GDT: #58| Columbus Blue jackets @ New York Islanders | February 13th | 7:00 PM | F/L 4-1

[MattMartin]

Probable Starting Goalies

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Standings

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EASTERN	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	ROW	SOW	SOL	HOME	ROAD	GF	GA	DIFF	L10	STRK
Tampa Bay	56	38	15	3	79	36	2	2	19-5-1	19-10-2	201	149	+52	7-3-0	Lost 1
Boston	54	34	12	8	76	31	3	2	18-7-4	16-5-4	180	131	+49	8-2-0	Won 1
Toronto	58	34	19	5	73	29	5	1	18-8-2	16-11-3	192	162	+30	8-2-0	Won 4
Washington	55	32	17	6	70	29	3	1	20-8-2	12-9-4	173	161	+12	4-3-3	Lost 1
Pittsburgh	57	31	22	4	66	29	2	2	20-7-1	11-15-3	176	171	+5	7-2-1	Won 1
Philadelphia	56	28	19	9	65	27	1	4	14-9-5	14-10-4	165	162	+3	6-3-1	Won 4
New Jersey	55	27	20	8	62	24	3	4	15-10-3	12-10-5	163	170	-7	3-7-0	Lost 4
Carolina	56	26	21	9	61	23	3	3	14-9-5	12-12-4	151	166	-15	5-4-1	Won 2
Columbus	55	28	23	4	60	22	6	4	17-10-1	11-13-3	147	155	-8	3-6-1	Won 1
NY Islanders	57	27	24	6	60	24	3	1	15-9-4	12-15-2	193	210	-17	4-4-2	Lost 1
NY Rangers	56	27	24	5	59	24	3	4	18-10-3	9-14-2	164	172	-8	3-7-0	Won 2
Florida	53	24	23	6	54	22	2	3	13-9-3	11-14-3	154	172	-18	6-4-0	Won 1
Detroit	54	22	23	9	53	18	4	1	11-11-7	11-12-2	147	165	-18	4-4-2	Won 1
Montreal	55	22	26	7	51	20	2	3	14-10-6	8-16-1	144	172	-28	4-5-1	Lost 2
Ottawa	54	19	26	9	47	17	2	5	12-11-5	7-15-4	144	188	-44	4-6-0	Lost 1
Buffalo	56	16	30	10	42	16	0	1	7-16-4	9-14-6	132	185	-53	5-4-1	Lost 1

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Advanced Stats

EASTERN	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PG	PPO	PP%	PPGA	PPOA	PK%
Columbus	55	28	23	4	60	22	157	14.0	35	142	75.4
NY Islanders	57	27	24	6	60	39	182	21.4	44	167	73.7

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Team Stats

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New York Islanders

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
John Tavares, C	57	28	34	62	-5	22	20:22	8	11	2	1	182	15.4
Josh Bailey, LW	53	14	46	60	-6	13	18:05	4	22	0	0	95	14.7
Mathew Barzal, C	57	16	43	59	3	16	17:30	4	14	0	0	124	12.9
Anders Lee, C	57	29	16	45	-11	28	17:21	9	6	0	0	140	20.7
Jordan Eberle, RW	57	19	23	42	2	15	15:57	2	3	0	0	126	15.1
Nick Leddy, D	57	9	25	34	-30	14	22:56	4	9	0	0	117	7.7
Brock Nelson, C	57	14	10	24	-5	29	14:17	2	2	0	0	95	14.7
Andrew Ladd, LW	48	9	12	21	8	22	16:40	0	0	1	1	76	11.8
Anthony Beauvillier, LW	46	13	6	19	-2	10	13:43	2	2	0	0	74	17.6
Ryan Pulock, D	43	5	13	18	-4	10	17:18	2	4	0	0	101	5.0
Cal Clutterbuck, RW	52	8	9	17	0	36	12:51	0	0	1	0	80	10.0
Casey Cizikas, C	47	7	7	14	-4	21	13:24	0	0	1	0	58	12.1
Adam Pelech, D	53	2	12	14	7	24	19:11	0	1	0	1	68	2.9
Thomas Hickey, D	44	2	11	13	13	14	17:59	0	0	0	0	58	3.4
Calvin de Haan, D	33	1	11	12	11	8	18:45	0	0	0	0	44	2.3
Scott Mayfield, D	43	2	10	12	-8	41	18:06	0	0	0	0	50	4.0
Josh Ho-Sang, RW	22	2	10	12	-7	2	14:17	0	1	0	0	18	11.1
Jason Chimera, LW	57	2	9	11	-10	35	11:15	0	0	0	0	68	2.9
Johnny Boychuk, D	36	3	6	9	-2	22	20:26	1	0	0	0	103	2.9
Dennis Seidenberg, D	21	0	5	5	-7	10	18:01	0	0	0	0	22	0.0
Nikolay Kulemin, LW	13	1	2	3	0	0	11:56	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Ross Johnston, LW	6	2	1	3	1	20	7:40	0	0	0	0	6	33.3
Alan Quine, C	21	0	3	3	-2	4	11:44	0	0	0	0	15	0.0
Sebastian Aho, D	15	1	1	2	-3	4	17:03	1	0	0	0	18	5.6
Shane Prince, C	12	1	1	2	-3	7	12:07	0	0	0	0	18	5.6
Steve Bernier, RW	4	0	0	0	-2	0	10:03	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Michael Dal Colle, LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	13:21	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tanner Fritz, C	11	0	0	0	-9	4	10:24	0	0	0	0	4	0.0

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GOALIE STATISTICS
PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Jaroslav Halak	39	17	17	4	3.23	2191:58	1171	.908	0	118	1289	4
Thomas Greiss	23	10	7	2	4.02	1252:16	645	.885	0	84	729	0

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Columbus Blue Jackets

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Artemi Panarin, LW	55	15	30	45	8	22	20:31	5	8	0	0	154	9.7
Seth Jones, D	55	8	28	36	3	18	24:57	3	9	0	0	177	4.5
Oliver Bjorkstrand, RW	55	9	20	29	5	9	14:02	2	3	0	0	103	8.7
Josh Anderson, RW	53	17	10	27	0	36	18:31	1	3	0	0	163	10.4
Pierre-Luc Dubois, LW	55	12	13	25	2	29	15:54	3	5	0	0	112	10.7
Nick Foligno, LW	55	11	12	23	0	42	18:48	2	1	0	0	107	10.3
Zach Werenski, D	51	11	11	22	1	12	23:18	2	5	0	0	146	7.5
Alexander Wennberg, C	41	5	15	20	6	8	18:29	2	1	0	0	54	9.3
Cam Atkinson, RW	39	8	10	18	4	10	18:37	0	2	0	0	125	6.4
Matt Calvert, LW	43	7	10	17	-6	17	13:57	1	0	1	0	71	9.9
Markus Nutivaara, D	48	3	14	17	6	12	16:07	0	1	0	0	62	4.8
Boone Jenner, C	48	5	10	15	-10	33	17:21	1	1	0	0	119	4.2
Brandon Dubinsky, C	37	4	10	14	4	23	16:57	0	1	0	1	58	6.9
Sonny Milano, LW	35	8	5	13	-2	6	10:52	0	2	0	0	36	22.2
David Savard, D	54	4	6	10	-8	26	19:33	0	0	0	0	106	3.8
Jack Johnson, D	55	2	5	7	-8	8	19:33	0	0	0	0	65	3.1
Lukas Sedlak, C	41	4	3	7	-2	17	9:53	0	0	0	0	40	10.0
Tyler Motte, C	31	3	2	5	-3	2	9:56	0	0	0	0	42	7.1
Ryan Murray, D	24	1	4	5	7	4	17:28	0	0	0	0	24	4.2
Markus Hannikainen, LW	28	2	2	4	-1	6	8:01	0	0	0	0	26	7.7
Scott Harrington, D	27	1	2	3	1	8	13:04	0	0	0	0	21	4.8
Jordan Schroeder, C	21	1	1	2	-4	4	7:29	0	0	0	0	20	5.0
Gabriel Carlsson, D	14	0	2	2	0	4	11:20	0	0	0	0	18	0.0
Dean Kukan, D	6	0	2	2	1	2	12:25	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Jussi Jokinen, LW†	9	0	1	1	1	0	10:44	0	1	0	0	9	0.0
Zac Dalpe, C	10	0	0	0	-3	13	7:42	0	0	0	0	17	0.0

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† Midseason Trades: Jussi Jokinen (14 games EDM, 18 games LA)

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GOALIE STATISTICS
PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky	45	23	18	4	2.48	2710:58	1279	.919	4	112	1391	0
Joonas Korpisalo	11	5	5	0	2.97	626:44	314	.910	0	31	345	0

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Preview

Playoff chase starts in earnest for Blue Jackets, Islanders
NEW YORK -- The NHL playoffs don't officially begin until April 11. But for all intents and purposes, the postseason starts Tuesday night for the New York Islanders and the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Two of the seven Metropolitan Division teams wrapped up in a tightly-packed race for the final two Metro playoff spots and the two Eastern Conference wild-card berths will face off at Barclays Center.

The Blue Jackets snapped a five-game losing streak Saturday night when they beat the visiting New Jersey Devils 6-1. The host Islanders squandered a two-goal lead Sunday and fell to the Calgary Flames 3-2.
The loss by the Islanders (27-24-6) cost them a chance to break a tie with the Blue Jackets (28-23-4) and move into a wild-card spot. Instead, New York and Columbus enter Tuesday with 60 points apiece, one point behind the Carolina Hurricanes, who occupy the second wild card, and two points behind the wild card-leading Devils.

But the Islanders and Blue Jackets are also just one point ahead of the last-place New York Rangers and within striking distance of the second- and third-place teams in the Metro -- the Pittsburgh Penguins (66 points) and Philadelphia Flyers (65 points).

All seven teams are in action Tuesday night, meaning the Islanders and Blue Jackets could be anywhere from all alone in the second wild-card spot to alone in last place by the end of the evening.

Such unpredictability is likely a sign of things to come for the next seven weeks, when the thinnest of margins could determine who advances to the playoffs and who heads home.

The clash Tuesday night caps five straight games against Metro foes for the Blue Jackets, who opened the stretch with a 3-2 loss to the Islanders at Barclays Center on Feb. 3, and begins a three-game divisional swing for the Islanders, who host the Rangers on Thursday before visiting the Hurricanes on Friday.

The Islanders' Jaroslav Halak and the Blue Jackets' Sergei Bobrovsky are expected to oppose one another in a battle of No. 1 goalies. Halak took the loss Sunday when he had 39 saves against the Flames. Bobrovsky posted the win Saturday, making 34 saves against the Devils.
Halak is 13-5-3 in 22 regular-season appearances against the Blue Jackets. Bobrovsky is 14-5-0 in 20 games against the Islanders.​

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[MattMartin]

Line Combinations

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Islanders
LW	C	RW
ANDERS LEE​	JOHN TAVARES​	JOSH BAILEY​
ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER​	MATHEW BARZAL​	JORDAN EBERLE​
ANDREW LADD​	BROCK NELSON​	CAL CLUTTERBUCK​
ROSS JOHNSTON​	CASEY CIZIKAS​	JASON CHIMERA​

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
NICK LEDDY​	JOHNNY BOYCHUK​
THOMAS HICKEY​	RYAN PULOCK​
ADAM PELECH​	SEBASTIAN AHO​

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Blue Jackets
LW	C	RW
ARTEMI PANARIN​	PIERRE-LUC DUBOIS​	CAM ATKINSON​
NICK FOLIGNO​	ALEXANDER WENNBERG​	OLIVER BJORKSTRAND​
BOONE JENNER​	BRANDON DUBINSKY​	JOSH ANDERSON​
JUSSI JOKINEN​	LUKAS SEDLAK​	MARKUS HANNIKAINEN​

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
ZACH WERENSKI​	SETH JONES​
JACK JOHNSON​	MARKUS NUTIVAARA​
46 DEAN KUKAN​	DAVID SAVARD​

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[Strummergas]

Where's that tire fire image?

 

[Dipietro39]

Dougie blowout tonight.

 

[Poulin 0n My St1ck]

I think it's safe to say that a loss tonight seals this team's fate.

Bank on a loss.

 

[24diving]

I think it's safe to say that a loss tonight seals this team's fate.

Bank on a loss.

I’m leaning to ugliness also, but a 3 game winning streak here against CBJ, NYR, and Carolina would vault us right back into things.

 

[KnishOfTheCrease]

Isles 9
Blue Parkas 1

 

[Bood12]

not a good feeling, Columbus is due for a W against us on our home ice, and I am sure Weight f--d with Barzal's head with his unjust benching the other night, would not surprise me to see Barzal go into a slump and the Islanders are going to send him to Bridgeport and they are going to call up Bernier as his replacement the rest of the year

 

[majormet]

Put Demers and Pomminville in for Chimera and Aho and it looks a lot better, hopefully Buffalo deals Lehner and need Greiss LOL

 

[Strait2thecup]

Win or GTFO. Ross the boss is gonna kill someone tonight

 

[majormet]

Win or GTFO. Ross the boss is gonna kill someone tonight

He already killed the short long haired guy on the Flames, that guy thinks he is on the Atlanta Flames LOL

The best skilled player that fights is on CBJ in Nick Foligno would be a good match

 

[NYI365]

Oh God there's more hockey to be played? Make it stop

 

[Dipietro39]

Oh God there's more hockey to be played? Make it stop

I wish I didn't care.

 

[eoin92]

Chance to jump back into the first wild card? We all know how these ones usually end.

 

[sabremike]

Put Demers and Pomminville in for Chimera and Aho and it looks a lot better, hopefully Buffalo deals Lehner and need Greiss LOL

We've been winning way too many games lately and bringing in Greiss would solve that problem.

 

[majormet]

We've been winning way too many games lately and bringing in Greiss would solve that problem.

If Lehner is dealt to Philly or some place... then you have Greiss and Five Hole Johnson, massive tanking

 

[beach]

I’m leaning to ugliness also, but a 3 game winning streak here against CBJ, NYR, and Carolina would vault us right back into things.

We never seem to play well against Carolina.

 

[The Underboss]

2 points in reg. would be nice.

 

[mm11]

Well well well, another potential heart attack watching this team. Is it that hard to clamp down on Defense?

 

[Riseonfire]

I left RIGHT before the epic Comback against Detroit.

I stayed for the whole Flames game.

I take full responsibility. I'll be there tonight, so, maybe don't watch.

 

[Riseonfire]

Well well well, another potential heart attack watching this team. Is it that hard to clamp down on Defense?

When was the last time we had a stout defense? Sometime before Cappy? I legit can not remember.

 

[crasherino]

If anyone is looking for tix tonight, drop me a line.

 

[Doshell Propivo]

I’m leaning to ugliness also, but a 3 game winning streak here against CBJ, NYR, and Carolina would vault us right back into things.

Obviously three very important games coming up. They are playing the three teams that along with NYI are chasing the WC.

 

[Bones45]

Clearly, a must win.

 

[macleod50]

Jackets 4-3 in overtime or a shootout.