GAMEDAY PREVIEW December 17, 2018 at TIME: 9:00 ET TV: MSG + RADIO: Radio.com, 88.7 and 103.9 WRCN 2018-19 SEASON STATS PLAYERS TO WATCH ISLANDERS AVALANCHE MATHEW BARZAL #13 15-12-4 (34 pts) RECORD 18-9-6 (42 pts) Mathew Barzal scored the shootout winner against 4th in Metro STANDINGS 3rd in Central the Red Wings on Saturday night for his second SOW, 4-3 vs DET LAST GAME W, 6-4 vs DAL career SO . Barzal, 21, leads the Islanders in Dec. 18 at ARI NEXT GAME Dec. 19 vs MTL both points (27) and assists (23) this season. Last year, the , BC native recorded one of his 14.4% (26th) POWER-PLAY 29.8% (2nd) three five- outings against the Avalanche en 77.7% (22nd) KILL 78.2% (19th) route to winning the 2018 R. Pulock (22:57) TOI/G N. MacKinnon (21:59) for Rookie of the Year. SEASON SERIES SCOTT MAYFIELD #24 Islanders defenseman, Scott Mayfield leads all Dec. 17, 2018: Denver, CO team blueliners with 13 points (3G, 10A) in 29 Feb. 09, 2019: Brooklyn, NY games, good for a career-high. Mayfield, 26, played his college hockey in the state of Colorado at the University of Denver. The St. Louis, MO native has a point in both of his career games against the Avalanche and was one of two Islanders to record a point in the two meetings last season. TEAM LEADERS MIKKO RANTANEN #96 Third year forward, Mikko Rantanen, leads the ISLANDERS AVALANCHE entire NHL in points (56) and assists (41) through LEE (11) GOALS MACKINNON/LANDESKOG (21) 33 games this season. Rantanen, 22, is currently BARZAL (23) ASSISTS RANTANEN (41) riding a 14-game point streak (8G, 19A), tied for the BARZAL (27) POINTS RANTANEN (56) longest active streak in the NHL (A. Ovechkin). The Nousiainen, FIN native along with teammate Nathan CLUTTERBUCK (34) PIM COLE (52) MacKinnon are the only players in the NHL to hit the EBERLE (3) GWG LANDESKOG (6) 50-point mark this season. NEW YORK ISLANDERS QUICK FACTS

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP: Saturday night’s win over the Red Wings marked Tonight, the New York Islanders open a four-game, seven-day Western Conference the second time in as many games the Islanders road trip as they travel to Colorado to take on the Avalanche for the first time this held their opponent to 21 or fewer shots in back- season. The home team has won the last eight meetings between the Avalanche to-back games since Dec.19-20, 2014. NYI out- and Islanders. Last season, the Islanders went 1-0-1 against Colorado. DET by a 48-21 margin on Saturday. The 27-shot differential is the Islanders’ largest since LAST TIME OUT: December 20, 2014, when they out-shot TBL by Mathew Barzal (1G, 1A) scored a goal and added the shootout winner as the 21 the same numbers. Islanders topped the 4-3 on Saturday night on Long Island. Detroit tied the game with 1:03 remaining in the third period, but Thomas Greiss stopped all three Red Wing shooters in the shootout to earn the extra point. With the shootout win over the Red Wings, the New York Islanders have now won 76 shootouts, tying NYR and PIT for the most CAREER-NIGHTS: in NHL history. Mathew Barzal scored the The New York Islanders Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson both had career shootout winner on Saturday and is now 2/7 nights in Saturday night’s SO win over Detroit. Barzal, logged new career-bests all-time in shootouts. Both of his goals are in TOI (23:53) and shots on goal (7) while Brock Nelson tied his career-high with game-deciding goals. eight shots on goal. 76