GDT: #13| New Jersey Devils @ New York Islanders | November 3rd | 7:00 PM | F/W 3-0

[MattMartin]

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018, 07:00 PM ET
BARCLAYS CENTER
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NEW YORK -- Everyone knew things would be different for the New York Islanders after the departure of generational talent John Tavares. But few people expected the difference to manifest itself in a potentially record-setting start for the Islanders, who will look to remain perfect in the Metropolitan Division when they host the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night at Barclays Center.

The Islanders extended their winning streak to four games Thursday night when they moved into a tie for first place in the Metropolitan with a 3-2 shootout win over the other first-place occupant, the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Devils suffered their second straight loss Thursday night, falling to the host Detroit Red Wings 4-3.

The winning streak for the Islanders (7-4-1) has come entirely against Metropolitan opponents. New York is 5-0-0 in the Metropolitan this season, the franchise's best start against divisional rivals since it opened the 1982-83 season 6-0-0 (wins-losses-ties) in the Patrick Division.

That team won the last of the Islanders' four straight Stanley Cups. It's a little early to ascribe such lofty goals to this year's squad, but the spate of divisional wins -- including back-to-back wins over the Penguins, whom New York beat 6-3 in Pittsburgh on Tuesday -- has provided a much-needed confidence boost.

The Devils (5-4-1) got off to their own fast start but are just 1-4-1 since opening 4-0-0. New Jersey, which allowed just four goals in the first four games, has been outscored 28-17 in the last six games, during which it has given up four or more goals five times.

The Devils were particularly discouraged Thursday night when they gave up two power play goals and two short-handed goals against the Red Wings.

The Islanders' Thomas Greiss and the Devils' Cory Schneider, each of whom started Thursday night, are likely to start again Saturday.

Greiss picked up the win against the Penguins by making 29 saves, including a spectacular stop on a Sidney Crosby breakaway in overtime on which Greiss exited the crease and lunged to poke the puck away from Crosby. Greiss was starting in place of Robin Lehner, who suffered back spasms Tuesday and returned to practice Friday.

Schneider took the loss after making 27 saves in his first start of the season. He missed the first eight games recovering from May hip surgery.

Greiss is 2-4-0 in six career games against the Devils. Schneider is 3-5-2 in 10 appearances against the Islanders.
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Team Stats:

NY ISLANDERS
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Josh Bailey	12	3	10	13	6	6	2	6	1	1	1	1	19	15.8	36.36
Anders Lee	12	5	7	12	7	19	4	5	0	0	1	0	34	14.7	25
Mathew Barzal	12	1	11	12	-7	10	0	7	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	40.91
Brock Nelson	12	6	2	8	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	26.1	43.9
Valtteri Filppula	12	4	3	7	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	9	44.4	53.09
Casey Cizikas	11	3	4	7	7	10	0	0	1	2	0	0	16	18.8	53.92
Jordan Eberle	12	3	3	6	-4	4	2	3	0	0	1	0	25	12	37.5
Andrew Ladd	9	3	3	6	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	21.4	66.67
Ryan Pulock	12	1	4	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	22	4.5	0
Scott Mayfield	10	1	4	5	5	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0
Matt Martin	11	3	1	4	4	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	23.1	25
Leo Komarov	12	2	2	4	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	38.89
Adam Pelech	11	1	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	0
Nick Leddy	12	0	3	3	-2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Anthony Beauvillier	11	1	0	1	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	5.3	27.27
Johnny Boychuk	12	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	0	0
Thomas Hickey	12	0	1	1	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0
Cal Clutterbuck	10	0	1	1	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	33.33
Luca Sbisa	3	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ross Johnston	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Goalies
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Thomas Greiss	7	5	3	2	0	0	181	12	2.18	169	.934	0	330
Robin Lehner	7	7	4	2	0	1	223	16	2.45	207	.928	1	392

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NEW JERSEY​
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Kyle Palmieri, RW	10	9	5	14	-1	10	18:43	5	2	0	0	33	27.3
Taylor Hall, LW	10	2	11	13	-3	6	19:59	0	9	0	0	33	6.1
Nico Hischier, C	10	3	7	10	-3	0	18:20	2	3	0	0	24	12.5
Travis Zajac, C	9	3	5	8	4	2	17:48	0	2	0	0	9	33.3
Damon Severson, D	10	2	5	7	-2	8	19:51	1	0	0	0	17	11.8
Sami Vatanen, D	10	1	5	6	4	6	23:31	1	1	0	0	28	3.6
Mirco Mueller, D	10	0	5	5	0	5	18:56	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
Miles Wood, LW	10	1	4	5	-2	17	13:47	0	1	0	0	23	4.3
Will Butcher, D	10	0	5	5	-4	0	18:26	0	5	0	0	12	0.0
Blake Coleman, C	10	4	0	4	3	6	14:03	0	0	0	0	20	20.0
Brian Boyle, C	10	3	1	4	-3	8	12:35	2	0	0	0	19	15.8
Marcus Johansson, C	9	2	2	4	-2	4	14:40	1	1	0	0	16	12.5
Jean-Sebastien Dea, C	10	3	0	3	1	2	10:33	0	0	0	0	15	20.0
Andy Greene, D	10	0	2	2	1	4	21:14	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
Stefan Noesen, RW	9	1	1	2	-4	8	13:27	0	0	0	0	15	6.7
Ben Lovejoy, D	7	0	1	1	3	6	15:48	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Drew Stafford, RW	2	0	0	0	0	2	9:06	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Eric Gryba, D	2	0	0	0	-1	2	12:38	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Steven Santini, D	1	0	0	0	0	0	2:33	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Kevin Rooney, C	4	0	0	0	-1	7	9:56	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
John Quenneville, C	5	0	0	0	2	0	12:00	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Pavel Zacha, C	10	0	0	0	-2	7	15:08	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
Joey Anderson, RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	9:16	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

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GOALIE STATISTICS
PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Keith Kinkaid	9	5	3	1	2.74	525:48	242	.910	2	24	266	0
Cory Schneider	2	0	1	0	3.24	74:06	32	.889	0	4	36	0

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Team Rankings - Offense

	SEASON STATS	RANK
GOALS	3.4	9
SHOTS	30.4	22
POWER PLAY	0.28	7
FACEOFF	47	28
PENALTY MINS	114	16

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	SEASON STATS	RANK
GOALS	3.17	14
SHOTS	25.67	30
POWER PLAY	0.22	14
FACEOFF	46	29
PENALTY MINS	135	7

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Team Rankings - Defence

	SEASON STATS	RANK
GOALS AGAINST	3.2	20
SHOTS AGAINST	30.6	14
PENALTY KILL	0.2	18
SHUTOUTS	2	2
PENALTY MINS	116	14

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	SEASON STATS	RANK
GOALS AGAINST	2.5	5
SHOTS AGAINST	33.83	25
PENALTY KILL	0.22	15
SHUTOUTS	1	9
PENALTY MINS	113	12

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EASTERN CONFERENCE	W	L	OTL	PTS	GP	ROW	SOW	SOL	GF	GA	GD	HOME	AWAY	L10	STRK
Lightning	8	3	1	17	12	7	1	0	42	34	8	5-2-0	3-1-1	7-2-1	L1
Bruins	7	3	2	16	12	7	0	0	37	29	8	4-1-0	3-2-2	6-2-2	W1
Canadiens	7	3	2	16	12	6	1	0	40	33	7	5-2-0	2-1-2	6-3-1	W1
Maple Leafs	8	5	0	16	13	8	0	0	43	39	4	3-5-0	5-0-0	6-4-0	L2
Penguins	6	2	3	15	11	6	0	2	45	35	10	2-2-1	4-0-2	5-2-3	L2
Islanders	7	4	1	15	12	6	1	0	39	30	9	2-1-1	5-3-0	6-3-1	W4
Blue Jackets	7	5	0	14	12	7	0	0	43	44	-1	3-4-0	4-1-0	6-4-0	W1
Sabres	6	5	2	14	13	6	0	0	33	39	-6	3-2-1	3-3-1	4-4-2	L3
Hurricanes	6	5	1	13	12	5	1	0	36	34	2	3-3-1	3-2-0	5-5-0	L2
Capitals	5	4	2	12	11	4	1	1	43	43	0	3-1-1	2-3-1	4-4-2	L1
Senators	5	5	2	12	12	5	0	0	40	46	-6	4-2-1	1-3-1	4-5-1	W1
Flyers	6	7	0	12	13	5	1	0	40	50	-10	2-4-0	4-3-0	5-5-0	W2
Devils	5	4	1	11	10	5	0	0	34	32	2	5-1-1	0-3-0	5-4-1	L2
Rangers	5	7	1	11	13	2	3	0	35	43	-8	3-3-0	2-4-1	5-4-1	W2
Red Wings	4	7	2	10	13	4	0	1	34	49	-15	2-3-1	2-4-1	4-6-0	W3
Panthers	3	5	3	9	11	2	1	2	34	41	-7	0-3-1	3-2-2	3-5-2	W1

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Last game Highlights:

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[MattMartin]

Latest Line combos:

Islanders
LW	C	RW
ANDERS LEE Rating: 77.6#19 LW	BROCK NELSON Rating: 73.0#85 C	JOSH BAILEY Rating: 73.5#48 RW
ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER Rating: 71.8#83 LW	MATHEW BARZAL Rating: 79.2#23 C	JORDAN EBERLE Rating: 76.0#26 RW
ANDREW LADD Rating: 72.0#77 LW	VALTTERI FILPPULA Rating: 70.1#162 C	LEO KOMAROV Rating: 68.1#133 RW
MATT MARTIN Rating: 69.0#129 LW	CASEY CIZIKAS Rating: 70.2#159 C	CAL CLUTTERBUCK Rating: 68.5#118 RW

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
NICK LEDDY Rating: 71.9#75 LD	RYAN PULOCK Rating: 69.0#99 RD
THOMAS HICKEY Rating: 71.7#81 LD	SCOTT MAYFIELD Rating: 70.3#92 RD
ADAM PELECH Rating: 71.1#92 LD	JOHNNY BOYCHUK Rating: 71.9#63 RD

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Devils
LW	C	RW
TAYLOR HALL Rating: 85.3#2 LW	NICO HISCHIER Rating: 76.3#43 C	KYLE PALMIERI Rating: 81.6#3 RW
MARCUS JOHANSSON Rating: 72.7#98 LW	TRAVIS ZAJAC Rating: 73.2#75 C	MILES WOOD Rating: 71.8#82 RW
BLAKE COLEMAN Rating: 72.3#110 LW		JEAN-SEBASTIEN DEA Rating: 72.5#68 RW
BRIAN BOYLE Rating: 71.2#137 LW		DREW STAFFORD Rating: 69.3#108 RW

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
MIRCO MUELLER Rating: 71.9#74 LD	SAMI VATANEN Rating: 75.3#25 RD
ANDY GREENE Rating: 71.2#91 LD	DAMON SEVERSON Rating: 72.3#52 RD
WILL BUTCHER Rating: 75.2#23 LD	​

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[DarkHorse2]

Great pics on Facebook of the NYI alumni get together for the game. Awesome to see Kenny Jonsson in town.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

I want to stay super competitive within the division, hope we can pull out another win

 

[Strait2thecup]

This game is gonna get chippy. Play Ross

 

[Big L]

LGI

 

[PK Cronin]

Great pics on Facebook of the NYI alumni get together for the game. Awesome to see Kenny Jonsson in town.

Still looking for his Olympic jersey, when he won gold many moons ago.

 

[SI90]

Let’s keep it going!!! Going to be a tough game.

 

[GoIsles1]

That 1st line of this story...PJ Boy a generational talent? Crosby is a generational talent. Ovechkin is a generational talent. PJ Boy is a very good 2nd line center. Anyways go Isles best the Devils keep it going!

 

[13th Floor]

Johnston for Martin and Greiss starting but Lehner backing up.

Assuming what ever hurt Martin's arm is still bothering me. Also assuming Lehner gets the start Monday.

NJD are fast as shit. Gonna have to play a sound defensive game against them.

 

[SI90]

Good news that Lehner is healthy enough to dress

 

[seafoam]

Get points.

Especially because I will be in attendance.

 

[brachyrynchos]

Last season after 12 games....7-4-1.
Goals For: 45 (3.75)
Goals Against: 38 (3.16)

Shots For: 365 (30.41)
Shots Against: 403 (33.58)

Powerplay: 6 goals in 43 chances
:5 shorthanded goals allowed
:Isles started 0/20 until Lee scored in the 7th game of the season vs NYR
Penalty Kill: allowed 9 powerplay goals in 40 opportunities
:2 shorthanded goals, both in same game vs BUF 10/17 (wild 2nd period, both teams had 2 shorties)

Empty netters: 3 for, 0 against.
1 shootout win, 1 shootout loss.

 

[Big L]

Last season after 12 games....7-4-1.
Goals For: 45 (3.75)
Goals Against: 38 (3.16)

Shots For: 365 (30.41)
Shots Against: 403 (33.58)

Powerplay: 6 goals in 43 chances
:5 shorthanded goals allowed
:Isles started 0/20 until Lee scored in the 7th game of the season vs NYR
Penalty Kill: allowed 9 powerplay goals in 40 opportunities
:2 shorthanded goals, both in same game vs BUF 10/17 (wild 2nd period, both teams had 2 shorties)

Empty netters: 3 for, 0 against.
1 shootout win, 1 shootout loss.

And what about this season?

 

[brachyrynchos]

And what about this season?

Damn, too much work on my day off. Kinda figured MattMartin had this season covered.

 

[Tres Peleches]

Johnston for Martin and Greiss starting but Lehner backing up.

Assuming what ever hurt Martin's arm is still bothering me. Also assuming Lehner gets the start Monday.

NJD are fast as ****. Gonna have to play a sound defensive game against them.

I wouldn’t beat yourself up too much over it

 

[CREW99AW]

Great pics on Facebook of the NYI alumni get together for the game. Awesome to see Kenny Jonsson in town.

I will have to check them out.
Loved Jonsson. He is one of my all time favorite players.
He bled the isles colors and really seemed to enjoyed being an isle.

 

[13th Floor]

I wouldn’t beat yourself up too much over it

Haha. Whoops.

 

[periferal]

I've come to hate the Devils and their fans. Maybe because in past years when the Isles/Devils were on at the same time we always got booted to like MSG9++ or something that wasn't in HD.

Whatever. Bust this team up tonight.

 

[Chardo]

We like the Devils. Both teams exist for the same reason.

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

Ross the Boss, this is going to be a nasty game!

 

[CupHolders]

What is this! Devils are giving up two center positions and bringing the (DEA) Drug Enforcement Agency!

Y'all new age millennial fancy stats people are now just getting weird!

 

[13th Floor]

What is this! Devils are giving up two center positions and bringing the (DEA) Drug Enforcement Agency!

Y'all new age millennial fancy stats people are now just getting weird!

Yea, this game should be easy. They only have 15 players.

 

[The Underboss]

Go grab 2 more points!!

 

[CupHolders]

Yea, this game should be easy. They only have 15 players.

I guess Lou does still have some pull over there.