Game 66<\/p>\n
Los Angeles 3, Isles 2<\/p>\n
For the second straight game, the Isles faced a 3-0 deficit, but this time they could not find the equalizer, falling 3-2 to the Los Angeles Kings, before a sellout crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emil Heineman scored a pair of goals to get the Isles close, but the Isles could not knot the score.<\/p>\n
The Isles fall to 5-3-0 since the Olympic Break and 24-14-2 in their last 40 games; they host Calgary in the back-end of the back-to-back on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Scoring:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
1st Period\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trevor Moore (8) 03:33 LAK 1,NYI 0<\/p>\n
Anze Kopitar (8) Mikey Anderson (10), Alex Turcotte (11) 13:07 LAK 2,NYI 0<\/p>\n
Adrian Kempe (26) Artemi Panarin (45) 18:28 LAK 3,NYI 0<\/p>\n
2nd Period<\/p>\n
Emil Heineman (17) Adam Pelech (9), Bo Horvat (18) 10:46 LAK 3,NYI 1<\/p>\n
3rd Period<\/p>\n
Emil Heineman (18) Matthew Schaefer (28), Bo Horvat (19) 03:38 LAK 3,NYI 2<\/p>\n
The Skinny<\/p>\n
The Isles are 10-5-0 in their last fifteen games\u2026 The Isles are 5-20-1 when trailing after two periods …. Emil Heineman recorded his second multi-goal game to reach eighteen goals and now has 212 hits; Trent Hunter is the only player in club history (since 2005-06) to be credited with 200 hits while scoring at least 20 goals\u2026Matthew Schaefer set an NHL record for ice-time by an 18-year-old by playing 29:24\u2026Anze Kopitar played his final game at UBS Arena and moved within one point of Marcel Dionne’s King record (1307-1306)\u2026Adrian Kempe extended his point streak to seven games; it his third streak this season of at least seven games\u2026Matthew Schaefer extended his assist streak to four games, matching his career high; Pat LaFontaine (9), Bryan Trottier (6 and 5) and Ari Haanpaa (5), all forwards, are the only teenagers in club history with longer streaks\u2026The Isles failed in their second attempt to reach a season-high 15 games over .500.<\/p>\n
The Standings<\/p>\n
The Isles remain tied with Pittsburgh for 2nd place in the Metropolitan Division (the Isles have played one more game); they are two points ahead of Columbus and are six points ahead of Washington and Philadelphia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Milestone Men\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Ryan Pulock played his 623rd game, passing Stefan Persson for 3rd place among defensemen<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Scott Mayfield played his 599th game.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Tony DeAngelo played his 100th consecutive game.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Ilya Sorokin recorded his 149th career win.<\/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\u00a013 (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.<\/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 22-11-1 (with an NHL-best .922 save percentage, and a 2.27 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(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\/293)\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 5-3-0 overall, 2-1-0 at home and 4-2-0 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 W 4-3 (OT)<\/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 17 games, including tonight, 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 (20-28-48 in 66 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 28<\/p>\n
Only six Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 28 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 48<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Bryan Berard 39<\/p>\n
Only five Islander teenagers, regardless of position, have recorded at least 48 points, led by Bryan Trottier’s 95 and Tim Connolly’s 75. John Tavares (54) is the one now 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 100 Isles games.<\/p>\n
Most Games, Goals, Assists and Points as an 18-Year-Old (Isles history)<\/p>\n
Matthew Schafer holds the club record for goals (20), assists (28), and points (48). 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) and Matthew Schaefer 48 (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 32 penalties this season, more than any other NHL defenseman, and tied-2nd in the NHL (behind Connor McDavid and tied with Macklin Celebrini). He is a net +14(having taken only 18 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 (Season, Since 2009-10)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Zenon Konopka 2010-11 47<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0John Tavares 2011-12 42<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Mathew Barzal\u00a0 2017-18 40<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 2025-26\u00a0 32 (tied with John Tavares, Mathew Barzal and Matt Martin)<\/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 32<\/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 29:24 3\/13\/2026 vs LA<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3\/7\/2026 at SJ (OT)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11\/28\/2025 vs PHI (SO)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1\/8\/2026 at NAS (SO)<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 28:12 12\/9\/2025 vs VEG<\/p>\n
A 20-year-old Islander has played more than 29:24 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.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 29:24 3\/13\/2026 vs LA<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 29:15 12\/4\/2018 vs TOR (OT)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Drew Doughty (LA) 29:04 11\/22\/2008 vs COL (SO)<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 29:01 3\/7\/2026 vs SJ (OT)<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0Matthew Schaefer 28:53 11\/28\/2025 vs PHI (SO)<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 Matthew Schaefer 28:53 1\/8\/2026 vs NAS (SO)<\/p>\n
Schaefer now has the 12th-highest ice-time for a teenager; the record is 30:57 and is held by Jay Bouwmeester; there are only four recorded instances of a teenager playing 30 minutes in a game. Schaefer is only the sixth teenager with multiple games of at least 29 minutes; Seth Jones is the only one to have three such games.<\/p>\n
Schaefer has played at least 20:00 in 54 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 eighteen come-from behind wins this season, including eight 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 six multi-goal comeback wins (one in the third period); opponents have three (none in the third period).<\/p>\n
Overtime Is Our Time<\/p>\n
The Isles are 10-0 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 nine overtime goals with none allowed.<\/p>\n
Most Overtime Goals, Isles<\/p>\n
1.\u00a02025-26 10<\/p>\n
2.\u00a02023-24 9<\/p>\n
3.\u00a02019-20 (68 games) 8<\/p>\n
Best Overtime Goal Differential<\/p>\n
1.\u00a02025-26\u00a0 10-0\u00a0 (+10)<\/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 one other team in NHL history has a better differential than +9, with the Panthers’ 13-2 (+11) in 2021-22 being the record-holder.<\/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 37-24-5 for 79 points in 66 games<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a02024-25\u00a0 30-28-8 for 68 points in 66 games; they reached 79 points in their 77th game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Offense from Defense<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Today:\u00a0 \u00a00-2-2<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Season: 37-98-135<\/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 \u00a00-1-1<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Season: 33-54-87<\/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 33 rookie goals are two behind Montreal for the most in the NHL while the 87 points are tied-2nd\u00a0 behind Chicago’s 93. 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 37-24-5 overall; they are 17-11-2 at home and 20-13-3 on the road.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles is 27-23-15 overall; they are 10-15-7 at home and 17-8-8 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 15-13-1 against the West (6-7-1 vs. Central and 9-6-0 vs. Pacific).<\/p>\n
First Things First<\/p>\n
The Isles are 24-8-3 when scoring first and 13-16-2 when allowing the opening goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Shots<\/p>\n
Isles\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4-8-10=22<\/p>\n
Los Angeles 10-13-4=27<\/p>\n
The Isles are 12-15-4 when they outshoot their opponents, 2-2-1 when the shots are even and 23-7-0 when the opposition has more shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the Nets<\/p>\n
Ilya Sorokin made 25 saves; he is 24-15-2 this season and 1-7-0 vs. Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Darcy Keumper made 20 saves; he is 16-13-10 this season and 10-6-2 vs. the Isles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Special Teams<\/p>\n
The Isles were 0-3 (4:04); Los Angeles was 0-3 (6:00).<\/p>\n
The Isles are 18-6-2 when they score at least one power play goal and 19-18-3 when they do not. The Isles are 12-12-4 when they allow at least one power play goal and 25-12-1 when they do not.<\/p>\n
The Isles are 16-1-0 when they outscore the opposition on special teams, 5-9-2 when they are outscored, and 16-14-3 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 a Magic Number<\/p>\n
The Isles are 29-4-3 when they score at least three goals (including shootout winners) and are 8-20-2 when they do not.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One-Goal Games<\/p>\n
The Isles are 24-6-5 in games decided by a single goal including 10-6 in regulation. They are 10-0 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<\/p>\n
Including tonight, the Isles are 5-7-0 on the front end and 7-3-1 on the back end this season. This back-to-back concludes Saturday vs. Calgary. The next back-to-back will be on March 21st-22nd when the Isles visit Montreal and host Columbus.\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 29:24); Los Angeles: Mikey Anderson (23:44)<\/p>\n
Mathew Barzal led Isles forwards (24:56).<\/p>\n
Face-offs<\/p>\n
Isles 27, Los Angeles 19 (59%)<\/p>\n
Jean-Gabriel Pageau won 8 of 13 for the Isles; No King who took more than three draws won more than he lost.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hit Count<\/p>\n
Isles 23 (Emil Heineman -5)<\/p>\n
Los Angeles 23 (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 14 (Brayden Schenn -3)<\/p>\n
Los Angeles 23 (Mikey Anderson -5)<\/p>\n
For the Analytics Crowd\u00a0<\/p>\n
Corsi: All situations: Isles 72, Los Angeles 61<\/p>\n
Corsi: 5-on-5: Isles 55\u00a0 \u00a0Los Angeles 43<\/p>\n
5-on-5 leaders:<\/p>\n
Isles: Matthew Schaefer +14<\/p>\n
Los Angeles: Quinton Byfield +7\u00a0<\/p>\n
High Danger Scoring Chances (per Natural Stat Trick)<\/p>\n
All situations: Isles 11, Los Angeles 18<\/p>\n
5-on-5: Isles 8, Los Angeles 12<\/p>\n
Scratches<\/p>\n
(Pierre Engvall-LTIR), (Semyon Varlamov-IR), (Alex Romanov-IR), (Kyle Palmieri-IR), Adam Boqvist, Kirk Mac Lean, Anthony Duclair<\/p>\n
Games Lost to injury: 319. (Last season’s total: 304)<\/p>\n
The Ironmen<\/p>\n
Brayden Schenn played his 310th consecutive game (the first 307 for the Blues) while Anders Lee (148) 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 (101).<\/p>\n
National TV Games\u00a0<\/p>\n
Including tonight, the Isles are 6-3-1 in games that air on one of the NHL’s US national broadcast partners. Their final scheduled appearance will be on ESPN+ April 9th vs. Toronto.<\/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: 1 successful, 3 failures (No goalie interference \u2013 VEG 11\/14), (No goalie interference \u2013 WPG 1\/13), (No goalie interference \u2013 NSH 1\/31), (Offside \u2013 STL 3\/11)<\/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 (1): STL 3\/11<\/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 (10): 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, Mathew Barzal 3\/11 @ STL<\/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 962 \\\\* 5. Anders Lee 907\u2026<\/p>\n
16. Derek King 638 \\\\* 17. Adam Pelech 626 \\\\* 18. Billy Harris and Ryan Pulock 623 \\\\* 19. Stefan Persson 622 \\\\* 21. Frans Nielsen 606 \\\\* 22. Scott Mayfield 599 \\\\* 23. Kenny Jonsson 597 \\\\* 24. Garry Howatt 596 \\\\* 25. Mathew Barzal 595<\/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 152\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 370\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 522\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. Pat Price +70 \\\\* 20. Ryan Pulock +69 \\\\* 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 144\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 173\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 293\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 149 \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 3-0 at Charlotte to fall to 24-26-3-5 on the season. Marcus Hogberg made 22 saves in defeat. The Islanders hold a four-point lead over Springfield for the final playoff spot.<\/p>\n
Bridgeport also plays in Charlotte on Saturday.\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 45, 39 prior to being acquired)<\/p>\n
Goalies:\u00a0 Marcus Hogberg 11-12-6, 2.87, .892; Henrik Tikkanen\u00a0 10-6-1, 2.54, .899<\/p>\n
Season Series Stats<\/p>\n
Los Angeles sweeps the season series, 2 games to 0 (and 4 points to 0).<\/p>\n
The Isles are 1-9-0 in their last ten games in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
UP NEXT<\/p>\n
SATURDAY, MARCH 14th\u00a0 \u2014CALGARY AT ISLES 7:00PM<\/p>\n
[MSGSN2 (Pre-game at 6:30); WRHU 88.7 FM, WRCN 103.9FM, Isles + UBS Arena App]<\/p>\n
The Isles conclude the back-to-back by hosting Calgary.<\/p>\n
The Flames defeated the Isles 4-2 in Alberta\u00a0 on January 17th, extending their point streak over the Islanders to 11 games (9-0-2). The only Isle wins in that stretch were an overtime win at UBS in November 2022, and a shootout win at the Saddledome in November 2023\u00a0 (2-7-2).<\/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":"Game 66 Los Angeles 3, Isles 2 For the second straight game, the Isles faced a 3-0 deficit,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-163462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}