NEW YORK ISLANDERS GAMEDAY PREVIEW November 29, 2018 at Boston Bruins TIME: 8:00 TV: MSG + RADIO: Radio.com, 88.7 and 103.9 WRCN 2018-19 SEASON STATS PLAYERS TO WATCH ISLANDERS BRUINS VALTTERI FILPPULA #51 12-9-2 (26 pts) RECORD 13-7-4 (30 pts) Tonight, Valtteri Filppula is set to play in his 900th 5th in Metro STANDINGS 4th in Atlantic NHL game good for second-most on the Islanders L 4-1 vs WSH LAST GAME L, 4-2 at TOR behind Andrew Ladd (934). Filppula, 34, has scored Dec. 1 vs CBJ NEXT GAME Dec. 1 vs DET goals in back-to-back games for New York and has four points in (2G, 2A) in his last three games. The 16.2% (24th) POWER-PLAY 28.8% (3rd) Vantta, FN native is tied for second on the team with 79.0% (15th) PENALTY KILL 77.3% (21st) seven goals this season. R. Pulock (22:55) TOI/G T. Krug (22:40) SEASON SERIES LEO KOMAROV #47 First-year Islander, Leo Komarov tallied an assist Nov. 29, 2018: Boston, MA on New York’s lone goal on Monday against Feb. 05, 2019: Boston, MA Washington. Komarov, 31, signed as a free agent on July 1, 2018 and is tied with Jordan Eberle for sixth Mar. 19, 2019: Uniondale, NY on the team in points (11). The Narva, EST native has six points (1G, 5A) in his last seven games.

TEAM LEADERS DAVID PASTRNAK #88 Boston forward David Pastrnak leads the Bruins ISLANDERS BRUINS with 28 points (19G, 9A) in 24 games this season. NELSON (9) GOALS PASTRNAK (19) Pastrnak, 22, co-leads the NHL in both goals and BARZAL (17) ASSISTS 3 TIED WITH 17 power-play goals (9) and ranks ninth in the NHL BAILEY (21) POINTS PASTRNAK (28) in points. The Havirov, CZE native is one of two players in the NHL this season to record multiple hat CLUTTERBUCK (26) PIM MARCHAND (70) tricks (2). EBERLE (3) GWG MARCHAND (3) NEW YORK ISLANDERS QUICK FACTS

TONIGHT’S MATCH-UP: Islander forward Valtteri Filppula scored on Tonight, the New York Islanders travel to Boston for their first of three meetings the Islanders’ first shot on goal for the second with the Bruins this regular season. Last season, the Bruins swept the season straight game. His goal at :36 of the first period series by a combined score of 13-4. The Bruins and Islanders will face-off twice in was the fastest goal to start a game for the Boston and once in Uniondale this season. Islanders since Nick Leddy scored 13 seconds into a game with Edmonton on November 7, LAST TIME OUT: 2016. The Washington Capitals scored twice in the final six minutes of the third period to 36 help them defeat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Monday night in Brooklyn. Valtteri Filppula scored the lone New York goal in the loss, as the Islanders fell to 6-3-2 at Longest tenured Islander, Josh Bailey is home this season. sitting at 398 points (131G, 267A) in his 11- year NHL career. Bailey, 29, is two points shy of becoming the 14th player in New CLOSE TO HOME: York Islander history to reach the 400-point In Monday’s loss to Washington, the Islanders closed out a seven-game stretch milestone with the team. The Bowmanville, where the team played only in the New York Metropolitan Area (five home games, ON native currently leads the team in Nov. 21 at NYR, Nov. 23 at NJD). The Islanders went 4-3-0 in that stretch. 2 points (21).