NEW YORK ISLANDERS GAMEDAY PREVIEW December 18, 2018 at Arizona Coyotes TIME: 9:00 ET TV: MSG +2 RADIO: Radio.com, 88.7 and 103.9 WRCN 2018-19 SEASON STATS PLAYERS TO WATCH ISLANDERS COYOTES JOSH BAILEY #12 16-12-4 (36 pts) RECORD 14-16-2 (30 pts) Islanders alternate captain, Josh Bailey ranks T-3rd in Metro STANDINGS 7th in Pacific second on the team with 26 points (7G, 19A) W, 4-1 at COL LAST GAME L, 3-0 at CAR through 32 games this season. Bailey, 29, played Dec. 20 at VGK NEXT GAME Dec. 20 vs MTL a season-high 22:35 TOI on Saturday’s win over Detroit. The Bowmanville, ON native was the only 15.8% (26th) POWER-PLAY 16.7% (23rd) Islander to record a point in both meetings between 77.8% (20th) PENALTY KILL 88.8% (1st) the Islanders and Coyotes last season. R. Pulock (22:57) TOI/G O. Ekman-Larsson (23:33) SEASON SERIES JORDAN EBERLE #7 Islanders forward, Jordan Eberle, scored the Dec. 18, 2018: Glendale, AZ opening goal in the Islanders 4-1 win over Colorado Mar. 24, 2019: Uniondale, NY on Monday night. Eberle, 28, leads the Islanders with three game-winning goals this season and has 15 points (7G, 8A) in 32 games this year. The Regina, SK native has 22 points (6G,16A) in 32 career games against Arizona. TEAM LEADERS CLAYTON KELLER #9 Second year forward, Clayton Keller leads the ISLANDERS COYOTES Coyotes in points (23), goals (8), assists (15) and LEE (12) GOALS KELLER/RICHARDSON (8) game-winning goals (4) through 32 games this BARZAL (23) ASSISTS KELLER (15) season. Keller, 20, had 28 goals through his first BARZAL (27) POINTS KELLER (23) 100 games which is tied for most in Coyotes history. The Chesterfield, MO native tallied a pair of assists CLUTTERBUCK (34) PIM CROUSE (44) in last season’s meeting with Islanders in Brooklyn. EBERLE (3) GWG KELLER (4) 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 Arizona to take on the Coyotes for the first season. During this road trip, New York opened time this season. Last season, the Islanders went 1-0-1 against Arizona with both their regular-season series with Colorado teams earning the win on home ice. yesterday and Arizona tonight. They will also close out the season-series with Dallas and LAST TIME OUT: Vegas. The Islanders are 1-2-0 against the teams they will see on this road trip so far this season. The New York Islanders scored a pair of second period power-play goals while 4 Thomas Greiss turned aside 30 of the 31 shots he faced to help the Islanders earn their first win in Colorado since 2014. Jordan Eberle, Anders Lee and Ryan With the shootout win over the Red Wings, Pulock each tallied multi-point nights as the Islanders handed the Avalanche just the New York Islanders have now won 76 their fourth home regulation loss this season. shootouts, tying NYR and PIT for the most in NHL history. Mathew Barzal scored the CAREER-NIGHT: shootout winner on Saturday and is now 2/7 Islanders forward Brock Nelson hit 100 career assists on Monday night in all-time in shootouts. Both of his goals are Colorado. Nelson, 27, tied his career-high with eight shots on goal in Saturday game-deciding goals. night’s win over Detroit. 76.