GDT: #73| Pittsburgh Penguins @ New York Islanders | March 20th | 7:00 PM | F/W 4-1

[MattMartin]

NEW YORK ISLANDERS VS PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
7 P.M. - BARCLAYS CENTER
TV: MSG+, MSG GO
RADIO: 88.7FM - WRHU, 660AM/101.9FM - WFAN



QUICK NOTES:

• The Islanders are looking to end a three-game losing streak
• The Islanders power play has five goals in the past two games

LINEUP NOTES:

John Tavares was with his usual linemates - Anders Lee and Josh Bailey - at Monday's practice and will be at center on Tuesday after a brief trip to the wing on Sunday. Ross Johnston and Brandon Davidson were both at Monday's practice after sitting out Sunday's game.

SEASON SERIES:

The Islanders are 0-1-2 against the Penguins this season and will be looking to avoid the season sweep against the defending Stanley Cup champions. The Islanders have gone to overtime in two of their three meetings with the Penguins this season, most recently falling 3-2 in OT on March 3 in Pittsburgh.

POWER PLAY CLICKING:

The Islanders power play has scored five goals over the past two games, going 5-for-8 over that span. Power plays tend to be streaky, but a few Islanders tried to pinpoint what's been going well.

"We've kept it simple and done a good job on getting pucks back, whether it's on breakouts, or face-offs we've battled to get control of the puck," Ryan Pulock said. "It allows you to get set up and then we have a lot of skill on our team, so when we can get set up and make those little plays, we usually have success."

"It seems power plays going in spurts like this," said Anders Lee, who had a pair of power-play goals on Sunday. "We're getting pucks to the net, moving the puck around, moving it quickly and that's what we aim to do every night."

BY THE NUMBERS:

200 - career points for Anders Lee. Lee recorded his 200th NHL point on Sunday vs Carolina.
35 - goals for Anders Lee. Lee set a new single-season high with his 35th goal of the campaign.
5 - points in three games for Ryan Pulock. The defenseman is riding a three-game point streak (1G, 4A).







Probable Staring Goalies:


Chris Gibson

Islanders
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	50	18	24	6	3.28	2817:39	1483	.906	1	154	1637	4
Thomas Greiss	24	11	7	2	3.84	1312:16	690	.891	1	84	774	0

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Matt Murray

Penguins
PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Casey DeSmith	12	4	4	1	2.59	580:09	266	.914	0	25	291	2
Tristan Jarry	26	14	6	2	2.77	1363:56	624	.908	2	63	687	4
Matt Murray	41	23	13	2	2.82	2253:40	1053	.909	1	106	1159	2
Antti Niemi†	3	0	3	0	7.49	128:08	63	.797	0	16	79	0

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Team Stats:

Islanders
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
John Tavares, C	72	32	41	73	-8	24	20:04	10	14	2	1	224	14.3
Mathew Barzal, C	72	19	54	73	0	26	17:40	5	18	0	0	154	12.3
Josh Bailey, LW	68	18	49	67	-16	17	18:03	5	24	0	0	135	13.3
Anders Lee, C	72	35	20	55	-19	30	17:18	11	7	0	0	184	19.0
Jordan Eberle, RW	71	24	26	50	2	19	15:56	3	4	0	0	163	14.7
Nick Leddy, D	72	10	30	40	-36	18	22:46	4	10	0	0	142	7.0
Brock Nelson, C	72	17	13	30	-8	41	14:32	4	2	0	0	115	14.8
Ryan Pulock, D	58	7	19	26	-8	12	17:57	2	6	0	0	146	4.8
Anthony Beauvillier, LW	61	14	11	25	-3	12	14:18	2	3	0	0	100	14.0
Andrew Ladd, LW	63	10	13	23	7	22	16:13	0	1	1	1	93	10.8
Thomas Hickey, D	59	4	16	20	14	18	18:04	0	0	0	0	77	5.2
Cal Clutterbuck, RW	67	8	9	17	-4	51	12:47	0	0	1	0	94	8.5
Casey Cizikas, C	61	7	10	17	-8	23	13:17	0	0	1	0	73	9.6
Johnny Boychuk, D	51	5	9	14	-3	24	20:24	1	0	0	0	127	3.9
Adam Pelech, D	68	2	12	14	2	26	19:18	0	1	0	1	87	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	16	3	3	6	0	58	8:43	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	25	2	2	4	-4	8	11:50	0	0	0	0	22	9.1
Sebastian Aho, D	22	1	3	4	-5	6	16:15	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 †	8	1	0	1	-6	4	16:51	0	0	0	0	8	12.5
Chris Wagner, RW†	6	0	0	0	-3	0	11:46	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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Penguins
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Evgeni Malkin, C	68	40	49	89	19	67	18:54	14	20	0	0	210	19.0
Phil Kessel, RW	72	29	50	79	2	36	18:47	10	26	0	0	234	12.4
Sidney Crosby, C	72	23	54	77	-1	44	20:46	8	27	0	0	209	11.0
Kris Letang, D	69	6	38	44	-5	52	25:22	3	15	0	1	196	3.1
Jake Guentzel, C	72	20	21	41	-12	38	16:33	7	4	0	0	156	12.8
Patric Hornqvist, RW	60	22	17	39	0	46	17:17	12	6	0	0	210	10.5
Bryan Rust, RW	59	12	24	36	8	20	15:53	2	2	2	1	107	11.2
Riley Sheahan, C †	63	10	18	28	3	4	15:29	0	1	0	1	89	11.2
Carl Hagelin, LW	71	9	18	27	10	22	15:55	0	0	1	1	146	6.2
Olli Maatta, D	72	7	19	26	3	24	18:51	0	6	0	0	148	4.7
Conor Sheary, LW	69	14	10	24	-4	8	14:08	2	1	0	0	120	11.7
Justin Schultz, D	53	4	16	20	17	14	19:24	0	7	0	0	86	4.7
Brian Dumoulin, D	70	4	10	14	-4	22	20:33	0	0	0	0	89	4.5
Ian Cole, D †	47	3	10	13	3	52	17:37	0	1	0	0	63	4.8
Dominik Simon, C	31	4	8	12	2	16	11:46	0	0	0	0	36	11.1
Jamie Oleksiak, D †	37	4	7	11	7	54	17:21	1	0	0	0	55	7.3
Matt Hunwick, D	39	4	5	9	-6	16	17:50	0	0	1	0	52	7.7
Ryan Reaves, RW†	58	4	4	8	-9	84	6:45	0	0	0	0	34	11.8
Tom Kuhnhackl, RW	59	2	6	8	-4	6	10:10	0	1	0	1	55	3.6
Zach Aston-Reese, C	10	4	2	6	3	0	12:45	0	0	0	0	16	25.0
Chad Ruhwedel, D	37	2	3	5	-5	16	15:49	0	0	0	0	61	3.3
Carter Rowney, RW	44	2	3	5	-13	4	9:21	0	0	1	0	21	9.5
Derick Brassard, C †	9	1	3	4	2	2	15:34	0	0	0	0	19	5.3
Greg McKegg, C	26	2	2	4	-4	8	9:41	0	0	1	0	21	9.5
Daniel Sprong, RW	8	2	1	3	2	0	13:59	0	0	0	0	22	9.1
Jean-Sebastien Dea, C	5	1	0	1	1	2	5:29	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Josh Jooris, C †	2	0	0	0	0	0	7:24	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Scott Wilson, C †	3	0	0	0	-2	0	10:27	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Josh Archibald, RW†	3	0	0	0	0	0	10:22	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Frank Corrado, D	5	0	0	0	-1	2	11:30	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Zach Trotman, D	3	0	0	0	-3	0	12:47	0	0	0	0	6	0.0

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NHL STANDINGS:

EASTERN CONFERENCE	W	L	OTL	PTS	GP	ROW	SOW	SOL	GF	GA	GD	HOME	AWAY	ELIM#	L10	STRK
Lightning	49	19	4	102	72	43	6	2	260	202	58	26-8-2	23-11-2	44	7-2-1	W1
Bruins	45	17	9	99	71	42	3	2	239	184	55	25-7-5	20-10-4	43	7-2-1	L1
Maple Leafs	43	22	7	93	72	36	7	2	243	204	39	25-8-2	18-14-5	35	6-2-2	W4
Capitals	41	24	7	89	72	38	3	1	225	214	11	25-9-2	16-15-5	31	6-4-0	L1
Penguins	41	26	5	87	72	39	2	2	237	218	19	26-8-1	15-18-4	29	5-4-1	W1
Flyers	37	25	11	85	73	35	2	6	218	215	3	18-13-6	19-12-5	25	3-6-1	W2
Blue Jackets	40	28	5	85	73	34	6	4	205	203	2	24-11-2	16-17-3	25	8-2-0	W8
Devils	37	27	8	82	72	32	5	4	217	215	2	18-14-3	19-13-5	24	5-5-0	L1
Panthers	36	27	7	79	70	33	3	3	212	216	-4	22-11-3	14-16-4	22	7-2-1	W1
Hurricanes	31	30	11	73	72	28	3	3	194	225	-31	16-14-6	15-16-5	12	4-5-1	W1
Rangers	32	32	8	72	72	29	3	5	208	231	-23	20-13-4	12-19-4	11	5-2-3	L1
Islanders	30	32	10	70	72	27	3	3	231	262	-31	16-14-4	14-18-6	9	1-6-3	L3
Canadiens	26	35	12	64	73	24	2	6	182	232	-50	17-12-8	9-23-4	1	2-6-2	L3
Senators	26	34	11	63	71	24	2	7	197	244	-47	15-14-6	11-20-5	4	5-4-1	L1
Red Wings	26	35	11	63	72	22	4	1	184	224	-40	13-14-8	13-21-3	2	0-9-1	L10
Sabres	23	37	12	58	72	22	1	2	172	236	-64	11-21-5	12-16-7	E	5-4-1	L1

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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	TANNER FRITZ
ROSS JOHNSTON	CASEY CIZIKAS	CHRIS WAGNER

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
NICK LEDDY	JOHNNY BOYCHUK
THOMAS HICKEY	RYAN PULOCK
DENNIS SEIDENBERG	ADAM PELECH

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Penguins
LW	C	RW
JAKE GUENTZEL	SIDNEY CROSBY	BRYAN RUST
CARL HAGELIN	EVGENI MALKIN	PATRIC HORNQVIST
CONOR SHEARY	DERICK BRASSARD	PHIL KESSEL
6 JOSH JOORIS​	RILEY SHEAHAN	TOM KUHNHACKL

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
BRIAN DUMOULIN	KRIS LETANG
JAMIE OLEKSIAK	JUSTIN SCHULTZ
OLLI MAATTA	CHAD RUHWEDEL​

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[Big L]

Oh God, there’s more?

 

[Instant]

Only 10 more to go, including this one.

It's gonna be fun. Really, really fun.

 

[Bones45]

Oh comon people...playing horribly and anticipating another loss is the Islanders fans wheelhouse! We're good at this!!!!


Liven up!!!

 

[bigd]

Expecting another Snow storm.

 

[Riseonfire]

Just want an entertaining loss. I'll be there again tonight, the same seat I do my usual blood letting.

 

[Strummergas]

I got nothing...

 

[BTrotts19]

Barzy gets his points, after that, don't mess up the tank!!!

 

[doublechili]

 

[rkhum]

Going tonight, but no ticket yet.
Never been to Barclays, I'd like as good a seat as possible for as cheap as possible.
So what makes sense?
Buy a cheap upper bowl? Can I move down to the bottom or the upper bowl or the lower level?
How strict are they in monitoring?

 

[MJF]

Going tonight, but no ticket yet.
Never been to Barclays, I'd like as good a seat as possible for as cheap as possible.
So what makes sense?
Buy a cheap upper bowl? Can I move down to the bottom or the upper bowl or the lower level?
How strict are they in monitoring?

It's tough to move downstairs at Barclays. Some of the ushers who work the lower bowl act like they are guarding Fort Knox. Even moving from one lower bowl seat to another can be tough depending on which usher you run into.

 

[MJF]

I'm going.

 

[Stercrazy]

Yawn!!

 

[Riseonfire]

Going tonight, but no ticket yet.
Never been to Barclays, I'd like as good a seat as possible for as cheap as possible.
So what makes sense?
Buy a cheap upper bowl? Can I move down to the bottom or the upper bowl or the lower level?
How strict are they in monitoring?

I've snuck down to the lower bowl plenty of times. Just stoll in like you own the place. I ended up on the glass for a game against Detroit last year.

I'd buy mid upper bowl and slide down to the bottom 2-3 rows. FWIW, I think the first 3 rows of the upper bowl to be amazing. ( i have season seats, section 222, row 3)

 

[boredmale]

Hopefully we lose 7-6

 

[Glory Days]

Seids back in for Aho. Someone please explain this to me.

 

[NewYorkIsles]

Seids back in for Aho. Someone please explain this to me.

Can't

 

[mm11]

good thing the Isles historically contain Crosby or this could be a blow out

 

[Riseonfire]

Seids back in for Aho. Someone please explain this to me.

Does it really matter anymore? Honest question.

 

[Instant]

I think we should go for 300 GA, it's such a nice number. 38 to go, Crosby, I'm counting on you (and that's the first time in my life I said something like this).

 

[Glory Days]

Does it really matter anymore? Honest question.

Would like to see what the kid can do. Sitting isn't helping his development.

 

[IslesFanatic]

#snowmustgo

Only thing that needs to be said

 

[Strait2thecup]

Seids back in for Aho. Someone please explain this to me.

Functional teams call up the AHL squad when theyre out of it for experience... we put in a guy who is going to retire. Even when the games dont matter the incompetence never ceases to amaze

 

[seafoam]

Pens 9 Isles 1

Garth Snow 0