"The Skinny"
By Eric Hornick
Game 68
Washington 5, Isles 1
TJ Oshie scored his sixth goal in the last eight games to break a 1-1 tie late in the first period and for the first time in over a month the third period belonged to the opposition as Washington scored three more times to defeat the Isles 5-1 before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. Pierre Engvall was credited with the game's first goal, and his first as an Islander, when he scored off a Capital on a delayed penalty.
The Isles fall to 34-26-8 as they head to California to face Los Angeles on Tuesday, Anaheim on Wednesday, and San Jose on Saturday; they will have 11 games left after this trip – all against Eastern Conference foes. The Isles are now the second Wild Card; they are even in points with Pittsburgh but the Penguins have played three fewer games. The Isles are now three points ahead of Florida, who has one game in hand.
The Scoring:
1st Period
Pierre Engvall (13) 05:18 WSH 0,NYI 1
Dylan Strome (16) Rasmus Sandin (21), Trevor van Riemsdyk (13) 06:41 WSH 1,NYI 1
T.J. Oshie (17) Rasmus Sandin (22), Trevor van Riemsdyk (14) 19:13 WSH 2,NYI 1
2nd Period
No Goals
3rd Period
Anthony Mantha (10) Alex Ovechkin (26), Dylan Strome (31) 04:15 WSH 3,NYI 1
Nic Dowd (11) 12:18 WSH 4,NYI 1
Nicklas Backstrom (4) Rasmus Sandin (23), Anthony Mantha (16) 13:19 WSH 5,NYI 1
The Skinny
The Isles are 11-4-3 in their last 18 games and 7-3-1 in their last eleven home games…. The Isles had outscored the opposition 17-1 in their last ten third periods but were outscored 3-0 tonight… The Isles' third period differential falls to +10; the Isles were +16 in the third period through 23 games, -17 over the next 34 games but are +13 over the last eleven games … Matt Martin played in his 752nd game for the Islanders, tying Mike Bossy for 7th place…Casey Cizikas saw his three-game assist streak end…Cal Clutterbuck returned for the first time since January 19th…IT was only the second time all season that the Isles lost by four or more goals at home and the first time ever at UBS Arena…The last time the Isles lost by at least four goals at home was on March 3, 2020 to Montreal (6-2), in the final game ever played at Barclays Center…Rasmus Sandin had his second 3-point game and his third multi-point game in the four games he has played for Washington.
Heavy Hitters
Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin are now 1-2 all-time in hits:
1. Cal Clutterbuck 3,696
2. Matt Martin 3,665
Last Year vs. This Year
• 2022-23 34-26-8 for 76 points in 68 games
• 2021-22 32-27-9 for 73 points in 68 games; finished 37-35-10 for 84 points.
Offense from Defense
• Today: 0-0-0
• Season: 35-101-136
• 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 117 career starts. He has recorded a shutout in 12.8% of his starts, which is the best in NHL history (since 1943-44) among goalies with at least 100 starts:
• Ilya Sorokin 12.8%
• Roman Cechmanek 12.2%
• Ken Dryden 11.8%
• Dominik Hasek 11.3%
Zach Attack
Zach Parise has 424 career goals, good for 9th among actives and tying Steve Shutt for 84th all-time. Brian Propp is next with 425.
Home and Road
The Isles are 34-26-8 overall; they are 20-12-3 at home and 14-14-5 on the road.
Washington is 32-28-7 overall; they are 15-13-4 at home and 17-15-4 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 14-12-3 against the West (6-7-3 vs. Central and 8-5-0 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 1,522 (pending late game)
2. Lou Lamoriello 1,397
3. Glen Sather 1,319
First Things First
The Isles are 22-9-4 when scoring first and are 12-17-4 when allowing the opening goal.
The Shots
Isles 4-8-6=18
Washington 12-8-7=27
The Isles are 17-10-3 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 17-16-5 when they are outshot.
In the Nets
Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves; he is 11-8-2 on the season and 7-11-3 vs. Washington.
Darcy Kuemper made 17 saves; he is 20-20-5 on the season and 4-4-1 vs. the Isles.
Special Teams
The Isles were 0-5 on the power play (7:29); Washington was 0-4 on the power play (6:37.
The Isles are 15-10-3 when they score at least one power play goal and 19-16-5 when they do not. The Isles are 14-12-2 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 28-6-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 6-20-5 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 14th in Los Angeles and on March 15th in Anaheim. The Isles are 7-5-0 in the front end and 7-4-1 in the back end.
Ice-time Leaders
Isles: Bo Horvat (23:24); Washington Rasmus Sandin (23:27)
Bo Horvat led Isles forwards with 23:24 of ice-time.
Isles record by ice-time leaders: Alexander Romanov (2-2-1), Noah Dobson (4-12-2), Adam Pelech (7-2-0), 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 (3-1-1), Tied (0-1-0).
Face-offs
Isles 28, Washington 20 (58%)
Bo Horvat won 17 of 24 for the Isles; Nicklaus Backstrom won 6 of 9 for Washington.
Hit Count
Isles 19 (Matt Martin and Cal Clutterbuck -4)
Washington 24 (Martin Fehervary-6
Fights
There were no fights. Season total: 16 (Martin-6, Johnston-3, Lee-2, Wahlstrom-2, Cizikas, Romanov, Martin)
Blocked Shots
Isles 11 (Adam Pelech -5)
Washington 19 (Nic Dowd-4)
For the Analytics Crowd
Corsi: All situations: Isles 58, Washington 46
Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 36, Washington 31
5-on-5 leaders:
Isles: Alexander Romanov +12
Washington: Dylan Strome +8
High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)
All situations: Isles 14, Washington 10
5-on-5: Isles 10, Washington 7
Scratches
Oliver Wahlstrom-IR), (Otto Koivula -INJ) (Jean-Gabriel Pageau-IR), (Mathew Barzal-INJ), Parker Wotherspoon, Ross Johnston
Games Lost: 171
The Ironman
Zach Parise played in his 150th consecutive Islander game; he has played in every game since joining the team in October 2021. Overall, his streak is 151 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 1,053…
6. Bob Bourne 814 *** 7. Mike Bossy and Matt Martin 752 *** 9. Brock Nelson 744 *** 10. Casey Cizikas 731…
12. Brent Sutter 694 *** 13. John Tavares 669 *** 14. Anders Lee 664 *** 15. Derek King 638 *** 16. Billy Harris 623 *** 17. Stefan Persson and Cal Clutterbuck 622
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 235 *** 11. Brock Nelson 233 *** 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 450 *** 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 +72 *** 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 125…
15. Bryan Berard 100 *** 16. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 17. Johnny Boychuk 96 *** 18. Adam Pelech, Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95…
23. Radek Martinek 85 *** 24. Noah Dobson 81*** 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 166…
17. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 18. Adam Pelech 119 *** 19. Thomas Hickey 117...20. Adrian Aucoin 113 *** 21. Noah Dobson 110 *** 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. Tommy Salo and Ilya Sorokin 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 completed their three-game series in Charlotte with a 7-1 loss on Friday and a 4-3 shootout win on Saturday. Ruslan Iskhakov had the deciding goal in the shootout as the Islanders overcame a three-goal third period from Charlotte.
Bridgeport is now 27-23-7-1 on the season and currently hold the last playoff spot in their division. They are three points ahead of Hartford and are four points behind Lehigh Valley.
Andy Andreoff leads the team (and is tied-6th in the AHL) with 25 goals, while Chris Terry continues to lead in assists (38) and points (56); his 56 points are 8th in the AHL with his 37 assists are tied-6th. William Dufour has 19 goals, which is tied-6th among AHL rookies while All-Star Ruslan Iskhakov is 2nd among AHL rookies with 31 assists and leads all rookies with 45 points.
Bridgeport heads to Hartford on Wednesday and then hosts Syracuse on Friday and Hartford on Saturday.
Season Series Stats
Washington leads the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 1). The teams will meet in the District on March 29th and April 10th to complete the season series.
The Isles are 2-4-3 in their last nine games against the Caps.
UP NEXT
TUESDAY, MARCH 14th –ISLANDERS AT LOS ANGELES 10:30pm
[MSG (Pre-game at 10:00pm, or after Devils coverage), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, ESPN Radio]
Get out the coffee! The Isles head to California for back-to-back late nights, beginning Tuesday in Los Angeles.
The Kings defeated the Isles 3-2 at UBS Arena on February 24th and will be looking sweep the seasons series. Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center) has been a difficult stop for the Isles for two decades. The Isles are 1-5-0 in their last six visits and are 2-9-0 in their last 11 games in Los Angeles.
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
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