The Skinny: Washington 3, Isles 1

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 81

Washington 3, Isles 1

Dylan Strome completed a hat trick into an empty net, and Charlie Lindgren made 32 saves, as the Washington Capitals defeated the Isles, 3-1, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. 

Jean-Gabriel Pageau was credited with the only Islander goal.

The Isles close out the season on Thursday in Columbus at 7:00pm, in a game that could mean a playoff spot for the Blue Jackets. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Dylan Strome (27) Pierre-Luc Dubois (45), Rasmus Sandin (26) 08:15 WSH 1,NYI 0 PPG

2nd Period

Dylan Strome (28) Alex Ovechkin (29) 07:52 WSH 2,NYI 0

3rd Period

Jean-Gabriel Pageau (14) 11:36 WSH 2,NYI 1

Dylan Strome (29)EN Tom Wilson (31), Nic Dowd (13)18:49 WSH 3,NYI 1

The Skinny

The Isles are 3-6-4 in the last thirteen games…The Isles are 6-4-3 in their last thirteen home games and 12-6-3 in their last 21 home games (which started with a 6-0-0 stretch)… The Isles have been outscored 100-86 in the third period and overtime….The Isles have scored 161 goals and allowed 156 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 95-60 in all other situations… The Isles went 0-4 on the power play; the Isles have been outscored 27-15 on the power play over the last 50 games… The Isles allowed the first goal for the 51st time this season, two shy of the club record…It was the third career hat trick for Dylan Strome, with the previous two coming with Chicago; his 29-52-81 totals are all career highs... The Isles are 2-2-0 in home finales at UBS Arena, losing to Tampa Bay in Barry Trotz' last game in 2022, and defeating Montreal in 2023 and Pittsburgh in 2024.

First Time in a Long Time 

Dylan Strome is the first Capital with a hat trick against the Isles since Alex Ovechkin did so at the Coliseum on January 18, 2020.

 

Milestone Men

• Kyle Palmieri played in his 899th game.

• Simon Holmstrom played in his 199th game.

Special Teams

The Isles head into the final game with a 12.6% power play, which would be the lowest in club history since the stat became official in 1977-78.  Their 72.2% penalty kill is ahead of only last season's 71.5%. 

The home penalty kill, which just two seasons ago, set a club record high for a full season (89.2%), hit a club record low (70.0%) this season. 

-30- Win Club

1. Jaroslav Halak 38 (2014-15)

2. Billy Smith 32 (1981-82)

    Rick DiPietro 32 (2006-07)

    Chris Osgood 32 (2001-02)

5. Ilya Sorokin 31 (2022-23) 

6. Rick DiPietro 30 (2005-06)

    Ilya Sorokin 30 (2024-25; CURRENT)

Simon Says 20

Simon Holmstrom is the first Swedish-born Islander to record 20 goals since the 1981-82 season, when Bobby Nystrom had 22 goals. Nystrom (7x) and Anders Kallur (2x) are the only Swedes with more goals in a season than Holmstrom.

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 81, Opponents 93

Tying Goals: Isles 11, Opponents 18 (in 17 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 14 (in 13 games), Opponents 11

Empty Net Goals: Isles 13, Opponents 23

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 47 of their 80 games. In the 34 games that they have trailed through 40 minutes (5-26-2), they have been within one goal at some point in all but nine of them.

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have sixteen come-from behind wins this season, including five when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win eighteen times this season, including eleven times in the third period.

Overtime

The Isles are 5-9 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 5-5 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts, Semyon Varlamov is 0-2 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts, and Marcus Hogberg is 0-2 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts.

Bo Knows Overtime

Bo Horvat has three overtime goals this season, six as an Islander, and eleven in his NHL career. All six of his overtime goals have come in the last two seasons; John Tavares is the only other Islander with multiple seasons with at least three overtime goals.

Most Overtime Goals, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 11 

2. Brock Nelson 9 

3. Bo Horvat, Kyle Okposo, and Josh Bailey 6

6. Mathew Barzal, Thomas Hickey, and Anthony Beauvillier 5

Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 4 (2014-15)

2. Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)

    Bo Horvat 3 (2024-25)

    Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)

    John Tavares 3 (2010-11)

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 13 empty-net goals and allowed 23.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 55 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 20 times

• Allowed the next goal: 26 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 9 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  35-34-12 for 82 points in 81 games

• 2023-24  38-27-16 for 92 points in 81 games 

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-0-0

• Season: 32-129-161

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The Islander defense scored only four times in the first 26 games but have 27 goals in the last 54 games; Islander defensemen have earned 36.0% of the team's assists, which is 2nd in the NHL (Buffalo 36.8%).

Home and Road

The Isles are 35-34-12 overall; they are 19-17-5 at home and 16-17-7 on the road.

New Jersey is 51-21-9 overall; they are 26-9-6-at home and 25-12-3 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 22-22-5 against the East (11-10-4 vs. Metropolitan and 11-12-1 vs. Atlantic) and 13-12-7 against the West (8-5-3 vs. Central and 5-7-4 vs. Pacific).

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 1,479

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,479) and Patrick Roy (185) have combined for 1,664 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 19-5-6 when scoring first and are 15-30-6 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles           8-12-13=33

Washington 10-13-13=36

he Isles are 16-25-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 18-9-7 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves; he is 30-24-6 this season and 4-4-1 vs. Washington.

Charlie Lindgren made 32 saves; he is 20-14-3 this season and 2-1-0 vs the Isles. 

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-4 (7:08); Washington was 1-4 (5:44) .

The Isles are 14-6-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 21-28-10 when they do not. The Isles are 15-17-8 when they allow at least one power play goal and 20-17-4 when they do not.

The Isles are 10-5-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 7-17-7 when they are outscored, and 18-12-5 when special team goals are equal.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 31-10-8 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 4-24-4 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 15-7-12 in games decided by a single goal including 8-7 in regulation. They are 5-9 in games decided in overtime and are 2-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-10 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles went 6-4-2 on the front end and 5-7-0 on the back end this season. 

The Isles are 9-7-1 when the opponent is on the back end, including 2-2-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Tony DeAngelo (23:36); Washington: Matt Roy (season-high 25:52)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (21:39).

Face-offs

Isles 36, Washington 29 (55%)

Kyle MacLean won 10 of 12 for the Isles; Dylan Strome won 10 of 18 for Washington. 

Hit Count

Isles 8 (Marc Gatcomb -3)

Washington 13 (Brandon Duhaime -7)

Fights 

None. Season total: 10 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin-2, Pageau, Tsyplakov, Gatcomb, Cizikas-2, Lee)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 17 (Noah Dobson -5)

Washington 19 (Matt Roy -4)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 66, Washington 73

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 43, Washington 53

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Pierre Engvall +15

Washington: Pierre-Luc Dubois +12

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 9, Washington 18

5-on-5: Isles 5, Washington 12

Scratches

(Semyon Varlamov-LTIR), (Mathew Barzal – IR), (Alex Romanov – ILL), Tristan Lennox, Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist, Mike Reilly

Games Lost to injury: 301. (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Kyle Palmieri is the Islanders' ironman, having played 197 consecutive games. Casey Cizikas (107) and Anders Lee (90) are the only other Isles to have also played every game this season.

National TV Games 

The Isles went 4-4-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners.

Matinee Isles

The Isles went 3-5-3 in matinee games this season. 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 15-17-13 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 7 successful, 5 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16, Goalie Interference- WAS 11/29, goalie interference – TOR 12/31, no goalie interference – BOS 1/5, offsides-VEG 1/9, goalie interference – OTT 1/14, goalie interference – COL 1/28, goalie interference – PHI 1/30, no goalie interference – PIT 3/18, offside -MTL 3/20, no goalie interference – MTL 3/20)

Opponents: 8 successful, 4 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/14, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23, Offside -BUF 11/30, No Goalie Interference-CHI 12/15, Goalie Interference – PIT 12/28. Offside 12/31, No goalie interference – NSH 3/1, goalie interference – NYR 3/3, goalie interference x2 – LA 3/11, No goalie interference – CBJ 3/24)

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 1 unfavorable (Goalie interference – CBJ 3/24)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (4): CHI 12/12, PHI 1/24, FLA 3/16, NAS 4/8

Vs (3): CHI 12/15, MIN 2/8, CAR 3/30

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

Isles responses (8): BUF 11/1, CAR 12/7, BOS 1/5, SJ 1/18, MIN 2/8, DAL 2/23, NAS 3/1, MIN 4/4

Opponent responses (9): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16, CHI 12/15, TOR 12/31, BOS 1/5, NAS 3/1, LA 3/11, CGY 3/22

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (3): PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO), FLA 3/16 (Trailed 2-0, won 4-2), PIT 3/18 (Trailed 2-0, won 4-2).

Vs (3):  NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT), WSH 11/29 Led 4-2, Lost 5-4 (SO), NAS 4/8, Led 6-4, Lost 7-6 (OT))

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

For (5): 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); Mathew Barzal 1/11 @ UTA (18:35-GAG), Kyle MacLean 3/22 vs. CGY (17:09, GAG, but lost in OT, Bo Horvat 4/12 @ PHI 18:59 – GTG: PHI won in SO)

Vs (10): 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); 12/15 Connor Bedard at CHI (19:06-GAG); Bobby McMann 1/2 vs. TOR (17:01- GAG); Nikita Kucherov 2/1 at TB (19:13-GTG; NYI won in OT); Jonathan Huberdeau 3/22 vs. CGY (17:38- GTG; CGY won in OT), Michael Bunting 4/8 at NAS (19:20- GTG; NAS won in OT)

OT Winners

For (5): Bo Horvat 10/25 @ NJD (1:09), Bo Horvat 1/5 @ BOS (3:10), Brock Nelson 1/25 vs CAR (2:03), Tony DeAngelo 2/1 @ TB (0:32), Bo Horvat 3/20 vs MTL (3:37)

Vs (9): 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); Nick Suzuki 12/3 @ MTL (2:39); Leon Draisaitl 3/14 vs. EDM (3:52); Nazem Kadri 3/22 vs CGY (3:51); Fedor Svechkov 4/8 vs NAS (1:56)

Shootout Winners

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

Vs (3): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY, Adam Fantilli 3/24 vs CBJ, Bobby Brink 4/12 @ PHI

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

4. Brock Nelson 901 *** 5. Bobby Nystrom 900 *** 6. Casey Cizikas 896 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin 854 *** 9. Anders Lee 840 …

22. John Tonelli 594 *** 23. Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock 560 *** 25. Ken Morrow 550 *** 26. Duane Sutter 547 *** 27. Lorne Henning 543 *** 28. Claude Lapointe 535 *** 29. Scott Mayfield 534 *** 30. Tomas Jonsson 532 *** 31. Mathew Barzal and Pat LaFontaine 530 

Goals    

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

5. Brock Nelson 295 *** 6. Anders Lee 289 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 134…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 114

Assists

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

7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Patrick Flatley and Mathew Barzal 328…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 218…

24. Ed Westfall 181 *** 25. Noah Dobson 180 *** 26. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 27. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 29. Jean Potvin 167 *** 30. Jeff Norton 166 *** 31. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 32. Ryan Pulock 161… 

34. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 35. Casey Cizikas 147

Points

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

12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Anders Lee 506… 

15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 462…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 261

+/-

1. Bryan Trottier +467  ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +80 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76  *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***  19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +58 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 ***  24. Greg Gilbert +54  

Defense Goals

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

4. Ryan Pulock 53 *** 5. Stefan Persson 52 *** 6. Noah Dobson 50…

13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield 28 *** 15. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26  

Defense Assists

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

4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Noah Dobson 180…

7. Jean Potvin 167 *** 8. Jeff Norton 166 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 161 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 135… 

17. Bryan Berard 100 *** 18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Scott Mayfield 97

Defense Points

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 230 *** 7. Ryan Pulock 214…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 161…

18. Gerry Hart 128 *** 19. Vladimir Malakhov and Scott Mayfield 125

Goalie Games

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

4. Ilya Sorokin 253 … 

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. Ilya Sorokin 125 …

7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***  8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76

Shutouts

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

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 15-48-4-3 as they head to Hartford for a game on Friday. 

Brian Pinho has a team-leading (and career-high) 25 goals, five ahead of Liam Foudy. Chris Terry's 47 assists and 65 points both lead the team and are tied for 1st and tied for 3rd in the AHL, respectively.

The Baby Isles visit Providence on Saturday to close out the campaign. 

Season Series Stats

Washington wins the season series, 2 games to 1 (and 4 points to 3). 

The Isles are 6-4-3 in the last 13 meetings with Washington, dating back to the final week of Barry Trotz' Islander tenure. At UBS Arena, the Isles are 3-4-1 vs. the Caps.

UP NEXT

THURSDAY, APRIL 17th  – ISLES AT COLUMBUS 7:00pm 

[MSGSN, WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles close out the campaign with a game against the Jackets on Thursday. If Montreal loses in regulation on Wednesday to Carolina, the Jackets will earn a playoff spot if they beat the Isles in regulation on Thursday.

The Isles are 1-1-1 this season against Columbus, but it is that last '1' that Isles fans will remember for a long time, as a disallowed Alex Romanov goal in the final minute led to a shootout loss back on March 24th. That game was the last game of a six-game Islander point streak; they have won just three times since (3-6-2).

The Isles are 10-1-2 in their last thirteen games against Columbus, including 4-1-1 in their last six trips to Nationwide Arena.

Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 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 1, New Jersey 0

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 80

Isles 1, New Jersey 0

Bo Horvat scored the only goal of the game late in the second period and Ilya Sorokin did the rest, stopping 25 Devils shots for his 22nd career shutout as the Isles blanked the New Jersey Devils, 1-0,  before a sellout crowd of 16,514 at Prudential Center. 

With the victory, Sorokin also reaches the 30-win mark for the second time in his career; Rick DiPietro is the only other Islander with multiple 30 -win seasons.

The Isles return home to host Washington in the home finale on Tuesday at 7:30pm. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

No Goals

2nd Period

Bo Horvat (28) 19:03 NYI 1,NJD 0

3rd Period

No Goals

The Skinny

The Isles are 3-5-4 in the last twelve games…The Isles are 6-3-3 in their last twelve home games and 12-5-3 in their last nineteen home games (which started with a 6-0-0 stretch)… The Isles have been outscored 99-85 in the third period and overtime….The Isles have scored 161 goals and allowed 155 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 93-59 in all other situations… The Isles went 0-3 on the power play; the Isles have been outscored 27-15 on the power play over the last 49 games… Ilya Sorokin is the 122nd goalie in NHL history to record at least 22 shutouts….This was the 21st time this season that the Isles played a scoreless first period; it is the third straight season and sixth time in club history that has happened… 

First Time in a Long Time 

The Isles earned their first 1-0 shutout since October 17, 2023 (Sorokin vs. Arizona); it is the fourth time that the Isles have blanked New Jersey, 1-0 (Last was 2/19/2016 at Prudential Center – Jaro Halak).

 

Milestone Man

Ilya Sorokin tied Billy Smith for 2nd place in career shutouts among Isles goalies with 22.

-30- Win Club

1. Jaroslav Halak 38 (2014-15)

2. Billy Smith 32 (1981-82)

    Rick DiPietro 32 (2006-07)

    Chris Osgood 32 (2001-02)

5. Ilya Sorokin 31 (2022-23) 

6. Rick DiPietro 30 (2005-06)

    Ilya Sorokin 30 (2024-25; CURRENT)

The Injury

Adam Pelech left the game 6:00 into the second period after a hit to the head from Paul Cotter that merited a match penalty.

Simon Says 20

Simon Holmstrom is the first Swedish-born Islander to record 20 goals since the 1981-82 season, when Bobby Nystrom had 22 goals. Nystrom (7x) and Anders Kallur (2x) are the only Swedes with more goals in a season than Holmstrom.

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 80, Opponents 92

Tying Goals: Isles 11, Opponents 18 (in 17 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 14 (in 13 games), Opponents 11

Empty Net Goals: Isles 13, Opponents 22

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 47 of their 80 games. In the 33 games that they have trailed through 40 minutes (5-26-2), they have been within one goal at some point in all but nine of them.

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have sixteen come-from behind wins this season, including five when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win eighteen times this season, including eleven times in the third period.

Overtime

The Isles are 5-9 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 5-5 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts, Semyon Varlamov is 0-2 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts, and Marcus Hogberg is 0-2 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts.

Bo Knows Overtime

Bo Horvat has three overtime goals this season, six as an Islander, and eleven in his NHL career. All six of his overtime goals have come in the last two seasons; John Tavares is the only other Islander with multiple seasons with at least three overtime goals.

Most Overtime Goals, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 11 

2. Brock Nelson 9 

3. Bo Horvat, Kyle Okposo, and Josh Bailey 6

6. Mathew Barzal, Thomas Hickey, and Anthony Beauvillier 5

Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 4 (2014-15)

2. Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)

    Bo Horvat 3 (2024-25)

    Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)

    John Tavares 3 (2010-11)

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 13 empty-net goals and allowed 22.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 55 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 20 times

• Allowed the next goal: 26 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 9 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  35-33-12 for 82 points in 80 games

• 2023-24  37-27-16 for 90 points in 80 games 

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-0-0

• Season: 32-129-161

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The Islander defense scored only four times in the first 26 games but have 27 goals in the last 53 games; Islander defensemen have earned 36.0% of the team's assists, which is 2nd in the NHL (Buffalo 37.0%).

Home and Road

The Isles are 35-33-12 overall; they are 19-16-5 at home and 16-17-7 on the road.

New Jersey is 41-32-7 overall; they are 19-16-5 at home and 22-16-2 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 22-21-5 against the East (11-9-4 vs. Metropolitan and 11-12-1 vs. Atlantic) and 13-12-7 against the West (8-5-3 vs. Central and 5-7-4 vs. Pacific).

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 1,479

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,479) and Patrick Roy (185) have combined for 1,664 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 19-5-6 when scoring first and are 15-29-6 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles           8-5-9=22

New Jersey 10-6-9=25

he Isles are 16-25-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 18-8-7 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 25 saves; he is 30-3-6 this season and 8-5-2 vs. New Jersey.

Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves; he is 26-16-6 this season and 8-6-2 vs the Isles. 

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-3 (9:00); New Jersey was 0-1 (2:00) .

The Isles are 14-6-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 21-27-10 when they do not. The Isles are 15-16-8 when they allow at least one power play goal and 20-17-4 when they do not.

The Isles are 10-5-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 7-16-7 when they are outscored, and 18-12-5 when special team goals are equal.

Three is (Usually) a Magic Number

The Isles are 31-10-8 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 4-23-4 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 15-7-12 in games decided by a single goal including 8-7 in regulation. They are 5-9 in games decided in overtime and are 2-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-9 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 went 6-4-2 on the front end and 5-7-0 on the back end this season. 

The Isles are 9-7-1 when the opponent is on the back end, including 2-2-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Noah Dobson (24:53); New Jersey: Brett Pesce (21:08)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (19:18).

Face-offs

Isles 19, New Jersey 23 (45%)

Kyle MacLean won 5 of 8 for the Isles; Nico Hischier won 12 of 19 for New Jersey. 

Hit Count

Isles 27 (Marc Gatcomb and Scott Mayfield -4)

New Jersey 19 (Daniel Sprong -4)

Fights 

None. Season total: 10 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin-2, Pageau, Tsyplakov, Gatcomb, Cizikas-2, Lee)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 22 (Noah Dobson -3)

New Jersey 9 (Two with 2)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 47, New Jersey 67

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 33, New Jersey 61

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Casey Cizikas and Hudson Fasching +6

New Jersey: Jesper Bratt +22

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 7, New Jersey 9

5-on-5: Isles 5, New Jersey 9

Scratches

(Semyon Varlamov-LTIR), (Mathew Barzal – IR), Tristan Lennox, Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist, Scott Perunovich, Mike Reilly

Games Lost to injury: 298. (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Kyle Palmieri is the Islanders' ironman, having played 196 consecutive games. Casey Cizikas (106) and Anders Lee (89) are the only other Isles to have also played every game this season.

National TV Games 

Including today, the Isles went 4-4-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners.

Matinee Isles

Including today, the Isles went 3-5-3 in matinee games this season. 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 15-17-13 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 7 successful, 5 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16, Goalie Interference- WAS 11/29, goalie interference – TOR 12/31, no goalie interference – BOS 1/5, offsides-VEG 1/9, goalie interference – OTT 1/14, goalie interference – COL 1/28, goalie interference – PHI 1/30, no goalie interference – PIT 3/18, offside -MTL 3/20, no goalie interference – MTL 3/20)

Opponents: 8 successful, 4 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/14, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23, Offside -BUF 11/30, No Goalie Interference-CHI 12/15, Goalie Interference – PIT 12/28. Offside 12/31, No goalie interference – NSH 3/1, goalie interference – NYR 3/3, goalie interference x2 – LA 3/11, No goalie interference – CBJ 3/24)

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 1 unfavorable (Goalie interference – CBJ 3/24)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (4): CHI 12/12, PHI 1/24, FLA 3/16, NAS 4/8

Vs (3): CHI 12/15, MIN 2/8, CAR 3/30

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

Isles responses (8): BUF 11/1, CAR 12/7, BOS 1/5, SJ 1/18, MIN 2/8, DAL 2/23, NAS 3/1, MIN 4/4

Opponent responses (9): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16, CHI 12/15, TOR 12/31, BOS 1/5, NAS 3/1, LA 3/11, CGY 3/22

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (3): PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO), FLA 3/16 (Trailed 2-0, won 4-2), PIT 3/18 (Trailed 2-0, won 4-2).

Vs (3):  NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT), WSH 11/29 Led 4-2, Lost 5-4 (SO), NAS 4/8, Led 6-4, Lost 7-6 (OT))

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

For (5): 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); Mathew Barzal 1/11 @ UTA (18:35-GAG), Kyle MacLean 3/22 vs. CGY (17:09, GAG, but lost in OT, Bo Horvat 4/12 @ PHI 18:59 – GTG: PHI won in SO)

Vs (10): 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); 12/15 Connor Bedard at CHI (19:06-GAG); Bobby McMann 1/2 vs. TOR (17:01- GAG); Nikita Kucherov 2/1 at TB (19:13-GTG; NYI won in OT); Jonathan Huberdeau 3/22 vs. CGY (17:38- GTG; CGY won in OT), Michael Bunting 4/8 at NAS (19:20- GTG; NAS won in OT)

OT Winners

For (5): Bo Horvat 10/25 @ NJD (1:09), Bo Horvat 1/5 @ BOS (3:10), Brock Nelson 1/25 vs CAR (2:03), Tony DeAngelo 2/1 @ TB (0:32), Bo Horvat 3/20 vs MTL (3:37)

Vs (9): 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); Nick Suzuki 12/3 @ MTL (2:39); Leon Draisaitl 3/14 vs. EDM (3:52); Nazem Kadri 3/22 vs CGY (3:51); Fedor Svechkov 4/8 vs NAS (1:56)

Shootout Winners

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

Vs (3): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY, Adam Fantilli 3/24 vs CBJ, Bobby Brink 4/12 @ PHI

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

4. Brock Nelson 901 *** 5. Bobby Nystrom 900 *** 6. Casey Cizikas 895 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin 853 *** 9. Anders Lee 839 …

22. John Tonelli 594 *** 23. Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock 559 *** 25. Ken Morrow 550 *** 26. Duane Sutter 547 *** 27. Lorne Henning 543 *** 28. Claude Lapointe 535 *** 29. Scott Mayfield 533 *** 30. Tomas Jonsson 532 *** 31. Mathew Barzal and Pat LaFontaine 530 

Goals    

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

5. Brock Nelson 295 *** 6. Anders Lee 289 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 134…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 114

Assists

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

7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Patrick Flatley and Mathew Barzal 328…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 218…

24. Ed Westfall 181 *** 25. Noah Dobson 180 *** 26. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 27. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 29. Jean Potvin 167 *** 30. Jeff Norton 166 *** 31. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 32. Ryan Pulock 161… 

34. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 35. Casey Cizikas 147

Points

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

12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Anders Lee 506… 

15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 462…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 261

+/-

1. Bryan Trottier +467  ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +80 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76  *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***  19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +58 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 ***  24. Greg Gilbert +54  

Defense Goals

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

4. Ryan Pulock 53 *** 5. Stefan Persson 52 *** 6. Noah Dobson 50…

13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield 28 *** 15. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26  

Defense Assists

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

4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Noah Dobson 180…

7. Jean Potvin 167 *** 8. Jeff Norton 166 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 161 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 135… 

17. Bryan Berard 100 *** 18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Scott Mayfield 97

Defense Points

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 230 *** 7. Ryan Pulock 214…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 161…

18. Gerry Hart 128 *** 19. Vladimir Malakhov and Scott Mayfield 125

Goalie Games

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

4. Ilya Sorokin 252 … 

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. Ilya Sorokin 125 …

7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***  8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76

Shutouts

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

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 15-48-4-3 after dropping a 5-2 decision to Wilkes Barre-Scranton in the home finale on Sunday afternoon. They finish the home season with a 4-28-1-3 record.

Brian Pinho has a team-leading (and career-high) 25 goals, five ahead of Liam Foudy. Chris Terry's 47 assists and 65 points both lead the team and are tied for 1st and tied for 3rd in the AHL, respectively.

The Baby Isles head to Hartford on Friday and Providence on Saturday to close out the campaign. 

Season Series Stats

The Isles win the season series, 2 games to 1 (the Isles earned 5 points to New Jersey's 3). 

The road team won each game; the Isles are 5-1-0 in their last six games in New Jersey and 8-3-2 in their last thirteen games against the Devils.

UP NEXT

TUESDAY, APRIL 15th  – WASHINGTON AT ISLES 7:30pm 

[Streaming on Isles App/ESPN+, WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles close out the home season as they welcome The Caps back to UBS for the second time in just over a week. The Isles will look to take the season series from the best team in the East in the regular season, having split the first two. The Caps rallied for a 5-4 OT win on Black Friday in what was Semyon Varlamov's final appearance of the season; the Isles earned a 4-1 win last Sunday despite Alex Ovechkin's historic 895th goal.

The Isles are 6-3-3 in the last 12 meetings with Washington, dating back to the final week of Barry Trotz' Islander tenure. At UBS Arena, the Isles are 3-3-1 vs. the Caps.

This game was scheduled to air on ESPN as recently as Thursday but will now be streamed on the Isles website.

Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 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: Philadelphia 4, Isles 3 (SO)

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 79

Philadelphia 4, Isles 3 (SO)

School is Out.

Bobby Brink scored the only goal of the shootout as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Isles, 4-3, before a sellout crowd of 19,259 at Wells Fargo Center; the lost point eliminated the Isles from the wild card chase. Bo Horvat has forced overtime and the eventual shootout with a 6-on-5 tally with 61 seconds to play.

Following a scoreless first period, Anders Lee and Noah Dobson scored middle period goals to give the Isles the lead through forty minutes, but for the sixth time this season (25-2-4) the Isles did not get two points as the Flyers grabbed a 3-2 lead before Horvat tied the game.

The Isles head to New Jersey on Sunday for another matinee contest. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

No Goals

2nd Period

Tyson Foerster (23) Sean Couturier (28), Matvei Michkov (36) 03:28 NYI 0,PHI 1 PPG

Anders Lee (29) Noah Dobson (29), Tony DeAngelo (14) 10:54 NYI 1,PHI 1 PPG

Noah Dobson (10) Bo Horvat (29), Scott Mayfield (6) 17:58 NYI 2,PHI 1

3rd Period

Jakob Pelletier (7) Owen Tippett (22), Ryan Poehling (18) 04:29 NYI 2,PHI 2

Tyson Foerster (24) Owen Tippett (23), Noah Cates (20) 10:34 NYI 2,PHI 3

Bo Horvat (27) Tony DeAngelo (15), Anders Lee (25) 18:59 NYI 3,PHI 3

OT

No Goals

The Shootout

Travis Konecny (NG) / Bo Horvat (NG)

Matvei Michkov (NG) / Maxim Tsyplakov (NG)

Tyson Foerster (NG) / Simon Holmstrom (NG)

Owen Tippett (NG) / Tony DeAngelo (NG)

Bobby Brink (G/GDG) / Kyle Palmieri (NG)

The Isles are 2-3 in the shootout while Philadelphia is 6-3… Samuel Ersson improves to 8-3 in shootouts while Marcus Hogberg falls to 1-5 in his career…The Isles are 6-20 in their last 26 shootouts… Bobby Brink is now 2-7 in shootouts with both goals being game deciding goals…Ersson has stopped 32 of 41 career shootout attempts (78.0%), which is the fourth-highest save percentage of any goalie who has faced at least 40 attempts.

The Skinny

The Isles are 2-5-4 in the last eleven games…The Isles are 6-3-3 in their last twelve home games and 12-5-3 in their last nineteen home games (which started with a 6-0-0 stretch)… The Isles have been outscored 99-85 in the third period and overtime….The Isles have scored 160 goals and allowed 155 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 93-59 in all other situations… The Isles went 1-4 on the power play; the Isles have been outscored 27-15 on the power play over the last 48 games… Ilya Sorokin did not dress for the second straight game; other than the season's first two games, there had been only one other two-game stretch (1/11-1/14) where he did not play in a two-game span… The Isles allowed the first goal for the 50th time this season … Matvei Michkov reached the 60-point mark, which is something no Flyer rookie had done since Mikael Renberg in 1993-94….The Isles are 16-25-5 when scoring first; the only time Isles lost more games that they scored first was in 1988-89 (12-27-2) when they visited next-to-last…Noah Dobson and Bo Horvat each had an assist to remain tied for club lead with 29, one ahead of Jean-Gabriel  Pageau… Ryan Poehling has a point in five straight games…The Flyers tied a club record with their seventh win when trailing after two periods (7-30-1)…This was the 20th time this season that the Isles played a scoreless first period; it is the third straight season and sixth time in club history that has happened...After having at least 40 shots only once in the first 77 games, the Isles have had at least 40 in consecutive games.

First Time in a Long Time 

Noah Dobson is the third Islander defenseman to score ten goals in four seasons; nobody else has done so since Denis Potvin (14x) and Tomas Jonsson (4x).

Milestone Man

Noah Dobson is the sixth defenseman in Islander history to reach fifty career goals.

The Injury

Pierre Engvall left the game with a non-contact injury with 3:04 to play; he did not return.

Simon Says 20

Simon Holmstrom is the first Swedish-born Islander to record 20 goals since the 1981-82 season, when Bobby Nystrom had 22 goals. Nystrom (7x) and Anders Kallur (2x) are the only Swedes with more goals in a season than Holmstrom.

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 80, Opponents 92

Tying Goals: Isles 11, Opponents 18 (in 17 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 14 (in 13 games), Opponents 11

Empty Net Goals: Isles 13, Opponents 22

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 46 of their 79 games. In the 33 games that they have trailed through 40 minutes (5-26-2), they have been within one goal at some point in all but nine of them.

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have sixteen come-from behind wins this season, including five when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win eighteen times this season, including eleven times in the third period.

Overtime

The Isles are 5-9 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-3 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 5-5 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts, Semyon Varlamov is 0-2 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts, and Marcus Hogberg is 0-2 in overtime and 0-1 in shootouts.

Bo Knows Overtime

Bo Horvat has three overtime goals this season, six as an Islander, and eleven in his NHL career. All six of his overtime goals have come in the last two seasons; John Tavares is the only other Islander with multiple seasons with at least three overtime goals.

Most Overtime Goals, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 11 

2. Brock Nelson 9 

3. Bo Horvat, Kyle Okposo, and Josh Bailey 6

6. Mathew Barzal, Thomas Hickey, and Anthony Beauvillier 5

Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 4 (2014-15)

2. Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)

    Bo Horvat 3 (2024-25)

    Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)

    John Tavares 3 (2010-11)

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 13 empty-net goals and allowed 22.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 55 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 20 times

• Allowed the next goal: 26 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 9 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  34-33-12 for 80 points in 79 games

• 2023-24  37-27-15 for 89 points in 79 games 

Offense from Defense

• Today:   1-4-5

• Season: 32-129-161

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The Islander defense scored only four times in the first 26 games but have 27 goals in the last 52 games; Islander defensemen have earned 36.0% of the team's assists, which is 2nd in the NHL (Buffalo 37.0%).

Home and Road

The Isles are 34-33-12 overall; they are 19-16-5 at home and 15-17-7 on the road.

Philadelphia is 33-37-9 overall; they are 20-19-1 at home and 13-18-8 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 21-21-5 against the East (10-9-4 vs. Metropolitan and 11-12-1 vs. Atlantic) and 13-12-7 against the West (8-5-3 vs. Central and 5-7-4 vs. Pacific).

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 1,478

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,478) and Patrick Roy (184) have combined for 1,662 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 18-5-6 when scoring first and are 15-29-6 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles           12-14-11-3=40

Philadelphia 8-4-9-1=22

The Isles are 16-25-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 17-8-7 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Marcus Hogberg made 19 saves; he is 2-5-2 this season and 0-0-2 vs. Philadelphia.

Samuel Ersson made 37 saves; he is 22-16-5 this season and 3-0-0 vs the Isles. 

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-4 (5:54); Philadelphia was 1-4 (4:19) .

The Isles are 14-6-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 20-27-10 when they do not. The Isles are 15-16-8 when they allow at least one power play goal and 19-17-4 when they do not.

The Isles are 10-5-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 7-16-7 when they are outscored, and 17-12-5 when special team goals are equal.

Three is (Usually) a Magic Number

The Isles are 31-10-8 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 3-23-4 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 14-7-12 in games decided by a single goal including 7-7 in regulation. They are 5-9 in games decided in overtime and are 2-3 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-9 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 6-4-2 on the front end and 4-7-0 on the back end this season. This back-to-back ends on Sunday in New Jersey.

The Isles are 9-7-1 when the opponent is on the back end, including 2-2-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Tony DeAngelo (26:47); Philadelphia: Travis Sanheim (25:49)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (21:45).

Face-offs

Isles 30, Philadelphia 25 (55%)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 12 of 17 for the Isles; Ryan Poehling won 12 of 18 for Philadelphia. 

Hit Count

Isles 19 (Marc Gatcomb and Tony DeAngelo -4)

Philadelphia 16 (Garnet Hathaway -4)

Fights 

None. Season total: 10 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin-2, Pageau, Tsyplakov, Gatcomb, Cizikas-2, Lee)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 13 (Noah Dobson -4)

Philadelphia 18 (Nick Seeler -6)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 66, Philadelphia 50

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 48, Philadelphia 35

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Alex Romanov +16

Philadelphia: Two with +3

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 15, Philadelphia 11

5-on-5: Isles 10, Philadelphia 8

Scratches

(Semyon Varlamov-LTIR), (Mathew Barzal – IR), (Ilya Sorokin- INJ), Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist, Scott Perunovich, Mike Reilly

Games Lost to injury: 296. (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Kyle Palmieri is the Islanders' ironman, having played 195 consecutive games. Casey Cizikas (105) and Anders Lee (79) are the only other Isles to have also played every game this season.

National TV Games 

The Isles are 3-4-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with one game remaining. The final national game will be on TNT on April 13th as the Isles visit the Devils; the Tuesday game vs. Washington will no longer be shown on ESPN.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 2-5-3 in matinee games this season, with one game remaining. The final matinee will be April 13 vs. the Devils. 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 14-17-13 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 7 successful, 5 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16, Goalie Interference- WAS 11/29, goalie interference – TOR 12/31, no goalie interference – BOS 1/5, offsides-VEG 1/9, goalie interference – OTT 1/14, goalie interference – COL 1/28, goalie interference – PHI 1/30, no goalie interference – PIT 3/18, offside -MTL 3/20, no goalie interference – MTL 3/20)

Opponents: 8 successful, 4 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/14, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23, Offside -BUF 11/30, No Goalie Interference-CHI 12/15, Goalie Interference – PIT 12/28. Offside 12/31, No goalie interference – NSH 3/1, goalie interference – NYR 3/3, goalie interference x2 – LA 3/11, No goalie interference – CBJ 3/24)

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 1 unfavorable (Goalie interference – CBJ 3/24)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (4): CHI 12/12, PHI 1/24, FLA 3/16, NAS 4/8

Vs (3): CHI 12/15, MIN 2/8, CAR 3/30

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

Isles responses (8): BUF 11/1, CAR 12/7, BOS 1/5, SJ 1/18, MIN 2/8, DAL 2/23, NAS 3/1, MIN 4/4

Opponent responses (9): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16, CHI 12/15, TOR 12/31, BOS 1/5, NAS 3/1, LA 3/11, CGY 3/22

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (3): PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO), FLA 3/16 (Trailed 2-0, won 4-2), PIT 3/18 (Trailed 2-0, won 4-2).

Vs (3):  NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT), WSH 11/29 Led 4-2, Lost 5-4 (SO), NAS 4/8, Led 6-4, Lost 7-6 (OT))

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

For (5): 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); Mathew Barzal 1/11 @ UTA (18:35-GAG), Kyle MacLean 3/22 vs. CGY (17:09, GAG, but lost in OT, Bo Horvat 4/12 @ PHI 18:59 – GTG: PHI won in SO)

Vs (10): 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); 12/15 Connor Bedard at CHI (19:06-GAG); Bobby McMann 1/2 vs. TOR (17:01- GAG); Nikita Kucherov 2/1 at TB (19:13-GTG; NYI won in OT); Jonathan Huberdeau 3/22 vs. CGY (17:38- GTG; CGY won in OT), Michael Bunting 4/8 at NAS (19:20- GTG; NAS won in OT)

OT Winners

For (5): Bo Horvat 10/25 @ NJD (1:09), Bo Horvat 1/5 @ BOS (3:10), Brock Nelson 1/25 vs CAR (2:03), Tony DeAngelo 2/1 @ TB (0:32), Bo Horvat 3/20 vs MTL (3:37)

Vs (9): 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); Nick Suzuki 12/3 @ MTL (2:39); Leon Draisaitl 3/14 vs. EDM (3:52); Nazem Kadri 3/22 vs CGY (3:51); Fedor Svechkov 4/8 vs NAS (1:56)

Shootout Winners

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

Vs (3): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY, Adam Fantilli 3/24 vs CBJ, Bobby Brink 4/12 @ PHI

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

4. Brock Nelson 901 *** 5. Bobby Nystrom 900 *** 6. Casey Cizikas 894 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin 852 *** 9. Anders Lee 838 …

22. John Tonelli 594 *** 23. Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock 558 *** 25. Ken Morrow 550 *** 26. Duane Sutter 547 *** 27. Lorne Henning 543 *** 28. Claude Lapointe 535 *** 29. Tomas Jonsson and Scott Mayfield 532 *** 31. Mathew Barzal and Pat LaFontaine 530 

Goals    

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

5. Brock Nelson 295 *** 6. Anders Lee 289 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 134…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 114

Assists

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

7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Patrick Flatley and Mathew Barzal 328…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 218…

24. Ed Westfall 181 *** 25. Noah Dobson 180 *** 26. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 27. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 29. Jean Potvin 167 *** 30. Jeff Norton 166 *** 31. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 32. Ryan Pulock 161… 

34. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 35. Casey Cizikas 147

Points

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

12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Anders Lee 506… 

15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 462…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 261

+/-

1. Bryan Trottier +467  ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +80 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76  *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***  19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +58 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 ***  24. Greg Gilbert +54  

Defense Goals

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

4. Ryan Pulock 53 *** 5. Stefan Persson 52 *** 6. Noah Dobson 50…

13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield 28 *** 15. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26  

Defense Assists

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

4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Noah Dobson 180…

7. Jean Potvin 167 *** 8. Jeff Norton 166 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 161 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 135… 

17. Bryan Berard 100 *** 18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Scott Mayfield 97

Defense Points

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 230 *** 7. Ryan Pulock 214…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 161…

18. Gerry Hart 128 *** 19. Vladimir Malakhov and Scott Mayfield 125

Goalie Games

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

4. Ilya Sorokin 251 … 

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. Ilya Sorokin 124 …

7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***  8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 21 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 15-47-4-3 after dropping a 5-3 decision to Hartford on Saturday.

Brian Pinho has a team-leading (and career-high) 25 goals, five ahead of Liam Foudy. Chris Terry's 47 assists and 65 points both lead the team and are tied for 1st and tied for 3rd in the AHL, respectively.

The Baby Isles host Wilkes Barre-Scranton in the home finale on Sunday afternoon.

Season Series Stats

The teams split the season series, 2 games to 2 (the Isles earned 5 points to Philadelphia's 4). 

The Isles had won three straight games in Philadelphia and are now 9-2-3 in their last fourteen road games against the Flyers.

UP NEXT

SUNDAY, APRIL 13th  – ISLES AT NEW JERSEY 1:00pm 

[TNT, WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

It has been a long time since the Isles faced New Jersey; the teams met twice in the first 15 games of the Isles' season and have not played in over five months but will complete their season series on Sunday at The Rock.

Each team has an overtime win on the road with Bo Horvat scoring in New Jersey and Jack Hughes scoring at UBS. The Isles are 4-1-0 in their last five games in New Jersey and 7-3-2 in their last twelve games against the Devils.

 

Brendan Burke, Darren Pang, and Kathryn Tappen will have the national call.

Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 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: Rangers 9, Isles 2

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 78

Rangers 9, Isles 2

Every Ranger was a "+" as the Blueshirts completed a sweep of the season series with a 9-2 win over the Isles before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena. 

The Rangers outscored the Isles 23-5 in the season series.

The Isles head to Philadelphia on Saturday and New Jersey on Sunday for a pair of matinee games. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Mika Zibanejad (18) J.T. Miller (44), Will Cuylle (23) 03:17 NYR 1,NYI 0

Will Cuylle (19) Mika Zibanejad (40), J.T. Miller (45) 12:49 NYR 2,NYI 0

Vincent Trocheck (24) Artemi Panarin (50), Adam Fox (49) 13:51 NYR 3,NYI 0 PPG

Artemi Panarin (36) Vincent Trocheck (31), Adam Fox (50) 19:15 NYR 4,NYI 0

2nd Period

Juuso Parssinen (5) Alexis Lafrenière (28) 08:19 NYR 5,NYI 0

Maxim Tsyplakov (10) Simon Holmstrom (25), Adam Pelech (21) 19:06 NYR 5,NYI 1 PPG

3rd Period 

Brett Berard (5) Matt Rempe (4), Sam Carrick (13) 07:54 NYR 6,NYI 1

Hudson Fasching (1) Casey Cizikas (9), Pierre Engvall (7) 10:52 NYR 6,NYI 2

Brett Berard (6) Sam Carrick (14), K'Andre Miller (17) 12:37 NYR 7,NYI 2

Alexis Lafrenière (17) Adam Fox (51), Juuso Parssinen (8) 15:54 NYR 8,NYI 2

Artemi Panarin (37) Juuso Parssinen (9) 18:51 NYR 9,NYI 2

The Skinny

The Isles are 6-3-3 in their last twelve home games and 12-5-3 in their last nineteen home games (which started with a 6-0-0 stretch)… The Isles have been outscored 98-84 in the third period and overtime, although they have outscored their opponents 47-41 in those periods over the last 35 games…The Isles were outscored 8-1 at 5-on-5 ….The Isles have scored 158 goals and allowed 153 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 92-58 in all other situations… The Isles went 1-2 on the power play; the Isles have been outscored 26-14 on the power play over the last 47 games… Ilya Sorokin has started 12 of the last 15 and 25 of the last 30; he has appeared in 28 of the last 33 games…Sorokin is 9-5-2 (with one no-decision) in his last seventeen games, and his 29 wins are the second-highest total of his career… The Isles allowed the first goal for the 49th time this season… Maxim Tsyplakov went 1-0-1; Isles rookies are 19-30-49 this season, placing them in the top 8 in the NHL for rookie points…The Isles set season highs for shots in both a period (20 in 2nd period) and a game (46)…The Isles had never allowed more than six goals in a home game against the Rangers; the nine goals matched the most the Rangers have ever scored against the Isles…Adam Fox reached the 50 assist mark for the fourth straight season.

First Times in a Long Time 

• The Isles allowed nine goals for the first time since April 7, 2009, in Carolina, and for the first time at home since October 20, 1981, vs. Los Angeles.

• The Isles allowed four goals in multiple periods for the first time since December 11, 2008 in Pittsburgh, and for the first time ever on home-ice.

• The Isles allowed sixteen goals in a two-game span for the 4th time in their history, and only the second time since November 1972 (doing so in October 1990)

• The Rangers scored nine goals in an Islander home game for the first time ever; it has happened three other times, all at MSG, and only once (2/14/92) in the past fifty years.

• Three Isles (Adam Pelech, Bo Horvat, and Anders Lee) went -5; it is only the second time in club history that has happened, and the first since 10/23/1990 at the Coliseum against New Jersey.

Simon Says 20

Simon Holmstrom is the first Swedish-born Islander to record 20 goals since the 1981-82 season, when Bobby Nystrom had 22 goals. Nystrom (7x) and Anders Kallur (2x) are the only Swedes with more goals in a season than Holmstrom.

The Playoff Chase (through Tuesday)

1st  WC  x- Ottawa 90 points (34 RW) in 78 games 

2nd  WC    Montreal 87 points (29 RW) in 78 games

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3rd             Columbus 81 points (26 RW) in 78 games 

4th             Rangers 81 points (33 RW) in 79 games 

5th             Detroit 79 points (28 RW) in 78 games 

6th             ISLES 79 points (27 RW) in 78 games 

x- Clinched playoff spot

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 79, Opponents 90

Tying Goals: Isles 10, Opponents 17 (in 16 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 14 (in 13 games), Opponents 10

Empty Net Goals: Isles 13, Opponents 22

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 45 of their 78 games. In the 33 games that they have trailed through 40 minutes (5-26-2), they have been within one goal at some point in all but nine of them.

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have sixteen come-from behind wins this season, including five when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win seventeen times this season, including ten times in the third period.

Overtime

The Isles are 5-9 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-2 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 5-5 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts, Semyon Varlamov is 0-2 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts, and Marcus Hogberg is 0-2 in overtime and 0-0 in shootouts

Sorokin has 36 OT/SO losses, extending his club record (Rick DiPietro had 28). 

Bo Knows Overtime

Bo Horvat has three overtime goals this season, six as an Islander, and eleven in his NHL career. All six of his overtime goals have come in the last two seasons; John Tavares is the only other Islander with multiple seasons with at least three overtime goals.

Most Overtime Goals, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 11 

2. Brock Nelson 9 

3. Bo Horvat, Kyle Okposo, and Josh Bailey 6

6. Mathew Barzal, Thomas Hickey, and Anthony Beauvillier 5

Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 4 (2014-15)

2. Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)

    Bo Horvat 3 (2024-25)

    Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)

    John Tavares 3 (2010-11)

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 13 empty-net goals and allowed 22.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 55 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 20 times

• Allowed the next goal: 26 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 9 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  34-33-11 for 79 points in 78 games

• 2023-24  36-27-15 for 87 points in 78 games 

Offense from Defense

• Today:   0-1-1

• Season: 31-125-156

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The Islander defense scored only four times in the first 26 games but have 27 goals in the last 52 games; Islander defensemen have earned 35.6% of the team's assists, which is tied-2nd in the NHL (Buffalo 37.0%).

Home and Road

The Isles are 34-33-11 overall; they are 19-16-5 at home and 15-17-6 on the road.

The Rangers are 37-35-7 overall; they are 18-19-3 at home and 19-16-4 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 21-21-4 against the East (10-9-3 vs. Metropolitan and 11-12-1 vs. Atlantic) and 13-12-7 against the West (8-5-3 vs. Central and 5-7-4 vs. Pacific).

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 1,478

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,478) and Patrick Roy (184) have combined for 1,662 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 18-5-6 when scoring first and are 15-29-5 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles      10-20-16=46

Rangers 15-7-10=32

The Isles are 16-24-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 17-8-7 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Marcus Hogberg made 22 saves; he is 2-6-1 this season and 0-1-0 vs. the Rangers; Tristan Lennox made his NHL debut, playing 4:43 and making one save and allowing a goal to Bret Berard before Hogberg re-entered the game.

Igor Shesterkin made 44 saves; he is 26-28-5 this season and 9-8-1 vs the Isles. 

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-2 (2:18); the Rangers were 1-1 (0:19) .

The Isles are 14-6-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 20-27-10 when they do not. The Isles are 15-16-7 when they allow at least one power play goal and 19-17-4 when they do not.

The Isles are 10-5-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 7-16-7 when they are outscored, and 17-12-4 when special team goals are equal.

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles are 31-10-7 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 3-23-4 when they do not. 

ZOne-Goal Games

The Isles are 14-7-11 in games decided by a single goal including 7-7 in regulation. They are 5-9 in games decided in overtime and are 2-2 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-9 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles are 6-4-1 on the front end and 4-7-0 on the back end this season. The final back-to-back will be April 12th-13th in Philadelphia and New Jersey.

The Isles are 9-7-1 when the opponent is on the back end, including 2-2-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Adam Pelech (20:40); Rangers: Braden Schneider (21:48)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (16:44).

Face-offs

Isles 40, Rangers 24 (63%)

Casey Cizikas won 10 of 13 for the Isles; No Ranger won more than he lost. 

Hit Count

Isles 23 (Marc Gatcomb -6)

Rangers 14 (Will Cuylle --5)

Fights 

None. Season total: 10 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin-2, Pageau, Tsyplakov, Gatcomb, Cizikas-2, Lee)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 16 (Alexander Romanov -4)

Rangers 16 (Two with 2)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 80, Rangers 62

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 78, Rangers 61

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Kyle MacLean +16

Rangers: Adam Fox +15

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 18, Rangers 12

5-on-5: Isles 17, Rangers 11

Scratches

(Semyon Varlamov-LTIR), (Mathew Barzal – IR), (Ilya Sorokin- INJ), Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist, Scott Perunovich, Mike Reilly

Games Lost to injury: 293. (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Kyle Palmieri is the Islanders' ironman, having played 194 consecutive games. Casey Cizikas (104) and Anders Lee (78) are the only other Isles to have also played every game this season.

National TV Games 

The Isles are 3-4-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with two games remaining. The next national game will be on TNT on April 13th as the Isles visit the Devils; two of the last three games will be nationally-televised. 

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 2-5-2 in matinee games this season, with two games remaining. The next matinee will be April 12 vs. the Flyers. 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 14-17-12 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 7 successful, 5 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16, Goalie Interference- WAS 11/29, goalie interference – TOR 12/31, no goalie interference – BOS 1/5, offsides-VEG 1/9, goalie interference – OTT 1/14, goalie interference – COL 1/28, goalie interference – PHI 1/30, no goalie interference – PIT 3/18, offside -MTL 3/20, no goalie interference – MTL 3/20)

Opponents: 8 successful, 4 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/14, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23, Offside -BUF 11/30, No Goalie Interference-CHI 12/15, Goalie Interference – PIT 12/28. Offside 12/31, No goalie interference – NSH 3/1, goalie interference – NYR 3/3, goalie interference x2 – LA 3/11, No goalie interference – CBJ 3/24)

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 1 unfavorable (Goalie interference – CBJ 3/24)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (4): CHI 12/12, PHI 1/24, FLA 3/16, NAS 4/8

Vs (3): CHI 12/15, MIN 2/8, CAR 3/30

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

Isles responses (8): BUF 11/1, CAR 12/7, BOS 1/5, SJ 1/18, MIN 2/8, DAL 2/23, NAS 3/1, MIN 4/4

Opponent responses (9): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16, CHI 12/15, TOR 12/31, BOS 1/5, NAS 3/1, LA 3/11, CGY 3/22

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (3): PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO), FLA 3/16 (Trailed 2-0, won 4-2), PIT 3/18 (Trailed 2-0, won 4-2).

Vs (3):  NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT), WSH 11/29 Led 4-2, Lost 5-4 (SO), NAS 4/8, Led 6-4, Lost 7-6 (OT))

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

For (4): 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); Mathew Barzal 1/11 @ UTA (18:35-GAG), Kyle MacLean 3/22 vs. CGY (17:09, GAG, but lost in OT)

Vs (10): 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); 12/15 Connor Bedard at CHI (19:06-GAG); Bobby McMann 1/2 vs. TOR (17:01- GAG); Nikita Kucherov 2/1 at TB (19:13-GTG; NYI won in OT); Jonathan Huberdeau 3/22 vs. CGY (17:38- GTG; CGY won in OT), Michael Bunting 4/8 at NAS (19:20- GTG; NAS won in OT)

OT Winners

For (5): Bo Horvat 10/25 @ NJD (1:09), Bo Horvat 1/5 @ BOS (3:10), Brock Nelson 1/25 vs CAR (2:03), Tony DeAngelo 2/1 @ TB (0:32), Bo Horvat 3/20 vs MTL (3:37)

Vs (9): 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); Nick Suzuki 12/3 @ MTL (2:39); Leon Draisaitl 3/14 vs. EDM (3:52); Nazem Kadri 3/22 vs CGY (3:51); Fedor Svechkov 4/8 vs NAS (1:56)

Shootout Winners

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

Vs (2): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY, Adam Fantilli 3/24 vs CBJ

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

4. Brock Nelson 901 *** 5. Bobby Nystrom 900 *** 6. Casey Cizikas 893 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin 851 *** 9. Anders Lee 837 …

22. John Tonelli 594 *** 23. Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock 557 *** 25. Ken Morrow 550 *** 26. Duane Sutter 547 *** 27. Lorne Henning 543 *** 28. Claude Lapointe 535 *** 29. Tomas Jonsson 532 *** 30. Scott Mayfield 531 *** 31. Mathew Barzal and Pat LaFontaine 530 

Goals    

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

5. Brock Nelson 295 *** 6. Anders Lee 288 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 134…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 114

Assists

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

7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Patrick Flatley and Mathew Barzal 328…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 217…

24. Ed Westfall 181 *** 25. Noah Dobson 179 *** 26. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 27. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 29. Jean Potvin 167 *** 30. Jeff Norton 166 *** 31. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 32. Ryan Pulock 161… 

34. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 35. Casey Cizikas 147

Points

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

12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Anders Lee 504… 

15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 462…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 261

+/-

1. Bryan Trottier +467  ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +81 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76  *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***  19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +59 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 ***  24. Greg Gilbert +54  

Defense Goals

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

4. Ryan Pulock 53 *** 5. Stefan Persson 52 *** 6. Noah Dobson 49…

13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield 28 *** 15. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26  

Defense Assists

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

4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Noah Dobson 179…

7. Jean Potvin 167 *** 8. Jeff Norton 166 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 161 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 135… 

17. Bryan Berard 100 *** 18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk and Scott Mayfield 96

Defense Points

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 228 *** 7. Ryan Pulock 214…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 161…

18. Gerry Hart 128 *** 19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 124

Goalie Games

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

4. Ilya Sorokin 251 … 

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. Ilya Sorokin 124 …

7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***  8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 21 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 15-46-4-3 after a 3-2 loss to Hartford on Wednesday.

Brian Pinho has a team-leading (and career-high) 24 goals, four ahead of Liam Foudy. Terry's 46 assists and 64 points both lead the team and are 2nd and 4th in the AHL, respectively.

The Baby Isles host Hartford again on Saturday.

Season Series Stats

The Rangers win the season series, 4 games to 0 (and 8 points to 0). 

The Rangers won the four games by a 23-5 total score and have won their last five games against the Isles.

The Rangers swept a season series from the Isles for the first time since 2003-04, when they won all six games by a combined 27-13 score.

UP NEXT

SATURDAY, APRIL 12th  – ISLES AT PHILADELPHIA 12:30pm 

[MSGSN (pre-game at 12:00) , WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles head out on the road for a pair of matinees, beginning on Saturday in Philadelphia. It is the fourth and final meeting of the season (the others all were in the second-half of January), with the Isles holding a 2-1 lead in the series. 

The Isles have won three straight games in Philadelphia and are 9-2-2 in their last thirteen road games against the Flyers; the Isles have not won four straight games in Philly since the 2006-07 season.

Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 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: Nashville 7, Isles 6 (OT)

"The Skinny" 

By Eric Hornick

Game 77

Nashville 7, Isles 6 (OT)

Fedor Svechkov scored 1:56 into overtime as the Nashville Predators rallied from a late 6-4 deficit for a 7-6 win over the Isles before a crowd of 17,159 at Bridgestone Arena. 

The Preds rally, which included four points from Steven Stamkos, overshadowed Simon Holmstrom's first career four-point game and his team-high fourth multi-goal of the season. Jean-Gabriel Pageau added three assists.

The Isles return home to face the Rangers on Thursday night.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Simon Holmstrom (19) Ryan Pulock (18), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (26) 04:16 NYI 1,NSH 0

Ryan O'Reilly (18) Michael Bunting (17), Luke Evangelista (19) 06:44 NYI 1,NSH 1

Filip Forsberg (30) 11:45 NYI 1,NSH 2

Anders Lee (28) Bo Horvat (28), Adam Pelech (20)  16:12 NYI 2,NSH 2

2nd Period

Simon Holmstrom (20) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (27), Maxim Tsyplakov (25) 04:36 NYI 3,NSH 2

Steven Stamkos (26) Nick Blankenburg (12), Jonathan Marchessault (31) 07:24 NYI 3,NSH 3 PPG

Maxim Tsyplakov (9) Simon Holmstrom (23), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (28) 12:09 NYI 4,NSH 3

Michael McCarron (5) Brady Skjei (19), Jonathan Marchessault (32) 13:25 NYI 4,NSH 4

3rd Period

Kyle Palmieri (24) 15:21 NYI 5,NSH 4

Scott Mayfield (3) Simon Holmstrom (24), Alexander Romanov (16) 16:19 NYI 6,NSH 4 SHG

Steven Stamkos (27) Jonathan Marchessault (33), Filip Forsberg (42) 17:53 NYI 6,NSH 5 PPG

Michael Bunting (18) Steven Stamkos (23), Brady Skjei (20) 19:20 NYI 6,NSH 6

OT

Fedor Svechkov (8) Brady Skjei (21), Steven Stamkos (24) 01:56 NYI 6,NSH 7

The Skinny

The Isles are 5-4-4 in the last thirteen games and 9-7-4 in the last twenty games …The Isles are 6-2-3 in their last eleven home games and 12-4-3 in their last nineteen home games (which started with a 6-0-0 stretch)… The Isles have been outscored 94-83 in the third period and overtime, although they have outscored their opponents 46-37 in those periods over the last 34 games…The Isles outscored the Preds 5-3 at 5-on-5 but allowed goals at 5-on-4, 5-on-3, 6-on-5, and 3-on-3….The Isles have scored 157 goals and allowed 145 goals at 5-on-5 but have been outscored 91-57 in all other situations… The Isles went 0-2 on the power play; the Isles have been outscored 25-13 on the power play over the last 46 games… Ilya Sorokin has started 12 of the last 14 and 25 of the last 29; he has appeared in 28 of the last 32 games…Sorokin is 9-5-2 (with one no-decision) in his last seventeen games, and his 29 wins are the second-highest total of his career… The Isles scored the first goal for only the 29th time this season; it is the first time that they have done so in consecutive games since March 4-8th…This was the Isles final game against both the Western Conference (13-12-7) and Central Division (8-5-3)…Ryan O'Reilly scored his 300th goal early in the game…The Isles have allowed 10 tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes this season; the Isles have lost three games that they had a multi-goal lead at some point in the third period… Maxim Tsyplakov went 1-1-2; Isles rookies are 18-30-48 this season, placing them in the top 8 in the NHL for rookie points…Jean-Gabriel Pageau had his second three-assist game of the season; they are the only two the Isles have this season (they had nine last season, including six from Noah Dobson)…Scott Mayfield recorded his second career shorthanded goal (and his first against a goalie, hitting an empty net on November 3, 2018, vs.  New Jersey)…This was the highest-scoring East-West series this season (24 goals, including 13 by the Isles)…It is the fourth time in Preds history that they won a game when trailing by multiple goals in the final five minutes of regulation… Steven Stamkos recorded his 23rd career four-point game (and first with Nashville)..Brady Skjei's assist on the overtime goal was his third of the game and 200th of his career; he has 15 assists in 30 games against the Isles.

The Injury

Ilya Sorokin did not play the third period due to an upper body injury.

First Times in a Long Time

• The Isles scored and allowed multiple goals in each regulation period for the second time in club history (November 23, 1982, vs. Minnesota – an 8-8 tie with no overtime period)

• The Isles played a game with at least five tying goals for the first time since December 21, 2019, vs. Anaheim (6-5 shootout loss); it was only the second such game in the NHL this season (MTL-BUF on November 11th)

• The Isles had won 33 straight games when scoring at least six goals (7-6 loss to Tampa Bay on March 22, 2018, at Barclays Center; they had won 28 straight on the road, dating back to an 8-6 loss in Toronto on December 19, 2005. 

Milestone Men

• Anders Lee recorded his 288th goal, passing Brent Sutter and Pat LaFontaine for 6th in club history.

• Ryan Pulock recorded his 214th point, passing Jean Potvin for 7th among Isles defensemen.

Simon Says 20

Simon Holmstrom is the first Swedish-born Islander to record 20 goals since the 1981-82 season, when Bobby Nystrom had 22 goals. Nystrom (7x) and Anders Kallur (2x) are the only Swedes with more goals in a season than Holmstrom.

The Playoff Chase (through Tuesday)

3rd  Metro  New Jersey 89 points (36 RW) in 78 games 

1st  WC  x- Ottawa 90 points (34 RW) in 77 games 

2nd  WC    Montreal 87 points (29 RW) in 77 games

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3rd            Rangers 79 points (32 RW) in 77 games 

4th            Detroit 79 points (28 RW) in 77 games 

5th            ISLES 79 points (27 RW) in 77 games 

6th            Columbus 79 points (25 RW) in 77 games 

x- Clinched playoff spot

Third Periods

Goals:  Isles 78, Opponents 86

Tying Goals: Isles 10, Opponents 17 (in 16 games)

Go Ahead Goals: Isles 14 (in 13 games), Opponents 10

Empty Net Goals: Isles 13, Opponents 22

The Isles have either been ahead or tied after two periods in 45 of their 76 games. In the 31 games that they have trailed through 40 minutes (5-25-2), they have been within one goal at some point in all but eight of them.

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have sixteen come-from behind wins this season, including five when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win seventeen times this season, including ten times in the third period.

Overtime

The Isles are 5-9 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 2-2 in shootouts. Ilya Sorokin is 5-5 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts, Semyon Varlamov is 0-2 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts, and Marcus Hogberg is 0-2 in overtime and 0-0 in shootouts

Sorokin has 36 OT/SO losses, extending his club record (Rick DiPietro had 28). 

Bo Knows Overtime

Bo Horvat has three overtime goals this season, six as an Islander, and eleven in his NHL career. All six of his overtime goals have come in the last two seasons; John Tavares is the only other Islander with multiple seasons with at least three overtime goals.

Most Overtime Goals, Career (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 11 

2. Brock Nelson 9 

3. Bo Horvat, Kyle Okposo, and Josh Bailey 6

6. Mathew Barzal, Thomas Hickey, and Anthony Beauvillier 5

Most Overtime Goals, Season (Islanders)

1. John Tavares 4 (2014-15)

2. Bo Horvat 3 (2023-24)

    Bo Horvat 3 (2024-25)

    Brock Nelson 3 (2019-20)

    John Tavares 3 (2010-11)

Empty Netters 

The Isles have scored 13 empty-net goals and allowed 22.

Building on a Lead

The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 55 times this season:

• Score the next goal: 20 times

• Allowed the next goal: 26 times

• Game ended with 2-goal difference: 9 times 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2024-25  34-32-11 for 79 points in 77 games

• 2023-24  35-27-15 for 85 points in 77 games 

Offense from Defense

• Today:   1-3-4

• Season: 31-124-155

• Last Season (Final) 33-137-170

The Islander defense scored only four times in the first 26 games but have 27 goals in the last 51 games; Islander defensemen have earned 35.8% of the team's assists, which is 2nd-highest in NHL (Buffalo 37.0%).

Home and Road

The Isles are 34-33-10 overall; they are 19-15-5 at home and 15-18-5 on the road.

Nashville is 28-42-8 overall; they are 19-17-3 at home and 9-25-5 on the road.

East and West

The Isles are 21-20-4 against the East (10-8-3 vs. Metropolitan and 11-12-1 vs. Atlantic) and 13-12-7 against the West (8-5-3 vs. Central and 5-7-4 vs. Pacific).

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 1,478

3. Glen Sather 1,319

Leaders of the Pack

Lou Lamoriello (1,478) and Patrick Roy (184) have combined for 1,662 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 18-5-6 when scoring first and are 15-28-5 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles      8-5-8-1=22

Nashville 12-11-7-2=32

The Isles are 16-23-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 1-1-0 when the shots are even and 17-8-7 when the opposition has more shots.

In the Nets

Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves over the first two periods. Marcus Hogberg made six saves in the third period and overtime; he is 2-5-1 this season and 1-1-0 vs. Nashville.

Justus Annunen made 16 saves; he is 15-14-1 this season and 1-0-0 vs the Isles. 

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-2 (4:00); Nashville was 2-3 (2:03) and allowed a shorthanded goal.

The Isles are 14-5-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 20-27-10 when they do not. The Isles are 15-15-7 when they allow at least one power play goal and 19-17-4 when they do not.

The Isles are 10-5-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 7-16-7 when they are outscored, and 17-11-4 when special team goals are equal.

Three is (Usually) a Magic Number

The Isles are 31-10-7 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 3-22-4 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 14-7-11 in games decided by a single goal including 7-7 in regulation. They are 5-9 in games decided in overtime and are 2-2 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-9 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles are 6-4-1 on the front end and 4-7-0 on the back end this season. The final back-to-back will be April 12th-13th in Philadelphia and New Jersey.

The Isles are 9-6-1 when the opponent is on the back end, including 2-2-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Adam Pelech (23:33); Nashville: Brady Skjei (24:14)

Kyle Palmieri led Isles forwards (20:38).

Face-offs

Isles 43, Nashville 27 (61%)

Bo Horvat won 17 of 25 for the Isles; No Predator won more than he lost. 

Hit Count

Isles 26 (Marc Gatcomb -5)

Nashville 21 (Zachary L'Heureux -5)

Fights 

None. Season total: 10 (Mayfield, Wahlstrom, Martin-2, Pageau, Tsyplakov, Gatcomb, Cizikas-2, Lee)

 

Blocked Shots

Isles 17 (Two with 3)

Nashville 13 (Five with 2)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 53, Nashville 65

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 45, Nashville 52

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Alex Romanov +9

Nashville: Trevor Van Riemsdyk +12

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 19, Nashville 6

5-on-5: Isles 16, Nashville 5

Scratches

(Semyon Varlamov-LTIR), (Mathew Barzal – IR), Anthony Duclair, Adam Boqvist, Scott Perunovich, Mike Reilly)

Games Lost to injury: 290. (Last season's total: 181)

The Ironmen

Kyle Palmieri is the Islanders' ironman, having played 193 consecutive games. Casey Cizikas (103) and Anders Lee (77) are the only other Isles to have also played every game this season.

National TV Games 

The Isles are 3-4-0 in games that air on one of the NHL's US national broadcast partners, with two games remaining. The next national game will be on TNT on April 13th as the Isles visit the Devils; two of the last three games will be nationally-televised. 

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 2-5-2 in matinee games this season, with two games remaining. The next matinee will be April 13 vs. the Devils. 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 14-17-12 in matinees.

Challenges

Isles: 7 successful, 5 failures  (No offsides -PIT 11/5, No goalie interference – SEA 11/16, Goalie Interference- WAS 11/29, goalie interference – TOR 12/31, no goalie interference – BOS 1/5, offsides-VEG 1/9, goalie interference – OTT 1/14, goalie interference – COL 1/28, goalie interference – PHI 1/30, no goalie interference – PIT 3/18, offside -MTL 3/20, no goalie interference – MTL 3/20)

Opponents: 8 successful, 4 failures (No Goalie Interference -UTA 10/10, Offside-VAN 11/14, Goalie Interference-STL 11/23, Offside -BUF 11/30, No Goalie Interference-CHI 12/15, Goalie Interference – PIT 12/28. Offside 12/31, No goalie interference – NSH 3/1, goalie interference – NYR 3/3, goalie interference x2 – LA 3/11, No goalie interference – CBJ 3/24)

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 1 unfavorable (Goalie interference – CBJ 3/24)

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (4): CHI 12/12, PHI 1/24, FLA 3/16, NAS 4/8

Vs (3): CHI 12/15, MIN 2/8, CAR 3/30

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

Isles responses (8): BUF 11/1, CAR 12/7, BOS 1/5, SJ 1/18, MIN 2/8, DAL 2/23, NAS 3/1, MIN 4/4

Opponent responses (9): UTA 10/10 (2), SEA 11/16, CHI 12/15, TOR 12/31, BOS 1/5, NAS 3/1, LA 3/11, CGY 3/22

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (3): PIT 11/5 (Trailed 3-1, won 4-3 (SO), FLA 3/16 (Trailed 2-0, won 4-2), PIT 3/18 (Trailed 2-0, won 4-2).

Vs (3):  NJ 11/9 (Led 3-1, Lost 4-3 (OT), WSH 11/29 Led 4-2, Lost 5-4 (SO), NAS 4/8, Led 6-4, Lost 7-6 (OT))

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

For (4): 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); Mathew Barzal 1/11 @ UTA (18:35-GAG), Kyle MacLean 3/22 vs. CGY (17:09, GAG, but lost in OT)

Vs (10): 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); 12/15 Connor Bedard at CHI (19:06-GAG); Bobby McMann 1/2 vs. TOR (17:01- GAG); Nikita Kucherov 2/1 at TB (19:13-GTG; NYI won in OT); Jonathan Huberdeau 3/22 vs. CGY (17:38- GTG; CGY won in OT), Michael Bunting 4/8 at NAS (19:20- GTG; NAS won in OT)

OT Winners

For (5): Bo Horvat 10/25 @ NJD (1:09), Bo Horvat 1/5 @ BOS (3:10), Brock Nelson 1/25 vs CAR (2:03), Tony DeAngelo 2/1 @ TB (0:32), Bo Horvat 3/20 vs MTL (3:37)

Vs (9): 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); Nick Suzuki 12/3 @ MTL (2:39); Leon Draisaitl 3/14 vs. EDM (3:52); Nazem Kadri 3/22 vs CGY (3:51); Fedor Svechkov 4/8 vs NAS (1:56)

Shootout Winners

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

Vs (2): Andrei Kuzmenko 11/19 @ CGY, Adam Fantilli 3/24 vs CBJ

 

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

4. Brock Nelson 901 *** 5. Bobby Nystrom 900 *** 6. Casey Cizikas 892 *** 7. Clark Gillies 872 *** 8. Matt Martin 850 *** 9. Anders Lee 836 …

22. John Tonelli 594 *** 23. Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock 556 *** 25. Ken Morrow 550 *** 26. Duane Sutter 547 *** 27. Lorne Henning 543 *** 28. Claude Lapointe 535 *** 29. Tomas Jonsson 532 *** 30. Scott Mayfield, Mathew Barzal and Pat LaFontaine 530 

Goals    

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

5. Brock Nelson 295 *** 6. Anders Lee 288 …

20. Kyle Okposo 139 *** 21. Mathew Barzal 134…

29. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 30. Casey Cizikas 114

Assists

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

7. John Tonelli 338 *** 8. Patrick Flatley and Mathew Barzal 328…

19. Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo 230 *** 21. Anders Lee 217…

24. Ed Westfall 181 *** 25. Noah Dobson 179 *** 26. Kenny Jonsson 175 *** 27. Alexei Yashin and Duane Sutter 171 *** 29. Jean Potvin 167 *** 30. Jeff Norton 166 *** 31. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 32. Ryan Pulock 161… 

34. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 35. Casey Cizikas 146

Points

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

12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Anders Lee 504… 

15. Patrick Flatley 488 *** 16. Mathew Barzal 462…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 260

+/-

1. Bryan Trottier +467  ***2. Denis Potvin +456 *** 3. Mike Bossy +380

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +86 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76  *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 ***  19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +63 *** 21. Jude Drouin +58 *** 23. Patrick Flatley +57 ***  24. Greg Gilbert +54  

Defense Goals

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

4. Ryan Pulock 53 *** 5. Stefan Persson 52 *** 6. Noah Dobson 49…

13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield 28 *** 15. Vladimir Malakhov 27 *** 16. Adam Pelech and four others 26  

Defense Assists

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

4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Noah Dobson 179…

7. Jean Potvin 167 *** 8. Jeff Norton 166 *** 9. Ryan Pulock 161 ***10. Mark Streit 139 *** 11. Adam Pelech 134… 

17. Bryan Berard 100 *** 18. Vladimir Malakhov 98 *** 19. Johnny Boychuk and Scott Mayfield 96

Defense Points

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

5. Kenny Jonsson 232 *** 6. Noah Dobson 228 *** 7. Ryan Pulock 214…

10. Mark Streit 179 *** 11. Adam Pelech 160…

18. Gerry Hart 128 *** 19. Vladimir Malakhov 125 *** 20. Scott Mayfield 124

Goalie Games

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

4. Ilya Sorokin 251 … 

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. Ilya Sorokin 124 …

7. Jaroslav Halak 88 ***  8. Roland Melanson 77 *** 9. Semyon Varlamov 76

Shutouts

1. Glenn Resch 25 *** 2. Billy Smith 22 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 21 *** 

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

Bridgeport is 15-45-4-3 heading into Wednesday's game with Hartford.

Brian Pinho has a team-leading (and career-high) 24 goals, four ahead of Liam Foudy. Terry's 45 assists and 64 points both lead the team and are 2nd and 4th in the AHL, respectively.

The Baby Isles host Hartford again on Saturday.

Season Series Stats

The season series finishes tied, 1 game to 1 (the Isles earned 3 points to Nashville's 2). 

The Isles are 0-4-2 in their last six trips to Nashville and have not won there since October 28, 2017. 

UP NEXT

THURSDAY, APRIL 10th  – RANGERS 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 for the penultimate home game of the season and their final meeting with the Rangers, looking to avoid a season sweep by the Blueshirts.

The Rangers have won all three games, outscoring the Isles 14-3, and have won the last four meetings overall.

The Rangers have not swept a season series from the Isles since 2003-04, when they won all six games by a combined 27-13 score.

Eric Hornick has been the statistician on Islander home game telecasts since January 21, 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