The Skinny; Florida 3, Isles 2 (shootout)

"The Skinny"  

 By Eric Hornick

 

Game 23

Florida 3, Isles 2 (shootout)

Ryan Strome and Josh Bailey scored 3:03 apart in the third period to tie the game but the Florida Panthers scored on all five of their shootout attempts as they defeated the Islanders before a crowd of 14,598 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, FL.  The Isles are 0-2 in shootouts this season and have lost a franchise-record 7 straight shootouts, dating back to last season.

The Scoring:

1ST PERIOD

08:38    FLA      Brandon Pirri (4) ASST: Jaromir Jagr (10), Erik Gudbranson (3)    1 - 0 FLA          

 

2ND PERIOD

04:42    FLA      Jussi Jokinen (6) ASST: Vincent Trocheck (7)     2 - 0 FLA          

 

3RD PERIOD

05:36    NYI       Ryan Strome (2) ASST: Mikhail Grabovski (7), Marek Zidlicky (5) 2 - 1 FLA          

08:39    NYI       Josh Bailey (4) ASST: Frans Nielsen (8), Marek Zidlicky (6)          2 - 2 Tie           

 

OT PERIOD

NONE

The Shootout

ROUND FLORIDA PANTHERS   NEW YORK ISLANDERS

1          Brandon Pirri     (G)        Frans Nielsen (G)

2          Vincent Trocheck (G)     Kyle Okposo(G)           

3          Nick Bjugstad   (G)        John Tavares(G)           

4          Jonathan Huberdeau (G) Josh Bailey (G)           

5          Aleksander Barkov (G)   Brock Nelson (NG)

History Made, History Tied

It's the first time in NHL shootout history that there have been 9 consecutive goals…It's the first time a shootout has started with 9 consecutive goals…It's also the first time only one shooter has not scored in a shootout of at least 5 rounds…Frans Nielsen's goal was his 40^th career shootout goal, tying Jonathan Toews for the all-time NHL record.…The Isles tied the club record with 4 goals in a shootout, set on April 15, 2006 in Pittsburgh and tied on January 16, 2010 vs. Buffalo (both 4-3 wins) and again on March 27, 2014 in Tampa (5-4 in 13 rounds) .  The 5 shootout goals allowed tie that 2014 game for the most the Isles have ever allowed.

 

The Skinny:

 

The Isles did not score in the first period for the first time in eight games. Kyle Okposo's point streak ended at six games (1-7-8) while John Tavares' point streak ended at 4…The Isles have scored at least one third period goal in six straight games, outscoring their opponents 11-5… The Isles' 26 points through 23 games is their second-highest point total at this stage of the season in the last 8 years (32 points last season)… Jaroslav Halak (44-21-6) remained tied with Garth Snow (44-52-13) for 11^th place on the Isles' all-time goalie win list… Ryan Strome scored in his return from Bridgeport; his only other NHL goal was vs. Winnipeg on October 12^th…Josh Bailey's tying goal was his first since October 23^rd… Isles are 0-11-2 in last 13 games (dating back to last March 9^th) when trailing after two periods… Roberto Luongo played his 882^nd NHL game, passing John Vanbiesbrouck for 8^th place on the all-time goaltender list.  He recorded his 408^th win, passing Glenn Hall 8^th place on that list…Marek Zidlicky, the oldest defenseman in Islander history, recorded two assists for his first points since November 3^rd and his first multi-point game as an Islander…Jaromir Jagr's assist was his 93rd assist and 154^th point against the Isles (61-93-154).  He is the all-time leader against the Isles in all three categories.

 

First Time in a Long Time

Four Islander defensemen played at least 24:14.  It's the first time since January 19, 2013 that four Isles have played at least that much. 

The Isles had not used four defensemen for at least 24:14 since December 27, 2011.

The Shots:

Isles       9-6-9-1=25

Florida  11-7-5-4=27

 

Home and Road

The Islanders are 11-8-4 overall; 7-4-2 at home and 4-4-2 on the road. 

 

Florida is 9-9-4 overall; 6-5-2 at home and 3-4-2 on the road.  

By Division

The Isles are 3-0-2 in Division games and are 8-8-2 in games against other divisions. They are 0-6-1 vs. the Atlantic Division, 3-1-1 vs. Central Division, and 5-1-0 vs. the Pacific Division. 

The Isles finished last season 21-6-3 against the Met and 26-22-4 against other Divisions. 

In the Nets

Jaroslav Halak made 25 saves; his record is 6-4-2. Halak falls to 24-25 all-time in shootouts. Halak is 9-2-1 against Florida.

Roberto Luongo made 23 saves to improve 7-8-3 on the season and 9-10-4 in his career against the Isles.  Luongo is 43-50 all-time in shootouts.

Power Plays

The Islanders were 0-1 on the power play, while Florida was 0-1.

The Isles power play is 1-25 (4.0%) over the last eight games after opening the season 9-36 (25%) while the penalty killers have allowed 10 goals in 33 times short over the last ten games (69.7%).

The Isles are 5-2-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 5-7-2 when they do not.  The Isles are 5-5-1 when they allow at least one power play goal and 6-3-3 when they do not. 

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 10-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 1-6-4 when they do not.  The Isles were 40-8-4 when they scored at least three goals (including SO winners) last season.

One Goal Games

The Isles are 3-3-4 in games decided by a single goal including 2-3-0 in regulation. They are 1-2 in games decided in overtime and are 0-2 in shootouts.  The Isles are 3-2 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1 goal game into a 2-goal game.

First Goal

The Isles are 8-3-1 when they score first and are 3-5-3 when they allow the opening goal.   

Second to The One

Jack Capuano is the 2^nd winningest coach in Islander history. Capuano is 176-156-50 behind the Islander bench. Among the 9 New York teams, only the Giants' Tom Coughlin and the Yankees' Joe Girardi have led their respective teams longer than Capuano.

Most games coached (Islanders):

1.     Al Arbour 1,500

2.     Jack Capuano 382

3.     Mike Milbury 191

4.     Terry Simpson 187

5.     Scott Gordon 181

 

Most wins by Islander coaches:

1.     Al Arbour 740

2.     Jack Capuano 176

3.     Terry Simpson 81

4.     Peter Laviolette 77

5.     Ted Nolan 74

They Tweeted It

@BrentRicM One thing I will say is #Isles came back from 2-0 down and got a point. The one point is well-earned. Did they lose the 2nd? Yeah, sure

@YoCamron  JOSH BAILEY!!! THE COMEBACK IS COMPLETE! NOW LETS WIN

@Hinchy_A7X117  WELCOME BACK RYAN STROME!!!

Back-to-Backs

Including tonight, the Isles are 0-2-3 on the front-end and 2-2-0 on the back end of back-to-backs this season.  This back-to-back set will conclude Saturday in Tampa Bay.

Tired vs. Rested

·         The Isles are 0-1-0 when both teams played the night before.

·         The Isles are 2-2-0 when they are rested and their opponents are not.

·         The Isles are 2-1-0 when their opponents are rested and the Isles are not.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Travis Hamonic (26:13); Florida: Aaron Ekblad (24:03).

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Travis Hamonic (6-2-2), Johnny Boychuk (4-3-0), Calvin deHaan (0-0-1), Nick Leddy (1-2-1), Tied (0-1-0)

John Tavares led Isles forwards with 21:51 of ice-time. Isles record by Forward ice-time leaders: John Tavares (7-6-3), Ryan Strome (2-0-0), Frans Nielsen (1-0-0), Josh Bailey (1-0-0), Kyle Okposo (0-1-1), Tied (0-1-0). 

Face-offs

Isles 26, Florida 24 (52%).

Frans Nielsen won 8 of 12 for the Isles but his teammates won only 18 of 38; Vincent Trocheck won 7 of 12 for Florida.

The Isles won 20 of 34 over the first two periods but only 6 of 16 in the third period and overtime.

The Isles won 23 of 45 draws at even strength, 2 of 3 on the power play and 1 of 2 on the penalty kill.

Heavy Hitters

Isles 34, Florida 24.  Casey Cizikas led the Isles with 5 hits.

Fights

There were no fights. Season total – 5 (Martin-3, Boychuk, Leddy).  

Blocked Shots

The Isles were credited with 8 blocked shots; Frans Nielsen led the team with three.

For the Corsi Crowd

All situations:  Isles 59, Florida 52.  (Florida had 8 of the 11 attempts in the overtime)

Even-Strength: Isles 50, Florida 33. The Corsi stat measures shots attempted, both for and against (including blocks). 

The Isles allowed Florida only 6 even-strength attempts in the entire 2^nd period.

Johnny Boychuk, Cal Clutterbuck, and Matt Martin led the Isles with a +7 even-strength Corsi rating; Clutterbuck and Martin had a team-leading 73% of Corsi For events. Reilly Smith led Florida with a +5 rating.

Ironmen

·         Nikolay Kulemin -173 (68 for Toronto and 105 for the Isles)

·         Brock Nelson  -158 (all for Isles)

Missing Men

Eric Boulton and Thomas Hickey are on injured reserve; Ryan Strome replaced Steve Bernier in the lineup. Adam Pelech was also scratched.

The Isles have lost 47 games this season due to injury/illness.

All-time Islander Leader Board:

John Tavares has:

·         184 goals (tied-11th all-time with Billy Harris, 22 behind John Tonelli and 27 behind Derek King)

·         237 assists (15th all-time, 12 behind Tomas Jonsson and 22 behind Billy Harris)

·         421 points (13^th all-time and 22 behind Billy Harris)

·         452 games played (31st among Islander skaters all-time, 7 behind Trent Hunter and 18 behind Mariusz Czerkawski)

Kyle Okposo has:

·         122 goals (18th all-time and 5 behind Jason Blake)

·         202 assists (17^th all-time and 4 behind Frans Nielsen)

·         324 points (18^th all-time, 7 behind Ziggy Palffy and 9 behind Tomas Jonsson)

·         473 games played (29^th among Islander skaters all-time, 3 behind Gerry Hart, 6 behind Radek Martinek and 20 behind Ed Westfall)

Frans Nielsen has:

·         108 goals (25th all-time, and 8 behind Ray Ferraro)

·         206 assists (16th all-time and 31 behind John Tavares)

·         314 points (19th all-time, 10 behind Kyle Okposo and 17 behind Ziggy Palffy)

·         548 games played (16^th among Islander skaters all-time with Duane Sutter, 2 behind Ken Morrow and 46 behind John Tonelli.)

 Josh Bailey has:

·         144 assists (28^th all-time, 1 behind Travis Green and 6 behind Mariusz Czerkawski)

·         229 points (tied-31st all-time with Trent Hunter and Benoit Hogue)

·         498 games played (26^th among Islander skaters, 11 behind Rich Pilon, 12 behind Mick Vukota and 16 behind Dave Lewis)

Season Series Stats

The Panthers lead the season series 1 game to 0 and 2 points to 1.  The teams will next meet on December 15^th in Brooklyn.

This was the third straight game played between the teams in Sunrise to end in a shootout.

The Isles are 6-3-2 in their last 11 games against Florida, including 3-1-2 in their last six games on the road against the Cats.

On The Farm

The Sound Tigers have been off since dropping a 3-1 decision in Albany on Wednesday.

The Sound Tigers host Hartford on Saturday and Syracuse on Sunday.

Up Next

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28th–ISLANDERS AT TAMPA BAY 7:00PM

[MSG+ (Isles Pre-game at 6:30), 91.5 WNYE-FM. 88.7 WRHU-FM, 103.9 WRCN]

 

The Isles will play their third game in four days on Saturday night in Tampa Bay against the Lightning.

The home team won all three games last season, including a 5-2 Lightning win in Tampa last November 14^th.  The Isles are 4-3-1 in their last 8 games in Tampa. 

Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since 1982. Information contained in "The Skinny" has been gathered from various sources.  Follow Eric @ehornick on Twitter & on his blog www.nyiskinny.com.

 

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