The Skinny: Washington 5, Isles 4 (OT)

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 24

Washington 5, Isles 4 (OT)

Jakub Chychrun scored his third career overtime goal 1:20 into the extra session as the Washington Capitals completed a comeback from a 4-2 third period deficit to earn a 5-4 overtime victory over the Islanders before a Black Friday sellout crowd of 18,573 at Capital One Arena. 

Simon Holmstrom scored twice, and Anders Lee had three points, as the Isles rallied from a 2-1 deficit to take a 4-2 lead after 40 minutes.

The Isles are 8-10-6 on the season; they will host Buffalo in the back-end of a back-to-back on Saturday night.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Simon Holmstrom (4) Anders Lee (7) 03:36 NYI 1,WSH 0

Nic Dowd (6) Ivan Miroshnichenko (1), Brandon Duhaime (4) 04:50 NYI 1,WSH 1

Tom Wilson (8) Connor McMichael (8), Dylan Strome (25) 12:10 NYI 1,WSH 2 PPG

2nd Period

Anders Lee (9) Noah Dobson (9), Isaiah George (3) 01:15 NYI 2,WSH 2

Kyle MacLean (1) Bo Horvat (11), Anders Lee (8) 16:28 NYI 3,WSH 2

Simon Holmstrom (5) Dennis Cholowski (3), Bo Horvat (12) 18:09 NYI 4,WSH 2

3rd Period

Dylan Strome (8) Jakob Chychrun (7), Connor McMichael (9) 01:20 NYI 4,WSH 3 PPG

Tom Wilson (9) Trevor van Riemsdyk (11), Connor McMichael (10) 07:24 NYI 4,WSH 4

OT

Jakob Chychrun (7) Dylan Strome (26), John Carlson (13) 01:20 NYI 4,WSH 5

The Skinny

The Isles are 1-4-2 in their last seven games…The Isles have outscored the opposition 40-31 in the first and second periods but have been outscored 43-21 in the third period and overtime…The 38 goals allowed in the third period are the most in the NHL…The Isles have scored 44 goals and allowed 42 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 32-17 in all other situations…The Isles are 6-2-2 when leading after 40 minutes, but are 1-2-2 in the last five games in that situation…The Isles have had a third period lead at some point in seven of the last eight game …The Isles, who lead the NHL with a 56.1% faceoff percentage, have won the majority of draws in 22 of their first 24 games…Isaiah George now has assists in three consecutive games….The Islander power play is 0-22 in the last nine meetings with Washington; they had killed 33 of 34 Cap power plays over prior sixteen meetings before the Caps scored twice today…Simon Holmstrom scored his 25th and 26th career goals after scoring once in a game 24 other times; he finished with a career-high six shots…Kyle MacLean scored his first goal since the playoff clincher in New Jersey on April 15th… The Isles have outscored the opposition 21-14 in the second period this season; they were outscored 107-83 in the second period a season ago…The Isles have played nine overtime games, matching Calgary and Philadelphia for the most in the NHL; their six OT/SO losses lead the NHL as do the five OT goals allowed…Dylan Strome has five goals in nine games against Semyon Varlamov…Jean-Gabriel Pageau missed a game for the first time since missing 12 games in February/March 2023.

The Injury

Scott Mayfield left the game after blocking a shot with 8 minutes to play; he did not return.

First Times in a Long Time

• Isaiah George is the first Islander defenseman since Bryan Berard with a three-game point streak before his 21st birthday.

• Bo Horvat and Anders Lee both tied career-highs by going +4; it is the first time that multiple Isles were +4 or better in a game the Isles did not win since November 1, 1984, in Montreal (6-5 OT loss) when Mike Bossy, Brent Sutter and John Tonelli all did so.  It is the only other time in club history that happened.

Milestone Man

Anders Lee recorded his 200th and 201st assists; he is the 21st player in club history to reach 200 assists.  Lee also became the 17th Islander with 100 multi-point games.

Club 200  

Noah Dobson recorded his 200th point on Monday, joining Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson and Tomas Jonsson as the only defensemen to record their first 200 points as Islanders. Ryan Pulock now needs one point to join that club.

Home Cooking

The Isles are in the midst of playing eight of 11 games are at home; they do not play consecutive road games during that stretch. So far, the Isles are 1-2-1 (1-2-0 at home and 0-0-1 on road):

• 23-Nov-24 Vs St. Louis W 3-1

• 25-Nov-24 Vs Detroit     L 2-4

• 27-Nov-24 Vs Boston    L 3-6

• 29-Nov-24 @ Washington L 4-5ot

• 30-Nov-24 Vs Buffalo

• 3-Dec-24  @ Montreal

• 5-Dec-24  Vs Seattle

• 7-Dec-24  Vs Carolina

• 8-Dec-24  @ Ottawa

• 10-Dec-24 Vs Los Angeles

• 12-Dec-24 Vs Chicago

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 20, Opponents 38

Tying Goals: Isles 3, Opponents 10 (in 9 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 5 (in 4 games), Opponents 7

Empty Net Goals: Isles 4, Opponents 7

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 18 of their 24 games; they are 1-4-1 in the six games that they trailed after forty minutes. In the four games that they trailed the entire third period, they have been within one goal at some point in all but one of them (10/12 @ DAL).

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have four come-from behind wins this season, including one when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win eight times this season, including an NHL-high seven times in the third period.

Overtime

The Isles have played nine overtime games, tied with PHI and CGY for most in NHL. They are 1-5 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-1 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 1-3 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-2 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts. 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 4 empty-net goals and allowed 7.

Killing Their Own PP

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

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 15 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 5 times

• Allowed the next goal: 8 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 2 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  8-10-6 for 22 points in 24 games

• 2023-24  10-7-7 for 27 points in 24 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-3-3

• Season: 4-35-39

• 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 289 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

46. Mike Liut 293

47. Ed Giacomin 290

Connor Hellebuyck 290 (late game Friday)

49. Semyon Varlamov 289

Home and Road

The Isles are 8-10-6 overall; they are 3-5-2 at home and 5-5-4 on the road.

Washington is 16-6-1 overall; they are 8-4-1 at home and 8-2-0 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 5-7-2 against the East (2-2-2 vs. Metropolitan and 3-5-0 vs. Atlantic) and 3-3-4 against the West (2-1-2 vs. Central and 1-2-2 vs. Pacific).

Home is Where the Fans Are

The Isles have played 132 games at UBS Arena and recorded 92 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 1,452

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,452) and Patrick Roy (158) have combined for 1,610 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 4-3-4 when scoring first and are 4-7-2 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles           13-8-3-0=24

Washington 12-5-8-1=26

The Isles are 5-5-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-1-0 when the shots are even and 3-4-4 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Semyon Varlamov made 21 saves; he is 3-4-3 this season and 8-12-5 vs. Washington.

Logan Thompson made 20 saves; he is 10-1-1 this season and 2-1-1 vs the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-3 (6:00) on the power play; Washington was 2-4 (5:57) on the power play.

The Isles are 6-1-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-9-5 when they do not. The Isles are 5-3-5 when they allow at least one power play goal and 3-7-1 when they do not.

Three is (Usually) a Magic Number

The Isles are 8-2-4 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-8-2 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 4-3-6 in games decided by a single goal including 1-3 in regulation. They are 1-5 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

Including today, the Isles are 1-1-1 on the front end and 0-2-0 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes on Saturday vs. Buffalo. The next back-to-back will be on December 7th vs Carolina and December 8th in Ottawa.

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: Ryan Pulock (24:28); Washington: John Carlson (25:49)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (20:03)

Face-offs

Isles 38, Washington 28 (58%)

Csaey Cizikas won 8 of 10 for the Isles; Lars Eller won 6 of 9 for Washington. 

Hit Count

Isles 21 (Matt Martin -4)

Washington 20 (Tom Wilson -7)

Fights 

None. Season total: 3 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 19 (Three with 3)

Washington 14 (Martin Fehervary -4)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 46, Washington 60

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 33, Washington 47

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Alexander Romanov+3

Washington: Nic Dowd +12

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 5, Washington 11

5-on-5: Isles 4, Washington 8

Scratches

(Mathew Barzal – LTIR), (Anthony Duclair-LTIR), (Adam Pelech – IR), (Mike Reilly-IR), (Jean-Gabriel Pageau-INJ),  Grant Hutton

Games Lost to injury: 71.   (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 190 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (140) has also played every game since the start of last season.  Jean-Gabriel missed today's game, ending his streak at 119.

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

Including today, the Isles are 0-2-1 in matinee games this season, with 8 games remaining. The next matinee will be on December 15th in Chicago. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-15-11 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 1 successful, 2 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16, Goalie Interference 11/29)

Opponents: 2 successful, 1 failure (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/15, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (0):

Vs (0): 

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

Isles responses (1): BUF 11/1

Opponent responses (3): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (1): Vs. PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO))

Vs (2):  Vs. NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT), Led 4-2, Lost 5-4 (SO))

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

For (2): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, GAG but lost in OT); Anders Lee 11/12 @ EDM (17:20-GTG; EDM won in OT)

Vs (5): 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); Stefan Noesen 11/9 vs NJ (19:10-GTG; NJD won in OT); Lucas Raymond 11/21 at DET (19:09-GAG)

OT Winners

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

Vs (5): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04); Jack Hughes 11/9 vs NJD (2:35); Leon Draisaitl 11/12 @ EDM (1:52); Jakub Chychrun 11/29 @ WAS (1:20)

Shootout Winners

For (2): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL, Bo Horvat 11/5 vs PIT

Vs (1): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY 

 

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 864 *** 7. Casey Cizikas 839 *** 8. Matt Martin 836 *** 9. Bob Bourne 814 *** 10. Anders Lee 783 …

31. Dave Lewis 514 *** 32. Adam Pelech 511 *** 33. Mathew Barzal and Ryan Pulock 510 *** 35. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 37. Ed Westfall 493 *** 38. Scott Mayfield 492

Goals    

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

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Brock Nelson 285 *** John Tavares 272 *** 9. Anders Lee 269 …

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

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 108

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. Brock Nelson 263…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 201…

28. Jean Potvin 167 *** 29. Jeff Norton 166 *** 30. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 31. Noah Dobson 160 *** 32. David Volek 154 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 151 *** 34. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 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…

8. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 9. Brock Nelson 548 …

13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 470 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 447…

30. David Volek 249 *** 31. Casey Cizikas 247

+/-

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. Noah Dobson 41…

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

Defense Assists

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

6. Jean Potvin 167 *** 7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 160 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 151…

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

18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk 96 *** 20. Dave Langevin, Thomas Hickey, and Scott Mayfield 95

Defense Points

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

6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Noah Dobson 201 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 199…

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

19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 120

Goalie Games

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 206 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 173

Wins

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 106 *** 5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 100 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76

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 5-10-1-2 heading into home games with Belleville on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.

Brian Pinho leads the team with 11 goals and 17 points. Chris Terry's 14 assists pace the Baby Isles in that category.

Season Series Stats

Washington leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 1). The teams have only two meeting remaining, on April 6th and April 15th, and both games will be at UBS Arena. 

The Isles are 3-2-2 in their last seven meetings with the Caps, including 2-1-2 in Washington.

UP NEXT

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30th – BUFFALO AT ISLES 7:30pm

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

The Isles return home to host the Buffalo Sabres in the second meeting of the teams this season.  The Isles earned a 4-3 win in their only trip to Western New York this season back on November 1st as Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves.

While the teams have split the last six games, the Isles are 12-1-0 in their last 13 home games with Buffalo, including 3-1-0 at UBS Arena.  

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: Boston 6, Isles 3

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 23

Boston 6, Isles 3

Brad Marchand and Pavel Zacha each stuffed in two goals and Elias Lindholm and David Pastrnak each had three assists as the Boston Bruins defeated the Isles 6-3 before a Thanksgiving Eve crowd of 16,145 at UBS Arena. 

Brock Nelson scored twice and added an assist while Maxim Tsyplakov scored for the first time in twelve games as the Isles rallied from 2-0 and 3-2 deficits to earn a 3-3 tie through 40 minutes, but Pavel Zacha scored twice in a 2:35 span to decide the contest.

The Isles fall to 8-10-5 on the season; they will head to Washington for the front-end of a back-to-back on  Friday afternoon.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Brad Marchand (7) Elias Lindholm (8) 00:57 BOS 1,NYI 0

Brad Marchand (8) Justin Brazeau (5), Elias Lindholm (9) 06:31 BOS 2,NYI 0

Maxim Tsyplakov (3) Brock Nelson (7) 12:50 BOS 2,NYI 1

2nd Period

Brock Nelson (9) Maxim Tsyplakov (10), Isaiah George (2) 08:52 BOS 2,NYI 2

Morgan Geekie (2) Pavel Zacha (5), David Pastrnak (12) 11:59 BOS 3,NYI 2

Brock Nelson (10) Ryan Pulock (8), Bo Horvat (10) 19:52 BOS 3,NYI 3

3rd Period

Pavel Zacha (4) Andrew Peeke (4), David Pastrnak (13) 10:48 BOS 4,NYI 3

Pavel Zacha (5) David Pastrnak (14), Nikita Zadorov (6) 13:23 BOS 5,NYI 3

Nikita Zadorov (1)EN Elias Lindholm (10) 17:58 BOS 6,NYI 3

The Skinny

The Isles are 1-4-1 in their last six games…The Isles have outscored the opposition 36-29 in the first and second periods but have been outscored 40-21 in the third period and overtime…The 36 goals allowed in the third period are the most in the NHL…The Isles have both scored and allowed 40 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 29-17 in all other situations…The Isles are 1-3-4 when tied after 40 minutes…The Isles have scored only ten goals in the last five games …There was only one penalty called in the game; the Bruins killed the late Islander power play… Brock Nelson has points on seven of the last Islander goals; he recorded his 17th career game with at least three points, but the Isles lost for the second time (15-2-0)…Ryan Pulock earned his 199th point on Nelson's second goal…The Isles, who lead the NHL with a 56% faceoff percentage, have won the majority of draws in 21 of their first 23 games…Isaiah George now has assists in consecutive games….At 3-5-2, the Isles have their 2nd-fewest points through ten home games in the last twelve years (2-5-3 in 2021-22)… Maxim Tsyplakov scored his first goal in 12 games…The Bruins scored three goals in the third period after scoring only ten third period goals in their first 23 games…David Pastrnak has 32 points (9-23-32) in 32 games against the Isles… The Bruins are 3-1-0 under interim coach Joe Sacco; it was the first time in seven games that Boston scored more than two goals…It was the first time in seven games that the Isles did not have a third period lead…Brad Marchand's first goal was the first allowed by the Isles in the opening minute of a game this season, and the earliest since Pat Maroon scored for Minnesota 19 seconds into the game on November 7, 2023.

First Time in a Long Time

Brock Nelson scored for the fourth straight game against the Bruins. It is only the 4th time an Islander has had a streak of at least that long (Ziggy Palffy -6 in 1997/98; Mike Bossy -4 in 1979; Bill Muckalt in 1999/2000). 

Club 200  

Noah Dobson recorded his 200th point on Monday, joining Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson and Tomas Jonsson as the only defensemen to record their first 200 points as Islanders. Ryan Pulock now needs one point to join that club.

Anders Lee has 199 assists; he will be the 21st player in club history to reach 200 assists.

Home Cooking

The Isles are in the midst of playing eight of 11 games are at home; they do not play consecutive road games during that stretch. So far, the Isles are 1-2-0:

• 23-Nov-24 Vs St. Louis W 3-1

• 25-Nov-24 Vs Detroit     L 2-4

• 27-Nov-24 Vs Boston    L 3-6

• 29-Nov-24 @ Washington

• 30-Nov-24 Vs Buffalo

• 3-Dec-24  @ Montreal

• 5-Dec-24  Vs Seattle

• 7-Dec-24  Vs Carolina

• 8-Dec-24  @ Ottawa

• 10-Dec-24 Vs Los Angeles

• 12-Dec-24 Vs Chicago

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 20, Opponents 36

Tying Goals: Isles 3, Opponents 9 (in 8 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 5 (in 4 games), Opponents 7

Empty Net Goals: Isles 4, Opponents 7

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 17 of their 23 games; they are 1-4-1 in the six games that they trailed after forty minutes. In the four games that they trailed the entire third period, they have been within one goal at some point in all but one of them (10/12 @ DAL).

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have four come-from behind wins this season, including one when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win seven times this season, including an NHL-high six times in the third period.

Overtime is Our Time

The Isles have played an NHL-leading eight overtime games. They are 1-4 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-1 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 1-3 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-1 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts. 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 4 empty-net goals and allowed 7.

Killing Their Own PP

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

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 14 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 5 times

• Allowed the next goal: 7 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 2 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  8-10-5 for 21 points in 23 games

• 2023-24  10-7-6 for 26 points in 23 games

The Isles did not lose their 10th game in regulation last season until New Year's Eve.

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-1-1

• Season: 4-31-35

• 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 289 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

46. Mike Liut 293

47. Ed Giacomin 290

Connor Hellebuyck 290 (late game Wednesday)

49. Semyon Varlamov 289

Home and Road

The Isles are 8-10-5 overall; they are 3-5-2 at home and 5-5-3 on the road.

Boston is 11-10-3 overall; they are 6-5-2 at home and 5-5-1 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 5-7-1 against the East (2-2-1 vs. Metropolitan and 3-5-0 vs. Atlantic) and 3-3-4 against the West (2-1-2 vs. Central and 1-2-2 vs. Pacific).

Home is Where the Fans Are

The Isles have played 132 games at UBS Arena and recorded 92 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 1,452

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Lou Lamoriello (1,452) and Patrick Roy (158) have combined for 1,610 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 4-3-3 when scoring first and are 4-7-2 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles    8-6-10=24

Boston 9-5-7=21

The Isles are 5-5-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-1-0 when the shots are even and 3-4-3 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 15 saves; he is 5-6-3 this season and 2-3-2 vs. Boston.

Joonas Korpisalo made 21 saves; he is 5-2-1 this season and 6-5-3 vs the Isles.

Special Teams

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

The Isles are 6-1-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-9-4 when they do not. The Isles are 5-3-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 3-7-1 when they do not.

Three is (Usually) a Magic Number

The Isles are 8-2-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-8-2 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 4-3-5 in games decided by a single goal including 1-3 in regulation. They are 1-4 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

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 (23:28); Boston: Parker Wotherspoon (season-high 21:49)

Anders Lee led Isles forwards (season-high 19:42)

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Noah Dobson (6-6-3), Alex Romanov (0-1-0), Ryan Pulock (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1)

Face-offs

Isles 30, Boston 27 (53%)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 4 of 6 for the Isles; Elias Lindholm won 11 of 19 for Boston. 

Hit Count

Isles 36 (Casey Cizikas -7)

Boston 35 (Brandon Carlo -5)

Fights 

None. Season total: 3 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 11 (Noah Dobson -3)

Boston 15 (Two with 3)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 55, Boston 48

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 48, Boston 46

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Bo Horvat +7

Boston: Brandon Carlo +14

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 9, Boston 6

5-on-5: Isles 8, Boston 6

Scratches

(Mathew Barzal – LTIR), (Anthony Duclair-LTIR), (Adam Pelech – IR), (Mike Reilly-IR), Hudson Fasching,  Grant Hutton

Games Lost to injury: 66.   (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 189 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (139) and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (119) have 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 Calgary. 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 0-2-0 in matinee games this season, with 9 games remaining. The next matinee will be on November 29th in Washington. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-15-10 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 2 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16)

Opponents: 2 successful, 1 failure (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/15, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (0):

Vs (0): 

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

Isles responses (1): BUF 11/1

Opponent responses (3): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (2): Vs. PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO))

Vs (1):  Vs. NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT))

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

For (2): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, GAG but lost in OT); Anders Lee 11/12 @ EDM (17:20-GTG; EDM won in OT)

Vs (5): 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); Stefan Noesen 11/9 vs NJ (19:10-GTG; NJD won in OT); Lucas Raymond 11/21 at DET (19:09-GAG)

OT Winners

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

Vs (4): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04); Jack Hughes 11/9 vs NJD (2:35); Leon Draisaitl 11/12 @ EDM (1:52)

Shootout Winners

For (2): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL, Bo Horvat 11/5 vs PIT

Vs (1): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY 

 

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 863 *** 7. Casey Cizikas 838 *** 8. Matt Martin 835 *** 9. Bob Bourne 814 *** 10. Anders Lee 782 …

31. Dave Lewis 514 *** 32. Adam Pelech 511 *** 33. Mathew Barzal 510 *** 34. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota and Ryan Pulock 509 *** 37. Ed Westfall 493 *** 38. Scott Mayfield 491

Goals    

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

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Brock Nelson 285 *** John Tavares 272 *** 9. Anders Lee 268 …

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

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 108

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. Brock Nelson 263…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 199…

28. Jean Potvin 167 *** 29. Jeff Norton 166 *** 30. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 31. Noah Dobson 159 *** 32. David Volek 154 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 151 *** 34. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 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…

8. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 9. Brock Nelson 548 …

13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 467 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 447…

30. David Volek 249 *** 31. Casey Cizikas 247

+/-

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 +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. Noah Dobson 41…

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

Defense Assists

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

6. Jean Potvin 167 *** 7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 159 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 151…

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

18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk 96 *** 20. Dave Langevin, Thomas Hickey, and Scott Mayfield 95

Defense Points

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

6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Noah Dobson 200 *** 8. Ryan Pulock 199…

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

19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 120

Goalie Games

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 206 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 172

Wins

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 106 *** 5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 100 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76

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 5-10-1-2 heading into home games with Belleville on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.

Brian Pinho leads the team with 11 goals and 17 points. Chris Terry has 14 assists to pace the Baby Isles in that category.

Season Series Stats

Boston leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will next meet in Boston on January 5th.

Boston has won seven of the last eight from the Isles, including twice in shootouts.

UP NEXT

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29th – ISLES AT WASHINGTON 3:00pm

[MSGSN2 (pre-game at 2:30], WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles head to the Nation's Capital for the only time this season, as they face Washington for the first time. The Capitals are 15-6-1 this season, despite playing the last four games without Alexander Ovechkin. 

It is the first meeting of the division rivals in eleven months; the teams split four games last season with the entire series concluded before the calendar turned in 2024. Special teams have not played a significant role in recent meetings; the Isles have not scored a power play goal in the last eight meetings and have allowed the Caps to score once in the last 16 games between the teams.

The Isles will play as many games in Seattle, Washington as they do in Washington, DC this season.

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 4, Isles 2

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 22

Detroit 4, Isles 2

It happened again. For the second time in five days, the Detroit Red Wings scored a pair of goals late in the third period to rally from a deficit and defeat the Islanders, this time by a 4-2 score before a crowd of 14,900 at UBS Arena. 

Anders Lee and Kyle Palmieri had twice given the Isles a one-goal lead, but Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond scored in a 2:33 span to turn the game Detroit's way, as Raymond was credited with the game-winner against the Isles for the second straight game. Simon Edvinssson's empty-netter sealed the game with seconds to play. 

The Isles have had a third period lead in six straight games but have gone 2-3-1 in that stretch as they fall to 8-9-5 on the season; they will host Boston in the final game of this three-game homestand on Wednesday in the traditional Thanksgiving Eve game. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Anders Lee (8) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (5), Noah Dobson (8) 04:35 DET 0,NYI 1

Moritz Seider (2) Andrew Copp (3), Christian Fischer (2) 13:25 DET 1,NYI 1

2nd Period

Kyle Palmieri (10) Brock Nelson (6), Isaiah George (1) 07:42 DET 1,NYI 2

3rd Period

Dylan Larkin (12) Justin Holl (2), Albert Johansson (1) 11:20 DET 2,NYI 2

Lucas Raymond (5) Simon Edvinsson (7), Moritz Seider (10) 13:53 DET 3,NYI 2

Simon Edvinsson (3)EN 19:57 DET 4,NYI 2

The Skinny

The Isles are 1-3-1 in their last five games; the loss ended their three-game home point streak…The Isles have outscored the opposition 33-26 in the first and second periods but have been outscored 37-21 in the third period and overtime…The 33 goals allowed in the third period are the most in the NHL…The Isles have outscored the opposition 37-35 at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 28-17 in all other situations…The Isles are 6-2-1 when leading after 40 minutes…The Isles have scored only seven goals in the last four games …The Isles killed all three Red Wing penalties in their best home penalty kill night of the season;  they have allowed nine goals in nineteen times short at home this season…Kyle Palmieri has three goals in the last two games…The Red Wings are 2-8-0 when trailing after two periods, with both wins coming against the Isles…Isaiah George, playing his 10th NHL game, recorded his first point; Albert Johansson, playing his 11th NHL game for Detroit, did the same…Detroit had only 32 shots on goal in two games on Long Island, but won them both; they averaged only 21 shots in three games (fewest for any opponent that swept Isles in series of at least three games)…Alex Lyon is only the fourth goalie in the last three seasons to record three wins in a season against the Isles, joining Igor Shesterkin (3-1-0 last season), Darcy Kuemper (3-0-1 in 2022-23), and Linus Ullmark (3-0-0 in 2022-23)…Kyle Palmieri now has 498 career points.

Milestone Men

• Brock Nelson had an assist to give him 545 points, passing John Tonelli for 9th place on the club's all-time list.

• Noah Dobson had an assist to give him 200 points.

First Times in a Long Time

The Isles were swept by the Red Wings for only the second time. The prior time occurred in 1998-99.

Club 200  

Noah Dobson recorded his 200th point, joining Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson and Tomas Jonsson as the only defensemen to record their first 200 points as Islanders. Ryan Pulock needs two points to join that club.

Anders Lee has 199 assists; he will be the 21st player in club history to reach 200 assists.

Home Cooking

The Isles are in the midst of playing eight of 11 games are at home; they do not play consecutive road games during that stretch. So fat, the Isles are 1-1-0:

• 23-Nov-24 Vs St. Louis W 3-1

• 25-Nov-24 Vs Detroit     L 2-4

• 27-Nov-24 Vs Boston

• 29-Nov-24 @ Washington

• 30-Nov-24 Vs Buffalo

• 3-Dec-24  @ Montreal

• 5-Dec-24  Vs Seattle

• 7-Dec-24  Vs Carolina

• 8-Dec-24  @ Ottawa

• 10-Dec-24 Vs Los Angeles

• 12-Dec-24 Vs Chicago

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 20, Opponents 33

Tying Goals: Isles 3, Opponents 9 (in 8 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 5 (in 4 games), Opponents 6

Empty Net Goals: Isles 4, Opponents 6

The Isles have either been tied or ahead after two periods in 16 of their 22 games; they are 1-4-1 in the six games that they trailed after forty minutes. In the four games that they trailed the entire third period, they have been within one goal at some point in all but one of them (10/12 @ DAL).

Quick on the Draw

Bo Horvat won all seven draws he took; he is the sixth NHL player to go 7-0 or better this season. Horvat is the first Islander to go 7-0 or better since Derek Brassard went 8-0 against the Rangers at The Garden on January 13, 2020.

Overall, the Isles went 27-13, for a season best 67.5%; it is the fourth time this season in the NHL that a team won at least 67.5%. The Isles, who lead the NHL with a 56.3% faceoff percentage, have won the majority of draws in 20 of their first 22 games.

Overtime is Our Time

The Isles have played an NHL-leading eight overtime games. They are 1-4 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-1 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 1-3 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-1 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts. 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 4 empty-net goals and allowed 6.

Killing Their Own PP

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

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 14 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 5 times

• Allowed the next goal: 7 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 2 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  8-9-5 for 21 points in 22 games

• 2023-24  9-7-6 for 24 points in 22 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-2-2

• Season: 4-30-34

• 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 289 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

46. Mike Liut 293

47. Ed Giacomin 290

Connor Hellebuyck 290

49. Semyon Varlamov 289

Home and Road

The Isles are 8-9-5 overall; they are 3-4-2 at home and 5-5-3 on the road.

Detroit is 9-10-2 overall; they are 4-5-1 at home and 5-5-1 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 5-6-1 against the East (2-2-1 vs. Metropolitan and 3-4-0 vs. Atlantic) and 3-3-4 against the West (2-1-2 vs. Central and 1-2-2 vs. Pacific).

Home is Where the Fans Are

The Isles have played 131 games at UBS Arena and recorded 92 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 1,452

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,452) and Patrick Roy (158) have combined for 1,610 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 4-3-3 when scoring first and are 4-6-2 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles    7-9-13=29

Detroit 5-7-9=21

The Isles are 5-4-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-1-0 when the shots are even and 3-4-3 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Semyon Varlamov made 17 saves; he is 3-4-2 this season and 7-8-0 vs. Detroit.

Alex Lyon made 26 saves; he is 4-4-0 this season and 3-1-0 vs the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-3 (5:34) on the power play; Detroit was 0-3 (5:34).

The Isles are 6-1-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-8-4 when they do not. The Isles are 5-3-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 3-6-1 when they do not.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 8-1-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-8-2 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 4-3-5 in games decided by a single goal including 1-3 in regulation. They are 1-4 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

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 (23:45); Detroit: Moritz Seider (24:59)

Simon Holmstrom led Isles forwards (career-high 21:51)

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Noah Dobson (6-5-3), Alex Romanov (0-1-0), Ryan Pulock (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1)

Face-offs

Isles 27, Detroit 13 (67%)

Bo Horvat won 7 of 7 for the Isles; Andrew Copp won 5 of 8 for Detroit. 

Hit Count

Isles 23 (Matt Martin and Scott Mayfield-5)

Detroit 24 (Christian Fischer -7)

Fights 

None. Season total: 3 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 14 (Ryan Pulock -4)

Detroit 11 (Jeff Petry -3)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 57, Detroit 55

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 40, Detroit 46

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles:  Scott Mayfield and Noah Dobson +5

Detroit: JT Compher +12

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 12, Detroit 11

5-on-5: Isles 8, Detroit 11

Scratches

(Mathew Barzal – LTIR), (Anthony Duclair-LTIR), (Adam Pelech – IR), (Mike Reilly-IR), Hudson Fasching,  (Alex Romanov – ILL)

Games Lost to injury: 62.   (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 188 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (138) and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (118) have 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 Calgary. 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 0-2-0 in matinee games this season, with 9 games remaining. The next matinee will be on November 29th in Washington. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-15-10 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 2 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16)

Opponents: 2 successful, 1 failure (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/15, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (0):

Vs (0): 

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

Isles responses (1): BUF 11/1

Opponent responses (3): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (2): Vs. PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO))

Vs (1):  Vs. NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT))

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

For (2): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, GAG but lost in OT); Anders Lee 11/12 @ EDM (17:20-GTG; EDM won in OT)

Vs (5): 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); Stefan Noesen 11/9 vs NJ (19:10-GTG; NJD won in OT); Lucas Raymond 11/21 at DET (19:09-GAG)

OT Winners

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

Vs (4): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04); Jack Hughes 11/9 vs NJD (2:35); Leon Draisaitl 11/12 @ EDM (1:52)

Shootout Winners

For (2): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL, Bo Horvat 11/5 vs PIT

Vs (1): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY 

 

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 862 *** 7. Casey Cizikas 837 *** 8. Matt Martin 834 *** 9. Bob Bourne 814 *** 10. Anders Lee 781 …

31. Dave Lewis 514 *** 32. Adam Pelech 511 *** 33. Mathew Barzal 510 *** 34. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 36. Ryan Pulock 508 *** 37. Ed Westfall 493 *** 38. Scott Mayfield 490

Goals    

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

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Brock Nelson 283 *** John Tavares 272 *** 9. Anders Lee 268 …

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

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 108

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. Brock Nelson 262…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 199…

28. Jean Potvin 167 *** 29. Jeff Norton 166 *** 30. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 31. Noah Dobson 159 *** 32. David Volek 154 *** 33. Mariusz Czerkawski and Ryan Pulock 150 *** 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…

8. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 9. Brock Nelson 545 …

13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 467 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 447…

30. David Volek 249 *** 31. Casey Cizikas 247

+/-

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. Noah Dobson 41…

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

Defense Assists

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

6. Jean Potvin 167 *** 7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 159 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 150…

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

18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk 96 *** 20. Dave Langevin, Thomas Hickey, and Scott Mayfield 95

Defense Points

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

6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Noah Dobson 200 *** Ryan Pulock 198…

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

19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 120

Goalie Games

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 205 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 172

Wins

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 106 *** 5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 100 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76

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 5-10-1-2 after earning a 4-1 win in Hartford on Sunday afternoon.

Marc Gatcomb has a goal and an assist; Brian Pinho's late goal was his team-leading 11th as he moved into 3rd place in the AHL goal race. His 17 points also lead the team. Marcus Hogberg made 24 saves to earn his second win of the season.

The Baby Isles will host Belleville on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. 

Season Series Stats

Detroit sweeps the season series, 3 games to 0 (and 6 points to 0). 

Detroit has won four straight over the Isles for the first time since February 21, 2000- November 2, 2001, when they defeated the Isles five straight times, including once in overtime.

UP NEXT

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27th  –BOSTON AT ISLES 7:30pm

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

The Isles will welcome Joe Sacco and the Boston Bruins to UBS for the only time this season as the Isles face Boston for the first time this season. 

The Bruins will host Vancouver on Tuesday, looking for their third straight win under their new coach before heading to Long Island on Wednesday. 

The Isles beat Boston 5-1 on March 2nd to end a six-game losing streak to Boston; however, all six of those losses were to Linus Ullmark (now in Ottawa).

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: Isles 3, St. Louis 1

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 21

Isles 3, St. Louis 1

Kyle Palmieri scored twice, and Brock Nelson added a power play goal and two assists, as the Isles defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-1 before a sellout crowd of 17,255 on Hockey Fights Cancer Night at UBS Arena. Ilya Sorokin earned his 100th career win, making 24 saves.

Palmieri and Nelson had given the Isles a 2-0 lead heading to the third but Jake Neighbours scored 45 seconds into the session to make it a one-goal game. Palmieri hit the empty net to end a three-game losing streak (0-2-1) in which the Isles led in the third period of each game.

The Isles are 8-8-5 on the season; they will host Detroit in the middle game of this three-game homestand on Monday. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Kyle Palmieri (8) Brock Nelson (4) 18:51 STL 0,NYI 1

2nd Period

Brock Nelson (8) Maxim Tsyplakov (9), Simon Holmstrom (7) 15:55 STL 0,NYI 2 PPG

3rd Period

Jake Neighbours (7) Pavel Buchnevich (8), Robert Thomas (8) 00:45 STL 1,NYI 2 PPG

Kyle Palmieri (9)EN Brock Nelson (5) 19:23 STL 1,NYI 3

The Skinny

The Isles are 5-3-3 in their last eleven games and have points in their last three home games (2-0-1)… …The Isles have outscored the opposition 31-25 in the first and second periods but have been outscored 34-20 in the third period and overtime…The 30 goals allowed in the third period are the 2nd-highest in the NHL…The Isles have outscored the opposition 35-32 at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 27-17 in all other situations…The Isles are 6-1-1 when leading after 40 minutes…The Isles have allowed only five goals in the last three games and have scored five goals in those games as well…It was the Isles' first home win in regulation time this season (and 5th overall)…The Blues' only goal came on their only power play; the Isles have allowed nine goals in sixteen times short at home this season…It was the fourth time this season (third at home) that the opposition scored on every power play…Kyle Palmieri recorded his 30th career multi-goal game, including six with the Isles; Palmieri has scored in six of the eight Islander wins…Brock Nelson recorded at least three points in a game for the 16th time in his career; the Isles are 15-1-0 in those games…Nelson, who had 19 power play points last season, recorded his first power play point; each of the eight Islander power play goals have been scored by a different player… The Blues are 2-10-0 when trailing after two periods…Jake Neighbours scored both goals for the Blues against the Isles this season…Both Anders Lee and Bo Horvat were pointless; each player had recorded a point in every prior Isles win this season.

Milestone Men

Ilya Sorokin is now the 6th goalie in Islander history to reach 100 wins; his next win will tie Thomas Greiss for 5th place on that list.

Brock Nelson had a goal and two assists; each point had historical significance as he tied Bob Bourne for 10th on the point list with his first assist, passed Bourne for 10th place with his power play goal, and then tied John Tonelli for 9th place at 544 points with an assist on the empty-net goal. Nelson, whose 283rd goal leaves him four behind Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter for 5th place, also passed Billy Harris for 16th place on the assist list.

Nelson also recorded his 43rd game-winning goal as an Islander, passing John Tavares, and trailing only Mike Bossy (80), Bryan Trottier (69) and Denis Potvin (44).

First Time in a Long Time

St. Louis native Scott Mayfield recorded a career-high 10 blocked shots tonight - most by any NHL player in a game this season. No player has had more since Derek Forbort had 11 for Winnipeg vs Montreal on 3/4/2021; three players had ten last season. The only other Islander in the real-time era with at least ten blocked shots was Sean Hill, who had 12 on December 3, 2006, at Madison Square Garden.

Milestones on Hold 

• Noah Dobson has 199 points.

• Ryan Pulock has 198 points.

• Anders Lee has 199 assists.

Chasing 200  

Two Islander defensemen are approaching 200 points; Noah Dobson has 199 and Ryan Pulock has 198. Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson and Tomas Jonsson are the only defensemen to record their first 200 points as Islanders.

Anders Lee has 199 assists; he will be the 21st player in club history to reach 200 assists.

Time for Some Home Cooking

The Isles  are starting a stretch where eight of the next 11 games will be at home and they will not play consecutive road games during that stretch. The Isles are 1-0-0 in this stretch:

• 23-Nov-24 Vs St. Louis W 3-1

• 25-Nov-24 Vs Detroit

• 27-Nov-24 Vs Boston

• 29-Nov-24 @ Washington

• 30-Nov-24 Vs Buffalo

• 3-Dec-24  @ Montreal

• 5-Dec-24  Vs Seattle

• 7-Dec-24  Vs Carolina

• 8-Dec-24  @ Ottawa

• 10-Dec-24 Vs Los Angeles

• 12-Dec-24 Vs Chicago

Overtime is Our Time

The Isles have played an NHL-leading eight overtime games. They are 1-4 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-1 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 1-3 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-1 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts. 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 4 empty-net goals and allowed 5.

Killing Their Own PP

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

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 14 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 5 times

• Allowed the next goal: 7 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 2 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  8-8-5 for 21 points in 21 games

• 2023-24  8-7-6 for 22 points in 21 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-0-0

• Season: 4-28-32

• 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 289 career wins. Among active NHL goalies (and excluding Carey Price, who is technically still active), Varlamov is tied-sixth in wins and fourth in shutouts.

All-time Goalie Wins

46. Mike Liut 293

47. Ed Giacomin 290

48. Semyon Varlamov 289

      Connor Hellebuyck 289

Home and Road

The Isles are 8-8-5 overall; they are 3-3-2 at home and 5-5-3 on the road.

St. Louis is 9-12-1 overall; they are 5-6-0 at home and 4-6-1 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 5-5-1 against the East (2-2-1 vs. Metropolitan and 3-3-0 vs. Atlantic) and 3-3-4 against the West (2-1-2 vs. Central and 1-2-2 vs. Pacific).

Home is Where the Fans Are

The Isles have played 130 games at UBS Arena and recorded 92 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 1,452

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,452) and Patrick Roy (158) have combined for 1,610 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 4-2-3 when scoring first and are 4-6-2 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles        12-12-7=31

St. Louis 7-8-10=25

The Isles are 5-3-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-1-0 when the shots are even and 3-4-3 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves; he is 4-5-3 this season and 4-1-1 vs. St. Louis.

Jordan Bennington made 28 saves; he is 6-9-1 this season and 3-3-2 vs the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-1 (2:25) on the power play; St. Louis was 1-1 (0:10).

The Isles are 6-1-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-7-4 when they do not. The Isles are 5-3-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 3-5-1 when they do not.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 8-1-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-7-2 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 4-3-5 in games decided by a single goal including 1-3 in regulation. They are 1-4 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 2-2 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

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 (23:43); St. Louis: Ryan Suter (26:09)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau led Isles forwards (19:42)

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Noah Dobson (6-5-3), Alex Romanov (0-1-0), Ryan Pulock (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1)

Face-offs

Isles 34, St. Louis 19 (64%)

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

Hit Count

Isles 29 (Alexander Romanov-5)

St. Louis 24 (Jake Neighbours -6)

Fights 

None. Season total: 3 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 20 (Scott Mayfield -10)

St. Louis 6 (Colton Parayko -2)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 52, St. Louis 57

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 42, St. Louis 54

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles:  Jean-Gabriel Pageau +11

St. Louis: Dylan Holloway +18

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 8, St. Louis 8

5-on-5: Isles 6, St. Louis 7

Scratches

(Mathew Barzal – LTIR), (Anthony Duclair-LTIR), (Adam Pelech – IR), (Mike Reilly-IR), Hudson Fasching,  Grant Hutton

Games Lost to injury: 57.   (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 187 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (137) and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (117) have 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 Calgary. 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 0-2-0 in matinee games this season, with 9 games remaining. The next matinee will be on November 29th in Washington. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-15-10 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 2 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16)

Opponents: 2 successful, 1 failure (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/15, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (0):

Vs (0): 

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

Isles responses (1): BUF 11/1

Opponent responses (3): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (2): Vs. PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO))

Vs (1):  Vs. NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT))

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

For (2): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, GAG but lost in OT); Anders Lee 11/12 @ EDM (17:20-GTG; EDM won in OT)

Vs (5): 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); Stefan Noesen 11/9 vs NJ (19:10-GTG; NJD won in OT); Lucas Raymond 11/21 at DET (19:09-GAG)

OT Winners

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

Vs (4): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04); Jack Hughes 11/9 vs NJD (2:35); Leon Draisaitl 11/12 @ EDM (1:52)

Shootout Winners

For (2): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL, Bo Horvat 11/5 vs PIT

Vs (1): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY 

 

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 861 *** 7. Casey Cizikas 836 *** 8. Matt Martin 833 *** 9. Bob Bourne 814 *** 10. Anders Lee 780 …

31. Dave Lewis 514 *** 32. Adam Pelech 511 *** 33. Mathew Barzal 510 *** 34. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 36. Ryan Pulock 507 *** 37. Ed Westfall 493 *** 38. Scott Mayfield 489

Goals    

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

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Brock Nelson 283 *** John Tavares 272 *** 9. Anders Lee 267 …

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

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 108

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. Brock Nelson 261…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 199…

28. Jean Potvin 167 *** 29. Jeff Norton 166 *** 30. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 31. Noah Dobson 158 *** 32. David Volek 154 *** 33. Mariusz Czerkawski and Ryan Pulock 150 *** 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…

8. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 9. Brock Nelson and John Tonelli 544 …

13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 466 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 447…

30. David Volek 249 *** 31. Casey Cizikas 247

+/-

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. Noah Dobson 41…

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

Defense Assists

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

6. Jean Potvin 167 *** 7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 158 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 150…

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

18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk 96 *** 20. Dave Langevin, Thomas Hickey, and Scott Mayfield 95

Defense Points

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

6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Noah Dobson 199 *** Ryan Pulock 198…

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

19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 120

Goalie Games

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 205 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 171

Wins

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 106 *** 5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 100 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76

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 4-10-1-2 after dropping games in regulation on Friday in Wilkes Barre-Scranton and in a shootout against Charlotte on Saturday.

Brian Pinho leads the team and remains tied for 3rd in the AHL with ten goals. His 16 points also lead the team. Jakub Skarek is 3-6-0 with a 3.14 GAA and a .897 save percentage.

The Baby Isles will finish the 3-in-3 weekend on Sunday afternoon in Hartford. 

Season Series Stats

The teams split the season series, 1 game to 1 (the Isles earned 3 points to St. Louis' 2); it is the first season series completed this year. 

The Isles are 7-1-1 in the last nine home games against the Blues (3-1-0 at UBS Arena).

UP NEXT

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25th  –DETROIT AT ISLES 7:30pm

[MSGSN2 (pre-game at 7:00], WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles will look for consecutive wins for the first time since November 5th-7th  as they conclude the season series with the Detroit Red Wings.

The Red Wings have earned two wins over the Isles this season, winning 1-0 at UBS in October despite having only 11 shots, and then rallying from a late deficit for a 2-1 win on Thursday in Motown.

The Isles have lost three straight games in regulation to the Red Wings; it is the first time that has happened since 2000.

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 2, Isles 1

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 20

Detroit 2, Isles 1

In a game that the Isles led for nearly fifty minutes, Jonatan Berggren and Lucas Raymond scored 3:54 apart late in the third period as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Isles 2-1 before a crowd of 19,013 at Little Caesars Arena.

Simon Holmstrom scored 5:51 into play but for the third straight game the Isles could not protect a third period lead. 

The Isles are 7-8-5 on the season as they head home to face St. Louis on Saturday. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Simon Holmstrom (3) Scott Mayfield (4) 05:51 NYI 1,DET 0

2nd Period

No Goals

3rd Period

Jonatan Berggren (3) J.T. Compher (4) 15:14 NYI 1,DET 1

Lucas Raymond (3) Dylan Larkin (5), Simon Edvinsson (6) 19:08 NYI 1,DET 2

The Skinny

The Isles went 1-2-2 on their season-long road trip; they are 4-3-3 in their last ten games…The Isles have allowed only 25 goals in the first and second periods but have allowed 33 goals in the third period and overtime…The 29 goals allowed in the third period are the most in the NHL… The Isles are 5-1-1 when leading after 40 minutes…. The Isles have allowed a tying goal in eight games this season, going 2-3-3 in those games…It was the second straight game that the Isles took a lead into the third period, but lost the game (5-1-1) and the third straight game that they led at some point in the third period but did not win (0-2-1)…Alex Romanov played his 300th NHL game…It is the first time since November 26-December 2, 2021 that the Isles have allowed two goals or fewer in consecutive games but did not win either (0-1-1 in both sets)…Dylan Larkin earned his 299th assist on the winning goal…Alex Lyon is 2-0-0 with a 0.50 GAA against the Isles this season but is 1-4-0 with a 3.72 GAA against the rest of the NHL…Detroit is 1-8-0 when trailing after two periods.

Last Minute Issues

This is the third time in less than a calendar year that the Isles have allowed a go-ahead goal in the last minute of regulation (and the first time under Patrick Roy):

• Curtis Lazar 11/28/2023 at NJ 19:37

• Alexandre Carrier 1/13/2024 at NSH 19:52

• Lucas Raymond 11/21/2024 at DET 19:08

Ilya Sorokin was in goal for all three of these games.

Milestones on Hold 

• Noah Dobson has 199 points.

• Ryan Pulock has 198 points.

• Anders Lee remains at 199 assists.

• Ilya Sorokin remains at 99 wins.

Chasing 200  

Two Islander defensemen are approaching 200 points; Noah Dobson has 199 and Ryan Pulock has 198. Denis Potvin, Stefan Persson and Tomas Jonsson are the only defensemen to record their first 200 points as Islanders.

Anders Lee has 199 assists; he will be the 21st player in club history to reach 200 assists.

Putting The Road Stretch in the Rearview Mirror

The Isles finished a stretch where they played nine of eleven games on the road. The Isles went 4-4-3 (3-4-2 on the road and 1-0-1 at home):

• 30-Oct-24 @ Columbus  L 0-2 

• 1-Nov-24  @ Buffalo       W 4-3

• 3-Nov-24  @ New York  L 2-5

• 5-Nov-24  Vs Pittsburgh W 4-3 (SO)

• 7-Nov-24  @ Ottawa      W 4-2

• 9-Nov-24  Vs New Jersey L 3-4 (OT)

• 12-Nov-24 @ Edmonton L 3-4 (OT)

• 14-Nov-24 @ Vancouver W 5-2

• 16-Nov-24 @ Seattle       L 2-3

• 19-Nov-24 @ Calgary     L 1-2 (SO)

• 21-Nov-24 @ Detroit       L 1-2

Time for Some Home Cooking

Beginning on Saturday, the Isles will end November by playing four of their next five games at home. Eight of the next 11 games will be at home and the Isles will not play consecutive road games during that stretch.

• 23-Nov-24 Vs St. Louis

• 25-Nov-24 Vs Detroit

• 27-Nov-24 Vs Boston

• 29-Nov-24 @ Washington

• 30-Nov-24 Vs Buffalo

• 3-Dec-24  @ Montreal

• 5-Dec-24  Vs Seattle

• 7-Dec-24  Vs Carolina

• 8-Dec-24  @ Ottawa

• 10-Dec-24 Vs Los Angeles

• 12-Dec-24 Vs Chicago

Overtime is Our Time

The Isles have played an NHL-leading eight overtime games. They are 1-4 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-1 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 1-3 in overtime and 1-0 in shootouts, while Semyon Varlamov is 0-1 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts. 

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 3 empty-net goals and allowed 5.

Killing Their Own PP

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

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 12 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 5 times

• Allowed the next goal: 6 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 1 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  7-8-5 for 19 points in 20 games

• 2023-24  8-6-6 for 22 points in 20 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-1-1

• Season: 4-28-32

• 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 289 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 289

49. Jose Theodore 286

      Dan Bouchard 286

Home and Road

The Isles are 7-8-5 overall; they are 2-3-2 at home and 5-5-3 on the road.

Detroit is 8-9-2 overall; they are 4-4-1 at home and 4-5-1 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 5-5-1 against the East (2-2-1 vs. Metropolitan and 3-3-0 vs. Atlantic) and 2-3-4 against the West (1-1-2 vs. Central and 1-2-2 vs. Pacific).

Home is Where the Fans Are

The Isles have played 129 games at UBS Arena and recorded 91 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 1,451

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,451) and Patrick Roy (157) have combined for 1,608 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 3-2-3 when scoring first and are 4-6-2 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles      9-6-8=23

Detroit  11-11-9=31

The Isles are 3-3-2 when they outshoot their opponents, 0-1-0 when the shots are even and 3-4-3 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves; he is 4-5-3 this season and 4-4-2 vs. Detroit.

Alex Lyon made 22 saves; he is 3-4-0 this season and 2-1-0 vs the Isles.

Special Teams

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

The Isles are 5-1-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-7-4 when they do not. The Isles are 4-3-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 3-5-1 when they do not.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 7-1-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-7-2 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 4-3-5 in games decided by a single goal including 1-3 in regulation. They are 1-4 in games decided in overtime and are 2-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 1-2 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

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 (22:37); Detroit: Mo Seider (24:44)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau led Isles forwards (20:34)

Isles record by ice-time leaders: Noah Dobson (5-5-3), Alex Romanov (0-1-0), Ryan Pulock (2-2-0), Adam Pelech (0-0-1)

Face-offs

Isles 26, Detroit 23 (53%)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 7 of 12 for the Isles; Alex DeBrincat won 3 of 3 for Detroit. 

Hit Count

Isles 25 (Scott Mayfield -6)

Detroit 29 (Jeff Petry -6)

Fights 

None. Season total: 3 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 18 (Noah Dobson -3)

Detroit 13 (Mo Seider -4)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 49, Detroit 65

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 44, Detroit 55

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles:  Oliver Wahlstrom +7

Detroit: Tyler Motte +10

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 9, Detroit 8

5-on-5: Isles 9, Detroit 5

Scratches

(Mathew Barzal – LTIR), (Anthony Duclair-LTIR), (Adam Pelech – IR), (Mike Reilly-IR), Hudson Fasching,  Grant Hutton

Games Lost to injury: 53.   (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Brock Nelson is the Islanders' ironman, having played 186 consecutive games. Kyle Palmieri (136) and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (116) have 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 0-2-0 in matinee games this season, with 9 games remaining. The next matinee will be on November 29th in Washington. The NHL considers games that start before 5:00 local time to be afternoon contests. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, the Isles are 13-15-10 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 0 successful, 2 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16)

Opponents: 1 successful, 1 failure (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/15)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (0):

Vs (0): 

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

Isles responses (1): BUF 11/1

Opponent responses (3): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (2): Vs. PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO))

Vs (1):  Vs. NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT))

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

For (2): Maxim Tsyplakov 10/10 vs. UTA (17:53, GAG but lost in OT); Anders Lee 11/12 @ EDM (17:20-GTG; EDM won in OT)

Vs (5): 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); Stefan Noesen 11/9 vs NJ (19:10-GTG; NJD won in OT); Lucas Raymond 11/21 at DET (19:09-GAG)

OT Winners

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

Vs (4): Dylan Guenther 10/10 vs. UTA (2:18); Jake Neighbours 10/17 @ STL (2:04); Jack Hughes 11/9 vs NJD (2:35); Leon Draisaitl 11/12 @ EDM (1:52)

Shootout Winners

For (2): Noah Dobson 10/19 vs MTL, Bo Horvat 11/5 vs PIT

Vs (1): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY 

 

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 860 *** 7. Casey Cizikas 835 *** 8. Matt Martin 832 *** 9. Bob Bourne 814 *** 10. Anders Lee 779 …

31. Dave Lewis 514 *** 32. Adam Pelech 511 *** 33. Mathew Barzal 510 *** 34. Rich Pilon and Mick Vukota 509 *** 36. Ryan Pulock 506 *** 37. Ed Westfall 493 *** 38. Scott Mayfield 488

Goals    

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

5. Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter 287 *** 7. Brock Nelson 282 *** John Tavares 272 *** 9. Anders Lee 267 …

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

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 108

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 and Brock Nelson 259…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 199…

30. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 31. Noah Dobson 158 *** 32. David Volek 154 *** 33. Mariusz Czerkawski and Ryan Pulock 150 *** 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 541 *** 12. Bob Nystrom 513 *** 13. Derek King 499 *** 14. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 15. Anders Lee 466 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 447…

30. David Volek 249 *** 31. Casey Cizikas 247

+/-

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 +55 *** 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. Noah Dobson 41…

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

Defense Assists

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

7. Jeff Norton 166 *** 8. Noah Dobson 158 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 150…

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

18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk 96 *** 20. Dave Langevin, Thomas Hickey, and Scott Mayfield 95

Defense Points

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

6. Jean Potvin 213 *** 7. Noah Dobson 199 *** Ryan Pulock 198…

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

19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 120

Goalie Games

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

4. Kelly Hrudey 241 *** 5. Ilya Sorokin 204 *** 6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Jaroslav Halak 177 *** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 171

Wins

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

5. Thomas Greiss 101 *** 6. Ilya Sorokin 99 *** 7. Jaroslav Halak 88 *** 8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76

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 4-9-1-1 heading into their 3-in-3 weekend, which begins Friday in Wilkes Barre-Scranton.

Brian Pinho leads the team and is tied for 3rd in the AHL with ten goals. His 16 points are tied for 7th in the AHL. Jakub Skarek is 3-5-0 with a 2.89 GAA and a .900 save percentage.

The Baby Isles will host Charlotte on Saturday and then play Sunday afternoon in Hartford. 

Season Series Stats

Detroit leads the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 0); the teams will conclude the season series at UBS Arena on Monday. 

The Isles have now lost three straight games in regulation to the Red Wings; it is the first time that has happened since 2000.

UP NEXT

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd –ST. LOUIS AT ISLES 7:30pm

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

The Isles head home (finally!) and conclude their first season series when they face the St. Louis Blues.

The Blues blanked the Isles 1-0 in overtime on October 17th; Jake Neighbours scored the game's only goal as Joel Hofer earned the shutout. 

The Isles are 6-1-1 in the last eight home games against the Blues (2-1-0 at UBS Arena).

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