2018-19 ISLANDERS

Regular Record: 46-26-7, 99 points as of March 30 Clinched 25th all-time playoff appearance with a 5-1 victory over the Sabres

PLAYOFF QUICK HITS Playoff History All-Time Playoff Appearance: 25th Consecutive Playoff Appearances: 1 Most Recent Playoff Appearance: 2016 (FR: 4-2 W vs. FLA; SR: 4-1 L vs. TBL) All-Time Playoff Record: 144-120 in 264 GP (31-20 in 51 Series)

Playoff Records Game 7s: 3-5 (0-1 at home, 3-4 on road) : 33-16 (17-9 at home, 16-7 on road) Facing Elimination: 27-20 (16-5 at home, 11-15 on road) With Chance to Clinch Series: 31-18 (13-6 at home, 18-12 on road)

Stanley Cup Final Final Appearances: 5 Stanley Cups: 4 (1980, 1981, 1982 & 1983)

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New York Islanders: Year-by-Year Record ( at bottom) : All-Time Record vs. Opponents (playoffs at bottom)

LOOKING AHEAD: 2019 Team Notes * The Islanders reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fourth time in the last seven seasons. Their most recent appearance came in 2016 as the first Wild Card seed when they triumphed over the Panthers in the First Round via a series-clinching in the second overtime of Game 6 at , earning the franchise’s first series win since the 1993 Division Finals (vs. PIT).

* The Islanders, who will contest their home games in the First Round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs at , are 82-44 in 126 all-time postseason games as hosts (80-41 at Nassau Coliseum, 2-3 at Barclays Center). New York’s .651 home ranks third in NHL history behind only Edmonton (.667; 90-45 in 135 GP) and (.661; 253-127-3 in 383 GP). ^Excludes the Golden Knights (.700; 7-3 in 10 home playoff games)

* New York aims for home ice advantage in the playoffs for the first time since the 1988 Division Semifinals (4-2 L vs. NJD). The Islanders last clinched a series at Nassau Coliseum on April 28, 1993 when the club scored five straight goals to defeat the Capitals in Game 6 of the 1993 Division Semifinals.

* The Islanders, who will contest their home games after the First Round at Barclays Center, can become the fourth NHL franchise to play as the home team in multiple venues during a single postseason. The original Senators did so in 1920 (3 GP at Laurier Avenue Arena in Ottawa, 2 GP at Mutual Street Arena in ), followed by the Canadiens in 1924 (4 GP at Mount Royal Arena in Montreal, 1 GP at ) and finally the Rangers in 1932 (3 GP at III, 1 GP at Boston Garden) and again in 1950 (2 GP at Madison Square Garden III, 2 GP at Maple Leaf Gardens). ^The Victoria Cougars of the West Coast Hockey League were the home team in each game of the 1925 Stanley Cup Final, hosting three at Patrick Arena in Victoria (Games 1, 3 & 4) and one at Denman Arena in Vancouver (Game 2)

* The Islanders captured the Stanley Cup in four consecutive years from 1980 to 1983. They remain one of three teams in NHL history to win four or more consecutive championships, following the Canadiens who won five straight from 1956 to 1960 and four straight from 1976 to 1979.

Player Notes * Ten current Islanders also skated at least one game with the club in the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs: , Johnny Boychuk, Casey Cizikas, Cal Clutterbuck, Thomas Greiss, Thomas Hickey, Nick Leddy, Matt Martin, and Ryan Pulock. Additionally, Steve Bernier was part of the 2016 playoff run but has skated only with the AHL’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers thus far in 2018-19.

* (Edina, Minn.), who was injured with four days remaining in the 2015-16 regular-season and missed all 11 playoff games, can become the third U.S.-born in NHL history to capture the Stanley Cup. Derian Hatcher (Sterling Heights, Mich.) won with the Stars in 1999 and Dustin Brown (Ithaca, N.Y.) led the Kings to titles in 2012 and 2014.

* Thomas Greiss appeared in all 11 games for the Islanders in the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs and compiled a record of 5-6 (2.46 GAA, .923 SV%). He is five playoff wins shy of tying Kelly Hrudy and Glenn Healy (both w/ 10) for third place on the franchise’s all-time list.

* can become the second in NHL history to capture the Stanley Cup in back-to- back years with a different team in each instance. He would join Tommy Gorman, who won the Stanley Cup with the Black Hawks in 1934 and in 1935.

* Making his 12th postseason appearance, Trotz can become the 10th head coach in NHL history (second active) to reach at least the second round in five more consecutive postseasons. The only coaches to do so: (11 w/ NYI), Fred Shero (8 w/ PHI/ NYR), Billy Reay (7 w/ CHI), (6 w/ MTL/BUF and 6 w/ DET), Glen Sather (6 w/ EDM), Pat Burns (6 w/ MTL/TOR), (5 w/ MTL), Toe Blake (5 w/ MTL) and Mike Babcock (5 w/ DET). ^Includes seasons when teams received by through Preliminary Round

IN REVIEW: 2018-19 REGULAR-SEASON Team Notes * New York has allowed the fewest goals thus far in 2018-19 (193 GA) as they aim to become the second NHL team to allow the most goals in one season (296 GA in 2017-18) and fewest in the next. The original did so in a four/three-team league from 1917-18 (114 GA) to 1918-19 (53 GA). ^Shootout-deciding goals included as applicable

* The Islanders won the Stanley Cup after finishing the regular-season with the fewest goals against on one occasion, in 1982-83 when they allowed only 226 goals en route to their fourth straight title. In the 35 years since, five teams have allowed the fewest goals against in the regular-season before winning the Cup: the 1998-99 Stars (168 GA), 2002-03 Devils (179 GA), 2007-08 Red Wings (179 GA), 2012-13 Blackhawks (97 GA) and 2013-14 Kings (168 GA).

* The Islanders occupy second place in the as they push for the seventh division title in franchise history and first since 1987-88.

* After finishing 2017-18 with 80 points, the Islanders are on pace to finish with 103 points. A +23- differential would be the fourth-highest year-to-year increase in club history. The top three: +44 (2000-01 to 2001-02), +32 (1973-74 to 1974-75) and +26 (1972-73 to 1973-74). ^Excludes +24 improvement from 2012-13 to 2013-14

* New York has posted a 32-14-3 record since Dec. 15, 2018 (67 points), trailing only Tampa Bay (34-8-3, 71 points) for the most wins and points in that span.

* New York has shut out opponents a League-high 10 times in 2018-19, matching the franchise record for most in a season (also 10 in 1975-76).

* The Islanders earned six consecutive wins as visitors from Dec. 23, 2018 – Jan. 18, 2019, tied for the third-longest road win streak in franchise history.

* New York went 19-5-2 in back-to-backs this season, including an 11-1-1 mark in the second game. The Islanders are the 15th team in NHL history to finish a season with one or fewer regulation losses in the second game of back-to-backs (min. 10 GP) and second in as many years (NSH: 8-1-2 in 2017-18).

Player Notes * Anders Lee (28-22—50 in 79 GP) paces a group of eight Islanders who have reached the 10-goal mark in 2018-19. New York has featured eight or more 10-goal scorers in each of its last five seasons.

* (18-44—62 in 79 GP) has collected 40-107—147 through the first 163 games of his NHL career. Only 10 other players to debut with the Islanders have recorded as many points within their first 200 career regular-season games, with former captain (66-91—157 in 200 GP) the last to do so before Barzal.

* The Islanders tandem of Thomas Greiss (42 GP) and (44 GP) are competing with the Stars duo of Ben Bishop (45 GP) and Anton Khudobin (39 GP) in the tightly-contested race for the 2018-19 William M. Jennings Trophy. The Islanders were runners up in the first year of the award’s existence (1981-82) and won it the next season en route to capturing their last Stanley Cup, with Rollie Melanson and sharing the honor in 1982-83.

* Barry Trotz recorded the 800th regular-season win of his NHL career on March 5 – the fourth head coach to do so – and less than three weeks later became the fourth in League history to serve 1,600 regular-season games as head coach.

GAME-BY-GAME RECORD, BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES Overall Record Home Record Road Record Game 1 20-21 (.488) 10-4 (.714) 10-17 (.370) Game 2 22-19 (.537) 13-1 (.929) 9-18 (.333) Game 3 21-20 (.512) 13-14 (.481) 8-6 (.571) Game 4 24-17 (.585) 14-13 (.519) 10-4 (.714) Game 5 13-21 (.382) 4-4 (.500) 9-17 (.346) Game 6 17-5 (.773) 14-2 (.875) 3-3 (.500) Game 7 3-5 (.375) 0-1 (.000) 3-4 (.429)

PLAYOFF SITUATIONS, BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES Overall Series Record Starting at Home Starting on Road Lead 1-0 15-5 (.750) 8-2 (.800) 7-3 (.700) Lead 2-0 11-1 (.916) 8-1 (.888) 3-0 (1.000) Lead 3-0 9-0 (1.000) 6-0 (1.000) 3-0 (1.000)

Trail 1-0 7-14 (.333) 2-2 (.500) 5-12 (.294) Trail 2-0 3-8 (.272) - 3-8 (.272) Trail 3-0 1-5 (.166) - 1-5 (.166)

Tied 1-1 8-10 (.444) 2-3 (.400) 6-7 (.461) Tied 2-2 5-6 (.454) 1-3 (.250) 4-3 (.571) Tied 3-3 3-5 (.375) 0-1 (.000) 3-4 (.428)

Lead 2-1 8-2 (.800) 4-1 (.800) 4-1 (.800) Lead 3-1 9-0 (1.000) 4-0 (1.000) 5-0 (1.000)

Trail 2-1 4-12 (.250) 0-3 (.000) 4-9 (.307) Trail 3-1 2-12 (.142) 0-1 (.000) 2-11 (.153)

Lead 3-2 10-1 (.909) 3-1 (.750) 7-0 (1.000)

Trail 3-2 3-8 (.272) 0-2 (.000) 3-6 (.333)

SERIES RECORD BY TYPE Series Record Total Series Best-of-7 22-19 41 Best-of-5 6-1 7 Best-of-3 3-0 3 Total-Goals — — Overall 31-20 51

GAME 7 HISTORY Date Game Series vs. Result Goaltender GWG 4/27/2015 7 R1 WSH 1-2 L Jaroslav Halak — 4/30/2002 7 CQF TOR 2-4 L — 5/14/1993 7 DF PIT 4-3 W OT Glenn Healy David Volek 5/2/1987 7 DF PHI 1-5 L — 4/18/1987 7 DSF WSH 3-2 W 4OT Kelly Hrudey Pat LaFontaine 4/29/1978 7 QF TOR 1-2 L OT Glenn Resch — 5/13/1975 7 SF PHI 1-4 L Glenn Resch — 4/26/1975 7 QF PIT 1-0 W Glenn Resch ^Home games in bold

WITH CHANCE TO CLINCH SERIES (ALL FORMATS) ^Home games in bold Date Game Series vs. Result Goaltender GWG 4/24/2016 6 R1 FLA 2-1 W 2OT Thomas Greiss John Tavares 4/27/2015 7 R1 WSH 1-2 L Jaroslav Halak — 4/30/2002 7 CQF TOR 2-4 L Chris Osgood — 5/14/1993 7 DF PIT 4-3 W OT Glenn Healy David Volek 4/28/1993 6 DSF WSH 5-3 W Glenn Healy 4/26/1993 5 DSF WSH 4-6 L Glenn Healy, — 5/2/1987 7 DF PHI 1-5 L Kelly Hrudey — 4/18/1987 7 DSF WSH 3-2 W 4OT Kelly Hrudey Pat LaFontaine 4/16/1985 5 DSF WSH 2-1 W Billy Smith 5/5/1984 6 CF MTL 4-1 W Billy Smith 4/18/1984 5 DF WSH 5-3 W Billy Smith 4/10/1984 5 DSF NYR 3-2 W OT Billy Smith Ken Morrow 5/17/1983 4 SCF EDM 4-2 W Billy Smith Mike Bossy 5/7/1983 6 CF BOS 8-4 W Billy Smith Mike Bossy 5/5/1983 5 CF BOS 1-5 L Billy Smith — 4/22/1983 6 DF NYR 5-2 W Billy Smith 4/10/1983 4 DSF WSH 6-3 W Mats Hallin 5/16/1982 4 SCF VAN 3-1 W Billy Smith Mike Bossy 5/4/1982 4 CF QUE 4-2 W Billy Smith 4/23/1982 6 DF NYR 5-3 W Billy Smith Dave Langevin 4/21/1982 5 DF NYR 2-4 L Billy Smith — 4/13/1982 5 DSF PIT 4-3 W OT Billy Smith 4/11/1982 4 DSF PIT 2-5 L Roland Melanson — 4/10/1982 3 DSF PIT 1-2 L OT Billy Smith — 5/21/1981 5 SCF MNS 5-1 W Billy Smith 5/19/1981 4 SCF MNS 2-4 L Billy Smith — 5/5/1981 4 SF NYR 5-2 W Billy Smith Mike Bossy 4/24/1981 6 QF EDM 5-2 W Billy Smith Bobby Nystrom 4/22/1981 5 QF EDM 3-4 L Billy Smith — 4/11/1981 3 PRLM TOR 6-1 W Billy Smith Mike Bossy 5/24/1980 6 SCF PHI 5-4 W OT Billy Smith Bobby Nystrom 5/22/1980 5 SCF PHI 3-6 L Billy Smith — 5/10/1980 6 SF BUF 5-2 W Billy Smith 5/8/1980 5 SF BUF 0-2 L Glenn Resch — 5/6/1980 4 SF BUF 4-7 L Billy Smith — 4/22/1980 5 QF BOS 4-2 W Billy Smith Clark Gillies 4/21/1980 4 QF BOS 3-4 L OT Billy Smith — 4/12/1980 4 PRLM LAK 6-0 W Billy Smith Garry Howatt 4/22/1979 4 QF CHI 3-1 W Billy Smith Ed Westfall 4/29/1978 7 QF TOR 1-2 L OT Glenn Resch — 4/27/1978 6 QF TOR 2-5 L Glenn Resch — 4/17/1977 4 QF BUF 4-3 W Billy Smith Billy MacMillan 4/7/1977 2 PRLM CHI 2-1 W Billy Smith Clark Gillies 4/22/1976 6 QF BUF 3-2 W Billy Smith Clark Gillies 4/8/1976 2 PRLM VAN 3-1 W Glenn Resch Garry Howatt 5/13/1975 7 SF PHI 1-4 L Glenn Resch — 4/26/1975 7 QF PIT 1-0 W Glenn Resch Ed Westfall 4/11/1975 3 PRLM NYR 4-3 W OT Billy Smith J.P. Parise 4/10/1975 2 PRLM NYR 3-8 L Glenn Resch —

FACING ELIMINATION (ALL FORMATS) Date Game Series vs. Result Goaltender GWG 5/8/2016 5 R2 TBL 0-4 L Thomas Greiss — 4/27/2015 7 R1 WSH 1-2 L Jaroslav Halak — 4/25/2015 6 R1 WSH 3-1 W Jaroslav Halak Nikolay Kulemin 5/11/2013 6 CQF PIT 3-4 L OT — 4/20/2007 5 CQF BUF 3-4 L Rick DiPietro — 4/16/2004 5 CQF TBL 2-3 L OT Rick DiPietro — 4/17/2003 5 CQF OTT 1-4 L — 4/30/2002 7 CQF TOR 2-4 L Chris Osgood — 4/28/2002 6 CQF TOR 5-3 W Chris Osgood Kip Miller 4/24/1994 4 CQF NYR 2-5 L — 5/24/1993 5 CF MTL 2-5 L Glenn Healy — 5/22/1993 4 CF MTL 4-1 W Glenn Healy Patrick Flatley 5/14/1993 7 DF PIT 4-3 W OT Glenn Healy David Volek 5/12/1993 6 DF PIT 7-5 W Glenn Healy Steve Thomas 4/13/1990 5 DSF NYR 5-6 L Mark Fitzpatrick, Glenn Healy — 4/14/1988 6 DSF NJD 5-6 L Kelly Hrudey — 5/2/1987 7 DF PHI 1-5 L Kelly Hrudey — 4/30/1987 6 DF PHI 4-2 W Kelly Hrudey 4/28/1987 5 DF PHI 2-1 W Kelly Hrudey 4/18/1987 7 DSF WSH 3-2 W 4OT Kelly Hrudey Pat LaFontaine 4/16/1987 6 DSF WSH 5-4 W Kelly Hrudey Pat LaFontaine 4/14/1987 5 DSF WSH 4-2 W Kelly Hrudey 4/12/1986 3 DSF WSH 1-3 L Kelly Hrudey — 4/28/1985 5 DF PHI 0-1 L Kelly Hrudey — 4/25/1985 4 DF PHI 6-2 W Kelly Hrudey 4/16/1985 5 DSF WSH 2-1 W Billy Smith Brent Sutter 4/14/1985 4 DSF WSH 6-4 W Billy Smith Bryan Trottier 4/13/1985 3 DSF WSH 2-1 W Billy Smith Brent Sutter 5/19/1984 5 SCF EDM 2-5 L Billy Smith, Roland Melanson — 4/10/1984 5 DSF NYR 3-2 W OT Billy Smith Ken Morrow 4/8/1984 4 DSF NYR 4-1 W Billy Smith Brent Sutter 4/13/1982 5 DSF PIT 4-3 W OT Billy Smith John Tonelli 5/8/1979 6 SF NYR 1-2 L Glenn Resch — 4/29/1978 7 QF TOR 1-2 L OT Glenn Resch — 5/5/1977 6 SF MTL 1-2 L Glenn Resch — 5/3/1977 5 SF MTL 4-3 W OT Glenn Resch Billy Harris 5/6/1976 5 SF MTL 2-5 L Glenn Resch — 5/4/1976 4 SF MTL 5-2 W Glenn Resch Jude Drouin 5/13/1975 7 SF PHI 1-4 L Glenn Resch — 5/11/1975 6 SF PHI 2-1 W Glenn Resch Gerry Hart 5/8/1975 5 SF PHI 5-1 W Glenn Resch Billy Harris 5/7/1975 4 SF PHI 4-3 W OT Glenn Resch Jude Drouin 4/26/1975 7 QF PIT 1-0 W Glenn Resch Ed Westfall 4/24/1975 6 QF PIT 4-1 W Glenn Resch Garry Howatt 4/22/1975 5 QF PIT 4-2 W Glenn Resch Ed Westfall 4/20/1975 4 QF PIT 3-1 W Glenn Resch Clark Gillies 4/11/1975 3 PRLM NYR 4-3 W OT Billy Smith J.P. Parise ^Home games in bold