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GAMEDAY PREVIEW December 20, 2018 at TIME: 10:00 ET TV: MSG+ RADIO: Radio.com, 88.7 and 103.9 WRCN 2018-19 SEASON STATS PLAYERS TO WATCH ISLANDERS GOLDEN KNIGHTS RYAN PULOCK #6 17-12-4 (38 pts) RECORD 19-15-2 (40 pts) Islanders defenseman, Ryan Pulock recorded T-3rd in Metro STANDINGS 4th in Pacific back-to-back multi-point nights for the second time W, 3-1 at ARI LAST GAME L, 1-0 at CBJ in his career. Pulock, 24, has four points (4A) in his Dec. 23 at DAL NEXT GAME Dec. 22 vs MTL last two games and leads all Islanders blueliners in points (14) through 33 games this season. The 15.5% (24th) POWER-PLAY 20.9% (15th) Dauphin, MB native has recorded 12 assists this 78.4% (20th) KILL 83.2% (5th) season, good for fourth-most on the team. R. Pulock (22:54) TOI/G N. Schmidt (22:35) SEASON SERIES JOSH HO-SANG #26 Islanders forward, Josh Ho-Sang scored his first Dec. 12, 2018: VGK 3 - NYI 2 of the season in New York’s 3-1 win over the Coyotes Dec. 20, 2018: , NV in Arizona Tuesday night.. Ho-Sang has appeared in three games this season for the Islanders and logged a season-high 15:06 on Tuesday night. The Toronto, ON native was recalled to the Islanders on Dec. 9 and led the in assists (20) at the time of his call-up. TEAM LEADERS #81 Golden Knights forward, Jonathan Marchessault ISLANDERS GOLDEN KNIGHTS leads Vegas with 27 points (12G, 15A) through 36 LEE (12) GOALS KARLSSON (13) games this season. On Friday, Marchessault, 27, BARZAL (23) ASSISTS SMITH (17) became the second player to reach the 100-point BAILEY/BARZAL (27) POINTS MARCHESSAULT (27) mark in Golden Knights franchise history. The Cap- Rouge, QC native opened the scoring for Vegas in CLUTTERBUCK (34) PIM REAVES (43) the Golden Knights 3-2 win over the Islanders last EBERLE (3) GWG TUCH (5) week in Brooklyn. NEW YORK ISLANDERS QUICK FACTS

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP: The Islanders are currently in the middle of a Tonight, the New York Islanders continue their four-game, seven-day Western four-game road trip, tying their longest of the Conference road trip as they travel to Las Vegas to close out their season-series season. During this road trip, New York opened with the Vegas Golden Knights. Last time out, Vegas topped the Islanders 3-2 in their regular-season series with Colorado and Brooklyn eight days ago earning their first franchise win over the Islanders. Arizona. They will also close out the season- series with Vegas tonight and Dallas on Sunday. LAST TIME OUT: The Islanders are 2-2-0 against the teams they Brock Nelson and Anthony Beauvillier each scored in the second period to break 4 will see on this road trip so far this season. a 1-1 tie as the Islanders extended their winning-streak to three games with a 3-1 victory over the . made 35 saves to record his first win since October 30th while Josh Ho-Sang scored his first NHL goal of the With his goal on Tuesday in Arizona, Anthony season. Beauvillier now has 41 career-goals before his 22nd birthday. Over the last 30 seasons for the Islanders, only J.Tavares (84) had scored CALLED UP: more goals before turning 22 than Beauvillier. Yesterday, defenseman Devon Toews earned his first NHL recall. Toews, 24, The Sorel-Tracy, QC native does not turn 22 recorded 19 points (5G, 14A) in 24 games with the Sound Tigers this season, until June 2019. which ranks second among team defensemen and fourth overall. 22