GAMEDAY PREVIEW November 26, 2018 vs TIME: 7:00 TV: MSG + RADIO: Radio.com, 88.7 and 103.9 WRCN 2018-19 SEASON STATS PLAYERS TO WATCH ISLANDERS CAPITALS JOSH BAILEY #12 12-8-2 (26 pts) RECORD 13-7-3 (29 pts) Islanders alternate Josh Bailey scored a T3rd in Metro STANDINGS 1st in Metro and added an assist in Saturday’s 4-1 win over W 4-1 vs CAR LAST GAME W, 5-3 at NYR Carolina. Bailey, 29, leads the Islanders with 21 Nov. 29 at BOS NEXT GAME Nov. 30 vs NJD points (7G, 14A) in 22 games and co-leads the team with a plus nine rating this season. The Bowmanville, 17.1% (23rd) POWER-PLAY 27.8% (5th) ON native had three assists against Washington last 79.7% (16th) KILL 75.9% (24th) season and currently two points shy of hitting 400 R. Pulock (22:56) TOI/G J. Carlson (25:40) career points (398). SEASON SERIES BROCK NELSON #29 Islanders Forward Brock Nelson tallied two assists Nov. 26, 2018: Brooklyn, NY in the 4-1 win against Carolina this Saturday. Jan. 18, 2018: Washington, DC Nelson, 27, has 18 points (9G, 9A) and leads the Islanders with nine goals this season. The Warroad, Mar. 01, 2018: Uniondale, NY MN native has 16 points in his last 16 games and led all NYI forwards in TOI on Saturday at 18:42. Apr. 06, 2019: Washington, DC Nelson has averaged 18:10 TOI/ game this season up from 14:44 last year. TEAM LEADERS ALEX OVECHKIN #8 Washington Capitals’ captain, Alex Ovechkin, ISLANDERS CAPITALS scored his 17th goal of the season on Saturday’s 5-3 NELSON (9) GOALS OVECHKIN (17) win over the Rangers, extending his point streak to BARZAL (17) ASSISTS CARLSON (20) seven games. Ovechkin, 33, is tied for in goals in the BAILEY (21) POINTS OVECHKIN (27) NHL (17). The Moscow, Russia native has recorded 52 points (34G, 18A) in 50 career games against the CLUTTERBUCK (26) PIM KUZNETSOV (22) New York Islanders. EBERLE (3) GWG OSHIE (3) NEW YORK ISLANDERS QUICK FACTS

TONIGHT’S MATCH-UP: Tonight, Islanders head coach, The Islanders host the defending Champion, Washington Capitals in will see his former team for the first time since their first of four meetings this regular season. Last year, the Islanders went 1-3-0 winning a Stanley Cup with Washington in against the Capitals but are 3-3-1 all-time at . June. Trotz is the second winningest (774 wins) and most experienced (1546 games) active NHL coach. Trotz is 8 wins behind long- LAST TIME OUT: time Islanders Head Coach Al Arbour (782) on Thomas Greiss made 26 saves to earn his second win in as many nights as the the NHL all-time wins list for fourth all-time. Islanders defeated the 4-1 on Saturday in Brooklyn. Josh Bailey, 8 and Brock Nelson all tallied multi-point nights for New York as the Islanders improved to 3-0-0 against Carolina this season. In Saturday night’s win over New Jersey, Thomas Greiss became the first Islander NYI VS METRO: goaltender in nearly four years to earn a The Islanders are 9-1-0 against the Metropolitan Division this season with their lone win on back-to-back days (Halak, Dec. loss coming on Wednesday at NYR. The Islanders started the season 7-0-0 against the # 2014). Saturday was the first time Greiss Metro becoming the 11th team in NHL history to open the season with at least seven started back-to-back games since March consecutive wins against divisional opponents 1 2-3, 2018.