<span> </span>March 26 vs DAL 2-1 W</div><div>•<span> </span>March 28 vs FLA</div><div>•<span> </span>March 30 vs PIT</div><div>•<span> </span>March 31 @ BUF</div><div>•<span> </span>April 3 vs PHI</div><div>•<span> </span>April 4 @ CAR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 9 vs TOR</div><div>•<span> </span>April 11 vs OTT</div><div>•<span> </span>April 12 vs MTL</div><div>•<span> </span>April 14 vs CAR</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)</div><div>(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer (22-32-54 in 73 GP)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 8 (2025-26)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 11 2025-26</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 7</div><div>Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have scored at least 22 goals, led by Bryan Trottier's 32 and Pat LaFontaine's 26. Brent Sutter (23) is the one now above Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Assists by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 32 and Matthew Schaefer 32</div><div>Only five Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 32 assists, led by Bryan Trottier's 63 and Tim Connolly's 51. Berard (32) is now tied with Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Teenage Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 54</div><div>2.<span> </span>Bryan Berard 39</div><div>Only five Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 54 points, led by Bryan Trottier's 95 and Tim Connolly's 75. John Tavares (54) is now tied with Schaefer.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier 5</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 4</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 93 Isles games.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)</b></div><div>Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (22), assists (32), and points (54). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie – the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 17 (1973-74)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Denis Potvin 54 (1973-74) and Matthew Schaefer 54 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)</div><div>2.<span> </span>Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78) and Matthew Schaefer 22 (2025-26)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Schaefer and Penalties</b><span> </span></div><div>Matthew Schaefer has drawn 34 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and 2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid). He is a net +16 (having taken only 18 penalties).</div><div><br></div><div>Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (Season, Since 2019-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>PK Subban MTL 40 (2010-11)&nbsp;</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 34 (2025-26)</div><div><br></div><div>This is only the ninth time since 2009-10 (including Dion Phaneuf three times, and PK Subban twice) that a defenseman has drawn at least 34 penalties. Schaefer's +16 differential is by far the highest of that group.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares 2011-12 42</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Mathew Barzal&nbsp; 2017-18 40</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 2025-26&nbsp; 33</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matt Martin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010-11 25</div><div>[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 at NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI</div><div>2.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA</div><div>3.<span> </span>Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12/4/2018 vs TOR (OT)</div><div>4.<span> </span>Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11/22/2008 vs COL (SO)</div><div>5.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 vs SJ (OT)</div><div>6.<span> </span>Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11/28/2025 vs PHI (SO)</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1/8/2026 vs NAS (SO)</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer now also has the highest ice-time for a teenager; the record of 30:57 was held by Jay Bouwmeester; it is only the fifth four recorded instance of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the second teenager with three games of at least 29 minutes, joining Seth Jones.</div><div><br></div><div>Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 61 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Did Somebody Say Comeback?</b></div><div>The Isles have eighteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win fourteen times this season, including five times in the third period.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles have six multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have three (none in the third period).</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Overtime Is Our Time</b></div><div>The Isles are 10-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least nine overtime goals with none allowed.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Overtime Goals, Isles</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 10</div><div>2.<span> </span>2023-24 9</div><div>3.<span> </span>2019-20 (68 games) 8</div><div><br></div><div><b>Best Overtime Goal Differential</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 10-0&nbsp; (+10)</div><div>2.<span> </span>2014-15 6-1 (+5)</div><div>3.<span> </span>2018-19 6-2&nbsp; (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)</div><div><br></div><div>Only one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers' 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Sixth Attacker</b></div><div>The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.</div><div>Opponents have scored eight goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>2025-26 11</div><div>2.<span> </span>2017-18 9</div><div><br></div><div><b>Most Career Empty Net Goals</b></div><div>1.<span> </span>Bryan Trottier <span> </span>27</div><div>2.<span> </span>John Tavares<span> </span>20</div><div>3.<span> </span>Mike Bossy<span> </span>15</div><div>4.<span> </span>Brock Nelson<span> </span>13</div><div>5.<span> </span>Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Building on a Lead</b></div><div>The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 34 times this season:</div><div>•<span> </span>Score the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Allowed the next goal: 14 times</div><div>•<span> </span>Game ended with 2-goal difference: 6 times</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Year vs. This Year</b></div><div>•<span> </span>2025-26&nbsp; 41-27-5 for 87 points in 73 games</div><div>•<span> </span>2024-25&nbsp; 32-31-10 for 74 points in 73 games; they finished last season with 82 points.&nbsp;</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Offense from Defense</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;0-3-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 39-111-150</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 32-129-161</div><div><br></div><div>The 39 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Rookie Scoring</b></div><div>•<span> </span>Today:&nbsp; &nbsp;1-2-3</div><div>•<span> </span>Season: 38-59-97</div><div>•<span> </span>Last Season (Final) 19-30-49</div><div>•<span> </span>This season's totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The 38 rookie goals are the most in the NHL while the 97 points are 2nd to Dallas's 105. Islander rookies have scored 18.4% of the team's goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Home and Road</b></div><div>The Isles are 41-27-5 overall; they are 20-12-2 at home and 21-15-3 on the road.</div><div>Dallas is 43-18-11 overall; they are 22-10-4 at home and 21-8-7 on the road.</div><div><br></div><div><b>East and West</b></div><div>The Isles are 24-13-4 against the East (14-6-2 vs. Metropolitan and 10-7-2 vs. Atlantic) and 17-14-1 against the West (7-8-1 vs. Central and 10-6-0 vs. Pacific).</div><div><br></div><div><b>First Things First<span> </span></b></div><div>The Isles are 28-10-3 when scoring first and 13-17-2 when allowing the opening goal.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Shots</b></div><div>Isles&nbsp; &nbsp; 10-6-9=25</div><div>Dallas 6-11-10=27</div><div>The Isles are 13-16-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 26-9-0 when the opposition has more shots.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>In the Nets&nbsp;</b></div><div>Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves; he is 27-18-2 this season and 3-1-1 vs. Dallas.&nbsp;</div><div>Jake Oettinger made 23 saves; he is 29-11-6 this season and 5-3-0 vs. the Isles&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Special Teams</b></div><div>The Isles were 0-3 (6:00); Dallas was 0-2 (4:00).</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 19-7-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 22-20-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-13-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 29-14-1 when they do not.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 18-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-10-2 when they are outscored, and 18-16-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Three is (Usually) a Magic Number</b></div><div>The Isles 31-6-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 10-21-2 when they do not.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>One-Goal Games</b></div><div>The Isles are 27-8-5 in games decided by a single goal including 12-8 in regulation; the 26 one-goal wins are a new club record. They are 10-0 in games decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are the first team since the 2021-22 Stars to win at least 27 one-goal games; that team won 28. Only two teams have won more than 30 one-goal games (Anaheim 33 2014-15; New Jersey 32 2006-07)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Back-to-Backs&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 5-8-0 on the front end and 9-3-1 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be on March 30th-31st when the Isles host Pittsburgh and visit Buffalo.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 8-5-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 5-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Ice-time Leaders</b></div><div>Isles: Matthew Schaefer (26:15); Dallas: Thomas Harley (24:48)</div><div>Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (21:08).</div><div><br></div><div><b>Face-offs</b></div><div>Isles 22, Dallas 16 (58%)</div><div>Bo Horvat won 8 of 11 for the Isles; no Star who took multiple draws won more than he lost.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hit Count</b></div><div>Isles 15 (Anders Lee and Casey Cizikas -3)</div><div>Dallas 20 (Lian BIchsel -4)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Fights&nbsp;</b></div><div>None. Season total: 8 (Mayfield -2, MacLean-2, Lee-2, DeAngelo, Schenn)</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><b>Blocked Shots</b></div><div>Isles 15 (Ryan Pulock and Brayden Schenn -3)</div><div>Dallas 10 (Thomas Harley -3)</div><div><br></div><div><b>For the Analytics Crowd&nbsp;</b></div><div>Corsi: All situations: Isles 46, Dallas 59</div><div>Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 38, Dallas 41</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><i>5-on-5 leaders:</i></div><div>Isles: Adam Pelech +12</div><div>Dallas: Arttu Hyry&nbsp; +8</div><div><br></div><div><i>High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)</i></div><div>All situations: Isles 15, Dallas 10</div><div>5-on-5: Isles 13, Dallas 8</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Scratches</b></div><div>(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), (Tony DeAngelo-INJ), Anthony Duclair, Max Shabanov, Isaiah George</div><div>Games Lost to injury: 353. (Last season's total: 304)</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Ironmen</b></div><div>Brayden Schenn played his 317th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (155) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Tony DeAngelo, who played the final 35 games of last season, saw his streak end at 107 straight games.</div><div><br></div><div><b>National TV Games&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Matinee Isles</b></div><div>The Isles are 2-6-2 in matinee games this season; the remaining matinees are on March 28th vs Florida and April 11th vs Ottawa, both at 1:00pm. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 17-23-14 in matinees.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Challenges</b></div><div>Isles: 2 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference – VEG 11/14), (No goalie interference – WPG 1/13), (No goalie interference – NSH 1/31), (Offside – STL 3/11), (Offside – MTL 3/21)</div><div><br></div><div>Opponents: 5 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass – WAS 10/11), (No interference – DET 10/23), (No offside – WAS 10/31), (No interference – COL 12/4), (Puck not shot out – EDM 1/15), (Offside – VAN 1/19), (Puck not shot out – NJ 2/5), (Offside -MTL 2/26), (No goalie interference – CBJ 2/28), (Goalie Interference – CBJ 3/23)</div><div><br></div><div>Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11/18)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)</b></div><div>For (6): DET 10/23, CBJ 11/2, NJ 1/6, NYR 1/28, MTL 2/26, CBJ 2/28</div><div>Vs (7): BOS 10/28, COL 11/16, PHI 11/28, WAS 11/30, WPG 1/13, BUF 1/24, WAS 2/2</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)</b></div><div>Isles responses (4): OTT 10/18, SJS 10/21, BOS 11/4, CGY 1/17</div><div>Opponent responses (3): WPG 10/13, CAR 10/30, COL 12/4</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins&nbsp;</b></div><div>For (1): STL 3/10</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):</b></div><div>For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1/3 TOR) – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2/26 MTL – Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG&nbsp; (19:28 3/1 FLA)</div><div>Vs (6):&nbsp; Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation; Matthew Tkachuk GWG (19:47 3/19 OTT)</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>OT Winners</b></div><div>For (10): Mathew Barzal 11/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11/14 @ UTA and 1/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3/7 @SJ, Mathew Barzal 3/11 @ STL</div><div>Vs (0):&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Shootout Winners</b></div><div>For (4): SEA 11/23, VEG 12/9, TBL 12/13, CHI 12/30</div><div>Vs (5):&nbsp; PHI 10/25, BOS 11/4, PHL 11/28, BUF 12/20, NAS 1/8</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>All-time Islander Leader Boards:</b></div><div>Games Played (skaters)</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 ***&nbsp; 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 ***</div><div>4. Casey Cizikas 969 *** 5. Anders Lee 914…</div><div>16. Derek King 638 *** 17. Adam Pelech 633 *** 18. Ryan Pulock 628 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Frans Nielsen and Scott Mayfield 606 *** 23. Mathew Barzal 602</div><div><br></div><div>Goals&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 ***&nbsp; 3. Denis Potvin 310 ***</div><div>4. Anders Lee 305&nbsp; …</div><div>17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 152…</div><div>22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 122</div><div><br></div><div>Assists</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 ***</div><div>4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 375…</div><div>18. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 19. Anders Lee 240…</div><div>23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 184…&nbsp;</div><div>32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 156</div><div><br></div><div>Points</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…</div><div>9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 545 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 ***</div><div>13. Mathew Barzal 527…</div><div>27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 278</div><div><br></div><div>+/-</div><div>1. Bryan Trottier +467&nbsp; ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380</div><div>15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +83 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76&nbsp; *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***&nbsp; 19. Ryan Pulock +72 *** 20. Pat Price +70 ***&nbsp; 21. JP Parise +67&nbsp; *** 22. Jude Drouin +58&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Goals</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 ***</div><div>4. Ryan Pulock 56…</div><div>12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Assists</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 742***&nbsp; 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 184 …&nbsp;</div><div>9. Jeff Norton 166 ***10. Adam Pelech 145…&nbsp;</div><div>15. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 108 *** 17. Scott Mayfield 107</div><div><br></div><div>Defense Points</div><div>1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 ***</div><div>4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 240…</div><div>10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 175…</div><div>14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 137</div><div><br></div><div>Goalie Games</div><div>1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 300…&nbsp;</div><div>8. Jaroslav Halak 177***&nbsp; 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173</div><div><br></div><div>Wins</div><div>1. Billy Smith 304&nbsp; *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 152 …</div><div>7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***&nbsp; 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76</div><div><br></div><div>Shutouts&nbsp;</div><div>1. Ilya Sorokin 29 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***</div><div>4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>On the Farm&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>Bridgeport improved to&nbsp; 27-27-3-5 on the season with a 3-2 win over Charlotte on Wednesday; Matthew Highmore had a pair of goals as Bridgeport won their third straight game, all with Henrik Tikkanen in the nets. Bridgeport has passed Lehigh Valley for 5th place and are now four points ahead of Springfield for the final playoff spot. The Islanders will host Laval on Friday.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Leaders:&nbsp; Goals: Adam Beckman 25;&nbsp; Assists: Matthew Warren and Marshall Highmore 21&nbsp; (Matt Luff has 30, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 43.(Luff has 47, 39 prior to being acquired)</div><div>Goalies:&nbsp; Henrik Tikkanen&nbsp; 13-7-1, 2.48, .900; Marcus Hogberg 11-12-6, 2.87, .892</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Season Series Stats</b></div><div>The Isles sweep the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 0).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 3-1-1 all-time at UBS Arena, and 4-2-1 in their last seven games overall against the Stars.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>UP NEXT</b></div><div><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 28th&nbsp; — FLORIDA AT ISLES 1:00PM</b></div><div><b>[MSGSN (Pre-game at 12:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]</b></div><div>The Isles look to win the season series from the Florida Panthers for the second time in three seasons as they face-off at UBS on Saturday. The Panthers earned a 4-1 win in South Florida on December 7th, but the Isles responded with a come-from-behind 5-4 win on March 1st at UBS.</div><div><br></div><div>The Isles are 5-3-1 in their last nine games overall against the Cats, who currently sit 15th in the Eastern Conference, and will likely not have an opportunity to pursue their third straight Stanley Cup.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources. Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter &amp; on his blog www.nyiskinny.com</i></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp57858c7signature">Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick<br></div></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790823.post-22997278459036168482026-03-25T22:28:00.003-04:002026-03-25T22:28:56.001-04:00<p>&nbsp;It looked like the Bruins were going to get no points in Buffalo tonight, instead a tying goal at 14:00 and a Pavel Zacha overtime winner pushes Boston three points ahead of the Isles in the only game Wednesday that affected the playoff race:</p><p>The Playoff Chase</p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1^st Metro)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Carolina 96 points (32 RW) in 71 games<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(1^st Atlantic) Buffalo 96 (37 RW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2^nd Atlantic) Tampa Bay 93 (35 RW) in 70<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3^rd Atlantic) Montreal 88 (27 RW) in 70<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span>(1^st&nbsp;WC) Boston 88 (29 RW,37 ROW) in 72</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">6.&nbsp; &nbsp; (2</span><sup style="text-indent: -0.25in;">nd</sup><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Metro) Columbus 87 (27 RW) in 71</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-indent: -0.25in;">(3^rd Metro) Pittsburgh 86 (29 RW,33 ROW) in 71</span><!--[if !supportLists]--></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(2^nd WC) Ottawa 85 (32 RW) in 71<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.25in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">----------<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(3^rd WC/4^th Metro) ISLES 85 (26 RW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(4^th WC) Detroit 84 (27 RW) in 71<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(5^th WC) Philadelphia 80 (21 RW) in 70<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">(6^th WC) Washington 79 (30 RW) in 72<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Wednesday's Result: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">BOS 4 @BUF 3 (OT)</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;">Upcoming Games:</p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Thu:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DAL@NYI</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">, SEA@TB, CBJ@MTL, PIT@OTT, CHI@PHI, WAS@UTA</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Fri: </span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">DET@BUF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; tab-stops: 13.5pt;"><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Sat:</span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> </span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">FLA@NYI, </span><span face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">SEA@BUF, OTT@TB, MTL@NSH, NJ@CAR, DAL@PIT, SJ@CBJ, MIN@BOS,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>PHI@DET, WAS@VGK<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621081260270212467noreply@blogger.com0