"The Skinny"
By Eric Hornick
Game 48
Florida 4, Isles 2
The comeback kids finally found a lead that they could not overcome as Aleksander Barkov gave Florida the lead just 32 seconds into play and the Panthers scored three first period goals enroute to a 4-2 victory over the Islanders before a crowd of 13,730 at BB&T Center. The loss snaps the Islanders' 4-game winning streak overall and seven game road winning streak. It's the 15th time this season that the Islanders have allowed at least three goals in a period (0-15-0).
The Scoring:
1st Period
00:32 FLA Aleksander Barkov (8) Snap shot - ASST: Brad Boyes (10) 1 - 0 FLA
15:34 FLA Drew Shore (1) Wrist shot - ASST: Krystofer Barch (3), Ed Jovanovski (1) 2 - 0 FLA
19:24 FLA Nick Bjugstad (10) Wrist shot - ASST: Scottie Upshall (14) 3 - 0 FLA
2nd Period
15:59 FLA SHG - Scottie Upshall (7) Wrist shot - ASST: Brian Campbell (15) 4 - 0 FLA
19:29 NYI Colin McDonald (3) Wrist shot - ASST: Matt Martin (4), Calvin de Haan (6) 4 - 1 FLA
3rd Period
02:38 NYI Thomas Vanek (16) Wrist shot - ASST: Frans Nielsen (20), Kyle Okposo (27) 4 - 2 FLA
The Skinny:
Aleksander Barkov's goal was the earliest allowed by the Islanders this season…Florida had scored only 22 first period goals before tonight…Scott Upshall's goal was the 4th shorthanded goal allowed by the Islanders this season (all in the last 23 games)..Thomas Vanek's goal gives the Islanders four players with 16 goals, joining Chicago as the only teams in the league with at least four 16-goal scorers...The Isles have outscored their opponents 16-3 in the third period over the last nine games…Calvin deHaan had no points in his first 17 games this season but now has a 5-game point streak (1-5-6)… Florida is unbeaten in regulation when leading after 2 periods (9-0-1)… Isles had won the last 4 games that they trailed 2-0 (@ San Jose, @ Minnesota, Vs Dallas, @ Dallas)… The Isles had won eight straight games outside the Metropolitan Division.
End of Seven
This was only the second time in franchise history that the Isles have won at least seven straight on the road:
· 8 in 1980-81
· 7 in 2013-14
· 6 in 1980-81, 1981-82, and 2001-02
The 7-game winning streak is the longest road winning streak in the NHL this season:
7 NY ISLANDERS Dec 20, 2013 Jan 12, 2014
6 ANAHEIM Dec 6, 2013 Dec 23, 2013
6 CHICAGO Nov 21, 2013 Nov 30, 2013
6 NY RANGERS Oct 26, 2013 Nov 23, 2013
6 DALLAS Nov 3, 2013 Nov 17, 2013
6 COLORADO Oct 8, 2013 Nov 1, 2013
Isles at 48
The Isles are 18-23-7 through 48 games; they were 24-17-7 last season, which lasted only 48 games.
· Goals For: 132+ (139 last season)
· Goals Against: 156+ (139 last season)
· John Tavares 21-35-56 +2 (28-19-47 -2 last season)
· Kyle Okposo 19-27-46 -2 (4-20-24 -2 last season)
· Frans Nielsen 16-20-36 -10 (6-23-29 -3 last season)
The Shots:
Isles 8-10-15=33
Panthers 10-10- 6 =26
Every Islander but Josh Bailey and Thomas Hickey was credited with at least 1 shot on goal.
Home and Road
The Islanders are 18-23-7 overall, 7-9-7 at home and 11-14-0 on the road. The Isles have won 4 of 5, are 9-4-0 in their last 13 and are 10-5-2 in their last 17 games overall.
The Panthers are 18-21-7 overall; they are 10-9-4 at home and 8-12-3 on the road. The Panthers are 4-1-2 in their last seven games.
By Division
The Isles are 3-10-3 in Division games and are 15-13-4 in games against other divisions. They are 6-4-3 vs. the Atlantic Division, 6-4-0 vs. Central Division, and 3-5-1 vs. the Pacific Division.
In the Nets
Kevin Poulin made 22 saves but falls to 9-13-0 on the season. The loss breaks a career-best five game winning streak.
Tim Thomas made 31 saves for Florida; he improves to 12-11-3.
Power Plays
The Islanders were 0-3 while the Panthers were 0-5.
The Isles are 10-6-4 when they score at least one power play goal and 8-17-3 when they do not. The Isles are 8-14-3 when they allow at least one power play goal and 10-9-4 when they do not.
The Islander special teams are much improved as of late. The power play is 11-39 (28.2%) over the last 13 games while the Isles have killed 36 of 42 (85.7%) over the last 14 games while scoring two shorthanded goals.
Florida, on the other hand, is 0-22 on the power play in their last seven games.
Tale of Three Seasons
The Isles PP went 10-33 in the first 10 games, before going 7-79 in the next 24 games. Since then, the Isles are 11-39 in the last 14 games (including 9-25 in the last eight games (36.0%)).
Three is a Magic Number
The Isles are 17-4-2 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 1-19-5 when they do not.
Helps to Score First
The Isles are 9-5-5 when they score first and are 9-18-2 when they allow the opening goal. The Isles have allowed the first goal in 9 of their last 10 games.
Second to The One
Jack Capuano became the 2nd coach in Islander history to win 100 games in Toronto on January 7th. He is 2nd on the all-time Islander list in both games coached (243) and wins (102).
Most games coached (Islanders):
1. Al Arbour 1,500
2. Jack Capuano 243
3. Mike Milbury 191
4. Terry Simpson 187
5. Scott Gordon 181
Most wins by Islander coaches:
1. Al Arbour 740
2. Jack Capuano 102
3. Terry Simpson 81
4. Peter Laviolette 77
5. Ted Nolan 74
They Said It
Colin McDonald: "We talked before tonight's game that we wanted a better start; obviously we didn't do that….They came pretty hard, with all five guys…forced us to rush the puck…cost us the game."
They Tweeted It
@fornabaioctp Longest AHL streak: 2 (4x) MT @ehornick Calvin deHaan now has a 5 game point streak
@ckRaggio Frustrating loss, but every streak has to come to an end. We'll start a new one on Thursday. Shake it off, boys! Let's Go #isles!!
@bgeezy44 Dont worry about tonight boys just wasnt the night 34 games left keep grinding #isles#nevergiveup
The Coach
"We had quite a few chances… we got into penalty trouble, obviously...the first and third goal were tough…It's self-inflicted."
Back-to-Backs
The Isles are 5-6-0 in the front-end and 4-5-2 on the back end of back-to-backs this season.
In the eleven sets of back-to-backs, they have earned 4 points twice, 3 points once, 2 points four times, 1 point once and no points on three occasions.
The next set of back-to-backs will be on January 20th-21st as they will host Philadelphia before visiting the Rangers.
Head of the Class
John Tavares has 305 career points; he is 73 points ahead of Matt Duchene for most among 2009 draft picks. No other player from that draft is anywhere close. Tavares also has more goals and more assists than any other player from that draft.
Leading Ice Men
Andrew MacDonald played 29:39 to lead the Isles for the 29h time this season. Brian Campbell led the Panthers with 30:21 of ice-time.
The Isles are 11-13-5 when MacDonald leads them in ice-time and 7-10-2 when Hamonic leads them.
In the Circle
The Islanders won 32 of 64 draws. John Tavares won 14 of 21 draws for the Isles; Aleksander Barkov won 13 of 22 for Florida.
The Islanders killed all five Florida power plays, despite losing all 10 face-offs on Florida power plays.
Heavy Hitters
The Isles out-hit Florida 37-18. Four Islanders, including Matt Martin, shared the team lead with four hits. Martin's 234 hits lead the NHL by a wide margin. He had now recorded at least 200 hits in four straight seasons.
There were no fights. The Isles have been involved in 15 fights this season: Martin (6), Boulton (4), Carkner (4), McDonald (1).
Giving Up the Body
The Isles were credited with 11 blocked shots. Andrew MacDonald left the Isles with 4 blocks, extending his NHL-leading total to 163. Matt Carkner also had 4.
Four Over All-Time .500
The Islanders fall to four games over all-time NHL .500 (1389-1385-446 in 3,220 games). The Isles have been 1-under all-time .500 after six games this season and have gone 4-0-2 in the following game.
The Isles have finished every season since 1977-78 above all-time NHL .500 and have not been more than 1 game under NHL-.500 since January 11, 1978.
Ironmen
Frans Nielsen is the Islanders' reigning ironman. He has played 178 consecutive games, and is one of four Islanders to have played in every game this season. Other ironman streaks: Andrew Mac Donald (149), Matt Martin (109), and Thomas Hickey (49).
Travis Hamonic did not play; he is "day-to-day" with an "upper body injury".
Hamonic's absence ends his consecutive game streak at 117 games; his entire NHL career to this point has been played in two lengthy consecutive games stretches (8th and 9th among all Islander defenders)
Century Club
Hamonic's absence ends his consecutive game streak at 117 games; his entire NHL career to this point has been played in two lengthy consecutive games stretches (8th and 9th among all Islander defenders)
Century Club
Travis Hamonic is the only defenseman in Islander history with two streaks in which he played at least 100 consecutive games. Those are two of only 10 streaks of at least 100 consecutive games by a defenseman in Islander history:
1. Denis Potvin 11/29/1975-1/17/1979 262
2. Bryan McCabe 10/7/1995-2/4/1998 220 (*)(**)
3. Gerry Hart 3/1/1975-11/22/1977 198
4. Andrew MacDonald 12/19/11- CURRENT 149
5. Janne Niinimaa 3/13/2004-1/7/2006 136 (**)
6. Ken Morrow 3/1/1980-12/29/1981 134 (*)
7. Mark Streit 10/8/2011-4/26/2013 130
8. Travis Hamonic 2/24/2012- 1/12/2014 117
9. Travis Hamonic 11/24/2010 – 2/4/2012 113 (*)
10. Jean Potvin 10/23/1975-1/2/1977 110
11. Kenny Jonsson 12/26/1996-2/4/1998 104
(*) Start of NHL career.
(**) Entire career with Islanders
Missing Men
Lubomir Visnovsky, Radek Martinek and Evgeni Nabokov remain on injured reserve. Peter Regin was scratched for the 4th straight game while Eric Boulton was scratched for the 3rd straight game. Matt Carkner returned to the lineup, replacing Travis Hamonic (upper body injury). The Isles have lost 123 games this season due to injury.
Nobody Beats the Viz
The Isles were 19-12-4 last season and are 3-3-2 this season with Lubomir Visnovsky in the lineup. They were 5-5-3 last season and are 15-20-5 this season without him in the lineup.
| Career Goals as an Islander |
15 Mariusz Czerkawski 145
16 John Tavares 133
17 Jason Blake 127
28 Mikko Makela 95
28 David Volek 95
30 Randy Wood 94
31 Greg Gilbert 93
31 Garry Howatt 93
33 Travis Green 92
34 Kyle Okposo 91
35 Butch Goring 87
36 Tomas Jonsson 84
37 Wayne Merrick 81
37 Dave Scatchard 81
39 Marty McInnis 79
40 Miroslav Satan 78
41 Michael Grabner 77
42 Frans Nielsen 76
42 Claude Lapointe 76
44 Lorne Henning 73
44 J.P. Parise 73
| Career Assists as an Islander |
16 Ed Westfall 181
17 Kenny Jonsson 175
18 John Tavares 173
19 Alexei Yashin 171
20 Duane Sutter 171
21 Jean Potvin 167
22 Jeff Norton 166
23 Zigmund Palffy 163
24 Frans Nielsen 156
25 David Volek 154
| Career Games as an Islander (skaters) |
24 Eddie Westfall 493
25 Radek Martinek 476
25 Gerry Hart 476
27 Mariusz Czerkawski 470
32 Dave Langevin 422
33 Frans Nielsen 415
34 Wayne Merrick 411
35 Jean Potvin 402
36 David Volek 396
37 Bert Marshall 392
38 Travis Green 388
39 Anders Kallur 383
40 Randy Wood 381
41 Josh Bailey 372
42 Kyle Okposo 366
43 Dave Scatchard 347
44 Alexei Yashin 346
45 Mark Parrish 345
46 John Tavares 338
47 Marty McInnis 337
| Career Points as an Islander |
16 Ziggy Palffy 331
17 John Tavares 305
18 Mariusz Czerkawski 295
25 Ray Ferraro 238
26 Travis Green 237
27 Kenny Jonsson 232
27 Frans Nielsen 232
29 Greg Gilbert 231
29 Kyle Okposo 231
31 Benoit Hogue 229
31 Trent Hunter 229
Season Series Stats
The Panthers lead the season series 1 game to 0 (and two points to none). The teams will also meet on March 2nd and April 1st at the Coliseum.
The loss breaks the Isles' four game win streak against Florida; they are 6-4-0 in their last ten against the Cats.
Happy Anniversary
2 years ago tonight (1-14-12): Evgeni Nabokov became the 26th goalie in NHL history to win xxx games as the Islanders defeated Buffalo 4-2 at the Coliseum. Michael Grabner scored the winning goal with 3:03 to play and added an empty-net; in between, Nabokov stopped Thomas Vanek on a penalty shot to preserve the lead.
Overall, the Isles are 7-6-2 on this date, including an 8-5 win over Quebec in 1988, during which Denis Potvin became the first defensemen in NHL history to record his 300th goal
On The Farm
Bridgeport is 14-20-1-4 on the season. The Sound Tigers are off until Friday, when they begin a 3-game in 3-day weekend in Binghamton.
Anders Lee leads Bridgeport with 15 goals; Lee and Dallas Jackson leads current Sound Tigers in assists (14) while Lee leads current players in points (29). Ryan Strome still leads the team in assists (24) and points (33).
Up Next
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14th —ISLANDERS AT TAMPA BAY 7:30PM
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The Islanders recent hot streak began with a win at Madison Square Garden that following a disappointing shootout loss to Tampa Bay at the Coliseum. Valtteri Filippula scored twice in the final three minutes, including the tying goal off a scramble with less than 4 seconds to play and then also scored in the shootout.
Despite that shootout loss, the Isles are 9-3-1 in their last 13 games against the Lightning.
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.
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
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