GDT: #14| Montreal Canadiens @ New York Islanders | November 5th | 7:00 PM | F/4-3 SOL

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Islanders vs Canadiens

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (8-4-1) VS MONTREAL CANADIENS (7-4-2)
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The New York Islanders go for a sixth straight win when they host the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night.
The five previous wins have vaulted the Islanders to the top of the Metropolitan Division, where they own sole possession of first place. They've been especially good defensively on their recent run, allowing seven goals over their past five wins.
The Canadiens are off to a better-than-expected start at 7-4-2 this season and have given the Isles fits in the recent past. The Islanders are 3-9-0 against the Habs over that span.

ISLANDERS NOTES:

-- The Islanders have won five straight games, all coming against Metropolitan Division opponents. The Islanders are 6-0-0 against divisional teams to start the season, trying a franchise record set in 1982-83. According to Eric Hornick, it's the first time since November 3-December 15, 2015 that the Isles have won six straight divisional games at any point in a single season.

-- The Islanders lead the Metropolitan Division with 17 points.

--Matt Martin missed Saturday's game with an upper-body injury is considered day-to-day. Ross Johnstontook Martin's place in the lineup on Saturday.

--Josh Bailey is riding an eight-game point streak with 11 points (2G, 9A) over that span.

--Thomas Greiss recorded a 35-save shutout on Saturday and has won three straight starts. Greiss has stopped 102 of 105 shots over his last three starts (97.1 save percentage, 0.98 GAA). Robin Lehnermissed Thursday's game with a strain, but backed up Greiss on Saturday.

CANADIENS NOTES:

-- Max Domi, who was acquired from Arizona for Alex Galchenyuk, leads the Canadiens with 13 points (7G, 6A) in 13 games. Brendan Gallagher leads the team with nine goals.

-- The Canadiens are 3-3-0 in their last six games. Montreal has yet to lose consecutive games this season. They are coming off a 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday.

-- Carey Price is 5-3-2 this season. The Canadiens goalie has a 2.59 GAA, a .907 SV% and one shutout this season.

-- The Canadiens are 14th in the NHL with 3.08 goals-per-game this season.
-- Montreal's power play is 26th in the NHL at 14.3%. The Haps penalty kill is 17th at 79.5%.
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Confirmed Goalies:


Antti Niemi




Niemi will start Monday against the Islanders.

Niemi allowed four goals on 42 shots in the Canadiens loss in Buffalo on October 25th. Carey Price has started the last four games, but Niemi will get back in the crease tonight against the Islanders. The veteran netminder has allowed at least three goals in all three of his starts, posting a 3.26 GAA and .898 SV% overall.

Thomas Greiss



Greiss will start Monday vs. the Canadiens.

Greiss stopped all 35 shots that he faced in the Islanders 3-0 shutout win over the Devils on Saturday. Greiss has gone 4-0-0 with an impressive 1.13 GAA, .967 SV% and one shutout in his last three starts and two relief appearances. Tonight he faces a Canadiens teams that has been impressive this season, but has most recently lost three of five.
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Team Stats:

Islanders
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Josh Bailey	13	3	12	15	7	6	2	7	1	1	1	1	23	13	36.36
Anders Lee	13	5	8	13	8	19	4	6	0	0	1	0	37	13.5	29.63
Mathew Barzal	13	1	11	12	-7	12	0	7	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	41.55
Brock Nelson	13	7	2	9	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	24.1	44.13
Valtteri Filppula	13	4	3	7	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	10	40	51.08
Jordan Eberle	13	4	3	7	-4	4	3	4	0	0	2	0	30	13.3	37.5
Casey Cizikas	12	3	4	7	7	10	0	0	1	2	0	0	17	17.6	53.57
Andrew Ladd	10	3	3	6	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	21.4	66.67
Scott Mayfield	11	2	4	6	6	18	0	0	1	1	0	0	10	20	0
Ryan Pulock	13	1	4	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	25	4	0
Matt Martin	11	3	1	4	4	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	23.1	25
Leo Komarov	13	2	2	4	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	38.89
Adam Pelech	12	1	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	5.6	0
Nick Leddy	13	0	3	3	-1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Anthony Beauvillier	12	1	0	1	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	4.5	27.27
Johnny Boychuk	13	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	0	0
Thomas Hickey	13	0	1	1	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0
Cal Clutterbuck	11	0	1	1	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	30.77
Luca Sbisa	3	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ross Johnston	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

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Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Thomas Greiss	8	6	4	2	0	0	216	12	1.85	204	.944	1	390
Robin Lehner	7	7	4	2	0	1	223	16	2.45	207	.928	1	392

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Canadiens
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Max Domi, C	13	7	6	13	1	10	17:23	1	4	0	0	29	24.1
Tomas Tatar, LW	13	3	8	11	4	4	16:56	1	1	0	0	36	8.3
Jeff Petry, D	13	1	9	10	2	6	23:39	1	3	0	1	23	4.3
Brendan Gallagher, RW	13	9	1	10	3	6	17:12	1	0	0	0	45	20.0
Artturi Lehkonen, LW	13	1	7	8	4	4	16:36	0	0	0	0	24	4.2
Jonathan Drouin, C	13	3	5	8	0	10	18:01	1	4	0	0	28	10.7
Phillip Danault, C	13	1	6	7	4	2	17:02	0	0	0	0	17	5.9
Paul Byron, C	11	4	3	7	3	0	14:53	0	0	0	1	23	17.4
Joel Armia, RW	13	3	3	6	0	8	17:14	0	0	1	0	36	8.3
Jesperi Kotkaniemi, C	13	2	4	6	1	6	14:13	0	1	0	0	24	8.3
Xavier Ouellet, D	13	0	3	3	-3	7	17:12	0	0	0	0	24	0.0
Matthew Peca, C	12	0	3	3	-1	4	10:06	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
Mike Reilly, D	13	1	2	3	2	0	21:30	1	0	0	0	26	3.8
Charles Hudon, LW	10	2	1	3	-2	8	11:22	0	1	0	0	18	11.1
Andrew Shaw, C	9	1	1	2	-3	16	11:45	1	0	0	0	15	6.7
Noah Juulsen, D	11	0	1	1	4	2	18:40	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
Victor Mete, D	11	0	1	1	2	2	16:05	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
Jordie Benn, D	13	1	0	1	2	11	17:31	0	0	0	0	10	10.0
Tomas Plekanec, C	3	1	0	1	0	0	10:53	0	0	0	0	8	12.5
Karl Alzner, D	4	0	0	0	1	0	17:35	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Nicolas Deslauriers, LW	7	0	0	0	-1	6	9:31	0	0	0	0	6	0.0

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Goalies:
PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Carey Price	10	5	3	2	2.59	602:38	254	.907	1	26	280	0
Antti Niemi	3	2	1	0	3.26	184:06	88	.898	0	10	98	0

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Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE	W	L	OTL	PTS	GP	ROW	SOW	SOL	GF	GA	GD	HOME	AWAY	L10	STRK
Lightning	9	3	1	19	13	8	1	0	46	35	11	5-2-0	4-1-1	7-2-1	W1
Maple Leafs	9	5	0	18	14	9	0	0	48	39	9	3-5-0	6-0-0	6-4-0	W1
Islanders	8	4	1	17	13	7	1	0	42	30	12	3-1-1	5-3-0	6-3-1	W5
Bruins	7	4	2	16	13	7	0	0	37	30	7	4-1-0	3-3-2	5-3-2	L1
Canadiens	7	4	2	16	13	6	1	0	41	37	4	5-3-0	2-1-2	6-3-1	L1
Sabres	7	5	2	16	14	7	0	0	42	41	1	4-2-1	3-3-1	5-3-2	W1
Penguins	6	3	3	15	12	6	0	2	45	40	5	2-3-1	4-0-2	5-2-3	L3
Blue Jackets	7	6	0	14	13	7	0	0	44	48	-4	3-4-0	4-2-0	5-5-0	L1
Hurricanes	6	6	2	14	14	5	1	0	39	41	-2	3-3-1	3-3-1	3-6-1	L4
Capitals	5	4	3	13	12	4	1	1	46	47	-1	3-1-2	2-3-1	4-4-2	L2
Flyers	6	7	1	13	14	5	1	0	43	54	-11	2-4-0	4-3-1	4-5-1	L1
Senators	5	6	2	12	13	5	0	0	42	55	-13	4-2-1	1-4-1	4-5-1	L1
Devils	5	5	1	11	11	5	0	0	34	35	-1	5-1-1	0-4-0	4-5-1	L3
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	8	2	10	14	4	0	1	37	53	-16	2-4-1	2-4-1	4-6-0	L1
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]

Last Updated Line Combos:

Islanders
LW	C	RW
Goals: 5 Assists: 8	Goals: 7 Assists: 2	Goals: 3 Assists: 12
Goals: 1 Assists: 0	Goals: 1 Assists: 11	Goals: 4 Assists: 3
Goals: 3 Assists: 3	Goals: 4 Assists: 3	Goals: 2 Assists: 2
Goals: 0 Assists: 1	Goals: 3 Assists: 4	Goals: 0 Assists: 1

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
Goals: 0 Assists: 3	Goals: 1 Assists: 4
Goals: 0 Assists: 1	Goals: 2 Assists: 4
Goals: 1 Assists: 2	Goals: 0 Assists: 1

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Canadiens
LW	C	RW
Goals: 3 Assists: 8	Goals: 1 Assists: 6	Goals: 9 Assists: 1
Goals: 3 Assists: 5	Goals: 7 Assists: 6	Goals: 2 Assists: 1
Goals: 1 Assists: 7	Goals: 2 Assists: 4	Goals: 3 Assists: 3
Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 3	Goals: 1 Assists: 1

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
Goals: 1 Assists: 0	Goals: 1 Assists: 9
Goals: 1 Assists: 2	Goals: 0 Assists: 1
Goals: 0 Assists: 3	53 VICTOR METE Goals: 0 Assists: 1​

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[Axel574]

Islanders vs Montreal ... a battle of eastern conference powerhouses. Let the good times roll.

Is there anybody on the team that needs a goal more than Tito and Barzal? I’d like nothing more than to see this dynamic duo get going. AB usually has strong games vs his hometown team so I’m calling for some points outta these two tonight.

 

[jonu]

Is Greiss confirmed starter?

 

[Keyserfrans]

Is it gameday yet? Can't wait.... such a weird feeling as an Islanderfan

6 in a row?

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Keep it rolling.

WINS, WINS, WINS!

 

[replayer]

Kind of crazy to think we could be tied for first in the Conference with a win. I never thought this team was tanking but I didn't expect a start like this. Montreal has played well this year but they're certainly not an elite team.

 

[Brunomics]

This is going to be a 1-0 or a 2-1 game.

 

[CREW99AW]

Islanders vs Montreal ... a battle of eastern conference powerhouses. Let the good times roll.

Is there anybody on the team that needs a goal more than Tito and Barzal? I’d like nothing more than to see this dynamic duo get going. AB usually has strong games vs his hometown team so I’m calling for some points outta these two tonight.

Be nice to see Clutterbuck get on the goal scorer sheet.

Let's go Isles.

 

[Bones45]

Is there a post on the main board yet about how we are going to win the Cup?

 

[Axel574]

Is there a post on the main board yet about how we are going to win the Cup?

Not yet. What me to start one?

 

[crasherino]

That D-corp is probably worse than ours. Assuming those pairings are accuarate - Petry/Benn as a first pairing???? It makes sense then that both teams are out to pretty successful starts.

 

[Lame Lambert]

Let’s do that PDO thing again

 

[seafoam]

That D-corp is probably worse than ours. Assuming those pairings are accuarate - Petry/Benn as a first pairing???? It makes sense then that both teams are out to pretty successful starts.

Petry is pretty underrated. The rest of that group is young and mobile. It’s not as bad as it looks. I actually really like their D especially when Weber is back.

Montreal plays really structured hockey like us, but they play faster.

They are fun to watch and are probably the better team between the two.

 

[Bones45]

Not yet. What me to start one?

Please..

 

[Brunomics]

Not yet. What me to start one?

Yes please.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Let’s do that PDO thing again

W > PDO

 

[SI90]

Is Weber out/injured?

 

[SI90]

Let’s do that PDO thing again

Lol love it.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Was looking at team stats for FOW%, Isles sit tied for second worst at 45.4%

The team they are tied with? The Habs

 

[seafoam]

 

[seafoam]

Is Weber out/injured?

Had surgery in the offseason. Still rehabbing.

 

[seafoam]

 

[MJF]

We apparently are the PDO-iest team in the league.

 

[Islanders4Cups]

This is going to be a tough one.
Two points would be great.