GDT: #71| New York Islanders @ Washington Capitals | March 16th | 7:00 PM | F/L 6-3

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Islanders at Capitals

The Islanders and Capitals wrap up a home-and-home set in Washington (7 p.m., MSG+, MSG GO)

Probable Starting Goalies

Jaroslav Halak

PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Christopher Gibson	4	1	1	2	3.01	219:10	139	.927	0	11	150	0
Jaroslav Halak	48	18	22	6	3.22	2701:07	1423	.908	1	145	1568	4
Thomas Greiss	24	11	7	2	3.84	1312:16	690	.891	1	84	774	0

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Braden Holtby

PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Philipp Grubauer	29	11	8	3	2.26	1510:52	706	.925	2	57	763	0
Braden Holtby	48	29	15	4	3.03	2708:56	1331	.907	0	137	1468	2

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TEAM STATISTICS

Islanders
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Mathew Barzal, C	70	18	52	70	1	24	17:36	4	16	0	0	150	12.0
John Tavares, C	70	31	38	69	-7	22	20:07	9	12	2	1	215	14.4
Josh Bailey, LW	66	17	48	65	-12	17	18:01	5	23	0	0	129	13.2
Anders Lee, C	70	33	20	53	-15	30	17:17	9	7	0	0	177	18.6
Jordan Eberle, RW	69	24	25	49	4	17	15:55	3	3	0	0	160	15.0
Nick Leddy, D	70	10	30	40	-33	16	22:48	4	10	0	0	142	7.0
Brock Nelson, C	70	16	13	29	-6	41	14:32	3	2	0	0	112	14.3
Anthony Beauvillier, LW	59	14	11	25	-2	10	14:15	2	3	0	0	98	14.3
Ryan Pulock, D	56	7	16	23	-7	12	17:53	2	4	0	0	140	5.0
Andrew Ladd, LW	61	10	13	23	8	22	16:18	0	1	1	1	90	11.1
Thomas Hickey, D	57	4	16	20	15	14	18:06	0	0	0	0	77	5.2
Cal Clutterbuck, RW	65	8	9	17	-3	49	12:54	0	0	1	0	91	8.8
Casey Cizikas, C	59	7	10	17	-6	21	13:18	0	0	1	0	70	10.0
Johnny Boychuk, D	49	5	9	14	-1	22	20:23	1	0	0	0	126	4.0
Adam Pelech, D	66	2	12	14	4	26	19:18	0	1	0	1	86	2.3
Josh Ho-Sang, RW	22	2	10	12	-7	2	14:17	0	1	0	0	18	11.1
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
Jason Chimera, LW†	58	2	9	11	-11	35	11:13	0	0	0	0	70	2.9
Ross Johnston, LW	15	3	3	6	0	31	9:04	0	0	0	0	12	25.0
Dennis Seidenberg, D	22	0	5	5	-6	12	18:02	0	0	0	0	25	0.0
Tanner Fritz, C	23	2	2	4	-4	6	11:42	0	0	0	0	19	10.5
Sebastian Aho, D	21	1	3	4	-4	6	16:22	1	0	0	0	24	4.2
Alan Quine, C	21	0	3	3	-2	4	11:44	0	0	0	0	15	0.0
Nikolay Kulemin, LW	13	1	2	3	0	0	11:56	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Shane Prince, C	12	1	1	2	-3	7	12:07	0	0	0	0	18	5.6
Brandon Davidson, D †	7	1	0	1	-5	4	16:47	0	0	0	0	8	12.5
Chris Wagner, RW†	5	0	0	0	-2	0	11:53	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Michael Dal Colle, LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	13:21	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Bernier, RW	4	0	0	0	-2	0	10:03	0	0	0	0	4	0.0

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Capitals
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Alex Ovechkin, LW	70	42	33	75	4	24	20:04	13	13	0	0	300	14.0
Evgeny Kuznetsov, C	70	21	48	69	2	44	18:51	4	19	0	0	160	13.1
John Carlson, D	70	13	43	56	-6	30	25:04	4	22	0	0	195	6.7
Nicklas Backstrom, C	69	18	36	54	-3	36	19:36	6	14	0	0	139	13.0
T.J. Oshie, RW	64	14	24	38	3	22	18:23	8	7	0	0	115	12.2
Lars Eller, C	69	16	18	34	1	36	15:06	3	3	0	0	136	11.8
Tom Wilson, RW	66	11	20	31	8	166	15:51	0	1	1	0	100	11.0
Dmitry Orlov, D	70	9	19	28	12	14	23:09	0	3	0	0	110	8.2
Matt Niskanen, D	56	4	21	25	22	26	22:35	0	0	0	1	101	4.0
Brett Connolly, RW	61	14	10	24	-8	30	12:05	4	1	0	0	61	23.0
Jakub Vrana, C	63	12	11	23	2	10	12:52	1	1	0	0	118	10.2
Jay Beagle, C	70	6	14	20	2	14	12:32	0	0	1	0	59	10.2
Andre Burakovsky, LW	44	9	10	19	-7	23	13:31	2	2	0	0	67	13.4
Chandler Stephenson, C	56	5	11	16	10	6	12:00	0	0	0	0	28	17.9
Devante Smith-Pelly, RW	65	7	9	16	-2	36	12:11	0	0	0	0	92	7.6
Christian Djoos, D	56	3	11	14	10	10	14:08	0	0	0	0	57	5.3
Madison Bowey, D	51	0	12	12	-3	24	13:43	0	0	0	0	47	0.0
Alex Chiasson, RW	53	7	5	12	-2	24	12:00	0	0	1	1	50	14.0
Brooks Orpik, D	70	0	9	9	-12	64	19:46	0	0	0	0	42	0.0
Taylor Chorney, D	24	1	3	4	8	8	12:59	0	0	0	1	14	7.1
Aaron Ness, D	8	0	1	1	2	8	12:44	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Nathan Walker, LW†	7	1	0	1	1	4	9:12	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Jakub Jerabek, D †	5	0	1	1	0	0	13:43	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Liam O'Brien, LW	3	0	0	0	0	5	6:55	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Michal Kempny, D †	10	0	0	0	-1	4	17:16	0	0	0	0	15	0.0
Tyler Graovac, C	5	0	0	0	-3	2	6:44	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Travis Boyd, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	8:27	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Anthony Peluso, RW	2	0	0	0	0	4	4:39	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

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Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE	W	L	OTL	PTS	GP	ROW	SOW	SOL	GF	GA	GD	HOME	AWAY	ELIM#	L10	STRK
Lightning	48	18	4	100	70	42	6	2	257	198	59	25-7-2	23-11-2	48	8-1-1	L1
Bruins	44	17	8	96	69	41	3	2	232	179	53	25-7-4	19-10-4	46	7-3-0	L1
Maple Leafs	42	22	7	91	71	35	7	2	239	204	35	24-8-2	18-14-5	37	6-2-2	W3
Capitals	40	23	7	87	70	37	3	1	216	205	11	24-9-2	16-14-5	35	6-4-0	W3
Penguins	41	26	5	87	72	39	2	2	237	218	19	26-8-1	15-18-4	31	5-4-1	W1
Flyers	35	25	11	81	71	33	2	6	208	210	-2	17-13-6	18-12-5	27	3-6-1	L2
Blue Jackets	38	28	5	81	71	32	6	4	198	198	0	23-11-2	15-17-3	27	8-2-0	W6
Devils	36	26	8	80	70	31	5	4	212	211	1	18-14-3	18-12-5	28	5-5-0	W2
Panthers	35	26	7	77	68	32	3	3	208	212	-4	22-10-3	13-16-4	26	8-1-1	W1
Hurricanes	30	29	11	71	70	27	3	3	188	218	-30	16-13-6	14-16-5	16	3-6-1	L2
Rangers	32	32	7	71	71	29	3	5	205	227	-22	20-13-4	12-19-3	14	5-3-2	W2
Islanders	30	30	10	70	70	27	3	3	225	252	-27	16-13-4	14-17-6	15	1-5-4	L1
Canadiens	26	33	12	64	71	24	2	6	182	226	-44	17-11-8	9-22-4	7	3-4-3	L1
Red Wings	26	33	11	63	70	22	4	1	181	215	-34	13-14-8	13-19-3	8	2-7-1	L8
Senators	25	33	11	61	69	23	2	7	193	240	-47	14-14-6	11-19-5	8	4-5-1	W2
Sabres	22	36	12	56	70	21	1	2	167	229	-62	10-20-5	12-16-7	1	5-4-1	L2

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[MattMartin]

Line Combos most recent

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

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
NICK LEDDY	JOHNNY BOYCHUK
THOMAS HICKEY	RYAN PULOCK
ADAM PELECH	BRANDON DAVIDSON

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Capitals
LW	C	RW
ALEX OVECHKIN	EVGENY KUZNETSOV	TOM WILSON
ANDRE BURAKOVSKY	NICKLAS BACKSTROM	T.J. OSHIE
JAKUB VRANA	LARS ELLER	BRETT CONNOLLY
CHANDLER STEPHENSON	JAY BEAGLE	DEVANTE SMITH-PELLY

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
MICHAL KEMPNY	JOHN CARLSON
DMITRI ORLOV	MATT NISKANEN
BROOKS ORPIK	28 JAKUB JERABEK​

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[Big L]

Isles win, 3-0? The streak continues.

 

[norwegianislander]

Nice W! And like we can hold them of the scoreboard

 

[Dipietro39]

Was so nice the past week + while the Isles were in Western Canada and off to not have to watch this trainwreck. It was like they didn't exist.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Tom Wilson has 30 points? Puke.

JT and Barzy both at 69. Nice.

 

[Strait2thecup]

Only reason to watch is Ross the boss v Wilson

 

[Riseonfire]

Only reason to watch is Ross the boss v Wilson

Cap fans get a kick out of our hatred for Wilson, but idc, I want Ross to punch through his face.

 

[Strait2thecup]

Cap fans get a kick out of our hatred for Wilson, but idc, I want Ross to punch through his face.

I’m just intrigued as it should be a good heavy weight matchup. Checking Johnston’s fight card it looks like he usually fights smaller guys so we will see how it goes

 

[Strummergas]

Last place! :clap clap: Last place! :clap clap:

 

[sabremike]

Cap fans get a kick out of our hatred for Wilson, but idc, I want Ross to punch through his face.

If Ross turns Wilson's face into hamburger I will consider this entire season a total success.

 

[Hivemind]

Cross-posting from the Washington GDT:

Who the hell is Tanner Fritz?

 

[Strummergas]

Does anyone really think that there's going to be a Johnston/Wilson fight?

 

[MJF]

Cross-posting from the Washington GDT:

Who the hell is Tanner Fritz?

Nobody.

 

[MJF]

 

[Hivemind]

Does anyone really think that there's going to be a Johnston/Wilson fight?

FYI, Wilson has a broken nose after taking a slapshot to the face last week. I would have my doubts that he's going to agree to drop the gloves for a little bit.

 

[Strummergas]

FYI, Wilson has a broken nose after taking a slapshot to the face last week. I would have my doubts that he's going to agree to drop the gloves for a little bit.

I'd doubt it even if Wilson were 100% healthy.

 

[Lame Lambert]

Cross-posting from the Washington GDT:

Who the hell is Tanner Fritz?

Doug Weight’s lover

 

[Bones45]

Cross-posting from the Washington GDT:

Who the hell is Tanner Fritz?

Could have been from any Isles fan too.

 

[BelovedIsles]

Glad Gib has the start.

I'm not rooting for a loss or win, neutral from here on out. I don't think they will lose out enough to nab the first overall.

 

[Big L]

Gibson again, eh? What’s the message to fragile Halak?

 

[Bones45]

Gibson again, eh? What’s the message to fragile Halak?

Does it matter tho?

 

[MJF]

Gibson again, eh? What’s the message to fragile Halak?

The message is we have another goalie playing well enough that we don’t have to start you in a back to back.

 

[Dipietro39]

Gibson again, eh? What’s the message to fragile Halak?

Who cares. Halak is gone at the end of the season (thank goodness).

 

[bigd]

Another 50 plus shot game. We'll see if Gibson can handle the AK47 again with the occasional shot gun blast from OV for good measure.