The Skinny: Isles 4, Nashville 3 (SO)

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 12

Isles 4, Nashville 3 (SO)

Seymon Varlamov is a winner again!  Varlamov earned his first NHL win since November 14, 2024, as Kyle Palmieri and Bo Horvat converted on their shootout attempts to give the Isles a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators, before a sellout crowd of 17,159 at Bridgestone Arena. 

The Isles scored twice in a five-minute span in the first period, including Brayden Schenn’s 300th NHL goal, and then got an early 2nd period goal from Bo Horvat to build a 3-0 lead, but the Preds came back and forced OT on a Ryan O’Reilly goal early in the 3rd period.

The Isles conclude their three-game road trip, all against Central Division opponents, at 8pm ET on Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Anthony Duclair (3) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (5), Tony DeAngelo (3) 03:07 4-on-4 NYI 1, NSH 0

Brayden Schenn (4) Ondrej Palat (2), Simon Holmstrom (2) 08:07 NYI 2, NSH 0

2nd Period

Bo Horvat (6) Matthew Schaefer (9) 01:08 NYI 3, NSH 0

Filip Forsberg (3) Jonathan Marchessault (3), Steven Stamkos (8) 09:42 PP NYI 3, NSH 1

Alexander Kerfoot (2) Nils Hoglander (2), Filip Forsberg (10) 13:02 NYI 3, NSH 2

3rd Period

Ryan O'Reilly (7) Daemon Hunt (1) 04:16 NYI 3, NSH 3

Overtime

No Scoring

The Shootout

Ryan O’Reilly (NG)/Kyle Palmieri (G/GDG)

Filip Forsberg (NG)/Bo Horvat (Goal)

The Isles are 1-1 in the shootout while Nashville is 0-3… Semyon Varlamov improves to 36-25 in shootouts while Juuse Saros falls to 24-14 … The Isles (97-95) remain second behind Buffalo (98-85) for the most shootout wins in NHL history… Only Florida (196) has contested more shootouts than the Isles (192) …Kyle Palmieri is now 11-45 in the shootout with seven game-deciding goals…It was the first Islander shootout win since December 30, 2025, in Chicago; the Isles won four shootouts last season, all in their first 40 games.

The Skinny

The Isles went 0-5 on the power play and killed 4-5 Predator power plays; the Isles have six power play goals this season but are only 1-20 on the road (Horvat vs. Rangers) …. The Isles’ PK is 17-19 in the last six games… Matthew Schaefer played  a career-high 32:16, including all five minutes of OT… The Isles have scored 14 goals in six road games (2.3 per game) and 21 goals in six home games (3.5 per game)… Logan Stanley went +2; he is a team-leading +8 on the season.…Matthew Schaefer extended his point streak to five games; Brayden Schenn has a point in four straight… The Isles have scored a four-on-four goal in both games on this trip…The Isles have scored just eight goals in the four games Semyon Varlamov has played…Both teams dressed 11 forwards and 7 defensemen; it was the first time the Isles have done so under DeBoer, and only the 5th time since the start of last season that both teams went 11/7.

First Time in a Really Long Time

Semyon Varlamov's last win was 11-14-2024 in Vancouver (0-2-4 in last 6 over two seasons). Only seven skaters who played that night in lineup tonight: Cizikas, Holmstrom, Horvat, Mayfield, Pageau, Palmieri, Pulock. The Isles other defensemen that night: Cholowski, Dobson, George, Hutton. Forwards that night but not tonight: Engvall, Lee, MacLean, Martin, Nelson, Tsyplakov, Wahlstrom.

Milestone Men  (non-Schaefer)

• Brayden Schenn scored his 300th NHL goal; he is the 249th player in the NHL to reach 300 goals and the 11th to do so while wearing an Islander uniform.

• Semyon Varlamov recorded his 290th NHL win, tying Ed Giacomin for 48th all-time. 42 goalies have won at least 300 games.

• Varlamov played his 177th game for the Isles,  passing Glenn Healy for 9th place and tying Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history.

• Varlamov recorded his 77th win for the Isles, tying Roland Melanson for 8th in club history.

• Varlamov is the 3rd goalie to win at least one game for the Isles after his 38th birthday, joining Dwayne Roloson and Evgeni Nabokov.

• Bo Horvat scored his 105th Islander goal, tying Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall for 31st in club history.

• Ryan Pulock’s remains one point behind Nick Leddy for 4th place in club history.

The Schaeferisms

• Matthew Schaefer recorded his 70th point, tying Scott Stevens for 6th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 62 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record.

• Schaefer played a career high 32:16, including the ENTIRE 5:00 of overtime. He is the first NHL player since shift time was recorded in 2009-10 to play all five minutes of an overtime period. The 5:00 shift is also the longest shift ever logged by an Islander at any point of a game.

Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1.  Phil Housley 46

2. Matthew Schaefer 25

Most Points by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1. Phil Housley 132

2. Rasmus Dahlin 84

3. Ray Bouque 79

4. Rick Hampton 76

5. Bobby Orr 72

6. Scott Stevens and Matthew Schaefer 70 

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Pat LaFontaine 26

3. Matthew Schaefer 25

Schaefer has scored the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.

Most Assists by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 63

2. Tim Connolly 51

3. Matthew Schaefer 45

Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Tim Connolly 75

3. Matthew Schaefer 70

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 5

2. Matthew Schaefer 4

Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager

1. Tim Connolly 285

2. Matthew Schaefer 266

Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager.

Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game

1. Matthew Schaefer 32:16 10/27/2026 at NSH (SO)

2. Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI

3. Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF

4. Matthew Schaefer 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO)

5. Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA

    Matthew Schaefer 29:24 10/22/2026 vs LA (OT)

7. Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)

The last Islander to play more than 32:16 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than the 31:59 Schaefer played on 3/24/2026 in a game that ended in regulation.

Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game

1. Matthew Schaefer 32:16 10/27/2026 at NSH (SO)

2. Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI

3. Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)

There are six recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game, including Schaefer and Seth Jones twice each. Schaefer is the first teenager with seven games of at least 29 minutes.

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 82 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have zero come-from behind wins this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period.

The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period).

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 0-1 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 1-1 in shootouts. 

Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal. 

The Sixth Attacker

The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals.

Opponents have scored two goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty-netters to the Isles. 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2026-27: 6-4-2 for 14 points in 12 games

• 2025-26: 6-5-1 for 13 points in 12 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:    0-2-2

• Season: 3-22-25

• Last Season (Final) 40-126-166

The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.

Home and Road

The Isles are 6-4-2 overall; they are 4-1-1 at home and 2-3-1 on the road.

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

East and West

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

Coach DeBoer

Pete DeBoer is 669-454-154 as an NHL coach, and 7-6-2 with the Isles. The 669 wins are one behind Detroit’s Todd McLellan for 16th all-time. Next up is Mike Keenan (672- 15th). 

First Things First

The Isles are 6-0-1 when scoring first and 0-4-1 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles       9-8-10-1=28

Nashville 6-7-10-0=23

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

In the Nets 

Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves; he is 1-1-2 this season and 14-14-2 vs. Nashville.

Juuse Soros made 25 saves; he is 3-2-4 this season and 9-2-3 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-5 (8:06); Nashville was 1-5 (6;20).

The Isles are 3-2-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 3-2-1 when they do not. The Isles are 2-4-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 4-0-2 when they do not.

The Isles are 2-0-1 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 2-1-0 when they are outscored, and 2-3-1 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles 6-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-2 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 3-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 0-1 in games decided in overtime and are 1-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles are 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia.

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

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Matthew Schaefer (Career-high 32:16); Nashville: Roman Josi (26:07)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (Season-high 26:04).

Shots on Goal

Isles 28 (Emil Heineman – 4)

Nashville 23 (Filip Forsberg – 4)

Shot Attempts

Isles 67 (Matthew Schaefer – 10)

Nashville 62 (Filip Forsberg – 9)

Face-offs

Isles 33, Nashville 23 (59%)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 12 of 17 for the Isles; Ryan O'Reilly won 8 of 13 for Nashville.

Hit Count

Isles 23 (Emil Heineman – 5)

Nashville 20 (Adam Edstrom – 6)

Blocked Shots

Isles 21 (Ryan Pulock – 5)

Nashville 16 (Alexander Kerfoot – 4)

Fights 

None. Season total: 5 (Stanley-2, Schenn, Pelech, Chaffee)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 68, Nashville 62

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 46, Nashville 46

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Matthew Schaefer +9

Nashville: Ryan O’Reilly +9

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 15, Nashville 17

5-on-5: Isles 10, Nashville 12

Scratches

Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Kyle MacLean

Games Lost to injury: 29. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 338th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues); it is the 8th longest active streak in the NHL. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season. 

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-1-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on November 5th against Carolina.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees.

The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm.

Challenges

Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15.

Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable 

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13

Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10

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

Isles responses (0): 

Opponent responses (2): ANA 10/20, DAL 10/25 

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

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

For (0): 

Vs (1):  Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB

OT Winners

For (0): 

Vs (1):  Brandt Clarke (LA) 10/22

Shootout Winners

For (1): Kyle Palmieri (NAS) 10/27 

Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

4. Casey Cizikas 990…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 654 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 648  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 618 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611

Goals    

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

17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…

22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125…

30. Ray Ferraro 116 *** 31. Benoit Hogue, Ed Westfall and Bo Horvat 105

Assists

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

4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 381…

23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 186… 

32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149

Points

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

9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 …

32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 242

+/-

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

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +82 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. Ryan Pulock +68 *** 21. JP Parise +67 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 

Defense Games

1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 654 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 648***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 618

Defense Goals

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

4. Ryan Pulock 56…

12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30  

Defense Assists

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

4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 186 … 

9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 149… 

13. Dave Lewis 117 *** 14. Roman Hamrlik and Scott Mayfield 110

Defense Points

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

4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 242…

9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and  Adam Pelech 179…

14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 140

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 316… 

8. Jaroslav Halak and Semyon Varlamov 177

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 159 …

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

Shutouts 

1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

The Hamilton Hammers are 2-6-0-1 this season as they get ready to host Hartford on Thursday before heading to Syracuse on Friday.

Team leaders:

Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (7); Points: Foudy (10)

Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-3-1), Josh Kotai (1-3-0)

Season Series Stats

The Isles lead the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 1). The teams will conclude the season series on January 18th at UBS Arena.

Pete DeBoer did what Barry Trotz, Lane Lambert, and Patrick Roy could not – lead the Isles to a win in Nashville for the first time since October 28, 2017, snapping an 0-4-3 stretch.  

The Isles improve to 1-0-2 in their last trips to Music City and will have a chance in January to sweep the season series for the first time since 2014-15. 

UP NEXT

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29th -- ISLANDERS AT MINNESOTA 8:00pm

[MSGSN (pre-game at 7:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles head to Minesota to meet the Wild in the final game of this three-game road trip. 

St. Paul has also been a difficult stop for the Isles in recent years; they are 1-4-0 in their last five trips and are just 2-7-1 in the last ten meetings with the Wild. The Isles did win this past January in St. Paul on a Simon Holmstrom overtime goal.

 

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: Dallas 6, Isles 3

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 11

Dallas 6, Isles 3

Jason Robertson scored twice and eleven Stars had points as Dallas defeated the Islanders 6-3, before a sell-out crowd of 18,532 at American Airlines Center. 

The teams traded goals over the first forty minutes, as the Isles three times offset Stars goals with one of their own; however, the Stars scored all three goals in the third period to earn their fifth straight win and snap the Isles’ five-game point streak (3-0-2).

The Isles continue their three-game road trip, all against Central Division opponents, at 8pm ET on Tuesday in Nashville. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Tyler Seguin (3) Jamie Benn (2), Roope Hintz (4) 11:31 NYI 0,DAL 1

Matthew Schaefer (2) Bo Horvat (6) 13:43 NYI 1,DAL 1

Jason Robertson (4) 14:32 NYI 1,DAL 2

2nd Period

Kyle Palmieri (3) Ryan Pulock (1), Bo Horvat (7) 04:01 NYI 2,DAL 2

Justin Hryckowian (1) Thomas Harley (5), Wyatt Johnston (6) 10:52 PP NYI 2,DAL 3

Brayden Schenn (3) Anthony Duclair (2), Emil Heineman (3) 17:45 NYI 3,DAL 3

3rd Period

Wyatt Johnston (2) Nils Lundkvist (3), Joel Kiviranta (1) 04:10 NYI 3,DAL 4

Jason Robertson (5) Tyler Seguin (3), Roope Hintz (5) 09:45 NYI 3,DAL 5

Mikko Rantanen (6) Lian Bichsel (1) 13:02 NYI 3,DAL 6

The Skinny

The Isles went 0-2 on the power play and killed 2-3 Star power plays; the Isles have six power play goals this season but are only 1-15 on the road…. The Isles’ PK is 13-14 in the last five games… Matthew Schaefer played 11:18 in the second period, and over 26 minutes in the game, despite not playing in the final 7:11; Schaefer was on the ice for Seguin’s goal, but none of the other five Dallas tallies…Dallas scored twice in the first period after scoring only four goals in the first period of their first ten games… The Isles have scored 11 goals in five road games (2.2 per game) and 21 goals in six home games (3.5 per game)…Tyler Seguin’s goal was his 370th, tying him with Tim Kerr for 146th all-time…Matthew Schaefer scored for the second straight game; it is the fifth time in his career he has done that…Logan Stanley is the fourth player in the NHL to reach 30 penalty minutes this season…Both teams scored on a 4-on-4 in the first period…Matthew Schaefer extended his point streak to four games; Brayden Schenn and Emil Heineman have points in three straight… The Isles scored three tying goals in a game three times last season and won them all; the club record is four, which has happened six times, but not since 1981…Ilya Sorokin’s goals against average increased from 1.72 to 2.26.

The Kids Are Alright

Prior to Palmieri’s goal, the last three Islander goals were scored by players 20 or younger and the last five goals by players born in the 2000s.

Milestone Men  (non-Schaefer)

• Brayden Schenn scored his 299th NHL goal; his next goal will make him the 249th player in the NHL to reach 300 goals and the 11th to do so while wearing an Islander uniform.

• Ryan Pulock’s assist was his 242nd point (and first of the season); he is one point behind Nick Leddy for 4th place in club history.

• Adam Pelech recorded his 300th NHL penalty minute.

• Semyon Varlamov has played 176 games for the Isles,  tying Glenn Healy for 9th place; his next appearance will tie Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history.

• Bo Horvat has 104 Islander goals, leaving him one behind Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall for 31st in club history.

The Schaeferisms

• Matthew Schaefer scored his 25th career goal, passing Bobby Orr for 2nd place among teenage defensemen; he also passed Doug Bodger for 7th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 63 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record.

• Schaefer passed John Tavares and Tim Connolly for 3rd on the Isles’ teenager goal list; he is one behind Pat LaFontaine.

Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman

1. Phil Housley 46

2. Matthew Schaefer 25

Most Points by an NHL Teenage Defenseman

1. Phil Housley 132

2. Rasmus Dahlin 84

3. Ray Bouque 79

4. Rick Hampton 76

5. Bobby Orr 72

6. Scott Stevens 70

7. Matthew Schaefer 69 

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Pat LaFontaine 26

3. Matthew Schaefer 25

Schaefer has scored the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.

Most Assists by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 63

2. Tim Connolly 51

3. Matthew Schaefer 44

Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Tim Connolly 75

3. Matthew Schaefer 69

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 5

2. Matthew Schaefer 4

Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager

1. Tim Connolly 285

2. Matthew Schaefer 264

Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager.

Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game

1. Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI

2. Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF

3. Matthew Schaefer 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO)

4. Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA

Matthew Schaefer 29:24 10/22/2026 vs LA (OT)

6. Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)

The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.

Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game

1. Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI

2. Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)

There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with six games of at least 29 minutes.

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 81 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have zero come-from behind wins this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period.

The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period).

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 0-1 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-1 in shootouts. 

Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal. 

The Sixth Attacker

The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals.

Opponents have scored two goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty-netters to the Isles. 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2026-27: 5-4-2 for 12 points in 11 games

• 2025-26: 5-5-1 for 11 points in 11 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:    1-1-2

• Season: 3-20-23

• Last Season (Final) 40-126-166

The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.

Home and Road

The Isles are 5-4-2 overall; they are 4-1-1 at home and 1-3-1 on the road.

Dallas is 7-3-1 overall; they are 4-2-0 at home and 3-1-1 on the road.

East and West

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

Coach DeBoer

Pete DeBoer is 668-454-154 as an NHL coach, and 6-6-2 with the Isles. The 668 wins is one behind Detroit’s Todd McLellan for 16th all-time. Next up is Mike Keenan (672- 15th). 

First Things First

The Isles are 5-0-1 when scoring first and 0-4-1 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles     6-9-4=19

Dallas 9-13-16=38

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

In the Nets 

Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves; he is 5-3-0 this season and 3-2-1 vs. Dallas.

Jake Oettinger made 16 saves; he is 6-2-1 this season and 6-3-0 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-3 (4:27); Dallas was 1-2 (2:12).

The Isles are 3-2-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-2-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-4-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 4-0-2 when they do not.

The Isles are 2-0-1 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 1-1-0 when they are outscored, and 2-3-1 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is (Usually) a Magic Number

The Isles 5-2-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-2 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 2-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 0-1 in games decided in overtime and are 0-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles are 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia.

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

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Matthew Schaefer (26:16); Dallas: Thomas Harley (24:43)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (19:18).

Shots on Goal

Isles 20 (Kyle Palmieri – 3)

Dallas 38 (Colin Blackwell and Miro Heiskanen – 4)

Shot Attempts

Isles 44 (Matthew Schaefer and Kyle Palmieri – 6)

Dallas 66 (Four with 6)

Face-offs

Isles 22, Dallas 18 (55%)

Bo Horvat won 7 of 12 for the Isles; Arttu Hyry won 6 of 11 for Dallas.

Hit Count

Isles 29 (Brayden Schenn – 5)

Dallas 9 (Colin Blackwell, Joel Kiviranta and Wyatt Johnston – 2)

Blocked Shots

Isles 13 (Bo Horvat, Emil Heineman and Ryan Pulock – 2)

Dallas 13 (Thomas Harley – 4)

Fights 

None. Season total: 5 (Stanley-2, Schenn, Pelech, Chaffee)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 44, Dallas 66

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 36, Dallas 60

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: JG Pageau +2

Dallas: Arttu Hyry +15

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 7, Dallas 16

5-on-5: Isles 6, Dallas 14

Scratches

Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Scott Mayfield

Games Lost to injury: 25. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 337th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues); it is the 8th-longest active streak in the NHL. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season. 

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-1-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on November 5th against Carolina.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees.

The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm.

Challenges

Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15.

Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable 

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13

Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10

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

Isles responses (0): 

Opponent responses (2): ANA 10/20, DAL 10/25 

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

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

For (0): 

Vs (1):  Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB

OT Winners

For (0): 

Vs (1):  Brandt Clarke (LA) 10/22

Shootout Winners

For (0): 

Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

4. Casey Cizikas 989…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 653 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 647  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611

Goals    

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

17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…

22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125…

31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 104

Assists

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

4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 381…

23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 186… 

32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149

Points

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

9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 …

32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 242

+/-

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

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +84 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +66 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 

Defense Games

1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 653 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 647 ***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617

Defense Goals

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

4. Ryan Pulock 56…

12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30  

Defense Assists

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

4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 186 … 

9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 149… 

13. Dave Lewis 117 *** 14. Roman Hamrlik and Scott Mayfield 110

Defense Points

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

4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 242…

9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and  Adam Pelech 179…

14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 140

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 316… 

8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy and Semyon Varlamov 176

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 159 …

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

Shutouts 

1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

The Hamilton Hammers are 2-6-0-1 this season after splitting a pair of games this weekend in Laval. Hamilton returns home to host Hartford on Thursday before heading to Syracuse on Friday.

Team leaders:

Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (7); Points: Foudy (10)

Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-3-1), Josh Kotai (1-3-0)

Season Series Stats

Dallas leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will conclude the season series on January 15th at UBS Arena.

The Isles have scored three goals or less in each of the last ten meetings with Dallas and are 4-4-1 in those games.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27th -- ISLANDERS AT NASHVILLE 8:00pm

[MSGSN2 (pre-game at 7:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

Pete DeBoer will try to do what Barry Trotz, Lane Lambert, and Patrick Roy could not – lead the Isles to a win in Nashville for the first time since October 28, 2017.  

The Isles are 0-4-3 in Music City since then but have forced each of the last two games past 60 minutes to earn a point.

It is the first of two meetings with the Preds this season.

The Isles are 2-9-4 in the last fifteen meetings with Nashville, including the game Ilya Sorokin scored into an empty net on March 1, 2025. 

 

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: Los Angeles 3, Isles 2 (OT)

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 10

Los Angeles 3, Isles 2 (OT)

Brandt Clarke scored 2:43 into overtime as the Los Angeles Kings overcame a two-goal Islander comeback and defeated the Isles, 3-2, before a crowd of 14,397 at UBS Arena. 

Artemi Panarin had given the Kings a 2-0 advantage in the first period, but Victor Eklund scored on the power play in the second period and Matthew Schaefer scored his first goal of the season in the third period to force the extra session. 

It was the first overtime goal allowed by the Isles since a 7-6 loss in Nashville on April 10, 2025; the Isles were 10-0 last season in games decided by an overtime goal.

The Isles begin a three-game road trip, all against Central Division opponents, at 6pm ET on Sunday in Dallas. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Artemi Panarin (5) Alex Laferriere (5), Brandt Clarke (5) 05:51 LAK 1, NYI 0

Artemi Panarin (6) 16:37 LAK 2, NYI 0

2nd Period

Victor Eklund (3) Brayden Schenn (4), Tony DeAngelo (2) 14:06 PP LAK 2, NYI 1

3rd Period

Matthew Schaefer (1) Logan Stanley (5), Emil Heineman (2) 07:06 LAK 2, NYI 2

Overtime

Brandt Clarke (2) Adrian Kempe (4), Darcy Kuemper (1) 02:43 LAK 3, NYI 2

The Skinny

The Isles went 1-2 on the power play and killed both Kings power plays; the Isles have six power play goals this season, including five at home…. The Isles’ PK is 11-11 in the last four games… The Isles have a five-game point streak (3-0-2)… The Isles are 4-1-1 in their first six home games; it is their best record through six games at UBS Arena and their most points since opening 5-0-1 at the Coliseum in 2021… The Isles have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of regulation (one game-winner, three empty-netters and two 6th-attacker goals) and one in overtime; they have allowed only one other goal in the third period and only fifteen goals in the first 57 minutes of games… Matthew Schaefer played the last 96 seconds of regulation and the first 2:33 of overtime; it was the sixth time in his career he played over 29 minutes (finishing with 29:24)…Darcy Kuemper earned his eighth career assist on the game-winner…The Isles had their fifth fight of the season; they did not have their fifth fight last season until February 1st in Washington…Artemi Panarin has scored in all five King road games and now has 21 goals in 43 career games vs. the Isles.

The Penalty Shot

Semyon Varlamov stopped Adrian Kempe on a 2nd period penalty shot. Varlamov has stopped eight of the nine penalty shots he has faced in his career, including both he has faced as an Islander.

Most Career Penalty Shots Faced, allowing one goal or fewer

1. Marty Turco  (1-14)

2. Mike Richter (1-11)

3. Gilles Meloche and Semyon Varlamov (1-9)

First Times in a Long Time

• The Isles have allowed only 22 goals in ten games (excluding shootouts). It is the fewest they have allowed since allowing 21 through ten games in 2001-02.

• Matthew Schaefer is the first Islander with a point in the first six home games since John Tavares (7 games) in 2013-14. The last defensemen to do so with Kenny Jonsson (7) and Bryan Berard (6), both in 1997-78.

• The Isles have allowed only 255 shots on goal; it is the fewest they have allowed since 2003-04 (231). The club mark thru ten games in 223 (2002-03).

·   The Isles lost in OT despite outscoring the Kings 1-0 in special teams goals (PP+SH). That ended a 22-game winning streak dating back to a loss in last season’s home opener.

The Kids Are Alright

Matthew Schaefer (19-47) and Victor Eklund (20-19) are the youngest pair of Islanders  (39-66 combined) to ever score a goal in the same game. 

Milestone Men (non-Schaefer)

• Semyon Varlamov played his 176th game for the Isles,  tying Glenn Healy for 9th place; his next appearance will tie Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history.

• Bo Horvat has 104 Islander goals, leaving him one behind Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall for 31st in club history.

The Schaeferisms

• Matthew Schaefer scored his 24th career goal, tying Bobby Orr for 2nd place among teenage defensemen; he also tied Doug Bodger for 7th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 64 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record.

• Schaefer set a career high with nine shots on goal. He is the first Isles d-man with nine shots in a game since Ryan Pulock on March 22, 2018, vs. Tampa Bay; Denis Potvin is the only defenseman in club history with at least 10 shots on goal in a game.

• Schaefer(19 years, 47 days) is the youngest player in Islander history with a 9-shot game, breaking a record set by Bryan Berard as an older 19-year-old. Bobby Orr had two nine shot games as an 18-year-old; he is the only defenseman younger than Schaefer to do so.

Fewest Goals Allowed by Isles in First Ten Games (excluding shootout)

• 19 in 1974-75 and 1977-78

• 21 in 2001-02

• 22 in 1975-76, 1976-77, 1997-98 and 2026-27

Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1. Phil Housley 46

2. Matthew Schaefer and Bobby Orr 24

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Pat LaFontaine 26

3. John Tavares, Tim Connolly, and Matthew Schaefer 24

Schaefer has scored the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.

Most Assists by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 63

2. Tim Connolly 51

3. Matthew Schaefer 44

Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Tim Connolly 75

3. Matthew Schaefer 68

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 5

2. Matthew Schaefer 4

Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager

1. Tim Connolly 285

2. Matthew Schaefer 263

Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager.

Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game

1. Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI

2. Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF

3. Matthew Schaefer 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO)

4. Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA

Matthew Schaefer 29:24 10/22/2026 vs LA (OT)

6. Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)

The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.

Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game

1. Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI

2. Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)

There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with six games of at least 29 minutes.

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 80 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have zero come-from behind wins this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period.

The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period).

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 0-1 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-1 in shootouts. 

Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal. 

The Sixth Attacker

The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals.

Opponents have scored two goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty-netters to the Isles. 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2026-27: 5-3-2 for 12 points in 10 games

• 2025-26: 4-5-1 for 9 points in 10 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:    1-2-3

• Season: 2-19-21

• Last Season (Final) 40-126-166

The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.

Home and Road

The Isles are 5-3-2 overall; they are 4-1-1 at home and 1-2-1 on the road.

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

East and West

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

Coach DeBoer

Pete DeBoer is 668-453-154 as an NHL coach, and 6-6-2 with the Isles. The 668 wins is one behind Detroit’s Todd McLellan for 16th all-time. Next up is Mike Keenan (672- 15th). 

First Things First

The Isles are 5-0-1 when scoring first and 0-3-1 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles       15-17-10-1=43

Los Angeles 6-9-10-2=27

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

In the Nets 

Semyon Varlamov made 24 saves; he is 0-1-2 this season and 9-8-4 vs. Los Angeles.

Darcy Kuemper made 41 saves; he is 2-3-1 this season and 10-6-3 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-2 (3:34); Los Angeles was 0-2 (2:00).

The Isles are 3-2-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-1-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 4-0-2 when they do not.

The Isles are 2-0-1 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 1-0-0 when they are outscored, and 2-3-1 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles 5-1-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-2 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 2-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 0-1 in games decided in overtime and are 0-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles are 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia.

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

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Matthew Schaefer (29:24); Los Angeles: Erik Gustafsson (22:45)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (21:33).

Shots on Goal

Isles 43 (Matthew Schaefer – 9)

Los Angeles 27 (Adrian Kempe – 5)

Shot Attempts

Isles 74 (Matthew Schaefer – 10)

Los Angeles 61 (Adrian Kempe and Artemi Panarin – 8)

Face-offs

Isles 34, Los Angeles 20 (63%)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 15 of 21 for the Isles; no King who took multiple draws won  more than he lost.

Hit Count

Isles 25 (Victor Eklund – 6)

Los Angeles 17 (Andre Lee – 5)

Blocked Shots

Isles 14 (Adam Pelech – 4)

Los Angeles 18 (Brian Dumoulin and Joel Edmundson – 3)

Fights 

Logan Stanley fought Samuel Helenius in the second period. Season total: 5 (Stanley-2, Schenn, Pelech, Chaffee)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 74, Los Angeles 62

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 63, Los Angeles 49

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Emil Heineman +16

Los Angeles: Erik Gustafsson +9

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 15, Los Angeles 15

5-on-5: Isles 14, Los Angeles 11

Scratches

Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Scott Mayfield

Games Lost to injury: 21. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 336th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues); it is the 8th-longest active streak in the NHL. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season. 

National TV Games 

Including tonight, the Isles are 0-1-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on November 5th against Carolina.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees.

The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm.

Challenges

Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15.

Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable 

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13

Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10

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

Isles responses (0): 

Opponent responses (1): ANA 10/20 

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

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

For (0): 

Vs (1):  Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB

OT Winners

For (0): 

Vs (1):  Brandt Clarke (LA) 10/22

Shootout Winners

For (0): 

Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

4. Casey Cizikas 988…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 652 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 646  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611

Goals    

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

17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…

22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125…

31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 104

Assists

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

4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 381…

23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185… 

32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149

Points

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

9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 …

32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241

+/-

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

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +84 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +67 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 

Defense Games

1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 652 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 646 ***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617

Defense Goals

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

4. Ryan Pulock 56…

12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30  

Defense Assists

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

4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 185 … 

9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 149… 

13. Dave Lewis 117 *** 14. Roman Hamrlik and Scott Mayfield 110

Defense Points

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

4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 241…

9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and  Adam Pelech 179…

14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 140

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 315… 

8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy and Semyon Varlamov 176

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 159 …

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

Shutouts 

1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

The Hamilton Hammers are 1-5-0-1 this season following a 4-1 loss in Toronto on Wednesday. Calle Odelius scored the only goal for Hamilton. The Hammers head to Laval for a pair of games on Friday and Saturday. 

Team leaders:

Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (7)

Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-2-1), Josh Kotai (0-3-0)

Season Series Stats

Los Angeles leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 1). The teams will conclude the season series on November 12th in Los Angeles.

The Isles are 1-4-1 at UBS Arena against the Kings and are 1-9-1 over the last six seasons against Los Angeles. The one Islander win was in overtime, giving Los Angeles an 11-game point streak against the Isles (10-0-1), which is the longest of any opponent.

UP NEXT

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25th -- ISLANDERS AT DALLAS 6:00pm

[MSGSN (pre-game at 5:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles will look to extend their point streak to six, when Pete DeBoer returns to Dallas to face the Stars. DeBoer coaches the Stars for three seasons, leading the team to the Western Conference Final in each season and compiling a 149-68-29 record.

It is the first of two meetings with the Stars this season.

The Isles have scored three goals or less in each of the last nine meetings with Dallas, but are 4-4-1 in those games, including a sweep of the season series last 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: Isles 3, Anaheim 2

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 9

Isles 3, Anaheim 2

The Islanders scored three goals in a 5:05 span of the first period  as they defeated the Anaheim Ducks, 3-2, before a crowd of 13,273 at UBS Arena. Ondrej Palat, Victor Ekland and Simon Holmstrom, the latter on a power play, scored for the Isles. Frank Vatrano scored 50 seconds after Eklund, but the Ducks did not score again until Alex Killorn scored with an extra attacker for the final margin of victory. 

Matthew Schaefer earned an assist for the fifth straight home game, becoming the youngest player in NHL history to open a season with a helper in five straight.

The Isles host Los Angeles on Thursday.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Ondrej Palat (2) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (4), Anthony Duclair (1) 13:39 NYI 1, ANA 0

Victor Eklund (2) Emil Heineman (1), Matthew Kessel (2) 16:28 NYI 2, ANA 0

Frank Vatrano (2) A.J. Greer (2), Leo Carlsson (8) 17:18 NYI 2, ANA 1

Simon Holmstrom (4) Matthew Schaefer (8), Bo Horvat (5) 18:44 PP NYI 3, ANA 1

2nd Period

No Scoring

3rd Period

Alex Killorn (2) Leo Carlsson (9), Jackson LaCombe (6) 17:20 NYI 3, ANA 2

The Skinny

The Isles went 1-4 on the power play, and killed both Duck power plays… The Isles have scored seven first period goals over the last four games after only scoring one first period goal in the first five games… The Isles, have won consecutive games for the first time this season, and now have a four-game point streak (3-0-1)…Both Islander goaltenders continue to have goals against averages under 2.00  (Sorokin 1.72 and Varlamov 1.93)…  Simon Holmstrom has three goals in the last two games…The Isles are 4-1-0 in their first five home games; it is their best record through five games at UBS Arena and their most points since opening 4-0-1 at the Coliseum in 2021…Ondrej Palat had only one goal after joining the Isles last January… Nine Islanders earned points on the three goals in the first period; the Isles are 18-1-1 in their last 20 games scoring at least three goals in the first period…Matthew Schaefer leads the team with eight assists; only the Rangers’ Adam Fox has more points (0-10-10) without scoring a goal…The Isles have allowed six goals in the final three minutes of regulation (one game-winner, three empty-netters and two 6th-attacker goals); they have allowed only one other goal in the third period and only thirteen goals in the first 57 minutes of games…Frank Vatrano played in his 300th Duck game and 701st NHL game….Alex Killorn’s goal was his seventh against the Isles.

First Time in a Long Time

Matthew Schaefer is the first Islander defenseman with an assist in the first five home games since Kenny Jonsson (7) and Bryan Berard (6) both did so in 1997-78.

Milestone Men   

• Semyon Varlamov has played 175 games for the Isles, one fewer than Glenn Healy and two fewer than Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history.

• Bo Horvat has 104 Islander goals, leaving him one behind Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall for 31st in club history.

• Pete DeBoer passed Claude Julien and tied Todd McLellan with his 668th NHL win (pending Detroit’s late game Tuesday).

• Matthew Schaefer now needs one point to tie Doug Bodger for 7th place on the teenage point list. He is 65 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record.

Fewest Goals Allowed by Isles in First Nine Games (excluding shootout)

• 17 in 1974-75 

• 18 in 1975-76

• 19 in 1977-78, 2001-02 ,2021-22 and 2026-27

Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1. Phil Housley 46

2. Bobby Orr 24

3. Matthew Schaefer and Ray Bourque 23

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Pat LaFontaine 26

3. John Tavares and Tim Connolly 24

5. Brent Sutter and Matthew Schaefer 23

Schaefer has scored the most goals by any Islander teenage defenseman.

Most Assists by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 63

2. Tim Connolly 51

3. Matthew Schaefer 44

Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Tim Connolly 75

3. Matthew Schaefer 67

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 5

2. Matthew Schaefer 4

Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager

1. Tim Connolly 285

2. Matthew Schaefer 254

Schaefer will play this entire season as a teenager.

Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game

1. Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI

2. Matthew Schaefer 29:40 3/31/2026 at BUF

3. Matthew Schaefer 29:29 10/15/2026 at OTT (SO)

4. Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3/13/2026 vs LA

5. Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3/7/2026 at SJ (OT)

The last Islander to play more than 31:59 was Mark Streit, who played 32:27 on March 27, 2010, vs. CBJ. Since ice-time became official, no Islander has played more than 31:59 in a game that ended in regulation.

Most Ice Time by a Teenager, Game

1. Matthew Schaefer 31:59 3/24/2026 vs CHI

2. Jay Bouwmeester 30:57 1/30/2003 for FLA vs. DET (OT)

There are five recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is the first teenager with five games of at least 29 minutes.

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 79 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official and the longest by an Islander since Mark Streit set the record (since 1997-98) by doing so in 141 consecutive games from 2009-2011.

Did Somebody Say Comeback?

The Isles have zero come-from behind wins this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win one time this season, including zero times in the third period.

The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have zero (none in the third period).

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 0-0 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 0-1 in shootouts. 

Last season the Isles established an NHL record by winning all ten games decided by an overtime goal. 

The Sixth Attacker

The Isles have not scored with the sixth attacker and allowed three empty net goals.

Opponents have scored two goals with the sixth attacker and allowed two empty-netters to the Isles. 

Last Year vs. This Year

• 2026-27: 5-3-1 for 11 points in 9 games

• 2025-26: 4-4-1 for 9 points in 9 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:    0-2-2

• Season: 1-17-18

• Last Season (Final) 40-126-166

The 40 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.

Home and Road

The Isles are 5-3-1 overall; they are 4-1-0 at home and 1-2-1 on the road.

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

East and West

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

Coach DeBoer

Pete DeBoer is 668-453-153 as an NHL coach, and 6-6-1 with the Isles. The 668 wins passes Claude Julien, and ties Detroit’s Todd McLellan for 16th all-time. Next up is Mike Keenan (672- 15th). (Detroit played a late game on Tuesday)

First Things First

The Isles are 5-0-1 when scoring first and 0-3-0 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles       13-7-5=25

Anaheim 6-7-4=17

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

In the Nets 

Ilya Sorokin made 15 saves; he is 5-2-0 this season and 5-1-0 vs. Anaheim.

Lukas Dostal made 22 saves; he is 3-4-0 this season and 2-2-0 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-4 (4:55); Anaheim was 0-2 (2:10).

The Isles are 3-2-0 when they score at least one power play goal and 2-1-1 when they do not. The Isles are 1-3-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 4-0-1 when they do not.

The Isles are 2-0-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 1-0-0 when they are outscored, and 2-3-1 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is a Magic Number

The Isles 5-1-0 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 0-2-1 when they do not. 

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 2-1-1 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 0-0 in games decided in overtime and are 0-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-2 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles are 0-0-0 on the front end and 0-0-0 on the back end this season. The first back-to-back will be on November 27th vs. Winnipeg and November 28th at Philadelphia.

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

Ice-time Leaders

Isles: Matthew Schaefer (26:20); Anaheim: Jackson LaCombe (27:55)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (21:35).

Shots on Goal

Isles 25 (Victor Eklund – 4)

Anaheim 17 (Beckett Sennecke – 3)

Shot Attempts

Isles 77 (Bo Horvat – 9)

Anaheim 49 (Cutter Gauthier, Beckett Sennecke and Tristan Luneau – 7)

Face-offs

Isles 31, Anaheim 21 (60%)

Bo Horvat won 11 of 17 for the Isles; Mikael Granlund won 11 of 21 for Anaheim.

Hit Count

Isles 19 (Kyle MacLean – 5)

Anaheim 22 (Tim Washe – 5)

Blocked Shots

Isles 14 (Adam Pelech – 5)

Anaheim 24 (Tyson Hinds – 4)

Fights 

Mitchell Chaffee (in his Islander debut) fought AJ Greer in the second period. Season total: 4 (Schenn, Pelech, Stanley, Chaffee)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 76, Anaheim 49

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 61, Anaheim 45

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Matthew Kessel +14

Anaheim: Tristan Luneau +16

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 23, Anaheim 10

5-on-5: Isles 19, Anaheim 10 (including five for Victor Eklund)

Scratches

Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Scott Mayfield

Games Lost to injury: 17. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 335th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues). Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game since the start of last season. 

National TV Games 

The Isles are 0-1-0 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on October 22nd against the Kings.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-0-0 in matinee games. 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 18-24-14 in matinees.

The first matinee will be on Halloween, when the Isles host the Oilers at 2:00pm.

Challenges

Isles: 1 successful, 0 failures. OTT (Offside) 10/15.

Opponents: 0 successful, 0 failures  

Hockey Opps: 0 favorable, 0 unfavorable 

Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)

For (2): Vs NJD 10/3, vs VAN 10/13

Vs (2): @ NYR 10/6, vs TB 10/10

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

Isles responses (0): 

Opponent responses (1): ANA 10/20 

Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins 

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

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

For (0): 

Vs (1):  Brandon Hagel (GWG) 18:16 – 10/10 vs. TB

OT Winners

For (0): 

Vs (0):  

Shootout Winners

For (0): 

Vs (1): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15

All-time Islander Leader Boards:

Games Played (skaters)

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

4. Casey Cizikas 987…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 651 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 645  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 617 *** 22. Mathew Barzal 611

Goals    

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

17. Patrick Flatley 160 *** 18. Mathew Barzal 153…

22. Jason Blake 127 *** 23. Casey Cizikas 125…

31. Benoit Hogue and Ed Westfall 105 *** 33. Bo Horvat 104

Assists

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

4. Josh Bailey 396 *** 5. Mathew Barzal 381…

23. Pierre Turgeon 193 *** 24. Ryan Pulock 185… 

32. Ziggy Palffy 163 *** 33. Casey Cizikas 157 *** 34. David Volek 154 *** 35. Mariusz Czerkawski 150 *** 36. Adam Pelech 149

Points

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

9. Pat LaFontaine 566 *** 10. Anders Lee 549 *** 11. John Tonelli 544 *** 12. Bob Bourne 542 *** 13. Mathew Barzal 533…

27. Ed Westfall 286 *** 28. Casey Cizikas 282 …

32. Nick Leddy 243 *** 33. Ryan Pulock 241

+/-

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

15. Bob Lorimer +105 *** 16. Adam Pelech +85 *** 17. Tomas Jonsson +76 *** 18. Garry Howatt +75 *** 19. Pat Price +70 *** 20. JP Parise +67 *** 21. Ryan Pulock +67 *** 22. Jude Drouin +58 

Defense Games

1. Denis Potvin 1,060 *** 2. Adam Pelech 651 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 645 ***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 617

Defense Goals

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

4. Ryan Pulock 56…

12. Adrian Aucoin 33 *** 13. Bryan Berard 31 *** 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30  

Defense Assists

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

4. Nick Leddy 198 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 185 … 

9. Jeff Norton 166 *** 10. Adam Pelech 149… 

13. Dave Lewis 117 *** 14. Roman Hamrlik and Scott Mayfield 110

Defense Points

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

4. Nick Leddy 243 *** 5. Ryan Pulock 241…

9. Jeff Norton 188 *** 10. Mark Streit and  Adam Pelech 179…

14. Dave Lewis 141 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 140

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Rick DiPietro 318 *** 3. Ilya Sorokin 315… 

8. Jaroslav Halak 177*** 9. Glenn Healy 176 *** 10. Semyon Varlamov 175

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 159 …

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

Shutouts 

1. Ilya Sorokin 30 *** 2. Glenn Resch 25 *** 3. Billy Smith 22 ***

4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16

On the Farm   

The Hamilton Hammers are 1-4-0-1 this season following a 4-3 loss to Syracuse on Sunday. Hamilton erased a 3-goal deficit before allowing the deciding goal. The Hammers head to Toronto for a game on Wednesday. 

Team leaders:

Goals: Mitchell Chaffee (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (4); Points: Foudy (7)

Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-1-1), Josh Kotai (0-3-0)

Season Series Stats

The Isles lead the season series,  1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will conclude the season series on November 14th in Anaheim.

The Isles are 5-1-0 at UBS Arena against the Ducks and are 8-3-0 over the last six seasons against Anaheim. 

UP NEXT

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22nd –LOS ANGELES AT ISLANDERS 7:30pm

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

The Isles will look to extend their winning streak to three and their point streak to five, when they welcome Peter Laviolette and the Kings to UBS Arena for a nationally-streamed game.

It is the first of two meetings with the Kings this season.

The Isles are 1-4-0 at UBS Arena against the Kings and are 1-9-0 over the last five seasons against Los Angeles. The only Islander win in that stretch was a come-from-behind OT win on December 9, 2023; Jean-Gabriel Pageau had the OT winner.

Bob Wischusen and AJ Mleczko will have the call of the game.

 

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