New York Islanders Gameday Preview
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NEW YORK ISLANDERS GAMEDAY PREVIEW November 23, 2018 at New Jersey Devils TIME: 4:00 TV: MSG + RADIO: Radio.com, 88.7 and 103.9 WRCN 2018-19 SEASON STATS PLAYERS TO WATCH ISLANDERS DEVILS JOSH BAILEY #12 10-8-2 (22 pts) RECORD 9-9-2 (20 pts) Islanders alternate captain, Josh Bailey currently 5th in Metro STANDINGS T-6th in Metro leads the Islanders with 19 points (6G, 13A) in 20 L, 5-0 at NYR LAST GAME W, 2-1 vs DAL games this season. Bailey, 29, led the Islanders Nov. 24 vs CAR NEXT GAME Nov. 25 vs TBL with two points in the Nov. 3 meeting between the Islanders and Devils. The Bowmanville, ON native 18.2% POWER-PLAY 222.43% co-leads the team with five multi-point outings this 79.4% PENALTY KILL 84.5% season. R. Pulock (23:11) TOI/G S. Vatanen (22:16) SEASON SERIES JORDAN EBERLE #7 Islanders forward, Jordan Eberle has recorded 10 Nov. 03, 2018: NYI 3 vs NJD 0 points (5G, 5A) in 20 games this season. Eberle, 28, leads the teams and ranks tied for fourth in the NHL Nov. 23, 2018: Newark, NJ with three game-winning goals. The Regina, SK Jan. 17, 2019: Uniondale, NY native scored the game-winner against the Devils in the Nov. 3 meeting between the two teams. Feb. 07, 2019: Newark, NJ TEAM LEADERS KYLE PALMIERI #21 Devils forward, Kyle Palmieri, co-leads the Devils ISLANDERS DEVILS with 21 points (12G, 9A) in 20 games this season. NELSON (9) GOALS PALMIERI (12) Palmieri, 27, has four points (2G, 2A) in his last five BARZAL (16) ASSISTS HALL (15) games including a goal in the Devils 5-2 win over BAILEY (19) POINTS PALMIERI (21) the Canadiens on Wednesday. The Smithtown, NY native has 10 points (6G, 4A) in 16 career games CLUTTERBUCK (26) PIM WOOD (23) against the Islanders. EBERLE (3) GWG PALMIERI/HALL (2) NEW YORK ISLANDERS QUICK FACTS TONIGHT’S MATCH-UP: Islanders Head Coach, Barry Trotz is the The Islanders travel to Newark to take on the New Jersey Devils for the second second winningest (772 wins) and most time this season. Last time out, the Islanders blanked the Devils 3-0 on Nov. 3 experienced (1544 games) active NHL coach. at Barclays Center. Islanders Josh Bailey tallied a pair of assists while Thomas Trotz’s NHL record is 772-574-60-136 in 1,540 Greiss made 35 saves to earn the shutout win. games. Trotz is 10 wins behind long-time Islanders Head Coach Al Arbour (782) on the LAST TIME OUT: NHL all-time wins list for fourth all-time. Filip Chytil and Cody McLeod scored in the first 3:30 of the first period while Alexandar 10 Georgiev made 29 saves to record his first career shutout as the New York Rangers topped the Islanders 5-0 on Wednesday night. The Islanders are 7-2-2 when scoring the first goal of the game, they are 3-6-0 when allowing the first goal. Additionally, the New ISLES AT THE DOT: York Islanders are 8-1-1 when they score In Wednesday’s loss to the Rangers, the Islanders edged the Rangers in face-offs, st at least three goals in the game (including winning 27 of 53. The Islanders have now won the majority of draws in five consecutive shootout winners) and are 2-7-1 when they games (157-132 in total or 54.3%) marking the first time that they won the majority of do not. draws in five straight games since 1/21-2/1/2011 (also five games). 1.