GDT: #28| New York Islanders @ Pittsburgh Penguins | December 7th | 7:00 PM | F/OTL 4-3

[MattMartin]

PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Jaroslav Halak	15	8	6	0	2.92	841:07	391	.905	0	41	432	2

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PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Tristan Jarry	7	4	1	2	2.30	390:30	188	.926	1	15	203	2

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Line Combinations
LW	C	RW
ANDERS LEE #27​	JOHN TAVARES #91​	JOSH BAILEY #12​
ANDREW LADD #16​	MATHEW BARZAL #13​	JORDAN EBERLE #7​
BROCK NELSON #29​	ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER #72​	JOSH HO-SANG #66​
JASON CHIMERA #25​	CASEY CIZIKAS #53​	CAL CLUTTERBUCK #15​

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
NICK LEDDY #2​	RYAN PULOCK #6​
CALVIN DE HAAN #44​	ADAM PELECH #50​
SCOTT MAYFIELD #42​	THOMAS HICKEY #14​

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GOALIES
JAROSLAV HALAK #41​	THOMAS GREISS #1​

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INJURIES
NIKOLAY KULEMIN #86​	JOHNNY BOYCHUK #55​	ALAN QUINE #10​

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Line Combinations

LW	C	RW
CONOR SHEARY #43	SIDNEY CROSBY #87	PATRIC HORNQVIST #72
JAKE GUENTZEL #59	EVGENI MALKIN #71	PHIL KESSEL #81
CARL HAGELIN #62	RILEY SHEAHAN #15	BRYAN RUST #17
TOM KUHNHACKL #34	CARTER ROWNEY #37	RYAN REAVES #75

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
BRIAN DUMOULIN #8	KRIS LETANG #58
OLLI MAATTA #3	MATT HUNWICK #22
IAN COLE #28	CHAD RUHWEDEL #2

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GOALIES
TRISTAN JARRY #35	CASEY DESMITH #1

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INJURIES
MATT MURRAY #30	JUSTIN SCHULTZ #4

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Islanders

TEAM STATISTICS
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Josh Bailey, LW	27	5	26	31	2	4	17:48	1	13	0	0	44	11.4
John Tavares, C	27	17	14	31	2	8	20:22	4	3	1	1	80	21.3
Anders Lee, C	27	16	12	28	0	20	17:03	5	4	0	0	64	25.0
Mathew Barzal, C	27	7	19	26	6	10	16:26	3	6	0	0	56	12.5
Nick Leddy, D	27	6	17	23	0	10	22:12	2	6	0	0	70	8.6
Jordan Eberle, RW	27	11	9	20	4	4	15:39	2	1	0	0	62	17.7
Andrew Ladd, LW	27	7	6	13	11	10	16:44	0	0	1	1	44	15.9
Josh Ho-Sang, RW	17	2	10	12	-3	2	14:10	0	1	0	0	14	14.3
Adam Pelech, D	23	0	11	11	6	12	18:54	0	1	0	1	22	0.0
Brock Nelson, C	27	7	3	10	-5	10	14:03	1	1	0	0	44	15.9
Calvin de Haan, D	27	1	8	9	7	6	18:36	0	0	0	0	38	2.6
Cal Clutterbuck, RW	22	4	5	9	8	20	12:41	0	0	1	0	32	12.5
Johnny Boychuk, D	27	3	5	8	8	17	20:48	1	0	0	0	75	4.0
Casey Cizikas, C	23	4	4	8	5	8	13:33	0	0	1	0	33	12.1
Scott Mayfield, D	17	2	4	6	2	23	16:44	0	0	0	0	24	8.3
Jason Chimera, LW	27	1	5	6	3	18	11:43	0	0	0	0	41	2.4
Anthony Beauvillier, LW	22	3	3	6	-6	8	12:33	0	2	0	0	29	10.3
Thomas Hickey, D	19	1	3	4	5	6	17:39	0	0	0	0	24	4.2
Dennis Seidenberg, D	10	0	3	3	0	6	17:47	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
Nikolay Kulemin, LW	13	1	2	3	0	0	11:56	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Ryan Pulock, D	14	1	2	3	-3	2	16:02	1	2	0	0	27	3.7
Alan Quine, C	9	0	2	2	-3	0	12:29	0	0	0	0	4	0.0

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Penguins

TEAM STATISTICS
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Phil Kessel, RW	29	13	21	34	4	24	18:21	3	14	0	0	109	11.9
Sidney Crosby, C	29	12	17	29	-6	32	20:41	6	8	0	0	95	12.6
Evgeni Malkin, C	25	8	17	25	0	22	18:11	4	6	0	0	79	10.1
Kris Letang, D	29	1	20	21	-14	22	25:40	1	10	0	1	82	1.2
Patric Hornqvist, RW	26	11	9	20	-1	22	17:26	6	4	0	0	95	11.6
Jake Guentzel, C	29	12	8	20	-6	22	16:54	5	3	0	0	69	17.4
Bryan Rust, RW	29	4	11	15	-6	16	16:17	1	2	2	0	52	7.7
Olli Maatta, D	29	2	11	13	0	10	18:58	0	3	0	0	60	3.3
Conor Sheary, LW	29	9	4	13	-5	2	14:52	2	0	0	0	58	15.5
Justin Schultz, D	23	2	8	10	1	6	18:40	0	4	0	0	37	5.4
Riley Sheahan, C †	20	1	6	7	2	0	15:33	0	0	0	1	25	4.0
Carl Hagelin, LW	28	2	2	4	-4	16	15:48	0	0	0	1	60	3.3
Tom Kuhnhackl, RW	29	1	3	4	-2	4	10:24	0	1	0	1	29	3.4
Ian Cole, D	23	1	3	4	-3	18	17:06	0	1	0	0	29	3.4
Greg McKegg, C	26	2	2	4	-4	8	9:41	0	0	1	0	21	9.5
Matt Hunwick, D	14	2	1	3	0	8	18:12	0	0	1	0	14	14.3
Ryan Reaves, RW	29	1	2	3	-6	73	6:54	0	0	0	0	18	5.6
Brian Dumoulin, D	29	1	1	2	-9	8	20:30	0	0	0	0	37	2.7
Carter Rowney, RW	15	1	1	2	-5	4	11:41	0	0	0	0	13	7.7
Chad Ruhwedel, D	21	0	1	1	-1	6	15:53	0	0	0	0	29	0.0
Scott Wilson, C †	3	0	0	0	-2	0	10:27	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Frank Corrado, D	3	0	0	0	0	0	11:06	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Zach Trotman, D	3	0	0	0	-3	0	12:47	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Josh Archibald, RW	2	0	0	0	-1	0	10:49	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

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Preview

All time series record:
The Penguins lead the series 128-119-22 with the Islanders having a 3.5 GFPGA while the Penguins are averaging 3.5 GFPGA. Islanders all time at Pittsburgh are 49-74-14 with a 3.1 GFPGA. The Penguins are averaging 3.7 GFPGA at home VS the Islanders.



PITTSBURGH -- After winning the past two Stanley Cups, the Pittsburgh Penguins usually find themselves circled on opponents' calendars. Despite some inconsistency, they lived up to the billing recently.

The telltale speed, the firepower on offense helped them win four of their past five games while scoring 22 goals over that span.

Pittsburgh's opponent Thursday at PPG Paints Arena, the New York Islanders, doesn't come with the same reputation, but that isn't necessarily clear from the numbers.

Going into the Metropolitan Division foes' first meeting of the season, the Islanders (16-9-2) are a point ahead of the Penguins (15-11-3) and are 8-3-0 in their past 11 games.

That skill starts with center John Tavares, whose 17 goals would lead the Penguins and whose 31 points would fit right in with Pittsburgh's star trifecta -- Phil Kessel (34 points), Sidney Crosby (29 points) and Evgeni Malkin (25 points).

The Islanders had a travel day Wednesday and didn't practice after a 6-2 loss Tuesday at Tampa Bay, a game that at one point was 2-2. The result left the Islanders frustrated.

The Penguins are also a team like that, although they ran into a different sort of impediment Tuesday. Pittsburgh hit at least four posts in a 4-3 loss to the New York Rangers, a game they led by a goal twice and lost when a tiebreaking goal bounced in off of defenseman Kris Letang.










Useful links

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Arthur Staple (@StapeNewsday) | Twitter
Official New York Islanders Website












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[periferal]

Probably need to score at least 5 to win tonight.

(watch us get a shutout)

 

[SaltySkywalker]

What’s the word on Boychuck?

 

[MattMartin]

What’s the word on Boychuck?

Lingering injury. Day - Day,

 

[SI90]

Nice GDT!


Just get 2 points!

 

[Strummergas]

2 points against a division rival. Let's Go!

 

[13th Floor]

Race to 6 goals. LGI.

 

[Lights911]

Big game, big two points on the line

 

[PWJunior]

Big game, big two points on the line

Welcome noob.

Need this W.

 

[Hunn]

Two teams with defence issues (bottom-6 in GA, bottom-8 in GA/GP), should be fun.

 

[PK Cronin]

Pulock getting a big opportunity tonight.

Defensive pairings per Staple:

Leddy-Pulock
de Haan-Pelech
Hickey-Mayfield

 

[KnishOfTheCrease]

Isles 9
guins 1

 

[BTrotts19]

Opening the broadcast with Haley on fight night, bahahahaha, love it

LGI !!!!

 

[lorwood]

Even though they have won 2 of the last 3 I have been sensing the all to familiar December slide. Let's see

 

[MattMartin]

Even though they have won 2 of the last 3 I have been sensing the all to familiar December slide. Let's see

December slide? Your a month late.

 

[BTrotts19]

Malkin with his typical chippy self, cash this in boys...

 

[13th Floor]

Ah yes. Malkin out of control like always.

 

[kk]

Fire it in boys, let's get that early lead.

 

[BTrotts19]

Damnit thought Ders was gonna pot that

 

[MatthewBarnabysTears]

Wait so MSG goes with "Mat Barzal"?

I know his name is Mathew but it still looks odd.

 

[BillD]

So far ice tilted against us

 

[lorwood]

Good save by the Kinish

 

[PWJunior]

No goal.

 

[BTrotts19]

Will we ever have a d man knock down a guy in the slot? Ever?

 

[MatthewBarnabysTears]

Imagine how many goals Lee would score if he could punch it in.