"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
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