The Skinny: San Jose 3, Isles 2 (SO)

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 17

San Jose 3, Isles 2 (SO)

Iyar Stenberg scored the only goal of an eight-round shootout as the San Jose Sharks defeated the Isles, 3-2, before a crowd of 13,769 at SAP Center at San Jose. 

Yaroslav Askarov and Ilya Sorokin combined for 67 saves in regulation and stopped 15 of 16 in the shootout. Ben Hutton and Victor Eklund had twice given the Isles one-goal leads in regulation only to have San Jose tie the score by the end of the first two periods.

The Isles are 0-2-2 in their last four games and continue their road trip on Thursday in Los Angeles, before heading to Anaheim on Saturday. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Ben Hutton (1) Simon Holmstrom (5), Bo Horvat (10) 06:14 NYI 1, SJS 0

Ivar Stenberg (6) Tyler Toffoli (6), Ty Dellandrea (2) 16:41 NYI 1, SJS 1

2nd Period

Victor Eklund (6) Brayden Schenn (8), Matthew Schaefer (12) (PP) 01:11 NYI 2, SJS 1

Tyler Toffoli (5) Dmitry Orlov (8), Eric Pohlkamp (2) 12:12 NYI 2, SJS 2

3rd Period

No Scoring

Overtime

No Scoring 

The Shootout

Kyle Palmieri (NG) / Macklin Celebrini (NG)

Bo Horvat (NG) / Collin Graf (NG)

Emil Heineman (NG) / Will Smith (NG)

Victor Eklund (NG) / Kiefer Sherwood (NG)

Brayden Schenn (NG) / Mason Marchment (NG)

Matthew Schaefer (NG) / Sam Dickinson (NG)

Simon Holmstrom (NG) / Michael Misa (NG)

Anthony Duclair (NG) / Ivar Stenberg (G)

The Isles are 1-2 in the shootout while San Jose is 2-1… Yaroslav Askarov improves to 4-2 in shootouts while Ilya Sorokin falls to 9-17 … Askarov has stopped 21 of 24 career attempts (87.5%) while Sorokin has stopped 56-84 (66.7%)… The Isles (97-96) remain second behind Buffalo (98-85) for the most shootout wins in NHL history… Only Florida (196) has contested more shootouts than the Isles (193) …Ivar Stenberg is now 1-3 in shootouts with one game-deciding goals… It was the longest shootout in the NHL this season and matched the longest from last season as well.

The Skinny

The Isles went 1-4 on the power play and killed all three San Jose power plays; The Isles’ PK is 33-37 in the last ten games, and the power play improved to 2-22 over the last seven games and 4-36 over the last twelve games… The Isles have now scored on the power play in consecutive road games… The Isles are 2-3-2 when tied after two periods …The Isles are now +6 in the second period (22-16) but have been outscored 17-10 in the third period… The Isles have now gone eight straight games without winning in regulation (2-3-2) as they extend their road point streak to three games (2-0-1)… Ben Hutton scored his first Islander goal, in his 2nd game with the team; he is 1-11-12 in 36 career games against San Jose…The Isles have now had seven fights in the first 17 games this season, a total they didn’t reach last season until the opening faceoff of game 69 (Anders Lee/Brady Tkachuk)..San Jose has only two regulation wins but is 6-1 in games beyond 60 minutes; the seven games tie Nashville and Montreal for the most in the NHL, one more than the Isles…Tyler Toffoli is 9-9-18 in 24 games against the Isles.

Tre Kroner

A Swedish-born Islander had a point on both goals tonight, and on the last eight goals overall. That has happened only once before in club history (December 30, 1980 -  January 3, 1981).

Milestone Men  (non-Schaefer)

• Casey Cizikas played in his 995th game, all with the Islanders. 

• Scott Mayfield did not play and remains one game behind Stefan Persson for 5th place among Islander defensemen.

• Semyon Varlamov has 290 NHL wins, tied with Ed Giacomin for 48th all-time. 42 goalies have won at least 300 games.

• Varlamov has 77 wins for the Isles, tied with Roland Melanson for 8th in club history.

The Schaefer’s

• Matthew Schaefer now has 76 points, tying Rick Hampton for 4th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 56 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record. 

• Schaefer has a point in nine of the last 10 games; the Isles were shutout in the other one.

• Schaefer played in his 99th NHL game; the last teenage defenseman to play at least 100 games was Rasmus Dahlin (141 in 2018-19 to 2019-20). He will be the 25th defenseman to play 100 games before his 20th birthday.

• Schaefer passed Tim Connolly for 2nd place in points among Isles teenagers; he is one shot on goal behind Connolly’s teenage record of 285 shots on goal.

• Schaefer has played over 26 minutes 52 times in his first 99 career games; since ice-time became official, no other player has done that more than 45 times (Brock Faber).

Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1. Phil Housley 46

2. Matthew Schaefer 28

Most Points by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1. Phil Housley 132

2. Rasmus Dahlin 84

3. Ray Bourque 79

4. Rick Hampton and  Matthew Schaefer 76

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Matthew Schaefer 28

Most Assists by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 63

2. Tim Connolly 51

3. Matthew Schaefer 48 

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Matthew Schaefer 76 

Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier and Matthew Schaefer 5

Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager

1. Tim Connolly 285

2. Matthew Schaefer 284

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 30:51 11/9/2026 at SJ (SO)

4. Matthew Schaefer 30:01 11/5/2026 vs CAR

  Matthew Schaefer 30:01 10/29/2026 at MIN (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)

4. Matthew Schaefer 30:51 11/9/2026 at SJ (SO)

There are nine recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game, including Schaefer five times and Seth Jones twice. 

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 87 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a player 20 or younger 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 one come-from behind win this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win three times this season, including once in the third period.

The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have one (one in the third period).

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 1-2 in games decided by an overtime goal; they are 1-2 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 five 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: 7-6-4 for 18 points in 17 games

• 2025-26: 9-6-2 for 20 points in 17 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:    1-1-2

• Season: 8-27-35

• 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 7-6-4 overall; they are 4-3-2 at home and 3-3-2 on the road.

San Jose is 8-11-1 overall; they are 4-5-0 at home and 4-6-1 on the road.

East and West

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

Coach DeBoer

Pete DeBoer is 670-456-156 as an NHL coach, and 8-9-4 with the Isles. 

Career Wins

15. Todd McLellan 672

15. Mike Keenan 672

17. Pete DeBoer 670

First Things First

The Isles are 6-0-3 when scoring first and 1-6-1 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles          7-9-13-3=32

San Jose  12-10-14-3=39

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

In the Nets 

Ilya Sorokin made 37 saves; he is 6-4-2 this season and 5-0-4 vs. San Jose.

Yaroslav Askarov made 30 saves; he is 5-8-0 this season and 1-1-1 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 1-4 (4:36); San Jose was 0-3 (4:00).

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

The Isles are 3-0-2 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 2-2-1 when they are outscored, and 2-4-1 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is a Magic Number

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

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 4-1-4 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 1-2 in games decided in overtime and are 1-2 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles are 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 (30:51); San Jose: Macklin Celebrini (25:40)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (22:42).

Shots on Goal

Isles 32 (Bo Horvat – 7)

San Jose 39 (Macklin Celebrini – 6)

Shot Attempts

Isles 56 (Bo Horvat – 8)

San Jose 68 (Macklin Celebrini – 10)

Face-offs

Isles 32, San Jose 23 (58%)

Brayden Schenn won 10 of 13 for the Isles; no Shark won more than he lost.

Hit Count

Isles 21 (Victor Eklund – 5)

San Jose 27 (Kiefer Sherwood – 5)

Blocked Shots

Isles 13 (Logan Stanley – 2)

San Jose 10 (Sam Dickinson – 2)

Fights 

Matthew Chaffee fought Barclay Goodrow and Kyle MacLean fought Ty Dellandrea simultaneously in the second period. Season total: 7 (Stanley-2, Chaffee-2, Schenn, Pelech, MacLean)

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 56, San Jose 68

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 44, San Jose 49

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Ben Hutton +17

San Jose: Darnell Nurse +15

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 13, San Jose 15

5-on-5: Isles 10, San Jose 8

Scratches

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

Games Lost to injury: 453. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 343rd 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 0-2-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on November 12th in Los Angeles.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-1-0 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 18-25-14 in matinees.

The next matinee will be on Monday, December 7th, when the Isles host the Avs at 1:00pm.

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 (1): Vs NJ 11/7

Opponent responses (3): ANA 10/20, DAL 10/25, NJ 11/7

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 (1): Matthew Schaefer (MIN) 10/29

Vs (2):  Brandt Clarke (LA) 10/22, Jack Hughes (NJ) 11/7

Shootout Winners

For (1): Kyle Palmieri (NAS) 10/27 

Vs (2): Shane Pinto (OTT) 10/15, Iyar Stenberg (SJ) 11/9

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 995…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 659 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 649  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 621 *** 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. Bo Horvat 106

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 158 *** 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 283 …

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 +78 *** 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 659 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 649***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 621

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 and Adam Pelech 31 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 30 *** 16. Matthew Schaefer 28

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. Adam Pelech 180…

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

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 320… 

6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Semyon Varlamov 178

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 160 …

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 4-9-0-2 this season as they begin a four-game road trip in Hershey on Wednesday. 

Team leaders:

Goals: Liam Foudy (5); Assists: Foudy (8); Points: Foudy (13)

Goalies: Josh Kotai (3-4-1, 2.92, .906), Vitek Vanecek (1-5-1, 4.27, .871)

Season Series Stats

San Jose leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 1). The teams will finish the season series on December 4th at UBS Arena.

Despite the shootout loss, the Isles are 5-0-1 in the last six meetings with the Sharks and are 8-0-5 in their last thirteen games against San Jose. 

UP NEXT

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12th  -- ISLANDERS AT LOS ANGELES 10:00pm

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

The Isles continue their three-game California trip in Los Angeles as they look to finally beat the Kings.

Brandt Clarke’s overtime goal at UBS Arena on October 22nd gave the Kings their sixth straight win over the Isles, dating back to a JG Pageau overtime goal in December 2023. The Isles have not beaten the Kings in Los Angeles since a 7-2 win on October 18, 2018; since then, the Kings have won six straight home games over the Isles, outscoring New York 26-9.

Matthew Schaefer is expected to play in his 100th NHL game, tying Jordan Staal (also 19 years, 66 days) as the youngest to ever do so.

 

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: New Jersey 5, Isles 4 (OT)

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 16

New Jersey 5, Isles 4 (OT)

Jack Hughes scored the winning goal 1:18 into overtime as the New Jersey Devils overcame a 4-2 third period deficit to defeat the Isles, 5-4, before a sellout crowd of 17,345 at UBS Arena. 

Ilya Sorokin faced a career-high 50 shots on goal and that led to the Devils tying the game with third period goals from Luke Evangelista and Doug Hamilton. Matthew Schaefer scored a highlight reel goal in the first period for his fifth goal in the last seven games; Simon Holmstrom had a goal and an assist while Bo Horvat had a pair of assists.

The Isles went on 0-2-1 on their homestand and now head to California for three games, beginning on Monday in San Jose. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Anthony Duclair (4) Simon Holmstrom (4), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (7) 15:06 NYI 1, NJD 0

Evan Rodrigues (3) Anthony Mantha (5) 15:23 NYI 1, NJD 1

Matthew Schaefer (5) Bo Horvat (8), Emil Heineman (6) 17:14 NYI 2, NJD 1

2nd Period

Declan Chisholm (2) Jesper Bratt (13), Arseny Gritsyuk (5) 04:42 NYI 2, NJD 2

Simon Holmstrom (5) Kyle Palmieri (2), Bo Horvat (9) 05:08 NYI 3, NJD 2

Victor Eklund (5) Tony DeAngelo (4), Brayden Schenn (7) 11:54 NYI 4, NJD 2

3rd Period

Luke Evangelista (4) Brett Pesce (7), Nico Hischier (4) 06:08 NYI 4, NJD 3

Dougie Hamilton (2) Jack Hughes (14), Luke Evangelista (6) (PP) 13:42 NYI 4, NJD 4

Overtime

Jack Hughes (9) Luke Hughes (5) 01:18 NJD 5, NYI 4

The Skinny

The Isles did not have a power play and killed three of four New Jersey power plays, including a 5-on-3 that preceded the Hamilton goal; The Isles’ PK is 30-34 in the last ten games, but the power play is 1-18 over the last six games and 3-32 over the last eleven games… Ilya Sorokin is now 10-0-4 in his career when facing at least 44 shots on goal and is 20-7-9 when facing at least 40 shots... The Isles fell to 5-0-1 when leading after two periods …The Isles are now +6 in the second period (21-15) but have been outscored 17-10 in the third period…Matthew Schaefer and Luke Hughes were assessed roughing penalties in the second period after throwing punches at each other…Jack Hughes now has 12 goals in 24 career games against the Isles, including four game-winners…It was Hughes’ third overtime goal of the season…The Devils are 5-0 in games beyond 60 minutes, and have scored four overtime goals…With the first goal tonight, the Isles extended their club record to 18 consecutive goals against a single opponent without allowing a goal; Evan Rodrigues ended the streak just 17 seconds later….The Devils have been shorthanded only nine times in their first seven road games….A Swedish-born Islander had a point on all four goals tonight, and on the last six goals overall…Nico Hischier recorded his 499th point…Jack Hughes now has eleven goals in seventeen games against Ilya Sorokin; Jake Guentzel is the only other opponent with eleven goals against Sorokin…It was the third sellout of the season at UBS Arena – all on Saturday nights; the Isles’ next Saturday night home game is on January 23rd...The Isles scored four goals in regulation for the first time since October 17th in Toronto.

First Times in a Long Time (allowing 50+ shots)

The Isles allowed 50 shots for the 30th time in club history:

• First time ever at UBS Arena.

• First time anywhere since a 5-2 Islander win on March 11, 2018, in Calgary. 

• First time at home since a 3-0 win at Barclays on February 15, 2018, vs. the Rangers.

• First time against New Jersey since a 4-2 Devil win in Newark on February 11, 2009.

Most Career OT Goals against the Isles:

• 5  Alex Ovechkin

• 3  Sidney Crosby and Jack Hughes

No Power Plays

Tonight was the third time since the start of last season the Isles have not had a power play, and all three were home games against the Devils  (12/23/2025, 1/6/2026, 11/7/2026). It is the eighth time the Isles have not had a power play against the Devil franchise, including seven times since the Devils moved to New Jersey.

It is the first time since April 3, 2012, also against the Devils, that the Isles had no power plays in a game that the opponent had at least four. There has only been one game in Islander history (January 29, 1988, in Buffalo) that the Isles had no power plays, and the opponent had five power plays.

Milestone Men  (non-Schaefer)

• Ilya Sorokin played his 319th game, passing Rick DiPietro for 2nd place in club history. 

• Scott Mayfield did not play and remains one game behind Stefan Persson for 5th place among Islander defensemen.

• Semyon Varlamov has 290 NHL wins, tied with Ed Giacomin for 48th all-time. 42 goalies have won at least 300 games.

• Varlamov has 77 wins for the Isles, tied with Roland Melanson for 8th in club history.

The Schaefer’s

• Matthew Schaefer now has 75 points, one behind Rick Hampton for 4th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 57 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record.

• Schaefer played in his 98th NHL game; the last teenage defenseman to play at least 100 games was Rasmus Dahlin (141 in 2018-19 to 2019-20). He will be the 25th defenseman to play 100 games before his 20th birthday.

• Schaefer tied Tim Connolly for 2nd place among Isles teenagers; he is six shots on goal behind Connolly’s teenage record of 285 shots on goal.

• Schaefer passed Vladimir Malakhov for 16th place in career goals by an Islander defenseman.

• Schaefer has played over 26 minutes 51 times in his first 98 career games; since ice-time became official, no other player has done that more than 45 times (Brock Faber).

Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1. Phil Housley 46

2. Matthew Schaefer 28

Most Points by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1. Phil Housley 132

2. Rasmus Dahlin 84

3. Ray Bourque 79

4. Rick Hampton 76

5. Matthew Schaefer 75

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Matthew Schaefer 28

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 47

Schaefer has the most assists by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Points by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 95

2. Tim Connolly and Matthew Schaefer 75

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier and Matthew Schaefer 5

Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager

1. Tim Connolly 285

2. Matthew Schaefer 276

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 30:01 11/5/2026 vs CAR

    Matthew Schaefer 30:01 10/29/2026 at MIN (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 eight recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game, including Schaefer four times and Seth Jones twice. 

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 86 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a player 20 or younger 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 one come-from behind win this season, including no times when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win two times this season, including once in the third period.

The Isles have zero multi-goal comeback wins (zero in the third period); opponents have one (one in the third period).

Overtime Is Our Time

The Isles are 1-2 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 five 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: 7-6-3 for 17 points in 16 games

• 2025-26: 8-6-2 for 18 points in 16 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:    1-1-2

• Season: 7-36-33

• 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 7-6-3 overall; they are 4-3-2 at home and 3-3-1 on the road.

New Jersey is 12-5-0 overall; they are 8-2-0 at home and 4-3-0 on the road.

East and West

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

Coach DeBoer

Pete DeBoer is 670-456-155 as an NHL coach, and 8-9-3 with the Isles. 

Career Wins

15. Todd McLellan 672

15. Mike Keenan 672

17. Pete DeBoer 670

First Things First

The Isles are 6-0-2 when scoring first and 1-6-1 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles               6-8-9-0=23

New Jersey  14-18-16-2=50

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

In the Nets 

Ilya Sorokin made 45 saves; he is 6-4-1 this season and 12-5-3 vs. New Jersey.

Jake Allen made 19 saves; he is 6-3-0 this season and 3-6-1 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-0 (0:00); New Jersey was 1-4 (6:34, including a 0:33 5-on-3).

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

The Isles are 3-0-1 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 2-2-1 when they are outscored, and 2-4-1 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is (Usually) a Magic Number

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

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 4-1-3 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 1-2 in games decided in overtime and are 1-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles are 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 (23:37); New Jersey: Luke Hughes (26:33)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (20:32).

Shots on Goal

Isles 23 (Three with 3)

New Jersey 50 (Timo Meier – 8)

Shot Attempts

Isles 44 (Matthew Schaefer – 7)

New Jersey 81 (Jack Hughes – 13)

Face-offs

Isles 40, New Jersey 24 (63%)

Brayden Schenn won 11 of 14 for the Isles; no Devil who took multiple face-offs won more than he lost.

Hit Count

Isles 23 (Victor Eklund – 5)

New Jersey 26 (Two with 3)

Blocked Shots

Isles 13 (Adam Pelech and Logan Stanley – 3)

New Jersey 11 (Four with 2)

Fights 

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

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 44, New Jersey 81

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 44, New Jersey 64

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Emil Heineman +8

New Jersey: Jack Hughes +18

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 16, New Jersey 28

5-on-5: Isles 16, New Jersey 21

Scratches

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

Games Lost to injury: 48. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 342nd 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 0-2-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on November 12th in Los Angeles.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-1-0 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 18-25-14 in matinees.

The next matinee will be on Monday, December 7th, when the Isles host the Avs at 1:00pm.

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 (1): Vs NJ 11/7

Opponent responses (3): ANA 10/20, DAL 10/25, NJ 11/7

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 (1): Matthew Schaefer (MIN) 10/29

Vs (2):  Brandt Clarke (LA) 10/22, Jack Hughes (NJ) 11/7

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 994…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 658 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 649  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 621 *** 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. Bo Horvat 106

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 158 *** 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 283 …

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 +79 *** 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 657 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 649***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 621

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 and Adam Pelech 31 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 30 *** 16. Matthew Schaefer 28

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. Adam Pelech 180…

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

Goalie Games

1. Billy Smith 674 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 319… 

6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Semyon Varlamov 178

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 160 …

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 4-9-0-2 this season after splitting a pair of games this weekend. Hamilton lost 5-4 to Providence on Friday before defeating  Lehigh Valley 6-3 on Saturday; Josh Kotai made 33 saves while Kashawn Aitcheson and Isaiah George each went +3 in Saturday’s win.

Hamilton begins a four-game road trip on Wednesday in Hershey.

Team leaders:

Goals: Liam Foudy (5); Assists: Foudy (8); Points: Foudy (11)

Goalies: Josh Kotai (3-4-1, 2.92, .906), Vitek Vanecek (1-5-1, 4.27, .871)

Season Series Stats

The season series is tied, 1 game to 1 (the Isles have 3 points to New Jersey’s 2). The teams will next meet on January 16th in Newark.

Despite the loss, the Isles extend their point streak over the Devils to ten games (8-0-2); both overtime losses have come from Jack Hughes goals. The Isles are 3-0-2 against the Devils is the last five game against New Jersey at UBS Arena.

UP NEXT

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9th  -- ISLANDERS AT SAN JOSE 10:00pm

[MSGSN (pre-game at 9:30), WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]

The Isles begin their three-game California trip in San Jose as they look to extend their recent mastery over the San Jose Sharks.

The Isles have won five straight against the Sharks and are 8-0-4 in their last dozen games against San Jose. The Isles had a pair of one-goal wins against San Jose last season; Matthew Schaefer had the winning goal in October at UBS Arena and Bo Horvat scored in overtime in Brayden Schenn’s team debut in March.

Matthew Schaefer is expected to play in his 99th NHL 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

The Skinny: Carolina 5, Isles 3

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 15

Carolina 5, Isles 3

William Carrier scored the game-winning goal with 5:08 to play as the Stanly Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes overcame Islander comebacks from 2-0 and 3-2 deficits to earn a 5-3 win, before a crowd of 14,234 at UBS Arena. 

The Islanders trailed by a pair of goals 3:20 into play but scored three times in the middle session to equal the score as both Victor Eklund and Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist.

The Isles conclude this three-game homestand on Saturday at 7pm, against the New Jersey Devils.

The Scoring:  

1st Period

Logan Stankoven (11) Jackson Blake (14), K'Andre Miller (4) 00:57 CAR 1, NYI 0

Jesperi Kotkaniemi (5) Jordan Martinook (6), Jalen Chatfield (4) 03:20 CAR 2, NYI 0

2nd Period

Mitchell Chaffee (1) Matthew Schaefer (11), Casey Cizikas (2) 03:40 CAR 2,NYI 1

Brayden Schenn (5) Victor Eklund (3), Matthew Kessel (2) 05:44 CAR 2,NYI 2

Andrei Svechnikov (7)Sebastian Aho (13), William Carrier (9) 06:44 CAR 3, NYI 2

Victor Eklund (4) Brayden Schenn (6), Emil Heineman (5) 17:13 CAR 3,NYI 3

3rd Period

William Carrier (1) Andrei Svechnikov (9), Sebastian Aho (14) 14:52 CAR 4,NYI 3

Jalen Chatfield (2)EN 19:09 CAR 5, NYI 3

The Skinny

The Isles went 0-4 on the power play and killed both Carolina power plays; The Isles’ PK is 27-30 in the last nine games, but the power play is 1-18 over the last five games and 3-32 over the last ten games… The Isles allowed an opening minute goal for the second time in three games… Mitchell Chaffee’s goal was his first as an Islander and first in the NHL since March 4, 2025…Brayden Schenn is the first Islander since Marc Gatcomb (March 1, 2025, vs. Florida) to score on a wrap-around…Semyon Varlamov faced 38 shots, which is eleven more than any previous appearance this season…Long Island-born Brandon Bussi is now 4-0-0 against the Isles….Jackson Blake extended career-best point streak to eight games… The Isles fell to 2-3-1 when tied after two periods; they were 16-5-3 last season in that situation…The Isles are now +5 in the second period (19-14) but have been outscored 13-2 in the first period and 15-10 in the third period.

Milestone Men  (non-Schaefer)

• Varlamov played his 178th game for the Isles, passing Jaroslav Halak for 8th in club history.

• Ilya Sorokin did not play; he remains tied with Rick DiPietro for 2nd place in club history (318 games).

• Scott Mayfield played his 621st game, one behind Stefan Persson for 5th place among Islander defensemen.

• Semyon Varlamov still has 290 NHL wins, tied with Ed Giacomin for 48th all-time. 42 goalies have won at least 300 games.

• Varlamov still has 77 wins for the Isles, which is tied with Roland Melanson for 8th in club history.

The Schaefer’s

• Matthew Schaefer now has 74 points, two behind Rick Hampton for 4th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 58 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record.

• Schaefer is the third teenager to average at least 1.0 points per game through fifteen games in a season, joining Housley and Larry Murphy.

• Schaefer is now one point behind Tim Connolly for 2nd place among Isles teenagers; he is nine shots on goal behind Connolly’s teenage record of 285 shots on goal.

• Schaefer is tied for 16th with Vladimir Malakhov for career goals by an Islander defenseman.

• Schaefer has played over 26 minutes 51 times in his first 97 career games; since ice-time became official, no other player has done that more than 45 times (Brock Faber) in his first 100 games.

Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1. Phil Housley 46

2. Matthew Schaefer 27

Most Points by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1.  Phil Housley 132

2. Rasmus Dahlin 84

3. Ray Bourque 79

4. Rick Hampton 76

5. Matthew Schaefer 24

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Matthew Schaefer 27

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 47

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 74

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier and Matthew Schaefer 5

Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager

1. Tim Connolly 285

2. Matthew Schaefer 276

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 30:01 11/5/2026 vs CAR

    Matthew Schaefer 30:01 10/29/2026 at MIN (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 eight recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game, including Schaefer four times and Seth Jones twice. 

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 85 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a player 20 or younger 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 one come-from behind win 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 1-1 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 five 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: 7-6-2 for 16 points in 15 games

• 2025-26: 7-6-2 for 16 points in 15 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:    0-2-2

• Season: 6-25-31

• 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 7-6-2 overall; they are 4-3-1 at home and 3-3-1 on the road.

Carolina is 13-3-2 overall; they are 5-1-1 at home and 8-2-1 on the road.

East and West

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

Coach DeBoer

Pete DeBoer is 670-456-154 as an NHL coach, and 8-9-2 with the Isles. 

Career Wins

15. Todd McLellan 672

15. Mike Keenan 672

17. Pete DeBoer 670

First Things First

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

The Shots

Isles          11-8-8=27

Carolina  8-17-14=39

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

In the Nets 

Semyon Varlamov made 34 saves; he is 1-2-2 this season and 6-5-4 vs. Carolina.

Brandon Bussi made 24 saves; he is 3-2-2 this season and 4-0-0 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-4 (6:26); Carolina was 0-2 (2:26).

The Isles are 4-2-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 3-4-1 when they do not. The Isles are 2-5-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 5-1-2 when they do not.

The Isles are 3-0-1 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 2-2-0 when they are outscored, and 2-4-1 when special team goals are equal. 

Three is (Usually) a Magic Number

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

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 4-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 1-1 in games decided in overtime and are 1-1 in shootouts. The Isles are 0-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.

Back-to-Backs     

The Isles are 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 (30:01); Carolina: Jaccob Slavin (25:52)

Bo Horvat led Isles forwards (20:56).

Shots on Goal

Isles 18 (Four with 3)

Carolina 24 (Andrei Svechnikov – 7)

Shot Attempts

Isles 40 (Kyle Palmieri– 7)

Carolina 49 (Andrei Svechnikov – 9)

Face-offs

Isles 40, Carolina 21 (66%)

Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 15 of 17 for the Isles; no Hurricane won more than he lost.

Hit Count

Isles 26 (Jean-Gabriel Pageau -4)

Carolina 16 (William Carrier -4)

Blocked Shots

Isles 12 (Logan Stanley -4)

Carolina 22 (Jaccob Slavin -4)

Fights 

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

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 63, Carolina 64

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 49, Carolina 56

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Anthony Duclair +11

Carolina: Andrei Svechnikov +12

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 20, Carolina 18

5-on-5: Isles 16, Carolina 17

Scratches

Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Ryan Pulock (INJ), Ben Hutton

Games Lost to injury: 43. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 341st 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 0-2-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. The next nationally televised game will be on November 12th in Los Angeles.

Matinee Isles

The Isles are 0-1-0 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 18-25-14 in matinees.

The first matinee will be on Monday, December 7th, when the Isles host the Avs at 1:00pm.

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 (1): Matthew Schaefer (MIN) 10/29

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 993…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 657 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 649  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 621 *** 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. Bo Horvat 106

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 158 *** 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 283 …

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 +79 *** 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 656 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 649***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 621

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 and Adam Pelech 31 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 30 *** 16. Vladimir Malakhov and Matthew Schaefer 27

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. Adam Pelech 180…

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

Goalie Games

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

6. Thomas Greiss 193 *** 7. Tommy Salo 187 *** 8. Semyon Varlamov 178

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 160 …

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 fell to 3-8-0-2 this season with a 5-1 loss to Toronto on Wednesday. Hamilton will host Providence on Friday and Lehigh Valley on Saturday. 

Team leaders:

Goals: Mitchell Chaffee and Matthew Highmore (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (8); Points: Foudy (11)

Goalies: Josh Kotai (2-4-1, 2.91, .904), Vitek Vanecek (1-4-1,4.14, .861)

Season Series Stats

Carolina leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will next meet on December 11th in Raleigh.

The Hurricanes have won the last five meetings, all in regulation, dating back to the start of last season. The Isles are 2-7-2 in their last eleven home games with Carolina, including 2-6-1 at UBS Arena.

  

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7th  -- NEW JERSEY AT ISLANDERS 7:00pm

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

The Isles welcome Jack Hughes, Connor Hellebuyck, and the New Jersey Devils on Saturday in the final game of their three-game homestand. 

 

The Isles defeated New Jersey 6-0 in their home and opener and have won six straight against the Devils; the Isles are 8-0-1 in their last nine games against New Jersey.

 

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: Edmonton 4, Isles 0

“The Skinny” 

By Eric Hornick

Game 14

Edmonton 4, Isles 0

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice, and Tristan Jarry made 18 saves as the Edmonton Oilers handed the Islanders their first shutout defeat of the season, 4-0, before a Halloween matinee crowd of 16,587 at UBS Arena. 

The Islanders were forced to kill six penalties, including an early major penalty to Emil Heineman. Connor McDavid was held to a single assist, but that did extend his NHL-record season-opening assist streak to 14 games.

The Isles continue this three-game homestand on Thursday at 7pm, against the Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes. 

The Scoring:  

1st Period

No Scoring

2nd Period

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2) Kasperi Kapanen (3) 08:42 EDM 1, NYI 0

Vasily Podkolzin (9) Leon Draisaitl (13), Evan Bouchard (16) 09:50 EDM 2, NYI 0

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (3) Connor McDavid (29), Leon Draisaitl (14) 18:26 PP EDM 3, NYI 0

3rd Period

Jason Dickinson (1) Mathieu Joseph (4), Mattias Ekholm (3) 17:23 EN EDM 4, NYI 0

The Skinny

The Isles went 0-4 on the power play and killed 5-6 Oiler power plays; The Isles’ PK is 25-28 in the last eight games… Matthew Schaefer’s point streak ended at six games; it was only the third time this season he played less than 25 minutes…The Isles were shorthanded six times for the first time since last November 14th at Utah; it is only the third time since 2018 that they have been shorthanded at least six times at home (4/28/22 vs Washington -6 and 10/26/23 vs. Ottawa -8)…Ryan Hugent-Hopkins scored his 90th career power play goal, breaking a tie with Mark Messier for 7th place in club history…Connor Mc David has more points than eight teams have scored goals, and more assists than two of them…The Oilers blanked the Isles for the first time since January 7, 2008, and the first time ever in New York…Tristan Jarry recorded his second consecutive shutout; he has now gone 126:17 without allowing a goal.

The Injury

Edmonton’s Isaac Howard left the game and did not return after a collision with Emil Heineman that led to Heineman receiving a major penalty for kneeing and a game misconduct. 

Milestone Men  (non-Schaefer)

• Ilya Sorokin played his 318th Isles game, one tying Rick DiPietro for 2nd place in club history.

• Semyon Varlamov has 290 NHL wins, tied with Ed Giacomin for 48th all-time. 42 goalies have won at least 300 games.

• Varlamov has played 177 games for the Isles, tied with Jaroslav Halak, who sits 8th in club history.

• Varlamov has 77 wins for the Isles, tied with Roland Melanson for 8th in club history.

The Schaefer’s

• Matthew Schaefer has 73 points, three behind Rick Hampton for 4th place on the teenage defenseman point list. He is 59 points behind Phil Housley’s teenage record.

• Schaefer is tied-16th with Vladimir Malakhov for career goals by an Islander defenseman.

• Schaefer has played over 25 minutes 51 times in his first 96 career games; since ice-time became official, no other player has done that more than 45 times (Brock Faber).

Most Goals by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1.  Phil Housley 46

2. Matthew Schaefer 27

Most Points by an NHL Teenage Defenseman:

1. Phil Housley 132

2. Rasmus Dahlin 84

3. Ray Bouque 79

4. Rick Hampton 76

5. Matthew Schaefer 73 

Most Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier 32 

2. Matthew Schaefer 27

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 46

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 73

Schaefer has the most points by any Islander teenage defenseman. 

Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager

1. Bryan Trottier and Matthew Schaefer 5

Most Shots on Goal by an Islander Teenager

1. Tim Connolly 285

2. Matthew Schaefer 274

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 30:01 10/29/2026 at MIN (OT)

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

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

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

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

8. 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 seven recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game, including Schaefer three times and Seth Jones twice. Schaefer is the first teenager with eight games of at least 29 minutes.

Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 84 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 one come-from behind win 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 1-1 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 four 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: 7-5-2 for 16 points in 14 games

• 2025-26: 6-6-2 for 14 points in 14 games

Offense from Defense

• Today:    0-0-0

• Season: 6-23-29

• 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 7-5-2 overall; they are 4-2-1 at home and 3-3-1 on the road.

Edmonton is 10-2-2 overall; they are 5-2-2 at home and 5-0-0  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 5-2-1 against the West (3-1-0 vs. Central and 2-1-1 vs. Pacific).

Coach DeBoer

Pete DeBoer is 670-455-154 as an NHL coach, and 8-8-2 with the Isles. 

Career Wins

15. Mike Keenan 672

16. Todd McLellan 671

17. Pete DeBoer 670

First Things First

The Isles are 6-0-1 when scoring first and 1-5-1 when allowing the opening goal. 

The Shots

Isles         3-6-9=18

Edmonton 7-9-8=24

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

In the Nets 

Ilya Sorokin made 20 saves; he is 6-4-0 this season and 4-4-2 vs. Edmonton.

Tristan Jarry made 18 saves; he is 4-1-2 this season and 13-5-1 vs. the Isles.

Special Teams

The Isles were 0-4 (8:00); Edmonton was 1-6 (9:51).

The Isles are 4-2-1 when they score at least one power play goal and 3-3-1 when they do not. The Isles are 2-5-0 when they allow at least one power play goal and 5-0-2 when they do not.

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

Three is a Magic Number

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

One-Goal Games

The Isles are 4-1-2 in games decided by a single goal including 2-1 in regulation. They are 1-1 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 (24:33); Edmonton: Connor McDavid (23:20)

Simon Holmstrom led Isles forwards (20:31).

Shots on Goal

Isles 18 (Kyle Palmieri – 4)

Edmonton 24 (Evan Bouchard and Connor McDavid – 3)

Shot Attempts

Isles 40 (Simon Holmstrom – 8)

Edmonton 49 (Evan Bouchard – 9)

Face-offs

Isles 22, Edmonton 25 (47%)

Brayden Schenn won 4 of 7 for the Isles; Owen Michaels won 9 of 14 for Edmonton.

Hit Count

Isles 24 (Six with 3)

Edmonton 17 (Alex Formenton and Kasperi Kapanen – 3)

Blocked Shots

Isles 11 (Adam Pelech and Scott Mayfield – 3)

Edmonton 8 (Ryan Shea and Shakir Mukhamadullin – 2)

Fights 

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

For the Analytics Crowd 

Corsi: All situations: Isles 40, Edmonton 49

Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 28, Edmonton 32

 

5-on-5 leaders:

Isles: Matthew Kessel +11

Edmonton: Mattias Ekholm +13

High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)

All situations: Isles 7, Edmonton 10

5-on-5: Isles 5, Edmonton 6

Scratches

Mathew Barzal (NonRoster IR), Alex Romanov (IR), Cal Ritchie (INJ), Matias Maccelli (INJ), Ryan Pulock (INJ), Isaiah George

Games Lost to injury: 38. (Last season’s total: 399)

The Ironmen

Brayden Schenn played his 340th 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

Including today, the Isles are 0-1-0 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 18-25-14 in matinees.

The first matinee will be on Monday, December 7th, when the Isles host the Avs at 1:00pm.

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 (1): Matthew Schaefer (MIN) 10/29

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 992…

15. Brent Sutter 694 *** 16. Adam Pelech 656 *** 17. Ryan Pulock 649  *** 18. Derek King 638 *** 19. Billy Harris 623 *** 20. Stefan Persson 622 *** 21. Scott Mayfield 620 *** 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. Bo Horvat 106

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 +80 *** 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 656 *** 3. Ryan Pulock 649***

4. Stefan Persson 622 *** 5. Scott Mayfield 620

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 and Adam Pelech 31 *** 15. Scott Mayfield 30 *** 16. Vladimir Malakhov and Matthew Schaefer 27

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. Adam Pelech 180…

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

Goalie Games

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

8. Jaroslav Halak and Semyon Varlamov 177

Wins

1. Billy Smith 304 *** 2. Ilya Sorokin 160 …

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 fell to 3-8-0-1 this season with a 7-0 loss in Syracuse on Friday. There were 117 combined penalty minutes in the game; Hamilton heads to Utica on Sunday afternoon.

Team leaders:

Goals: Mitchell Chaffee and Matthew Highmore (4); Assists: Liam Foudy (8); Points: Foudy (11)

Goalies: Vitek Vanecek (1-4-1), Josh Kotai (2-3-0)

Season Series Stats

Edmonton leads the season series, 1 game to 0 (and 2 points to 0). The teams will conclude the season series on January 9th in Alberta.

This was only the Islanders’ second regulation home loss this century to Edmonton (14-2-3) and their first at UBS Arena (4-1-1). The loss also snapped a five-game point streak against the Oilers.

 

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5th  -- CAROLINA AT ISLANDERS 7:00pm

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

The Isles continue their three-game homestand on Thursday as they welcome the Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes for a nationally streamed game. 

The Hurricanes swept the season series last year, winning the four games by a combined 18-10 score. The Isles are 2-6-2 in their last ten home games with Carolina, including 2-5-1 at UBS Arena.

Steve Levy and PK Subban will have the 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