By Eric Hornick<\/p>\n
Game 64<\/p>\n
Isles 2, San Jose 1<\/p>\n
Bo Horvat scored his 13th career overtime goal with just 40.3 seconds remaining as the Islanders moved into second place in the Metro Division with a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks, before a crowd of 17,435 at SAP Center at San Jose.<\/p>\n
Horvat’s goal, his sixth in the last eight games, came after the Isles killed off a late regulation penalty that extended into overtime. Tony DeAngelo and Macklin Celebrini traded goals in regulation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Isles earn their first win on the road trip (1-2-0) and improve to 23-13-2 in their last 38 games; the road trip concludes with Brayden Schenn’s homecoming in St. Louis on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Scoring:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
1st Period\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tony DeAngelo (5) Calum Ritchie (10) 11:37 NYI 1,SJS 0<\/p>\n
2nd Period<\/p>\n
Macklin Celebrini (32) Will Smith (25), John Klingberg (12) 00:33 NYI 1,SJS 1\u00a0<\/p>\n
3rd Period<\/p>\n
No Scoring<\/p>\n
OT<\/p>\n
Bo Horvat (27) Matthew Schaefer (26)\u00a0 Mathew Barzal (40) 4:20 NYI 2, SJS 1<\/p>\n
The Skinny<\/p>\n
The Isles are 9-4-0 in their last thirteen games\u2026 The Isles improve to 16-2-3 when tied after two periods… Adam Pelech played his 623rd\u00a0 Isles game, passing Stefan Persson for 2nd on the club’s all-time defense list\u2026 Mathew Barzal now has six points in overtime this season (1-5-6) as he reached the 40-assist mark for the sixth time\u2026Macklin Celebrini moved into the top-10 for points in a season by a teenager, passing Pierre Turgeon and tying Steve Yzerman\u2026The Isles have won 36 of their first 64 games, after winning 35 all last season\u2026The Isles are 9-0 in overtime; the 2021 Golden Knights are the only other team to win their first nine overtime games of a season\u2026Matthew Schaefer set another NHL record by becoming the first teenage defenseman with four overtime points (2-2-4); Macklin Celebrini holds the forward record with 9; Andrei Svechnikov (5) is the only other forward with more than Schaefer\u2026This was the Isles’ NHL-leading 35th road game.\u2026All remaining Islander games will start at 7:30pm or earlier.<\/p>\n
The Standings<\/p>\n
The Isles move one point ahead of Pittsburgh for 2nd place in the Metropolitan Division (the Isles have played two more games); they are four points ahead of Columbus and eight points ahead of Washington and Philadelphia. It is the first time that since January 20th that the Isles hold 2nd place in the Division.<\/p>\n
Milestone Men\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Mathew Barzal becomes the fourth Islander with at least six 40-assist seasons, joining Bryan Trottier (12), Denis Potvin (9), and Mike Bossy (8).<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Adam Pelech played his 624th game, passing Billy Harris for 18th place,<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Scott Mayfield played his 597th game, tying Kenny Jonsson for 5th place among defensemen.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Tony DeAngelo played his 99th consecutive game.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Anders Lee remains tied with Bob Bourne for 11th place in club history with 542 points.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Lee remains tied with Clark Gillies for 4th place in club history with 304 goals.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Casey Cizikas remains tied with Duane Sutter for 23rd on the club’s all-time goal list (121).<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Ryan Pulock remains one goal behind Kenny Jonsson for third place in club defenseman history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Longest Sellout Streaks in UBS History (one season)<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a019 (2021-22; the first 19 games played at UBS Arena)<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a012 (2025-26 CURRENT)<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a012 (2022-23; the final 12 games of that season)<\/p>\n
The Isles have sold out seventeen games this season; they had fifteen home sell-outs a year ago\u2026<\/p>\n
Return to Form<\/p>\n
Ilya Sorokin was 2-4-1 (.868 and 3.75) in his first seven games this season; he is 21-10-1 (with an NHL-best .924 save percentage, and a 2.23 goals-against average) and an NHL-leading six shutouts since then.<\/p>\n
Sorokin is 15-2-0 when facing more than 30 shots; he won his first thirteen while facing over 30 to set the club record for consecutive wins when facing more than 30 shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Shutout Leader<\/p>\n
Sorokin not only leads the NHL in shutouts this season; his 28 career shutouts are the most by an NHL goalie since Sorokin debuted in 2020-21; Connor Hellebuyck has 25 and Igor Shesterkin has 22 in that span.<\/p>\n
Sorokin now has three seasons of at least six shutouts; he is the only goalie in club history with more than one such season (Varlamov, Resch, Halak, and Lehner each did it once.)\u00a0 Hellebuyck, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Sergei Bobrovsky are the only other actives with three seasons.<\/p>\n
Shutouts in Highest Percentage of Games Played (minimum 25 shutouts)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Roman Cechmanek (25\/212) 11.8%<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Ken Dryden\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(46\/397) 11.6%<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Dominik Hasek\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(81\/735) 11.0%<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Martin Brodeur\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(125\/1266)\u00a0 9.9%<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0Ilya Sorokin\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(28\/291)\u00a0 9.6%<\/p>\n
Big Save Dave<\/p>\n
David Rittich is 13-9-3 on the season. He is 2-4-1 in his last seven games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Islander goalies other than Sorokin won only five games last season (tying a franchise record for fewest by the non-winningest goalies on the team).<\/p>\n
Most Islander Shutouts in a Season<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a011 2018-19\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a010 2020-21 and 1975-76\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a09\u00a0 2021-22\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a08\u00a0 2025-26, 2022-23 and 1997-98\u00a0<\/p>\n
Road Warriors<\/p>\n
The Isles are in a stretch where they will play six of seven games, and nine of 12 games on the road. They are 4-2-0 overall, 1-0-0 at home and 3-2-0 on the road:<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0February 26 at MTL\u00a0 W 4-3 (OT)<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0February 28 at CBJ\u00a0 W 4-3 (OT)<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0March 1 vs FLA W 5-4<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0March 4 at ANA L 1-5<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0March 5 at LA L 3-5<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0March 7 at SJ W 2-1 (OT)<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0March 10 at STL<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0March 13 vs LA<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0March 14 vs CGY<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0March 17 at TOR<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0March 19 at OTT<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0March 21 at MTL<\/p>\n
Following this stretch they will end the season by playing 10 of the final 12 games at home.<\/p>\n
Ten of the remaining 18 games will be played in five sets of back-to-backs.<\/p>\n
Most Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 20 (2025-26)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Phil Housley (BUF) 17 (1982-83)<\/p>\n
(Housley had 19 goals as a rookie, but the final two occurred after his 19th birthday)<\/p>\n
Most Points by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Phil Housley (BUF) (17-40-57 in 66 GP) 1982-83<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer (20-26-46 in 64 GP)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Rasmus Dahlin (BUF)\u00a0 (9-35-44 in 82 GP) 2018-19<\/p>\n
Most Power Play Goals by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Phil Housley (BUF) 10 (1982-83)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 7 (2025-26)\u00a0<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 5 (2018-19)<\/p>\n
Most Multi-Point Games by an 18-Year-Old Defenseman<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Phil Housley (BUF) 13 1982-83<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer\u00a0 10 2025-26<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Rasmus Dahlin (BUF)\u00a0 2018-19 and Bobby Orr (BOS) 1966-67 8.<\/p>\n
Most Goals by an Islander Teenage Defenseman<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 20<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Bryan Berard 7<\/p>\n
Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have scored at least twenty goals, led by Bryan Trottier’s 32 and Pat LaFontaine’s 26. Brent Sutter (23) is the one now above Schaefer.<\/p>\n
Most Assists by an Islander Teenage Defenseman<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Bryan Berard 32<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 26<\/p>\n
Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 26 assists, led by Bryan Trottier’s 63 and Tim Connolly’s 51. John Tavares (30) is the one now above Schaefer.<\/p>\n
Most Points by an Islander Teenage Defenseman<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 46<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Bryan Berard 39<\/p>\n
Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 45 points, led by Bryan Trottier’s 95 and Tim Connolly’s 75. Brent Sutter (47) is the one above Schaefer.<\/p>\n
Most Game-Winning Goals by an Islander Teenager<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Bryan Trottier 5<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 4<\/p>\n
Schaefer will still be a Teenager for the next 102 Isles games.<\/p>\n
Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)<\/p>\n
Matthew Schafer now holds the club record for goals (20), assists (26), and points (46). Tim Connolly played 81 games as a rookie \u2013 the only 18-year-old to play more games than Schaefer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Most Goals by an Islander Rookie Defenseman<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 20 (2025-26)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Denis Potvin 17 (1973-74)<\/p>\n
Most Points by an Islander Rookie Defenseman<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Stefan Persson 56 (1977-78)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Denis Potvin 54 (1973-74)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Vladimir Malakhov 52 (1992-93)<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Bryan Berard 48 (1996-97)<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 46 (2025-26)<\/p>\n
Most Goals by an NHL Rookie Defenseman (NHL History)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Brian Leetch -NYR 23 (1988-89)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Barry Beck -CLR 22 (1977-78)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Dion Phaneuf \u2013 CGY 20 (2005-06) and Matthew Schaefer 20 (2025-26)<\/p>\n
Schaefer and Penalties<\/p>\n
Matthew Schaefer has drawn 30 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and tied-third in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid and Macklin Celebrini). He is a net +4(having taken only 16 penalties).<\/p>\n
Since penalties drawn was tracked in 2009-10, no Isle defenseman has finished a season higher than +11 (Noah Dobson 2021-22), John Tavares holds the club record for a season at +29 in 2011-12, while Mathew Barzal +26 in 2017-18 is the only other Islander to finish higher than +15. Cale Makar is the only NHL defenseman to finish higher than +16 (Makar was +19 in 2024-25 and +17 in 2023-24).<\/p>\n
Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Defenseman (Season, Since 2009-10)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 2025-26\u00a0 30<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Matt Carkner\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02013-14\u00a0 23<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Thomas Hickey\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02016-17\u00a0 22<\/p>\n
Most Penalties Drawn by an Islander Rookie (Season, Since 2009-10)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Mathew Barzal\u00a0 2017-18 40<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 2025-26\u00a0 30<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Matt Martin\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2010-11 25<\/p>\n
[Travis Hamonic (17 in 2010-11) is the only other Islander rookie defenseman to draw more than 10.)<\/p>\n
Most Ice Time by an Islander Teenager, Game<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3\/7\/2026 at SJ (OT)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11\/28\/2025 vs PHI (SO)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1\/8\/2026 at NAS (SO)<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 28:12 12\/9\/2025 vs VEG<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 27:59 2\/3\/2026 vs PIT<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 27:47 3\/6\/2026 at LA<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 27:41 1\/10\/2026 at MIN (OT)<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 27:40 10\/25\/2025 at PHI (SO)<\/p>\n
A 20-year-old Islander has played more than 29:01 only once: Bryan Berard -31:30 on February 7, 1998, vs. the Devils, when he was 20 years, 339 days old; Schaefer will not hit that age until August 2028.<\/p>\n
Most Ice Time by an 18-Year-Old, Game<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12\/4\/2018 vs TOR (OT)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11\/22\/2008 vs COL (SO)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3\/7\/2026 vs SJ (OT)<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11\/28\/2025 vs PHI (SO)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1\/8\/2026 vs NAS (SO)<\/p>\n
Schaefer has played at least 27 minutes eleven times and at least 26 minutes seventeen times. He is the first 18-year-old to do either of these things since ice time became official.<\/p>\n
Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 52 straight games; it is the longest streak in NHL history by a teenager in a single season since ice-time became official.<\/p>\n
Did Somebody Say Comeback?<\/p>\n
The Isles have seventeen come-from behind wins this season, including seven when they trailed in the third period. The opponents have come-from-behind to win twelve times this season, including four times in the third period.<\/p>\n
The Isles have five multi-goal comeback wins (none in the third period); opponents have three (none in the third period).<\/p>\n
Overtime Is Our Time<\/p>\n
The Isles are 9-0 in games decided by an overtime goal, and they are 4-5 in shootouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2021 Vegas Golden Knights (9-0 in 56 game season) are the only other team to score at least eight overtime goals with none allowed.<\/p>\n
Most Overtime Goals, Isles<\/p>\n
1.\u00a02023-24 and 2025-26 9<\/p>\n
2.\u00a02019-20 (68 games) 8<\/p>\n
Best Overtime Goal Differential, Isles<\/p>\n
1.\u00a02025-26 9-0\u00a0 (+9)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a02014-15 6-1 (+5)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a02018-19 6-2\u00a0 (+4) and 1999-00 5-1 (+4)<\/p>\n
Only five teams in NHL history have a better differential than +8, with the Panthers’ 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the only one above +9.<\/p>\n
The Sixth Attacker<\/p>\n
The Isles have scored eleven goals with the 6th attacker (most in NHL) and allowed 12 empty net goals.<\/p>\n
Opponents have scored seven goals with 6th attacker and allowed seven empty-netters to the Isles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Most Extra Attacker Goals, Isles (since 2009-10)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a02025-26 11<\/p>\n
2.\u00a02017-18 9<\/p>\n
Most Career Empty Net Goals<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Bryan Trottier\u00a027<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0John Tavares\u00a020<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Mike Bossy\u00a015<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Brock Nelson\u00a013<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0Jason Blake and Casey Cizikas 11<\/p>\n
Building on a Lead<\/p>\n
The Islanders have had a two-goal lead 30 times this season:<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Score the next goal: 12 times<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Allowed the next goal: 13 times<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Game ended with 2-goal difference: 5 times<\/p>\n
Last Year vs. This Year<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a02025-26\u00a0 36-23-5 for 77 points in 64 games<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a02024-25\u00a0 29-28-7 for 65 points in 64 games; they recorded points 77-78 in their 76th game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Offense from Defense<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Today:\u00a0 \u00a01-1-2<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Season: 37-93-130<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Last Season (Final) 32-129-161<\/p>\n
The 37 goals are the most for the Islander defense since they had 41 in 2022-23.<\/p>\n
Rookie Scoring<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Today:\u00a0 \u00a00-2-2<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Season: 32-51-83<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Last Season (Final) 19-30-49<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0This season’s totals are the most since 2017-18 (38-101-139)\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 32 rookie goals are one behind Montreal for the most in the NHL while the 83 points are tied for 2nd place. Islander rookies have scored 17.4% of the team’s goals, which is the highest percentage in the NHL.<\/p>\n
Home and Road<\/p>\n
The Isles are 36-23-5 overall; they are 17-10-2 at home and 19-13-3 on the road.<\/p>\n
San Jose is 30-25-6 overall; they are 17-10-5 at home and 13-15-1 on the road.<\/p>\n
East and West<\/p>\n
The Isles are 22-11-4 against the East (13-6-2 vs. Metropolitan and 9-5-2 vs. Atlantic) and 14-12-1 against the West (5-7-1 vs. Central and 9-5-0 vs. Pacific).<\/p>\n
First Things First<\/p>\n
The Isles are 24-8-3 when scoring first and 12-15-2 when allowing the opening goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Shots<\/p>\n
Isles\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a08-10-14-2=34<\/p>\n
San Jose 8-10-9-4=31<\/p>\n
The Isles are 11-15-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 23-6-0 when the opposition has more shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the Nets<\/p>\n
Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves; he is 23-14-2 this season and 5-0-3 vs. San Jose.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yaroslav Askarov made 32 saves; he is 19-17-2 this season and 0-1-1 vs. the Isles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Special Teams<\/p>\n
The Isles were 0-3 (6:00); San Jose was 0-2 (4:00).<\/p>\n
The Isles are 17-6-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 19-17-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-12-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 24-11-1 when they do not.<\/p>\n
The Isles are 15-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-9-2 when they are outscored, and 16-13-3 when special team goals are equal. (Their only loss when outscoring the opposition on special teams was in the home opener against Washington.)<\/p>\n
Three is (Usually) a Magic Number<\/p>\n
The Isles are 28-4-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 87-19-2 when they do not.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One-Goal Games<\/p>\n
The Isles are 23-5-5 in games decided by a single goal including 10-5 in regulation. They are 9-0 in games\u00a0 decided in overtime and are 4-5 in shootouts. The Isles are 5-3 in games in which an empty-net goal turns a 1-goal game into a 2-goal game.<\/p>\n
Back-to-Backs\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Isles are 5-6-0 on the front end and 7-3-1 on the back end this season. The next back-to-back will be on March 13th-14th when the Isles host the Kings and Flames.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Isles are 7-4-0 when the opponent is on the back end, including 4-1-0 when the Isles also played the previous day.<\/p>\n
Ice-time Leaders<\/p>\n
Isles: Matthew Schaefer (career-high 29:01); San Jose: Macklin Celebrini (23:10)<\/p>\n
Mathew Barzal led Isles forwards (24:23).<\/p>\n
Face-offs<\/p>\n
Isles 32, San Jose 26 (55%)<\/p>\n
Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 12 of 17 for the Isles; Alex Wennberg won 9 of 16 for San Jose.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hit Count<\/p>\n
Isles 28 (Three with 4)<\/p>\n
San Jose 27 (Two with 4)<\/p>\n
Fights\u00a0<\/p>\n
None. Season total: 5 (Mayfield -2, MacLean, Lee, DeAngelo)<\/p>\n
Blocked Shots<\/p>\n
Isles 11 (Adam Pelech -3)<\/p>\n
San Jose 20 (Three with 3)<\/p>\n
For the Analytics Crowd\u00a0<\/p>\n
Corsi: All situations: Isles 67, San Jose 57<\/p>\n
Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 60, San Jose 44<\/p>\n
5-on-5 leaders:<\/p>\n
Isles: Ryan Pulock +18<\/p>\n
San Jose: Macklin Celebrini +11<\/p>\n
High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)<\/p>\n
All situations: Isles 12, San Jose 19<\/p>\n
5-on-5: Isles 11, San Jose 16<\/p>\n
Scratches<\/p>\n
(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), Adam Boqvist, Kirk Mac Lean, Max Shabanov<\/p>\n
Games Lost to injury: 311. (Last season’s total: 304)<\/p>\n
The Ironmen<\/p>\n
Brayden Schenn played his 308th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (146) has played in every game since the start of the 2024-25 season. Adam Pelech, Matthew Schaefer, Tony DeAngelo, and Emil Heineman have also played in every Islander game this season. Of those, DeAngelo, who played the final 35 games of last season, has the longest streak (99).<\/p>\n
National TV Games\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Isles are 5-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. Their next appearance will be on TNT March 10th in St. Louis.<\/p>\n
Matinee Isles<\/p>\n
The Isles are 2-6-2 in matinee games this season; the remaining matinees are on March 28th vs Anaheim and April 11th vs Ottawa, both at 1:00pm. 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 17-23-14 in matinees.<\/p>\n
Challenges<\/p>\n
Isles: 0 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference \u2013 VEG 11\/14), (No goalie interference \u2013 WPG 1\/13), (No goalie interference \u2013 NSH 1\/31)<\/p>\n
Opponents: 4 successful, 5 failures (No hand pass \u2013 WAS 10\/11), (No interference \u2013 DET 10\/23), (No offside \u2013 WAS 10\/31), (No interference \u2013 COL 12\/4), (Puck not shot out \u2013 EDM 1\/15), (Offside \u2013 VAN 1\/19), (Puck not shot out \u2013 NJ 2\/5), (Offside -MTL 2\/26), (No goalie interference \u2013 CBJ 2\/28)<\/p>\n
Hockey Opps: 1 favorable, 1 unfavorable (No missed stoppage- NJ 11\/10), (goalie interference -DAL 11\/18)<\/p>\n
Quickies (Two goals in under a minute)<\/p>\n
For (6): DET 10\/23, CBJ 11\/2, NJ 1\/6, NYR 1\/28, MTL 2\/26, CBJ 2\/28<\/p>\n
Vs (7): BOS 10\/28, COL 11\/16, PHI 11\/28, WAS 11\/30, WPG 1\/13, BUF 1\/24, WAS 2\/2<\/p>\n
Quick Responses (One team scoring within a minute of other team)<\/p>\n
Isles responses (4): OTT 10\/18, SJS 10\/21, BOS 11\/4, CGY 1\/17<\/p>\n
Opponent responses (3): WPG 10\/13, CAR 10\/30, COL 12\/4<\/p>\n
Multi-Goal 3rd Period Comeback Wins\u00a0<\/p>\n
For (0):\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vs (0):\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last Minute Heroes (Tying or go-ahead goals in the final three minutes of the third period):<\/p>\n
For (10): Anders Lee, GWG(18:57) 10\/18 OTT, Matthew Schaefer, GTG (18:53) and Simon Holmstrom GWG (19:22) 11\/2 CBJ, Kyle Palmieri GAG (17:07 11\/10 NJ)- Isles won in OT, Mathew Barzal GTG (17:23 11\/13 VEG)- Isles won in OT; Emil Heineman GTG (19:31 12\/20 BUF)- Isles lost in OT; Adam Pelech GWG (18:45 12\/23 NJD); Emil Heineman GTG (17:45 1\/3 TOR) \u2013 Isles won in OT; Anders Lee, GTG (18:19) 2\/26 MTL \u2013 Isles won in OT; Anders Lee GWG\u00a0 (19:28 3\/1 FLA)<\/p>\n
Vs (5):\u00a0 Simon Nemec GTG (19:55 11\/10 NJ) but NYI won in OT, Pavel Dorfeyev (19:46, 12\/9 VEG) but NYI won in SO; Alex DeBrincat GWG (17:43 12\/16 DET); Roman Josi GWG (18:46 1\/31 NSH), Sam Reinhart (18:02, 3\/1 FLA) but NYI won in regulation.<\/p>\n
OT Winners<\/p>\n
For (9): Mathew Barzal 11\/10 @ NJ, JG Pageau 11\/13 @ VEG, Matthew Schaefer 11\/14 @ UTA and 1\/3 Vs TOR, Simon Holmstrom 1\/10 @ MIN, Bo Horvat 2\/3 vs PIT, JG Pageau 2\/26 @ MTL, Simon Holmstrom 2\/28 @ CBJ, Bo Horvat 3\/7 @SJ<\/p>\n
Vs (0):\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shootout Winners<\/p>\n
For (4): SEA 11\/23, VEG 12\/9, TBL 12\/13, CHI 12\/30<\/p>\n
Vs (5):\u00a0 PHI 10\/25, BOS 11\/4, PHL 11\/28, BUF 12\/20, NAS 1\/8<\/p>\n
All-time Islander Leader Boards:<\/p>\n
Games Played (skaters)<\/p>\n
1. Bryan Trottier 1,123 \\\\* 2. Denis Potvin 1,060 \\\\*\u00a0 3. Josh Bailey 1,057 \\\\*<\/p>\n
4. Casey Cizikas 960 \\\\* 5. Anders Lee 905\u2026<\/p>\n
16. Derek King 638 \\\\* 17. Adam Pelech 624 \\\\* 18. Billy Harris 623 \\\\* 19. Stefan Persson\u00a0 622 \\\\* 20. Ryan Pulock 621 \\\\* 21. Frans Nielsen 606 \\\\* 22. Kenny Jonsson and Scott Mayfield 597 \\\\* 24. Garry Howatt 596 \\\\* 25. John Toneli 594 \\\\* 26. Mathew Barzal 593<\/p>\n
Goals\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
1. Mike Bossy 573 \\\\* 2. Bryan Trottier 500 \\\\*\u00a0 3. Denis Potvin 310 \\\\*<\/p>\n
4. Clark Gillies and Anders Lee 304\u00a0 \u2026<\/p>\n
17. Patrick Flatley 160 \\\\* 18. Mathew Barzal 151\u2026<\/p>\n
22. Jason Blake 127 \\\\* 23. Duane Sutter and Casey Cizikas 121<\/p>\n
Assists<\/p>\n
1. Bryan Trottier 853 \\\\* 2. Denis Potvin 742 \\\\* 3. Mike Bossy 553 \\\\*<\/p>\n
4. Josh Bailey 396 \\\\* 5. Mathew Barzal 368\u2026<\/p>\n
18. Tomas Jonsson 249 \\\\* 19. Anders Lee 238\u2026<\/p>\n
23. Pierre Turgeon 193 \\\\* 24. Ryan Pulock 182\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
32. Ziggy Palffy 163 \\\\* 33. Casey Cizikas 156<\/p>\n
Points<\/p>\n
1. Bryan Trottier 1,353 \\\\* 2. Mike Bossy 1,126 \\\\* 3. Denis Potvin 1,052\u2026<\/p>\n
9. Pat LaFontaine 566 \\\\* 910. John Tonelli 544 \\\\* 11. Bob Bourne and Anders Lee 542 \\\\*\u00a0<\/p>\n
13. Mathew Barzal 519\u2026<\/p>\n
27. Ed Westfall 286 \\\\* 28. Casey Cizikas 277<\/p>\n
+\/-<\/p>\n
1. Bryan Trottier +467\u00a0 \\\\\\2. Denis Potvin +456 \\\\\\ 3. Mike Bossy +380<\/p>\n
15. Bob Lorimer +105 \\\\* 16. Adam Pelech +85 \\\\* 17. Tomas Jonsson +76\u00a0 \\\\* 18. Garry Howatt +75 \\\\*\u00a0 19. Ryan Pulock +71 \\\\* 220. Pat Price +70 \\\\* 21. JP Parise +67\u00a0 \\\\* 22. Jude Drouin +58 \\\\* 23. Patrick Flatley +57\u00a0 \\\\*\u00a0 24. Greg Gilbert +54\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Defense Goals<\/p>\n
1. Denis Potvin 310 \\\\* 2. Tomas Jonsson 84 \\\\* 3. Kenny Jonsson 57 \\\\*<\/p>\n
4. Ryan Pulock 56\u2026<\/p>\n
12. Adrian Aucoin 33 \\\\* 13. Bryan Berard 31 \\\\* 14. Scott Mayfield and Adam Pelech 30\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Defense Assists<\/p>\n
1. Denis Potvin 742\\\\*\u00a0 2. Stefan Persson 317 \\\\* 3. Tomas Jonsson 249 \\\\*<\/p>\n
4. Nick Leddy 198 \\\\* 5. Ryan Pulock 182 \u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
9. Jeff Norton 166 \\\\*10. Adam Pelech 143\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
15. Tom Kurvers and Gerry Hart 108 \\\\* 17. Scott Mayfield 105<\/p>\n
Defense Points<\/p>\n
1. Denis Potvin 1,052 \\\\* 2. Stefan Persson 369 \\\\* 3. Tomas Jonsson 333 \\\\*<\/p>\n
4. Nick Leddy 243 \\\\* 5. Ryan Pulock 238\u2026<\/p>\n
10. Mark Streit 179 \\\\* 11. Adam Pelech 172\u2026<\/p>\n
14. Dave Lewis 141 \\\\* 15. Scott Mayfield 135<\/p>\n
Goalie Games<\/p>\n
1. Billy Smith 674 \\\\* 2. Rick DiPietro 318 \\\\* 3. Ilya Sorokin 291\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
8. Jaroslav Halak 177\\\\*\u00a0 9. Glenn Healy 176 \\\\* 10. Semyon Varlamov 173<\/p>\n
Wins<\/p>\n
1. Billy Smith 304\u00a0 \\\\* 2. Glenn Resch 157 \\\\* 3. Ilya Sorokin 148 \u2026<\/p>\n
7. Jaroslav Halak 88 \\\\*\u00a0 8. Roland Melanson 77 \\\\* 9. Semyon Varlamov 76<\/p>\n
Shutouts\u00a0<\/p>\n
1. Ilya Sorokin 28 \\\\* 2. Glenn Resch 25 \\\\* 3. Billy Smith 22 \\\\*<\/p>\n
4. Rick DiPietro and Semyon Varlamov 16<\/p>\n
On the Farm\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
Bridgeport fell 6-0 in Hartford Friday but rebounded for a 4-1 win at home against Providence on Saturday. Matt Luff had a goal and an assist while Henrik Tikkanen made 24 saves for the win.<\/p>\n
The Islanders now have a three-point lead over Springfield for the final playoff spot; the Islanders are 23-25-3-5 on the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bridgeport hosts Lehigh Valley on Sunday afternoon; the winner of that game will have sole possession of 5th place in their division.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leaders:\u00a0 Goals: Adam Beckman 22;\u00a0 Assists: Marshall Highmore 21\u00a0 (Matt Luff has 28, 25 prior to being acquired); Points: Beckman 39.(Luff has 44, 39 prior to being acquired)<\/p>\n
Goalies:\u00a0 Marcus Hogberg 11-11-6, 2.86, .892; Henrik Tikkanen\u00a0 9-6-1, 2.46, .902<\/p>\n
Season Series Stats<\/p>\n
The Isles sweep the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 1).\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Isles have points in twelve straight meetings with the Sharks (8-0-4); the streak started on November 23, 2019, at the Shark Tank, when the Isles extended their club-record point streak to 17 games with an overtime loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
UP NEXT<\/p>\n
TUESDAY, MARCH 10th\u00a0 \u2014ISLES AT ST. LOUIS 7:30PM<\/p>\n
[TNT (Pre-game at 7:00); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]<\/p>\n
It is the final game of the road trip, and Brayden Schenn’s homecoming, as the Isles head to St. Louis to face the Blues.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The teams met in November at UBS Arena, and the Blues earned a 2-1 win; Schenn scored on the first shot of the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This will be the Islanders’ final road game against a Western Conference opponent (8-6-1) and their final game outside the Eastern Time Zone. The Isles are 1-2-2 in their last five trips to St. Louis.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brendan Burke, Darren Pang, and Butch Goring will have the national call on TNT.<\/p>\n
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.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Eric Hornick Game 64 Isles 2, San Jose 1 Bo Horvat scored his 13th career overtime goal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-210579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}