NEW YORK ISLANDERS GAMEDAY PREVIEW December 1, 2018 vs Columbus Blue Jackets TIME: 7:00 TV: MSG + RADIO: Radio.com, 88.7 and 103.9 WRCN 2018-19 SEASON STATS PLAYERS TO WATCH ISLANDERS BLUE JACKETS JOSH BAILEY #12 12-9-3 (27 pts) RECORD 15-8-2 (32 pts) Longest tenured Islander, Josh Bailey is sitting at 5th in Metro STANDINGS 2nd in Metro 398 points (131G, 267A) in his 11-year NHL career. SOL 2-1 at BOS LAST GAME W, 4-2 vs MIN Bailey, 29, is two points shy of becoming the 14th Dec. 4 vs WPG NEXT GAME Dec. 4 vs CGY player in New York Islander history to reach the 400-point milestone with the team. Bailey, 29, led 16.0% (24th) POWER-PLAY 17.1% (23rd) New York with five points (4G, 1A) in four games 77.9% (20th) PENALTY KILL 78.7% (18th) against CBJ last season including his first career hat R. Pulock (22:57) TOI/G S. Jones (26:10) trick on Dec. 14. SEASON SERIES MATHEW BARZAL #13 Second year forward, Mathew Barzal tallied an assist Dec. 01, 2018: Uniondale, NY on Thursday to tie Josh Bailey for the team points Feb. 14, 2019: Columbus, OH lead (21). Barzal, leads the Islanders and ranks T-20th in NHL in assists with 18. The Coquitlam, BC Mar. 11, 2019: Uniondale, NY native recorded two assists in four games against Mar. 26, 2019: Columbus, OH the Blue Jackets last season. TEAM LEADERS CAM ATKINSON #13 Blue Jackets forward Cam Atkinson is currently ISLANDERS BLUE JACKETS riding a nine-game point streak (10G, 5A), tied for NELSON (9) GOALS ATKINSON (16) the longest of his career. Atkinson, 29, has scored BARZAL (18) ASSISTS PANARIN (20) at least one point in each of his last 10 meetings BAILEY & BARZAL (21) POINTS PANARIN (27) against the Islanders (7G, 5A) dating back to 2016. The Riverside, CT native currently leads the Blue CLUTTERBUCK (26) PIM DUBOIS (32) Jackets in goals (16) and ranks second in points EBERLE (3) GWG ATKINSON/PANARIN (3) (26). NEW YORK ISLANDERS QUICK FACTS BACK TO THE BARN Through 24 games this season, the New York Tonight the New York Islanders will play their first for 21 regular-season games Islanders are 10-1-1 when they score at least at the NYBC Live, Home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum as they three goals (including shootout winners) and take on the Columbus Blue Jackets for the first time this season. The Coliseum are 2-8-2 when they do not. Additionally NYI was home to the Islanders from the team’s inaugural 1972 season until 2015. is 9-3-3 when scoring first and 3-6-0 when they The Islanders have played 270 regular season games since their last game allow the opening goal. on Long Island. 3 LAST TIME OUT: Mat Barzal had a goal disallowed in overtime to extend the game before Ryan On Thursday night in Boston, Islanders Donato scored the lone shootout goal as the Boston Bruins topped the New York first-year Valtteri Filppula played his Islanders 2-1 in a four-round shootout on Thursday night at TD Garden. Anders 900th career NHL game, tying Islander Lee scored the goal for New York while Robin Lehner made 35 saves on 36 shots. legend Bobby Nystrom on the NHL’s all- time games list. Filppula’s 900 games are second most on the Islanders second VS. CBJ: behind Andrew Ladd (934). Last season, the Islanders went 1-3-0 against the Blue Jackets but are 9-1-4 in their last 14 home games against Columbus. 900.