The Skinny: Columbus 2, Isles 0

"The Skinny"

By Eric Hornick

Game 10

Columbus 2, Isles 0

Damon Severson's shot deflected in off Ryan Pulock's skate 5:43 into the third period and that was the only goal to beat either netminder, as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Isles 2-0 before a crowd of 14,015 at Nationwide Arena.

Justin Danforth hit the empty-net with 2:03 to play to hand the Isles their third straight regulation loss and fourth in the last five games (1-4-0). Elvis Merzlikins made 26 saves for his 11th career shutout.

The Isles are 3-5-2 on the season and head to Buffalo on Friday; it is the middle game of a three-game road trip that begins a stretch where they will play 9 of 11 off Long Island.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

None

2nd Period

None

3rd Period

Damon Severson (2) Sean Kuraly (2), Kevin Labanc (5) 05:43 NYI 0,CBJ 1

Justin Danforth (2)EN Cole Sillinger (6), Ivan Provorov (3) 17:57 NYI 0,CBJ 2

The Skinny

The Isles have been held to one goal or fewer five times this season (0-4-1); it is the first time in their history that they have been shutout four times in the first ten games…The Isles did not take a penalty, so they remain perfect in road penalty kills (7 of 7). …At least one Isles defenseman had earned a point on 12 of the last 13 goals (1-12-13) …….The Isles have scored only three second period goals this season – all on the road…The Isles allowed an empty-net goal for the third straight game…Elvis Merzlikins earned his eleventh career shutout (4th in Blue Jackets history)… Damon Severson's goal was the 1,000th (including shootout winners) scored in the NHL this season…The Isles have scored just one goal in the last 168:19.

First Times in a Long Time

• The Isles were shutout for the fourth time this month, matching November 2011 for the most in a month in club history.

• The Isles have eight points through ten games (3-5-2); it is the first time since 2016-17 that they have eight or fewer points (4-6-0) and the first time since 2011-12 that they have as few as three wins (3-5-2).

Milestone Men

Mathew Barzal and Adam Pelech each played their 510th Islander game, breaking a tie with both Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota for 32nd place.

What a Start

Ilya Sorokin has allowed only nine goals in his first five games (1.80 GAA, .932 save percentage). It is the first time he has allowed fewer than eleven goals.

Brock-Tober

Brock Nelson has 40 October goals, good for 5th place in club history (Mike Bossy 80, Bryan Trottier 56, Brent Sutter 46, John Tavares 45).

The Road Ahead

The Isles are in a stretch where they play nine of eleven games on the road.  So far, the Isles are 0-1-0:

• 30-Oct-24 @ Columbus  L 0-2

• 1-Nov-24  @ Buffalo

• 3-Nov-24  @ New York

• 5-Nov-24  Vs Pittsburgh

• 7-Nov-24  @ Ottawa

• 9-Nov-24  Vs New Jersey

• 12-Nov-24 @ Edmonton

• 14-Nov-24 @ Vancouver

• 16-Nov-24 @ Seattle

• 19-Nov-24 @ Calgary

• 21-Nov-24 @ Detroit

Overtime is Our Time

The Isles have played 4 overtime games. They are 1-2 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-0 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 1-1 in overtime and 0-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-1 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts. 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 1 empty-net goal and allowed 4.

Killing Their Own PP

The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play 0 times this season.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 5 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 3 times

• Allowed the next goal: 2 time

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 0 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  3-5-2 for 8 points in 10 games

• 2023-24  5-2-3 for 13 points in 10 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-0-0

• Season: 1-16-17

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The 137 assists were the most since 2006-07, when they also had 137.

Varly, Varly

Semyon Varlamov has 41 career shutouts and 287 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is seventh in wins and fourth in shutouts.

All-time Goalie Wins

47. Ed Giacomin 290

48. Semyon Varlamov 287

49. Jose Theodore 286

      Dan Bouchard 286

Home and Road

The Isles are 3-5-2 overall; they are 1-3-1 at home and 2-2-1 on the road.

Columbus is 5-3-1 overall; they are 4-2-0 at home and 1-1-1 on the road

East and West

The Isles are 2-3-0 against the East (1-1-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-2-0 vs. Atlantic) and 1-2-2 against the West (1-1-2 vs. Central and 0-1-0 vs. Pacific).

Home is Where the Fans Are

The Isles have played 127 games at UBS Arena and recorded 90 sellouts of 17,255. 

Sweet Lou

Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:

1. David Poile 1,531

2. Lou Lamoriello 1,447

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,447) and Patrick Roy (153) have combined for 1,600 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combinations by a wide margin.

First Things First

The Isles are 2-1-1 when scoring first and are 1-4-1 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles          5-11-10=26

Columbus 8-7-11=28

The Isles are 2-3-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 1-2-0 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Semyon Varlamov made 24 saves; he is 1-3-1 this season and 11-6-2 vs. Columbus.

Elvis Merzlikins made 27 saves; he is 2-2-0 this season and 2-3-0 vs the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-1 on the power play (2:00); Columbus did not have a power play.

The Isles are 2-1-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 1-4-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-2-1 when they allow at least one power play goal and 2-3-1 when they do not.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 3-1-1 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-4-1 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 2-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 0-1 in regulation. They are 1-2 in games decided in overtime and are 1-0 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.

Back-to-Backs     

Including tonight, the Isles are 1-1-0 on the front end and 0-2-0 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be on November 29th in Washington and November 30th vs. Buffalo.

Fewest Wins on Back-end

0 1972-73 (0-22-3)

1 2023-24 (1-6-3)

2 2012-13 (1-5-1; 48-game schedule)

3 1994-95 (2-3-3; 48-game schedule)

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Noah Dobson (23:03); Columbus: Ivan Provorov (23:41)

Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 22:46.

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Noah Dobson (2-4-1), Alex Romanov (0-1-0), Ryan Pulock (1-0-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1)

Face-offs

Isles 27, Columbus 18 (60%)

Bo Horvat won 12 of 15 for the Isles; No Blue Jacket won more than he lost. 

Hit Count

Isles 23 (Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Maxim Tsyplakov -4)

Columbus 18 (Two with 3)

Fights 

None. Season total: 1 (Mayfield)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 12 (Matt Martin -2)

Columbus 20 (Three with 3)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 72, Columbus 53

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 61, Columbus 51

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles:  Kyle Palmieri +13  

Columbus:  Zach Aston-Reese +4

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 11, Columbus 8

5-on-5: Isles 10, Columbus 7

Scratches

(Alex Romanov – INJ), (Anthony Duclair-LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom, Pierre Engvall

Games Lost to injury: 8.   (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 176 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (126) and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (106) also played every game since the start of last season.

Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 4 (2014-15)

2. Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)

Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)

John Tavares 3 (2010-11)

Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)

1. Mathew Barzal 16

2. John Tavares 12

Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 23

2. Mathew Barzal 21

3. Brock Nelson 18

Barzal has a point on 21 of the 40 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-0-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with ten games remaining. The first national game will stream on December 5th on ESPN+/Hulu, as the Isles host Seattle. The Isles have five national telecasts scheduled through the end of March, with the other five all scheduled in April.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games this season, with 11 games remaining. The first matinee will be on November 3rd at MSG. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-13-10 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures 

Opponents: 0 successful, 1 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (0):

Vs (0): 

Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)

Isles responses (0):

Opponent responses (2): UTA 10/10 (2)

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (0):

Vs (0): 

Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):

For (1): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, go-ahead goal but lost in OT)

Vs (3): Josh Doan 10/10 vs. UTA (18:06- GTG; UTA won in OT); Cole Caufield 10/19 vs MTL (17:50-GTG; NYI won in SO); Jesper Bratt 10/25 at NJD (18:31-GTG; NYI won in OT)

OT Winners

For (1): Bo Horvat 10/25 at NJD (1:09)

Vs (2): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04)

Shootout Winners

For (1): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL

Vs (0): 

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…

5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 850 *** 7. Casey Cizikas and Matt Martin 825 *** 9. Bob Bourne 814 *** 10. Anders Lee 769 …

31. Dave Lewis 514 *** 32. Mathew Barzal and Adam Pelech 510 *** 34. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 36. Ryan Pulock 496  *** 37. Ed Westfall 493 *** 38. Radek Martinek 479 *** 39. Scott Mayfield 478

Goals    

1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Brock Nelson 279 *** John Tavares 272 *** 9. Anders Lee 263 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 ***21. Mathew Barzal 130…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 107

Assists

1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …

8. Patrick Flatley 328 *** 9. Brent Sutter 323 *** 10. Stefan Persson and Mathew Barzal 317…

14. Pat LaFontaine 279 *** 15. Bobby Nystrom 278 *** 16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Brock Nelson 258…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon and Anders Lee 193…

30. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 31. Noah Dobson 157 *** 32. David Volek 154 *** 33. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 34. Ryan Pulock 146 *** 35. Travis Green 145 *** 36. Steve Thomas 140 *** 37. Mark Streit and Casey Cizikas 139

Points

1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…

9. John Tonelli 544 *** 10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Brock Nelson 537 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 456 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 447…

30. David Volek 249 *** 31. Casey Cizikas 246

+/-

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. Ryan Pulock +56 *** 24. Greg Gilbert +54 *** 25. Gord Lane +48

Defense Goals

1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…

4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 48 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit and Noah Dobson 40…

14. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 15. Adam Pelech and four others 26 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 25

Defense Assists

1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…

7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 157 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 146…

11. Travis Hamonic 120 *** 12. Adam Pelech 118… 

20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 92

Defense Points

1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…

6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Noah Dobson 197 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 194…

11. Roman Hamrlik 153 *** 12. Travis Hamonic 146 *** 13. Adam Pelech 144 …

19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey and Scott Mayfield 117

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 197 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 168

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…

5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 97 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 74

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 1-5-1-1 after losing in a shootout to Tristan Jarry and Wilkes Barre-Scranton on Wednesday, by a score of 4-3. Brian Pinho scored his fifth goal of the season (a shorty) and added an assist. Matthew Maggio was the lone Islander to score in the shootout. 

Bridgeport heads to Springfield for a game on Friday night; their following game is also in Springfield, on Wednesday morning.

Season Series Stats

Columbus leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0); the next meeting will on MLK Day (January 20th) at UBS Arena.

The Isles had outscored the Jackets 41-21 over the prior ten meetings, going 9-0-1.

UP NEXT

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1st - ISLES AT BUFFALO 7:00pm

[MSGSN (pre-game at 6:30], WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The three-game road trip continues on Friday night as the Isles head to Buffalo to face the Sabres for the first time this season.

This was a 'homer' series last season, with the home team winning all three games; the Isles' only win came in last season's home opener. 

The Isles have struggled in Buffalo in recent years, going 0-5-2 in their last seven visits. Overall, the Isles are 2-5-1 in their last eight games; they have not scored on the power play in that span, going 0-19. 

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

The Skinny: Anaheim 3, Isles 1

"The Skinny"

By Eric Hornick

Game 9

Anaheim 3, Isles 1

Troy Terry's 100th NHL goal was Anaheim's second power play goal of the night, and it turned out to be the game-winner as the Ducks defeated the Isles 3-1 before a crowd of 14,234 at UBS Arena.

Mathew Barzal's third period goal cut the deficit in half, but Frank Vatrano hit the empty-net in the final minute to hand the Isles their third straight regulation loss on home ice. 

The Isles are 3-4-2 on the season and head to Columbus for a game on Wednesday that begins three-game road and a stretch where they will play 9 of 11 on the road.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Leo Carlsson (4) Frank Vatrano (3), Mason McTavish (4) 14:05 ANA 1,NYI 0 PPG

2nd Period

Troy Terry (5) Mason McTavish (5), Olen Zellweger (2) 14:07 ANA 2,NYI 0 PPG

3rd Period

Mathew Barzal (2) Bo Horvat (2), Noah Dobson (6) 05:31 ANA 2,NYI 1 PPG

Frank Vatrano (1)EN Alex Killorn (1) 19:00 ANA 3,NYI 1

The Skinny

The Isles, who have points in three straight road games (2-0-1), have lost three straight games at home… The Isles have been held to one goal or fewer four times this season (0-3-1) …The Isles were shorthanded three times, allowing two goals; this ends the longest stretch to start an Islander season of being short two times or fewer.…This was the first time that the Isles have scored in a game, but never led.. …At least one Isles defenseman had earned a point on 12 of the last 13 goals (1-12-13) …Troy Terry has earned a single point in eight straight games (5-3-8). ….The Isles have scored only three second period goals this season – all on the road…The Isles allowed an empty-net goal for the third straight game…The Isles set season highs in shots for both a periods (18) and game (41)…The Isles are 1-3-1 at home (3 points). Other than the COVID-compromised season of 2020-21 (0-4-1), the Isles have been over NHL-.500 after five games in every season since 2013-14…Troy Terry is the 11th player to score 100 goals for the Ducks.

First Time in a Long Time

The Isles have lost three straight home games, all in regulation. It is only the second time this has happened at UBS Arena, where they lost the first four games played there in November 2021.

What a Start

Ilya Sorokin has allowed only nine goals in his first five games (1.80 GAA, .932 save percentage). It is the first time he has allowed fewer than eleven goals.

End of the Chase

The Isles were only the 2nd team since penalty killing opportunities became official in 1977-78 to not be shorthanded three times in any of their first eight games. The longest streak (10 games) belongs to the 2019-20 Winnipeg Jets.

It is only the 4th time in that span that the Isles have had an 8-game streak at any point in a single season; the club record of 15 was set in 2022:

• 15  1/21/2022 – 2/24/2022

• 9    3/27/2023-10/14/2023  (single season streak – 8)

• 9    4/17/2024- 10/26/2024  (single season streak -8)

• 8   12/31/2019-1/14/2020

Brock-Tober

Brock Nelson has 40 October goals, good for 5th place in club history (Mike Bossy 80, Bryan Trottier 56, Brent Sutter 46, John Tavares 45).

Overtime is Our Time

The Isles have played 4 overtime games. They are 1-2 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-0 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 1-1 in overtime and 0-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-1 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts. 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 1 empty-net goal and allowed 3.

Killing Their Own PP

The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play 0 times this season.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 5 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 3 times

• Allowed the next goal: 2 time

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 0 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  3-4-2 for 8 points in 9 games

• 2023-24  5-2-2 for 12 points in 9 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-1-1

• Season: 1-16-17

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The 137 assists were the most since 2006-07, when they also had 137.

Varly, Varly

Semyon Varlamov has 41 career shutouts and 287 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is seventh in wins and fourth in shutouts.

All-time Goalie Wins

47. Ed Giacomin 290

48. Semyon Varlamov 287

49. Jose Theodore 286

      Dan Bouchard 286

Home and Road

The Isles are 3-4-2 overall; they are 1-3-1 at home and 2-1-1 on the road.

Anaheim is 4-4-1 overall; they are 2-1-0 at home and 2-3-1 on the road

East and West

The Isles are 2-2-0 against the East (1-0-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-2-0 vs. Atlantic) and 1-2-2 against the West (1-1-2 vs. Central and 0-1-0 vs. Pacific).

Home is Where the Fans Are

The Isles have played 127 games at UBS Arena and recorded 90 sellouts of 17,255. 

Sweet Lou

Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:

1. David Poile 1,531

2. Lou Lamoriello 1,447

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,447) and Patrick Roy (153) have combined for 1,600 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combinations by a wide margin.

First Things First

The Isles are 2-1-1 when scoring first and are 1-3-1 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles    13-10-18=41

Anaheim 9-7-6=22

The Isles are 2-3-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0-0 when the shots are even and 1-1-0 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves; he is 2-2-1 this season and 4-1-0 vs. Anaheim.

Lukas Dostal made 40 saves; he is 4-2-1 this season and 1-1-0 vs the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-4 on the power play (6:02, including 1:21 of 5-on-3 time); Anaheim was 2-3 on the power play (4:44).

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

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 3-1-1 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-3-1 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 2-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 0-1 in regulation. They are 1-2 in games decided in overtime and are 1-0 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.

Back-to-Backs     

Including tonight, the Isles are 1-1-0 on the front end and 0-1-0 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes on Wednesday in Columbus. The next back-to-back will be on November 29th in Washington and November 30th vs. Buffalo.

Fewest Wins on Back-end

0 1972-73 (0-22-3)

1 2023-24 (1-6-3)

2 2012-13 (1-5-1; 48-game schedule)

3 1994-95 (2-3-3; 48-game schedule)

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Noah Dobson (23:41); Anaheim: Cam Fowler (24:06)

Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 21:02.

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Noah Dobson (2-3-1), Alex Romanov (0-1-0), Ryan Pulock (1-0-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1)

Face-offs

Isles 39, Anaheim 19 (67%)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 8 of 10 for the Isles; Ryan Strome won 5 of 8 for Anaheim. 

Hit Count

Isles 16 (Jean-Gabriel Pageau -6)

Anaheim 22 (Two with 4)

Fights 

None. Season total: 1 (Mayfield)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 14 (Scott Mayfield -3)

Anaheim 25 (Radko Gudas -4)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 90, Anaheim 51

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 67, Anaheim 41

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles:  Adam Pelech +17  

Anaheim:  Alex Killorn +3

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 16, Anaheim 7

5-on-5: Isles 13, Anaheim 5

Scratches

(Alex Romanov – INJ), (Anthony Duclair-LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom, Matt Martin

Games Lost to injury: 6.   (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 175 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (125) and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (105) also played every game since the start of last season.

Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 4 (2014-15)

2. Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)

Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)

John Tavares 3 (2010-11)

Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)

1. Mathew Barzal 16

2. John Tavares 12

Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 23

2. Mathew Barzal 21

3. Brock Nelson 18

Barzal has a point on 21 of the 40 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-0-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with ten games remaining. The first national game will stream on December 5th on ESPN+/Hulu, as the Isles host Seattle. The Isles have five national telecasts scheduled through the end of March, with the other five all scheduled in April.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games this season, with 11 games remaining. The first matinee will be on November 3rd at MSG. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-13-10 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures 

Opponents: 0 successful, 1 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (0):

Vs (0): 

Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)

Isles responses (0):

Opponent responses (2): UTA 10/10 (2)

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (0):

Vs (0): 

Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):

For (1): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, go-ahead goal but lost in OT)

Vs (3): Josh Doan 10/10 vs. UTA (18:06- GTG; UTA won in OT); Cole Caufield 10/19 vs MTL (17:50-GTG; NYI won in SO); Jesper Bratt 10/25 at NJD (18:31-GTG; NYI won in OT)

OT Winners

For (1): Bo Horvat 10/25 at NJD (1:09)

Vs (2): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04)

Shootout Winners

For (1): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL

Vs (0): 

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…

5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 849 *** 7. Casey Cizikas and Matt Martin 824 *** 9. Bob Bourne 814 *** 10. Anders Lee 768 …

31. Dave Lewis 514 *** 32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota, Mathew Barzal and Adam Pelech 509 *** 36. Ryan Pulock 495  *** 37. Ed Westfall 493 *** 38. Radek Martinek 479 *** 39. Scott Mayfield 477

Goals    

1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Brock Nelson 279 *** John Tavares 272 *** 9. Anders Lee 263 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 ***21. Mathew Barzal 130…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 107

Assists

1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …

8. Patrick Flatley 328 *** 9. Brent Sutter 323 *** 10. Stefan Persson and Mathew Barzal 317…

14. Pat LaFontaine 279 *** 15. Bobby Nystrom 278 *** 16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Brock Nelson 258…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon and Anders Lee 193…

30. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 31. Noah Dobson 157 *** 32. David Volek 154 *** 33. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 34. Ryan Pulock 146 *** 35. Travis Green 145 *** 36. Steve Thomas 140 *** 37. Mark Streit and Casey Cizikas 139

Points

1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…

9. John Tonelli 544 *** 10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Brock Nelson 537 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 456 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 447…

30. David Volek 249 *** 31. Casey Cizikas 246

+/-

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 +74 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67  *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Ryan Pulock +57 *** 24. Greg Gilbert 54 *** 25. Gord Lane +48

Defense Goals

1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…

4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 48 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit and Noah Dobson 40…

14. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 15. Adam Pelech and four others 26 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 25

Defense Assists

1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…

7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 157 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 146…

11. Travis Hamonic 120 *** 12. Adam Pelech 118… 

20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 92

Defense Points

1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…

6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Noah Dobson 197 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 194…

11. Roman Hamrlik 153 *** 12. Travis Hamonic 146 *** 13. Adam Pelech 144 …

19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey and Scott Mayfield 117

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 197 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 167

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…

5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 97 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 74

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 1-5-1 heading into a home game with Wilkes Barre-Scranton on Wednesday.

Season Series Stats

Anaheim leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0); the teams will meet on March 9th in Anaheim to complete the season series.

The loss tonight snapped a six-game Islander winning streak against the Ducks. 

UP NEXT

WENDESDAY, OCTOBER 30th -ISLES AT COLUMBUS 7:00pm

[MSGSN (pre-game at 6:30], WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles begin their three-game road trip as they head to Columbus to face the Blue Jackets. 

The Isles swept the three-game season series last year by a combined total of 13-5; they have outscored the Jackets 41-21 over the last ten meetings, going 9-0-1.

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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The Skinny: Florida 6, Isles 3

"The Skinny"

By Eric Hornick

Game 8

Florida 6, Isles 3 

The Isles scored three times in the first twelve minutes, but the Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers stormed back to defeat the Isles 6-3 before a crowd of 15,807 at UBS Arena.

Dennis Cholowski, Kyle Palmieri, and Brock Nelson gave the Isles that 3-0 advantage but Sam Bennett and Matthew Tkachuk each scored twice for the visitors; Mackie Samoskevich's first NHL goal tied the game last in the second period; Gustav Forsling sealed things with a shorthanded empty-netter. 

The Isles are 3-3-2 on the season and host Anaheim on Tuesday before beginning a stretch where they will play 9 of 11 on the road.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Dennis Cholowski (1) Casey Cizikas (1) 01:32 FLA 0,NYI 1

Kyle Palmieri (4) Ryan Pulock (3), Maxim Tsyplakov (3) 06:01 FLA 0,NYI 2

Brock Nelson (4) Maxim Tsyplakov (4), Kyle Palmieri (3) 11:41 FLA 0,NYI 3

Sam Reinhart (6) Eetu Luostarinen (2), Anton Lundell (5) 13:27 FLA 1,NYI 3

2nd Period

Matthew Tkachuk (1) Carter Verhaeghe (5) 06:38 FLA 2,NYI 3

Mackie Samoskevich (1) Dmitry Kulikov (2), Spencer Knight (1) 18:16 FLA 3,NYI 3

3rd Period

Sam Bennett (7) Matthew Tkachuk (4), Niko Mikkola (4) 06:19 FLA 4,NYI 3

Matthew Tkachuk (2) Adam Boqvist (2), Anton Lundell (6) 09:49 FLA 5,NYI 3 PPG

Gustav Forsling (3)EN 17:43 FLA 6,NYI 3 SHG

The Skinny

The Isles, who have points in three straight road games (2-0-1), have lost two straight games at home… The Isles have scored either 0 goals or 3+ goals in every game this season …The Isles were shorthanded only twice, allowing one goal; they have been shorthanded two times or fewer in every game this season (it is the longest streak to start an Islander season since PK opportunities became official in 1977-78).…The Isles have led in all five games that they have scored, but have allowed a tying goal in four of them…Dennis Cholowski scored his third NHL goal in his season debut; an injury to Alex Romanov required the Isles to make a change to the defense for the first time this season. …An Isles  defenseman had earned a point on eleven consecutive goals (1-11-12) before Brock Nelson's goal …Sam Bennett scored for the fourth straight game (5 goals) while Carter Verhaeghe extended his point streak to six games….Ten of the Isles' 20 goals have come in the first period; they had won the first three games that they led after one period…The Panthers are the third team this season to win a game that they trailed by three goals.

…Matt Martin made his season debut after being signed off the practice squad.

First Time in a Long Time

The Isles, who lost three games in overtime/shootouts last season after having a three-goal lead, lost in regulation for the first time since Washington beat them 6-3 at Nassau Coliseum on January 18, 2019.

What a Start

Ilya Sorokin has allowed only seven goals in his first four games (1.74 GAA, .936 save percentage). It is the first time he has allowed fewer than eleven goals over his first four games.

Four for Two

Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson each scored in the first period; they share the team lead with four goals.

Chasing History

The Isles are only the 2nd team since penalty killing opportunities became official in 1977-78 to not be shorthanded three times in any of their first eight games. The longest streak (10 games) belongs to the 2019-20 Winnipeg Jets.

It is only the 4th time in that span that the Isles have had an 8-game streak at any point in a single season; the club record of 15 was set in 2022:

• 15  1/21/2022 – 2/24/2022

• 9    3/27/2023-10/14/2023  (single season streak – 8)

• 9    4/17/2024-CURRENT  (single season streak -8)

• 8   12/31/2019-1/14/2020

Brock-Tober

Brock Nelson scored now has 40 October goals, good for 5th place in club history (Mike Bossy 80, Bryan Trottier 56, Brent Sutter 46, John Tavares 45).

Overtime is Our Time

The Isles have played 4 overtime games. They are 1-2 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-0 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 1-1 in overtime and 0-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-1 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts. 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 1 empty-net goal and allowed 2.

Killing Their Own PP

The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play 0 times this season.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 5 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 3 times

• Allowed the next goal: 2 time

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 0 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  3-3-2 for 8 points in 8 games

• 2023-24  4-2-1 for 9 points in 7 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:   1-1-2

• Season: 1-15-16

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The 137 assists were the most since 2006-07, when they also had 137.

Varly, Varly

Semyon Varlamov has 41 career shutouts and 287 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is seventh in wins and fourth in shutouts.

All-time Goalie Wins

47. Ed Giacomin 290

48. Semyon Varlamov 287

49. Jose Theodore 286

      Dan Bouchard 286

Home and Road

The Isles are 3-3-2 overall; they are 1-2-1 at home and 2-1-1 on the road.

Florida is 6-3-1 overall; they are 2-1-1 at home and 4-2-0 on the road

East and West

The Isles are 2-2-0 against the East (1-0-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-2-0 vs. Atlantic) and 1-1-2 against the West (1-1-2 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific).

Home is Where the Fans Are

The Isles have played 126 games at UBS Arena and recorded 90 sellouts of 17,255. 

Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:

1. David Poile 1,531

2. Lou Lamoriello 1,447

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,447) and Patrick Roy (153) have combined for 1,600 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combinations by a wide margin.

First Things First

The Isles are 2-1-1 when scoring first and are 1-2-1 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles    8-7-13=28

Florida 9-7-12=28

The Isles are 2-2-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-1-0 when the shots are even and 1-0-0 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves; he is 1-2-1 this season and 9-5-2 vs. Florida.

Spencer Martin made 25 saves; he is 2-1-0 this season and 2-0-0- vs the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-3 on the power play (6:00); Florida was 1-2 on the power play (2:47).

The Isles are 2-0-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 1-3-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-1-1 when they allow at least one power play goal and 2-2-1 when they do not.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 3-1-1 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-1 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 2-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 0-1 in regulation. They are 1-2 in games decided in overtime and are 1-0 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.

Back-to-Backs     

Including tonight, the Isles are 1-0-0 on the front end and 0-1-0 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be on October 29th vs. Columbus and October 30th in Columbus.

Fewest Wins on Back-end

0 1972-73 (0-22-3)

1 2023-24 (1-6-3)

2 2012-13 (1-5-1; 48-game schedule)

3 1994-95 (2-3-3; 48-game schedule)

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Noah Dobson (25:01); Florida: Gustav Forsling (23:15)

Bo Horvat led Islander forwards with 19:13.

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Noah Dobson (2-2-1), Alex Romanov (0-1-0), Ryan Pulock (1-0-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1)

Face-offs

Isles 39, Florida 28 (58%)

Kyle MacLean won 7 of 10 for the Isles; Sam Bennett won 12 of 16 for Florida. 

Hit Count

Isles 14 (Noah Dobson -3)

Florida 20 (Sam Bennett -5)

Fights 

None. Season total: 1 (Mayfield)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 11 (Ryan Pulock -2)

Florida 12 (Niko Mikkola -4)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 59, Florida 58

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 52, Florida 50

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles:  Pierre Engvall +10  

Florida:  Three with +4

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 11, Florida 10

5-on-5: Isles 9, Florida 9

Scratches

(Alex Romanov – INJ), (Anthony Duclair-LTIR), Oliver Wahlstrom

Games Lost to injury: 4.   (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 174 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (124) and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (104) also played every game since the start of last season.

Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 4 (2014-15)

2. Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)

Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)

John Tavares 3 (2010-11)

Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)

1. Mathew Barzal 16

2. John Tavares 12

Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 23

2. Mathew Barzal 21

3. Brock Nelson 18

Barzal has a point on 21 of the 40 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-0-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with ten games remaining. The first national game will stream on December 5th on ESPN+/Hulu, as the Isles host Seattle. The Isles have five national telecasts scheduled through the end of March, with the other five all scheduled in April.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games this season, with 11 games remaining. The first matinee will be on November 3rd at MSG. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-13-10 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures 

Opponents: 0 successful, 1 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (0):

Vs (0): 

Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)

Isles responses (0):

Opponent responses (2): UTA 10/10 (2)

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (0):

Vs (0): 

Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):

For (1): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, go-ahead goal but lost in OT)

Vs (3): Josh Doan 10/10 vs. UTA (18:06- GTG; UTA won in OT); Cole Caufield 10/19 vs MTL (17:50-GTG; NYI won in SO); Jesper Bratt 10/25 at NJD (18:31-GTG; NYI won in OT)

OT Winners

For (1): Bo Horvat 10/25 at NJD (1:09)

Vs (2): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04)

Shootout Winners

For (1): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL

Vs (0): 

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…

5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 848 *** 7. Matt Martin 824 *** 8. Casey Cizikas 823 *** 9. Bob Bourne 814 *** 10. Anders Lee 767 …

31. Dave Lewis 514 *** 32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Mathew Barzal and Adam Pelech 508 *** 36. Ryan Pulock 494  *** 37. Ed Westfall 493 *** 38. Radek Martinek 479 *** 39. Scott Mayfield 476

Goals    

1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Brock Nelson 279 *** John Tavares 272 *** 9. Anders Lee 263 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 ***21. Mathew Barzal 129…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 107

Assists

1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …

8. Patrick Flatley 328 *** 9. Brent Sutter 323 *** 10. Stefan Persson and Mathew Barzal 317…

14. Pat LaFontaine 279 *** 15. Bobby Nystrom 278 *** 16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Brock Nelson 258…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon and Anders Lee 193…

30. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 31. Noah Dobson 156 *** 32. David Volek 154 *** 33. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 34. Ryan Pulock 146 *** 35. Travis Green 145 *** 36. Steve Thomas 140 *** 37. Mark Streit and Casey Cizikas 139

Points

1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…

9. John Tonelli 544 *** 10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Brock Nelson 537 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 456 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 446…

30. David Volek 249 *** 31. Casey Cizikas 246

+/-

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 +74 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67  *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Ryan Pulock +57 *** 24. Greg Gilbert 54 *** 25. Gord Lane +48

Defense Goals

1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…

4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 48 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit and Noah Dobson 40…

14. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 15. Adam Pelech and four others 26 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 25

Defense Assists

1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…

7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 156 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 146…

11. Travis Hamonic 120 *** 12. Adam Pelech 118… 

20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 92

Defense Points

1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…

6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Noah Dobson 196 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 194…

11. Roman Hamrlik 153 *** 12. Travis Hamonic 146 *** 13. Adam Pelech 144 …

19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey and Scott Mayfield 117

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 196 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 167

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…

5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 97 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 74

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 1-5-1 following a 5-2 loss in Charlotte on Saturday night. Brian Pinho and Fredrik Karlstrom scored goals for the Islanders, who were out-shot 40-12. Bridgeport returns home to host Wilkes Barre-Scranton on Wednesday.

Season Series Stats

Florida leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0); the teams will meet on February 2nd in Sunrise and March 16th at UBS Arena to complete the season series.

The Isles are 3-5-2 in their last ten games against the Panthers. 

UP NEXT

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29th -ANAHEIM AT ISLES 7:30pm

[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:00], WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles will look to get back on the winning track as they start another back-to-back by welcoming the Anaheim Ducks to UBS Arena.

The Isles have swept the season series three straight series, winning the six games (all in regulation) by a combined total of 31-11. 

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

…Matt Martin made his season debut after being signed off the practice squad.

 

The Skinny Welcomes back Matt Martin

The Isles announced that Matt Martin has agreed to a one-year deal with the team.

Martin becomes the active NHL leader in hits with 3,854; he is 175 behind former linemate Cal Clutterbuck for the official NHL record (since hits became an official stat).  Martin takes the active leader role away from Alex Ovechkin (3,654).   His 3,407 hits as an Islander are a club record.

With 75 games remaining in this season, Martin would need to appear in 45 of them to reach the 1,000 NHL game mark.

He starts the day 2nd among active Islanders and 7th-all-time in games played, although Casey Cizikas was poised to tie him tonight:

 

        6. Brock Nelson 847 *** 7. Matt Martin 823 *** 8. Casey Cizikas 822 

When he appears in his first game, it will be his 14th season as an Islander, tying Casey Cizikas and Bobby Nystrom.  Among skaters, only Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier, and Josh Bailey appeared in more (all 15 seasons).  Billy Smith played in the first 17 Islander seasons.

The team's release is here: Islanders Sign Martin | New York Islanders

Islanders Sign Martin | New York Islanders The New York Islanders announced that Matt Martin has agreed to terms on a one-year deal

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

The Skinny: Isles 4, New Jersey 3 (OT)

"The Skinny"

By Eric Hornick

Game 7

Isles 4, New Jersey 3 (OT)

This time the Devils could not tie it. Bo Horvat scored 1:08 into overtime as the Islanders earned a 4-3 win over New Jersey before a crowd of 14,870 at Prudential Center.

Three times the Isles took one-goal leads only to have New Jersey to tie it, but Horvat's 9th overtime goal (4th for the Isles) decided matters.

The Isles are 3-2-2 on the season and host Florida on Saturday to conclude the first back-to-back set of the season.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Brock Nelson (3) Adam Pelech (4), Kyle Palmieri (2) 01:23 NYI 1,NJD 0

Nico Hischier (8) Jesper Bratt (9) Brendan Dillon (3) 11:36 NYI 1,NJD 1

Anders Lee (3) Noah Dobson (5), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2) 14:03 NYI 2,NJD 1 PPG

2nd Period

Curtis Lazar (1) Paul Cotter (2), Jonas Siegenthaler (2) 05:31 NYI 2,NJD 2

Kyle Palmieri (3) Alexander Romanov (2), Brock Nelson (2) 11:28 NYI 3,NJD 2

3rd Period  

Jesper Bratt (2) 18:31 NYI 3,NJD 3

OT

Bo Horvat (3) Mathew Barzal (3) Ryan Pulock (2) 01:08 NYI 4,NJD 3 

The Skinny

The Isles have points in three straight road games (2-0-1)… Including shootout winner, the Isles have scored either 0 goals, or 4+ goals in every game this season …The Isles were shorthanded only twice, and killed both penalties; they have been shorthanded two times or fewer in every game this season (it is the longest streak to start an Islander season since PK opportunities became official in 1977-78).…The Isles were out-shot 35-30; they had been the only team in the NHL to outshoot their opponent in every game this season… Simon Holmstrom played a career-high 20:10, breaking his previous high of 18:56, that was set on Tuesday… The Isles have allowed a tying goal in the final three minutes three times this season but have gone 2-0-1 in those games…The Isles had four defense assists, giving them 14 on the season; the defense has 48.3% of the club's assists, which leads the NHL…A defenseman has earned an assist on the last nine Islander goals (ten assists total)…Brock Nelson's early goal was the first that the Isles scored with Ilya Sorokin in goal in 124:39…Bo Horvat is the 11th player in Isles history with at least four overtime goal; among current Isles only Brock Nelson (8) and Mathew Barzal (5) have more…Nico Hischier's goal tied him for the NHL lead (8) with Nikita Kucherov…The Isles ended four-game point streaks for both Timo Meier and Dougie Hamilton…Oliver Wahlstrom played in his 199th NHL game.

First Time in a Long Time

Nico Hischier (7 of 27) is the first opponent to lose 20 or more faceoffs to the Isles since Sidney Crosby had identical totals on April 2, 2016, at Barclays Center.  Viktor Kozlov (won 11 of 31 on January 12, 2000, in Sunrise, FLA) was the last opponent to do so in an Islander road game.

Milestone Men

• Mathew Barzal's assist on the winning goal was his 317th, tying Stefan Persson for 10th place on the club list.  It was also his 16th overtime assist, extending his club record.

• Noah Dobson's assist was his 196th point, passing Butch Goring for 48th place in club history.

• Brock Nelson scored his 39th October goal, passing Pat LaFontaine for 5th place in club history.

What a Start

Ilya Sorokin has allowed only seven goals in his first four games (1.74 GAA, .936 save percentage). It is the first time he has allowed fewer than eleven goals over his first four games.

Three for Four

All four Islander goal scorers tallied for the third time this season, which represents the team lead (Brock Nelson, Anders Lee, Kyle Palmieri, Bo Horvat).

Chasing History

The Isles are only the 2nd team since penalty killing opportunities became official in 1977-78 to not be shorthanded three times in any of their first seven games.  The longest streak (10 games) belongs to the 2019-20 Winnipeg Jets.

It is only the 4th time in that span that the Isles have had a 7-game streak at any point; the club record of 15 was set in 2022:

• 15  1/21/2022 – 2/24/2022

• 9    3/27/2023-10/14/2023  (single season streak – 8)

• 8   12/31/2019-1/14/2020

• 8    4/17/2024-CURRENT  (single season streak -7)

Brock-Tober

Brock Nelson scored his 39th October goal, passing Pat LaFontaine for 5th place in club history (Mike Bossy 80, Bryan Trottier 56, Brent Sutter 46, John Tavares 45).

Overtime is Our Time

The Isles have played 4 overtime games. They are 1-2 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-0 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 1-1 in overtime and 0-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-1 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts. 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 1 empty-net goal and allowed 1.

Killing Their Own PP

The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play 0 times this season.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 3 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 2 times

• Allowed the next goal: 1 time

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 0 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  3-2-2 for 8 points in 7 games

• 2023-24  4-2-1 for 9 points in 7 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-4-4

• Season: 0-14-14

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The 137 assists were the most since 2006-07, when they also had 137.

Varly, Varly

Semyon Varlamov has 41 career shutouts and 287 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is seventh in wins and fourth in shutouts.

All-time Goalie Wins

47. Ed Giacomin 290

48. Semyon Varlamov 287

49. Jose Theodore 286

      Dan Bouchard 286

Home and Road

The Isles are 3-2-2 overall; they are 1-1-1 at home and 2-1-1 on the road.

New Jersey is 5-4-2 overall; they are 2-2-2 at home and 3-2-0 on the road

East and West

The Isles are 2-1-0 against the East (1-0-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-1-0 vs. Atlantic) and 1-1-2 against the West (1-1-2 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific).

Home is Where the Fans Are

The Isles have played 125 games at UBS Arena and recorded 90 sellouts of 17,255. 

Sweet Lou

Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:

1. David Poile 1,531

2. Lou Lamoriello 1,447

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,447) and Patrick Roy (153) have combined for 1,600 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combinations by a wide margin.

First Things First

The Isles are 2-0-1 when scoring first and are 1-2-1 when allowing the opening goal.  

The Shots

Isles            13-12-4-1=30

New Jersey 8-14-11-2=35

The Isles are 2-2-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0 when the shots are even and 1-0-0 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves; he is 2-1-1 this season and 7-5-1 vs. New Jersey.

Jake Allen made 26 saves; he is 2-1-1 this season and 2-5-1 vs the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-4 on the power play (7:58); New Jersey was 0-2 on the power play (4:00).

The Isles are 2-0-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 1-2-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-0-1 when they allow at least one power play goal and 2-2-1 when they do not.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 3-0-1 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-1 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 2-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 0-1 in regulation. They are 1-2 in games decided in overtime and are 1-0 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.

Back-to-Backs     

Including tonight, the Isles are 1-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season.  This back-to-back concludes on Saturday vs. Florida. The next back-to-back will be on October 29th vs. Columbus and October 30th in Columbus.

Fewest Wins on Back-end

0 1972-73 (0-22-3)

1 2023-24 (1-6-3)

2 2012-13 (1-5-1; 48-game schedule)

3 1994-95 (2-3-3; 48-game schedule)

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Noah Dobson (25:08); New Jersey: Brett Pesce (23:53)

Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 20:27.

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Noah Dobson (2-1-1), Alex Romanov (0-1-0), Ryan Pulock (1-0-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1)

Face-offs

Isles 35, New Jersey 21 (63%)

Bo Horvat won 9 of 12 for the Isles; Curtis Lazar won 3 of 5 for New Jersey. 

Hit Count

Isles 32 (Alexander Romanov -5)

New Jersey 27 (Five with 3)

Fights 

Scott Mayfield fought Kurtis MacDermid in the second period. Season total: 1 (Mayfield)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 15 (Alexander Romanov- 3)

New Jersey 11 (Brenden Dillon -3)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 56, New Jersey 67

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 41, New Jersey 52

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles:  Mike Reilly +6  

New Jersey:  Timo Meier +10

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 12, New Jersey 20

5-on-5: Isles 8, New Jersey 14

Scratches

Dennis Cholowski, (Anthony Duclair-INJ)

Games Lost to injury: 2.   (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 173 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (123) and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (103) also played every game since the start of last season.

Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 4 (2014-15)

2. Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)

Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)

John Tavares 3 (2010-11)

Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)

1. Mathew Barzal 16

2. John Tavares 12

Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 23

2. Mathew Barzal 21

3. Brock Nelson 18

Barzal has a point on 21 of the 40 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-0-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with ten games remaining. The first national game will stream on December 5th on ESPN+/Hulu, as the Isles host Seattle. The Isles have five national telecasts scheduled through the end of March, with the other five all scheduled in April.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games this season, with 11 games remaining. The first matinee will be on November 3rd at MSG. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-13-10 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures 

Opponents: 0 successful, 1 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (0):

Vs (0): 

Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)

Isles responses (0):

Opponent responses (2): UTA 10/10 (2)

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (0):

Vs (0): 

Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):

For (1): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, go-ahead goal but lost in OT)

Vs (3): Josh Doan 10/10 vs. UTA (18:06- GTG; UTA won in OT); Cole Caufield 10/19 vs MTL (17:50-GTG; NYI won in SO); Jesper Bratt 10/25 at NJD (18:31-GTG; NYI won in OT)

OT Winners

For (1): Bo Horvat 10/25 at NJD (1:09)

Vs (2): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04)

Shootout Winners

For (1): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL

Vs (0): 

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…

5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 847 *** 7. Matt Martin 823 *** 8. Casey Cizikas 822 *** 9. Bob Bourne 814 *** 10. Anders Lee 766 …

31. Dave Lewis 514 *** 32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Mathew Barzal and Adam Pelech 507  *** 36. Ed Westfall and Ryan Pulock 493 *** 38. Radek Martinek 479 *** 39. Gerry Hart and Scott Mayfield 476

Goals    

1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Brock Nelson 278 *** John Tavares 272 *** 9. Anders Lee 263 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 ***21. Mathew Barzal 129…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 107

Assists

1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …

8. Patrick Flatley 328 *** 9. Brent Sutter 323 *** 10. Stefan Persson and Mathew Barzal 317…

14. Pat LaFontaine 279 *** 15. Bobby Nystrom 278 *** 16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Brock Nelson 258…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon and Anders Lee 193…

30. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 31. Noah Dobson 156 *** 32. David Volek 154 *** 33. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 34. Travis Green and Ryan Pulock 145 *** 36. Steve Thomas 140 *** 37. Mark Streit 139 *** 38. Casey Cizikas and Greg Gilbert 138

Points

1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…

9. John Tonelli 544 *** 10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Brock Nelson 536 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 456 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 446…

30. David Volek 249 *** 31. Casey Cizikas 245

+/-

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 +74 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67  *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 22. Patrick Flatley +57 *** 23. Ryan Pulock +56 *** 24. Greg Gilbert 54 *** 25. Gord Lane +48

Defense Goals

1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…

4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 48 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit and Noah Dobson 40…

14. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 15. Adam Pelech and four others 26 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 25

Defense Assists

1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…

7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 156 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 145…

11. Travis Hamonic 120 *** 12. Adam Pelech 118… 

20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 92

Defense Points

1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…

6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Noah Dobson 196 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 193…

11. Roman Hamrlik 153 *** 12. Travis Hamonic 146 *** 13. Adam Pelech 144 …

19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey and Scott Mayfield 117

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 196 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 166

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…

5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 97 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 74

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 1-4-1 following an 8-2 loss in Charlotte on Friday night.  Hudson Fasching scored one of the goals for Bridgeport, who also play in Charlotte on Saturday night.

Season Series Stats

The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 1); the teams will meet on November 9th at UBS Arena and April 13th in Newark to complete the season series.

The Isles are 18-7-1 in their last 26 games against the Devils and are 10-3-0 in their last thirteen trips to Prudential Center. 

UP NEXT

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26th -FLORIDA AT  ISLES 7:30pm

[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:00], WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles will look to do something that took them until April last season- win a game on the back-half of the back-to-back – as they welcome the Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers to UBS Arena. 

The road team won all three meetings last season, with Florida's win on Long Island coming in overtime.  The Isles are 3-0-1 in their last four games against the Cats, after going 0-4-1 in the five games before that.

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

The Skinny: Detroit 1, Isles 0

"The Skinny"

By Eric Hornick

Game 6

Detroit 1, Isles 0

Alex Lyon made 29 saves for this fourth career shutout and Patrick Kane converted Detroit's first shot fort the only goal as the Detroit Red Wings blanked the Isles 1-0 and snapped the New Yorkers' three-game point streak before a crowd of 12,739 at UBS Arena.

The Isles out-shot the Red Wings 29-11 but could not convert on three power plays as they were shut-out for the third time this season (0-2-1).

The Isles are 2-2-2 on the season and head to New Jersey Friday to begin the first back-to-back set of the season.

The Scoring:  

1st Period 

Patrick Kane (1) Vladimir Tarasenko (1), J.T. Compher (2) 08:54 DET 1,NYI 0

2nd Period

None

3rd Period  

None 

The Skinny

The Isles power play is 2-19 on the season (2-15 at home); they did manage to kill their first penalty on home ice this season after allowing goals the first three times they were short...Noah Dobson has 17 shots on goal over the last three games; four of his twelve attempts tonight were on goal…Liam Foudy played a team-low 7:52 in his Islander debut…The Isles took only one penalty for the second straight game; they have taken only 11 penalties through the first six games…The Isles have out-shot their opponent in all six games this season; they are the only team in the NHL to do so….It was Ilya Sorokin's first regulation loss in seven games, dating back to last season…The attendance was the lowest in UBS Arena history…This was the 26th time in club history that the Isles have lost 1-0 in regulation, but only the seventh time at home (twice at UBS).

First Times in a Long Time

• Detroit defeated the Isles in New York in regulation for the first time since December 19, 2017; the Isles had gone 7-0-1 in the interim.

• The Isles allowed only 11 shots; it was only the fourth time in club history that they have allowed 11 or fewer, joining:

3-Mar-77 @ Detroit (11)

16-Feb-08 Vs Atlanta (10)

8-Feb-15 @ Buffalo (10)

• The Red Wings blanked the Isles in New York for the first time since Jimmy Howard did so on Black Friday in 2013.

• The 11 shots match the fewest in Red Wings history (set March 3, 1977, vs. the Isles), and is only the second time since shots on goal became an official stat in 1959-60 that the Red Wings won a game with 12 shots or fewer (4/1/2004 in St. Louis -12 shots)

For the History Books

It is the first time in Isles' history that they have been shut-out three times in the first six games of a season.

The New Guy

Liam Foudy is the first player other than Josh Bailey to wear #12 in a regular season game since Chris Simon did so on February 23, 2008.

Odd Team?

The Isles have been shutout in the 2nd, 4th, and 6th game of the season.

No Support for Ilya

The Isles have not scored a goal in Ilya Sorokin's last two starts (125:00). Sorokin has allowed only four goals, including one in overtime, in his three starts this season.

Brock-Tober

Brock Nelson has 38 October goals, tying Pat LaFontaine for 5th place in club history (Mike Bossy 80, Bryan Trottier 56, Brent Sutter 46, John Tavares 45).

Overtime is Our Time

The Isles have played 3 overtime games. They are 0-2 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 1-0 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 0-1 in overtime and 0-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-1 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts. 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 1 empty-net goal and allowed 1.

Killing Their Own PP

The Isles have taken a penalty to interrupt their power play 0 times this season.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 3 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 2 times

• Allowed the next goal: 1 time

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 0 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  2-2-2 for 6 points in 6 games

• 2023-24  3-2-1 for 7 points in 6 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-0-0

• Season: 0-9-9

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The 137 assists were the most since 2006-07, when they also had 137.

Varly, Varly

Semyon Varlamov has 41 career shutouts and 287 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is seventh in wins and fourth in shutouts.

All-time Goalie Wins

47. Ed Giacomin 290

48. Semyon Varlamov 287

49. Jose Theodore 286

      Dan Bouchard 286

Home and Road

The Isles are 2-2-2 overall; they are 1-1-1 at home and 1-1-1 on the road.

Detroit is 3-3-0 overall; they are 1-2-0 at home and 2-1-0 on the road

East and West

The Isles are 1-1-0 against the East (0-0-0 vs. Metropolitan and 1-1-0 vs. Atlantic) and 1-1-2 against the West (1-1-2 vs. Central and 0-0-0 vs. Pacific).

Home is Where the Fans Are

The Isles have played 125 games at UBS Arena and recorded 90 sellouts of 17,255. 

Sweet Lou

Lou Lamoriello has the second-highest win total for any general manager in NHL history:

1. David Poile 1,531

2. Lou Lamoriello 1,446

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,446) and Patrick Roy (152) have combined for 1,598 career wins as general manager and coach. That is the highest in the NHL among active combinations by a wide margin.

First Things First

The Isles are 1-0-1 when scoring first and are 1-2-1 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles     8-14-7=29

Detroit 3-6-2=11

The Isles are 2-2-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-0 when the shots are even and 0-0-0 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 10 saves; he is 1-1-1 this season and 4-3-2 vs. Detroit.

Alex Lyon made 29 saves; he is 2-1-0 this season and 1-1-0 vs the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-3 on the power play (6:00); Detroit was 0-1 on the power play (2:00).

The Isles are 1-0-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 1-2-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-0-1 when they allow at least one power play goal and 1-2-1 when they do not.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 2-0-1 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-1 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 1-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 0-1 in regulation. They are 0-2 in games decided in overtime and are 1-0 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.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles are 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be: on October 25th in New Jersey and October 26th vs. Florida.

Fewest Wins on Back-end

0 1972-73 (0-22-3)

1 2023-24 (1-6-3)

2 2012-13 (1-5-1; 48-game schedule)

3 1994-95 (2-3-3; 48-game schedule)

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Noah Dobson (25:06); Detroit: Simon Edvinsson (24:34)

Mathew Barzal led Islander forwards with 20:47.

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Noah Dobson (1-1-1), Alex Romanov (0-1-0), Ryan Pulock (1-0-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1)

Face-offs

Isles 33, Detroit 30 (52%)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 14 of 22 for the Isles; Dylan Larkin won 15 of 24 for Detroit. 

Hit Count

Isles 13 (Casey Cizikas -4)

Detroit 10 (Michael Rasmussen -3)

Fights 

None. Season total: 0

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 9 (Ryan Pulock -2)

Detroit 15 (Ben Chiarot -4)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 65, Detroit 27

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 48, Detroit 25

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles:  Alexander Romanov +19  (Brock Nelson and Max Tsplakov were both +16, and on-ice for one Detroit attempt.)

Detroit:  Erik Gustafsson EVEN

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 7, Detroit 2

5-on-5: Isles 2, Detroit 2

Scratches

Dennis Cholowski, (Anthony Duclair-INJ)

Games Lost to injury: 1.   (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 172 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (122) and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (102) also played every game since the start of last season.

Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 4 (2014-15)

2. Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)

Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)

John Tavares 3 (2010-11)

Most Overtime Assists, Career (Islanders)

1. Mathew Barzal 15

2. John Tavares 12

Most Overtime Points, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 23

2. Mathew Barzal 20

3. Brock Nelson 18

Barzal has a point on 20 of the 39 overtime goals that the Isles have scored since he became a regular in 2016-17.

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-0-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with ten games remaining. The first national game will stream on December 5th on ESPN+/Hulu, as the Isles host Seattle. The Isles have five national telecasts scheduled through the end of March, with the other five all scheduled in April.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games this season, with 11 games remaining. The first matinee will be on November 3rd at MSG. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon games. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-13-10 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 0 failures 

Opponents: 0 successful, 1 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (0):

Vs (0): 

Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)

Isles responses (0):

Opponent responses (2): UTA 10/10 (2)

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (0):

Vs (0): 

Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):

For (1): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, go-ahead goal but lost in OT)

Vs (2): Josh Doan 10/10 vs. UTA (18:06- GTG; UTA won in OT); Cole Caufield 10/19 vs MTL (17:50-GTG; NYI won in SO)

OT Winners

For (0): 

Vs (2): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04)

Shootout Winners

For (1): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL

Vs (0): 

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 *** 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 3. Josh Bailey 1,057…

5. Clark Gillies 872 *** 6. Brock Nelson 846 *** 7. Matt Martin 823 *** 8. Casey Cizikas 821 *** 9. Bob Bourne 814 *** 10. Anders Lee 765 …

31. Dave Lewis 514 *** 32. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 34. Mathew Barzal and Adam Pelech 506  *** 36. Ed Westfall 493 *** 37. Ryan Pulock 492 *** 38. Radek Martinek 479 *** 39. Gerry Hart 476 *** 40. Scott Mayfield 475

Goals    

1. Mike Bossy 573 *** 2. Bryan Trottier 500 *** 3. Denis Potvin 310 …

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Brock Nelson 277 *** John Tavares 272 *** 9. Anders Lee 262 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 ***21. Mathew Barzal 129…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 107

Assists

1. Bryan Trottier 853 *** 2. Denis Potvin 742 *** 3. Mike Bossy 553 …

8. Patrick Flatley 328 *** 9. Brent Sutter 323 *** 10. Stefan Persson 317 *** 11. Mathew Barzal 316…

14. Pat LaFontaine 279 *** 15. Bobby Nystrom 278 *** 16. Billy Harris 259 *** 17. Brock Nelson 257…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Nick Leddy 198 *** 22. Pierre Turgeon and Anders Lee 193…

30. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 31. Noah Dobson 153 *** 32. David Volek 154 *** 33. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 34. Travis Green 145 *** 35. Ryan Pulock 144 *** 36. Steve Thomas 140 *** 37. Mark Streit 139 *** 38. Casey Cizikas and Greg Gilbert 138

Points

1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 *** 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 *** 3. Denis Potvin 1,052…

9. John Tonelli 544 *** 10. Bob Bourne 542 *** 11. Brock Nelson 534 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 455 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 445…

30. David Volek 249 *** 31. Casey Cizikas 245

+/-

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 and Ryan Pulock +54 *** 25. Gord Lane +48

Defense Goals

1. Denis Potvin 310 *** 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 *** 3. Kenny Jonsson 57…

4. Stefan Persson 52 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 48 *** 6. Jean Potvin 46 *** 7. Nick Leddy 45 *** 8. Roman Hamrlik 43 *** 9. Mark Streit and Noah Dobson 40…

14. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 15. Adam Pelech and four others 26 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 25

Defense Assists

1. Denis Potvin 742 *** 2. Stefan Persson 317 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 249…

7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 155 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 144…

11. Travis Hamonic 120 *** 12. Dave Lewis and Adam Pelech 117… 

20. Dave Langevin and Thomas Hickey 95 *** 22. Scott Mayfield 92

Defense Points

1. Denis Potvin 1,052 *** 2. Stefan Persson 369 *** 3. Tomas Jonsson 333…

6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Noah Dobson 195 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 192…

11. Roman Hamrlik 153 *** 12. Travis Hamonic 146 *** 13. Adam Pelech 143 …

19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Thomas Hickey and Scott Mayfield 117

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Glenn Resch 282 …

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 195 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 166

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Glenn Resch 157 *** 3. Rick DiPietro 130…

5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 96 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 74

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 18 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 1-3-1 following a 4-0 win on Sunday over Hartford. Jacob Skarek recorded the shutout for Bridgeport, who heads to Charlotte for games on Friday and Sunday.

Season Series Stats

Detroit leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0); the teams will meet on November 21st in Detroit and November 25th at UBS Arena to complete the season series.

Detroit will be the first Eastern Conference opponent that the Isles complete their season series; they will finish their season series with St. Louis on November 23rd, in between the two games with the Red Wings.

 

UP NEXT

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25th - ISLES AT NEW JERSEY 7:00pm

[MSGSN2 (pre-game at 6:30], WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles look to get back on the winning track as they face the Devils for the first time this season. 

The Isles went 1-2-1 last season against the Devils, but their game 81 win in Newark clinched a playoff spot for the Isles. Despite their record last season, the Isles are 17-7-1 in their last 25 games against the Devils and are 9-3-0 in their last twelve trips to Prudential Center.

AND FINALLY…

Islander legend Butch Goring celebrated his 75th birthday today; he was honored with a cake and words from past teammates, and past and present colleagues, during MSGSN's pre-game coverage. Happy birthday Butch!

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