NEW YORK ISLANDERS GAMEDAY PREVIEW November 13, 2018 vs Vancouver Canucks TIME: 7:00 TV: MSG + RADIO: Radio.com, 88.7 and 103.9 WRCN 2018-19 SEASON STATS PLAYERS TO WATCH ISLANDERS CANUCKS JORDAN EBERLE #7 8-6-2 (18 pts) RECORD 10-7-2 (22 pts) Islanders forward, Jordan Eberle has seven points T-3rd in Metro STANDINGS 1st in Pacific (4G, 3A) in 16 games this season for New York. L, 4-2 at FLA LAST GAME L, 2-1 at NYR Eberle, 28, has scored 18 career goals against the Nov. 15 vs NYR NEXT GAME Nov. 15 at MIN Vancouver Canucks, his most against any other NHL team. The Regina, SK native was the only 17.0% POWER-PLAY 18.3% player to record a goal in both meetings between 81.1% PENALTY KILL 80.3% the Canucks and Islanders last season. R. Pulock (23:23) TOI/G A. Edler (22:19) SEASON SERIES ANDERS LEE #27 Islanders captain, Anders Lee leads the Islanders Nov. 13, 2018: and ranks T-7th in the NHL in power-play goals this season with four. Lee, 28, led the Islanders last Brooklyn, NY season with three points (1G, 2A) in two meetings Feb. 23, 2019: between New York and Vancouver, including a two- point outing in the Islanders 5-2 win in Brooklyn. Lee Vancouver, BC has 14 points (5G, 9A) in 16 games this season. TEAM LEADERS ELIAS PETTERSSON #40 October’s NHL Rookie of the Month, Elias Pettersson ISLANDERS CANUCKS leads the Canucks and all NHL rookies in both NELSON (8) GOALS PETTERSSON (10) points (17) and goals (10) this season. Pettersson, BAILEY & BARZAL (12) ASSISTS GOLDOBIN (8) who turned 20 yesterday, has seven points in his last BAILEY (17) POINTS PETTERSSON (17) five games including a five-point outing on Nov. 2 vs COL. The Sundsvall, SWE native leads the entire LEE (23) PIM A. ROUSSEL (30) NHL in shooting percentage (29.4%) with 10 goals EBERLE (2) GWG BOESER/HORVAT (2) on 34 shots. NEW YORK ISLANDERS QUICK FACTS TONIGHT’S MATCH-UP: The Islanders return home for a three-game home-stand as they open their season Seventh-year defenseman Thomas Hickey series with the Vancouver Canucks. The Islanders went 1-0-1 against Vancouver currently ranks T-ninth in the NHL in plus/ last season with each team earning the win on home ice. The Islanders have minus (+10), good for best rating on the earned at least one point in each of their last six meetings with the Canucks (4-0-2). Islanders and T-3rd among all NHL blueliners this season. On Oct. 18 at LAK, Hickey + posted a career-high +5 rating becoming one LAST TIME OUT: of eight players to hit that mark this season. Florida’s Aleksander Barkov scored a power-play goal 4:43 into the third period and 10 Troy Brouwer added an empty netter with 1 second remaining as the Panthers topped the Islanders 4-2 on Saturday night in Sunrise. Mathew Barzal (1G) and Ryan Pulock Starting tonight against Vancouver, the Islanders each appeared in their 100th NHL games while Brock Nelson scored his team-leading will play their next seven games in the New York eighth goal of the season in the loss. metropolitan area: five home games, at NYR, Nov. 21 & at NJD Nov. 23. The only remaining game this month out of the metro area will be in TROTZ TOWARD THE TOP: Boston on November 29th. That will be the final Islanders Head Coach, Barry Trotz is both the winningest (770 wins) and most game before the Isles return to the Coliseum for experienced (1540 games) active NHL coach. Trotz’s NHL record is 770-574-60-136 in the first time (regular season) since April 2015. 1,540 games. Trotz is 12 wins behind long-time Islanders Head Coach Al Arbour (782) 7 on the NHL all-time wins list. .