GAMEDAY PREVIEW JANUARY 15, 2019 vs St. Louis Blues TIME: 7:00 ET TV: MSG+ RADIO: Radio.com, 88.7 FM and 103.9 WRCN 2018-19 SEASON STATS PLAYERS TO WATCH ISLANDERS BLUES #53 25-15-4 (54 pts) RECORD 20-20-4 (44 pts) Islanders forward Casey Cizikas, recorded his 4th in Metro STANDINGS 6th in Central career-high sixth multi-point game of the season W, 5-1 vs TBL LAST GAME W, 4-1 at WSH in Sunday’s 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Cizikas, 27, is currently riding a career-high in goals Jan. 17 vs NJD NEXT GAME Jan. 17 at BOS (11) through just 37 games this year. The Toronto, 16.8% (25th) POWER-PLAY 19.6% (15th) ON native recorded a season-high two assists in the 78.5% (22nd) KILL 79.6% (18th) meeting with St. Louis earlier this month and has five R. Pulock (22:33) TOI/G A. Pietrangelo (24:08) points in nine career games vs. STL. SEASON SERIES #7 Islanders forward, Jordan Eberle is currently sitting Jan. 05, 2019: NYI 4 at STL 3 at 199 career goals, good for second most on the Islanders (Ladd, 248). Eberle, 28, scored a in Jan. 15, 2019: Brooklyn, NY the last meeting with the Blues in St. Louis earlier this month. The Regina, SK native has three points in his previous five games after missing four games with an injury. Eberle leads the Islanders with three game-winning goals and ranks second with four power-play goals. TEAM LEADERS DAVID PERRON #57 ISLANDERS BLUES Blues forward, David Perron is currently riding a 11-game point streak, good for the longest active LEE/ NELSON (16) GOALS O’ REILLY/PERRON (16) point streak in the NHL and his personal career- BARZAL (29) ASSISTS O’ REILLY (28) long. Perron, 30, recorded an assist in the previous BARZAL (42) POINTS O’ REILLY (44) meeting between these two clubs earlier this month. The Sherbrooke, QC native co-leads St. Louis in MAYFIELD (42) PIM EDMUNDSON (58) goals anf ranks second in assists (17) and points EBERLE / LEE (3) GWG PARAYKO/SCHENN (3) (33) through 43 games this season. NEW YORK ISLANDERS QUICK FACTS TONIGHT’S MATCHUP: The Islanders completed their sixth back-to- The Islanders continue their five-game home stand as they close out their back series of the season on Sunday topping regular season series with the St. Louis Blues tonight in Brooklyn. The Islanders the Lightning 5-1 in Brooklyn. With the win, are 2-0-1 all-time against the Blues at Barclays Center and are 5-1-1in their last the Islanders are 6-0-0 in the second-half seven games against St. Louis. of back-to-backs this season. This marks the first time since 2006-07 NYI has won six straight back-ends. The franchise record for LAST TIME OUT: consecutive back-end wins is eight (1976 & The New York Islanders scored three goals in the opening five minutes of their 1978). game Sunday night to defeat the first-place Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Sunday 6 night in Brooklyn. Casey Cizikas, Cal Clutterbuck and Matt Martin each recorded multi-point games, while Thomas Greiss turned aside 38-of-39 shots in the win. Rookie defenseman, Devon Toews, scored his third goal of the season, moving into a tie for fifth place among NHL rookie ONE GOAL ALLOWED: blueliners in goals despite playing more With the Islanders’ 5-1 win over the Lightning on Sunday, they have now than 30 fewer games than those ahead of allowed one goal or fewer in 14 games this season, second most in the him. Toews, 24, became the first Islander NHL (BOS, 17). The Islanders lead the NHL in fewest goals allowed at 114 defenseman in 25 years to score at least (excluding SO winners). three goals in his first 10 career games. 25