"The Skinny"
By Eric Hornick
Game 70
Isles 6, Anaheim 3
Brock Nelson scored twice, and Kyle Palmieri added a career-high four points as the Isles rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits for a 6-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks before a crowd of 13,552 at Honda Center. Pierre Engvall was credited with the game winning goal as he scored for the third straight game.
The Isles improve to 35-27-8 as they head to San Jose on Saturday for their final meeting with a Western Conference foe. The Isles remain the second Wild Card; they are tied in points behind Pittsburgh, but the Penguins have played two fewer games. The Isles are five points ahead of Florida, who have three games in hand on the Isles.
The Scoring:
1st Period
Max Jones (6) Cam Fowler (33), Troy Terry (31) 00:25 NYI 0,ANA 1
Kyle Palmieri (11) Pierre Engvall (10), Adam Pelech (12) 12:24 NYI 1,ANA 1
Kevin Shattenkirk (3) Trevor Zegras (36), Ryan Strome (21) 17:47 NYI 1,ANA 2
2nd Period
Hudson Fasching (6) Zach Parise (11), Sebastian Aho (16) 09:46 NYI 2,ANA 2
Brock Nelson (29) Adam Pelech (13), Kyle Palmieri (12) 19:37 NYI 3,ANA 2
3rd Period
Pierre Engvall (15) Kyle Palmieri (13) 02:58 NYI 4,ANA 2
Brock Nelson (30) Kyle Palmieri (14), Noah Dobson (27) 09:02 NYI 5,ANA 2
Zach Parise (17) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (20) 12:45 NYI 6,ANA 2
Kevin Shattenkirk (4) Frank Vatrano (18), Max Comtois (8) 15:05 NYI 6,ANA 3 PPG
The Skinny
The Isles are 12-5-3 in their last 20 games and 5-2-2 in their last nine road games; they match a season-high by going eight games over NHL-.500…. The Isles have outscored the opposition 20-6 over the last 13 third periods … The Isles' third period improves to +12; the Isles were +16 in the third period through 23 games, -17 over the next 34 games but are +14 over the last thirteen games …It was the first time in his career that Kyle Palmieri had recorded four points, the first time he had three assists and only the second time he went +4…It was the Isles'' 17th comeback win of the season, tied-7th in the NHL and their eighth win of the season when trailing after one period (5th in NHL)….Brock Nelson hit thirty goals for the 2nd straight season, and tied Bobby Nystrom for 10th place in club history with 235 goals.
Heavy Hitters
Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are now 1-2 all-time in hits:
1. Cal Clutterbuck 3,705
2. Matt Martin 3,672
Last Year vs. This Year
· 2022-23 35-27-8 for 78 points in 70 games
· 2021-22 32-29-9 for 73 points in 70 games; finished 37-35-10 for 84 points.
Offense from Defense
· Today: 0-4-4
· Season: 35-108-143
· Last Season (Final) 32-128-160
The Islander defense have scored 35 goals, three more than they did last season and the most that they have scored since tallying 39 goals in 2017-18.
Best of the Best
Ilya Sorokin has 15 shutouts in 119 career starts. He has recorded a shutout in 12.6% of his starts, which is the best in NHL history (since 1943-44) among goalies with at least 100 starts:
· Ilya Sorokin 12.6%
· Roman Cechmanek 12.2%
· Ken Dryden 11.8%
· Dominik Hasek 11.3%
Zach Attack
Zach Parise now has 425 career goals, good for 9th among actives and tied with Brian Propp for 83rd all-time.
Home and Road
The Isles are 35-27-8 overall; they are 21-12-3 at home and 14-15-5 on the road.
Anaheim is 22-36-10 overall; they are 11-17-3 at home and 11-19-3 on the road.
East and West
The Isles are 20-14-5 against the East (13-5-1 vs. Metropolitan and 7-8-5 vs. Atlantic) and 15-13-3 against the West (6-7-3 vs. Central and 9-6-0 vs. Pacific).
Home is Where the Fans Are
The Isles have played 76 games at UBS Arena and recorded 54 sellouts of 17,255.
Sweet Lou
Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:
1. David Poile 1,525
2. Lou Lamoriello 1,398
3. Glen Sather 1,319
First Things First
The Isles are 22-10-4 when scoring first and are 13-17-4 when allowing the opening goal.
The Shots
Isles 13-16-4=33
Anaheim 7-8-8=23
The Isles are 18-10-3 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 17-17-5 when they are out-shot.
In the Nets
Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves; he is 24-19-6 on the season and 4-0-0 vs. Anaheim.
John Gibson made 27 saves; he is 14-24-8 on the season and 4-3-1 vs. the Isles.
Special Teams
The Isles were 0-1 on the power play (6:00); Anaheim was 1-2 on the power play (2:24).
The Isles are 15-10-3 when they score at least one power play goal and 20-17-5 when they do not. The Isles are 15-12-2 when they allow at least one power play goal and 20-14-6 when they do not.
Three is a Magic Number
The Isles are 29-6-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 6-21-5 when they do not.
One-Goal Games
The Isles are 15-6-8 in games decided by a single goal including 10-6 in regulation. They are 5-3 in games decided in overtime and are 0-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 4-7 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.
Back-to-Backs
The next set of back-to-backs will be on March 24th in Columbus and on March 25th vs. Buffalo. Including tonight, the Isles are 7-6-0 in the front end and 8-4-1 in the back end.
Ice-time Leaders
Isles: Adam Pelech (25:01); Anaheim: Kevin Shattenkirk (24:19)
Bo Horvat led Isles forwards with 19:19 of ice-time.
Isles record by ice-time leaders: Alexander Romanov (2-2-1), Noah Dobson (4-12-2), Adam Pelech (8-2-0), Ryan Pulock (7-5-1), Scott Mayfield (7-1-3), Brock Nelson (1-0-0), Mathew Barzal (2-1-0), Sebastian Aho (0-1-0), Bo Horvat (3-2-1), Tied (0-1-0).
Face-offs
Isles 25, Anaheim 21 (54%)
Bo Horvat won 10 of 14 for the Isles; Trevor Zegras won 5 of 9 for Anaheim.
Hit Count
Isles 15 (Three with 3)
Anaheim 14 (Two with 3)
Fights
There were no fights. Season total: 16 (Martin-6, Johnston-3, Lee-2, Wahlstrom-2, Cizikas, Romanov, Martin)
Blocked Shots
Isles 10 (JG Pageau -3)
Anaheim 20 (Three with 3)
For the
Analytics Crowd
Corsi: All
situations: Isles 61, Anaheim 40
Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 54,
Anaheim 36
5-on-5 leaders:
Isles: Bo Horvat +13
Anaheim: Trevor Zegras
+5
High Danger Scoring
Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)
All situations: Isles
10, Anaheim 3
5-on-5: Isles 9, Anaheim
2
Scratches
Oliver Wahlstrom-IR), (Otto Koivula -INJ) , (Mathew Barzal-INJ), Parker Wotherspoon, Ross Johnston, Josh Bailey
Games Lost: 177
The Ironman
Zach Parise played in his 152nd consecutive Islander game; he has played in every game since joining the team in October 2021. Overall, his streak is 153 games, making it the 15th-longest active streak in the NHL.
Challenges
Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures – STL goalie interference 11/3
Opponents: 2 successful, 0 failures – PIT offside 12/27, VAN goalie interference 2/9
League reviews: 6 (Isles goal – Salo vs ANA 10/16 – stood; Isles no goal vs NSH 12/2-stood; Isles goal- Martin vs CHI 12/4-awarded; MIN goal (Gaudreau) 1/12 – awarded); MTL goal (Matheson) 2/11-stood; Isles goal – Fasching vs BUF 3/7 -awarded.
Quickies
The Isles have scored two goals in under a minute six times this season (five times at home and once on road):
· 0:17 10/29 vs. COL (Mayfield and Beauvillier)
· 0:59 11/7 vs. CGY (Lee and Palmieri)
· 0:22 11/26 vs PHI (Nelson and Beauvillier)
· 0:43 12/4 vs CHI (Parise and Nelson)
· 0:21 12/6 vs STL (Fasching and Pageau)
· 0:34 12/9 @ NJD (Cizikas and Wahlstrom)
Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins
The Isles have come from two goals behind after two periods to win four times this season and have allowed the opposition to do so once.
For (4): Trailed 3-1, Won 5-3 vs. COL 10/29
Trailed 3-1, Won 4-3 (OT) vs CGY 11/7
Trailed 3-1, Won 4-3 at NYR 11/8
Trailed 3-1, Won 4-3 (OT) at PIT 3/9
Vs (1): Led 4-2, Lost 6-5 vs VAN 2/9
Last Minute Heroes:
The Isles have scored four goals and allowed one goal in the final three minutes of the third period that were either the winning goal or forced overtime.
For(4): Brock Nelson vs COL 10/29 (18:39;EN/GW)
Josh Bailey @ TOR 11/21 (17:02; Isles won in OT)
Zach Parise Vs PIT 2/17 (17:17; GW)
Anders Lee @ PIT 3/9 (18:45; Isles won in OT)
Vs (1): Kappo Kaako @NYR 12/22 (17:13: GW)
Overtime Winners
For (5): Noah Dobson vs CGY 11/7 (4:02)
Zach Parise vs CBJ 11/12 (0:39)
Anthony Beauvillier @ TOR 11/21 (1:56)
Mathew Barzal vs VEG 1/28 (4:28)
Brock Nelson @ PIT 3/9 (2:13)
Vs. (3): Dimitry Orlov Vs WAS 1/16 (4:27)
Dylan Cozens @ BUF 1/19 (0:12)
Mike Matheson @ MTL 2/11 (4:38)
Shootout Winners
For (0):
Vs (5): David Pastrnak @ BOS 12/13
Evan Rodrigues @ COL 12/19
Jason Robertson Vs DAL 1/10
Tim Stutzle Vs OTT 2/14
Frederick Gaudreau @MIN 2/28
All-time Islander Leader Boards:
Games Played (skaters)
1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,054…
6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Matt Martin 754 *** 8. Mike Bossy 752 *** 9. Brock Nelson 746 *** 10. Casey Cizikas 733…
12. Brent Sutter 694 *** 13. John Tavares 669 *** 14. Anders Lee 666 *** 15. Derek King 638 *** 16. Cal Clutterbuck 624
Goals
1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …
7. John Tavares 272 *** 8. Bob Bourne and Anders Lee 238 *** 10. Bobby Nystrom and Brock Nelson 235 *** 12. Derek King 211 *** 13. John Tonelli 206 *** 14 Billy Harris and Josh Bailey 184…
28. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 29 Mathew Barzal, Benoit Hogue, and Ed Westfall 105
Assists
1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 *** 4. Josh Bailey 396…
13. Pat LaFontaine 279 *** 14. Bob Nystrom 278 *** 15. Billy Harris 259 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 257 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson 249 *** 18. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 20. Brock Nelson 217…
23. Ed Westfall 181 *** 24. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 25. Anders Lee 174
Points
1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…
6. Brent Sutter 610 *** 7. Josh Bailey 580 …
13. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 14. Brock Nelson 452 *** 15. Billy Harris 443 *** 16. Anders Lee 412 *** 17. Kyle Okposo and Stefan Persson 369…19. Mathew Barzal 362
+/-
1. Bryan Trottier +467 *** 2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380…
15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 17. Garry Howatt +75 *** 18. Adam Pelech +73 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Greg Gilbert +54
Defense Goals
1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** Kenny Jonsson 57…
6. Nick Leddy 45 *** 7. Roman Hamrlik 43 **** 8. Ryan Pulock 41 *** 9. Mark Streit 40 *** 10. Johnny Boychuk *** 11. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 12. Bryan Berard 31***13. Noah Dobson 29
Defense Assists
1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…
8. Mark Streit 139 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 127…
15. Bryan Berard 100 *** 16. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 17. Adam Pelech 97…
23. Radek Martinek 85 *** 24. Noah Dobson 82*** 25. Adrian Aucoin and Scott Mayfield 80
Defense Points
1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…
8. Mark Streit 179 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 168…
17. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 18. Adam Pelech 121 *** 19. Thomas Hickey 117...20. Adrian Aucoin 113 *** 21. Noah Dobson 111 *** 22. Radek Martinek 109 *** 23. Dave Langevin 107 *** 24. Scott Lachance and Ken Morrow 105 *** 26. Scott Mayfield 104
Wins
1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…
8. Glenn Healy 66 *** 9. Ilya Sorokin 63 *** 10. Tommy Salo 62 *** 11. Semyon Varlamov 59
Shutouts
1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 16 …
4. Ilya Sorokin 15 *** 5. Tommy Salo 14 *** 6. Semyon Varlamov 13
On the Farm
Bridgeport is now 27-24-7-1 on the season, following a 7-5 defeat to Hartford; they currently hold the last playoff spot in their division by one point over Hartford.
Andy Andreoff leads the team (and is tied-4th in the AHL) with 26 goals, while Chris Terry continues to lead in assists (39) and points (57); his 57 points are 8th in the AHL with his 39 assists are 6th. William Dufour has 20 goals, which is tied-3th among AHL rookies while All-Star Ruslan Iskhakov is 3rd among AHL rookies with 31 assists and leads all rookies with 46 points.
Bridgeport hosts Syracuse on Friday and Hartford on Saturday.
Season Series Stats
The Isles sweep the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 0).
It's the second straight year the Isles have swept the season series, with Ilya Sorokin in nets for all four wins.
UP NEXT
SATURDAY, MARCH 18th –ISLANDERS AT SAN JOSE 10:30pm
[MSGSN (Pre-game at 10:00pm), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio]
One more late night. The Isles play their final game this (regular) season outside of the Eastern Time Zone as they face the Sharks in San Jose.
The Isles are 5-1-3 (including a 5-2 win in October at home) in their last nine against the Sharks, but are 0-1-2 in their last three trips to San Jose.
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
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