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Game Preview: Bruins @ Islanders
NEW YORK ISLANDERS (9-6-3) VS BOSTON BRUINS (11-3-2)
7 PM | NASSAU COLISEUM
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The New York Islanders host the Boston Bruins on Thursday night for their third meeting of the season and in the second game of the Islanders' four-game homestand.
The Bruins enter the contest well rested. Boston last played on Sunday night at the Honda NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe game where they soundly defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 7-3.
ISLANDERS NOTES:
• Pageau delivered the Islanders' game-winner on Monday at 15:08 in the third period on the power play. The goal was his sixth tally in the last seven games and his seventh goal of the season, tied with Jordan Eberle for the second-most goals among the team. Pageau leads the Islanders with three game-winning goals this season and is now tied with Anders Lee for the second-most points in the Islanders leaderboard with 11 points (7G, 4A) through 18 games.
• Lee opened up scoring as the Islanders captain deposited his team-leading eighth goal of the season. Lee now has 11 points (8G, 3A) through 18 games.
• Martin lit the lamp for the second time this season and now has four points (2G, 2A) through 18 games.
• Nick Leddy recorded his ninth assist, which tied with Mathew Barzal for the team lead, with his helper on Pageau's goal. Leddy leads Islanders defensemen in scoring with 10 points (1G, 9A).
• Semyon Varlamov recorded his third-straight start and his 14th start of the season to improve his record of 8-4-2. Varlamov has a 2.06 GAA and a .927 SV%.
• Austin Czarnik returned to the lineup and replaced Leo Komarov for his second game of the season. Czarnik recorded two shot attempts and logged 9:11 TOI.
• Michael Dal Colle missed his third-straight game with a lower-body injury after blocking a shot on Feb. 16 against Buffalo. Dal Colle continues to be listed as day-to-day as confirmed by Trotz following the Islanders' practice on Wednesday.
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BRUINS NOTES:
• David Pastrnak powered Boston's win on Sunday as the Czech winger recorded his second hat trick of the season. After missing the first seven games of the season as he recovered from an offseason hip surgery, Pastrnak now has nine goals in as many games and is tied with linemate Brad Marchand for the team lead in goals scored. The 24-year-old now has 14 points (9G, 5A).
• Charlie McAvoy, Charlie Coyle, Nick Ritchie and Trent Frederic also scored for the Bruins on Sunday. Frederic scored his first-career goal in the outdoor game.
• Tuukka Rask made 16 saves and improved his record to 7-2-1 with the win. The veteran Finnish netminder has a 2.56 GAA and a .901 SV%.
• Jack Studnicka returned to the Bruins lineup on Sunday for the first time since Jan. 28 after getting sent down to the Boston's AHL affiliate the Providence Bruins. In his return, Studnicka posted an assist, and his second point (1G, 1A) of the season, on Pastrnak's third goal of the game.
• Urho Vaakanainen made his season debut on the blueline for the Bruins and recorded his first-career point on an assist on Pastrnak's second goal.
• The Bruins rank in the top 10 in almost all facets of the most common NHL stats. Defensively, Boston allows the third-fewest goals against per game in the NHL with a nightly average of 2.25. On special teams, the Bruins power play is ranked sixth overall in the NHL (30.0%) and their penalty kill is ranked second overall at 87.7%. Boston fires off the seventh-most shots for per game with a nightly average of 31.6 and conversely, is ranked first overall in the NHL with the fewest shots-against average of 25.1.
• In the circle, Boston's is ranked first overall with a 57.6 FOW%. Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron ranks third in the NHL at draws with a 62.9 FOW% and has taken 225 faceoffs through 16 games this season.
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Possible Starting Goalies:
Semyon Varlamov
Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | OT | SA | GA | GAA | S | SV% | SO | MIN |
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Semyon Varlamov | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 395 | 29 | 2.06 | 366 | .927 | 3 | 843 |
Ilya Sorokin | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 11 | 2.74 | 94 | .895 | 1 | 242 |
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Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | OT | SA | GA | GAA | S | SV% | SO | MIN |
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Jaroslav Halak | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 10 | 1.66 | 128 | .928 | 1 | 363 |
Tuukka Rask | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 263 | 26 | 2.56 | 237 | .901 | 0 | 611 |
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Player Stats:
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Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | SHP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FO% |
Mathew Barzal | 18 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 12.8 | 51.11 |
Anders Lee | 18 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 13.8 | 49.52 |
Jordan Eberle | 18 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 14.6 | 100 |
Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 18 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 21.9 | 57.41 |
Nick Leddy | 18 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 | 0 |
Josh Bailey | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 | 50 |
Brock Nelson | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 13.9 | 51.21 |
Noah Dobson | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 | 0 |
Ryan Pulock | 18 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Casey Cizikas | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 | 54.55 |
Cal Clutterbuck | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | 0 |
Matt Martin | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 14.29 |
Scott Mayfield | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 | 0 |
Oliver Wahlstrom | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 | 50 |
Adam Pelech | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Leo Komarov | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 40 |
Anthony Beauvillier | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Michael Dal Colle | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Greene | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Ross Johnston | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 |
Austin Czarnik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
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Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | SHP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FO% |
Brad Marchand | 16 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 22 | 33.33 |
Patrice Bergeron | 16 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 12.5 | 62.85 |
David Pastrnak | 9 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 25 | 0 |
Nick Ritchie | 16 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 16.2 | 0 |
Charlie McAvoy | 16 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 | 0 |
David Krejci | 15 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 59.15 |
Craig Smith | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 7.7 | 60 |
Charlie Coyle | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 | 46.67 |
Chris Wagner | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 55.1 |
Sean Kuraly | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 | 60.48 |
Brandon Carlo | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | 0 |
Anders Bjork | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Jake DeBrusk | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 40 |
Jeremy Lauzon | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Grzelcyk | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Trent Frederic | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | 45.45 |
Kevan Miller | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Jakub Zboril | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Connor Clifton | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
John Moore | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Ondrej Kase | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Standings:
MassMutual East | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | P% | RW | ROW | GF | GA | DIFF | HOME | AWAY | S/O | L10 | STRK |
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1 Boston | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | .750 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 5-1-0 | 6-2-2 | 2-0 | 7-2-1 | W1 |
2 Washington | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | .611 | 7 | 8 | 60 | 63 | -3 | 6-3-2 | 3-2-2 | 1-2 | 4-5-1 | OT1 |
3 Philadelphia | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 21 | .656 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 6-2-2 | 3-2-1 | 0-2 | 6-2-2 | W1 |
4 Pittsburgh | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 21 | .618 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 55 | -1 | 7-1-0 | 3-5-1 | 3-0 | 6-4-0 | W3 |
5 NY Islanders | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | .583 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 5-0-1 | 4-6-2 | 0-1 | 6-2-2 | W1 |
6 NY Rangers | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 15 | .441 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 46 | -3 | 3-5-2 | 3-3-1 | 1-1 | 4-4-2 | L1 |
7 New Jersey | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | .500 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 41 | -4 | 2-4-1 | 4-2-1 | 0-2 | 4-5-1 | L3 |
8 Buffalo | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 | .438 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 47 | -6 | 2-5-1 | 4-3-1 | 2-1 | 4-5-1 | W1 |
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Possible Lineups:
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LW | C | RW |
ANDERS LEE Goals: 8 Assists: 3 | MATHEW BARZAL Goals: 6 Assists: 9 | JORDAN EBERLE Goals: 7 Assists: 4 |
ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER Goals: 0 Assists: 2 | BROCK NELSON Goals: 5 Assists: 3 | JOSH BAILEY Goals: 1 Assists: 8 |
LEO KOMAROV Goals: 0 Assists: 2 | JEAN-GABRIEL PAGEAU Goals: 7 Assists: 4 | OLIVER WAHLSTROM Goals: 1 Assists: 2 |
MATT MARTIN Goals: 2 Assists: 2 | CASEY CIZIKAS Goals: 3 Assists: 1 | CAL CLUTTERBUCK Goals: 1 Assists: 4 |
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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense |
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ADAM PELECH Goals: 0 Assists: 3 | RYAN PULOCK Goals: 0 Assists: 7 |
NICK LEDDY Goals: 1 Assists: 9 | SCOTT MAYFIELD Goals: 1 Assists: 3 |
ANDY GREENE Goals: 0 Assists: 1 | NOAH DOBSON Goals: 1 Assists: 6 |
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Current Team Injuries:
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Player | POS | Injury | Status (Updated) | Notes |
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Aho | D | Undisclosed | Out indefinitely (01/13/2021) | Aho has been assigned to the injured reserve list due to an injury to an unlisted injury, and it is unknown how long he will be debilitated. |
Dal Colle | LW | Undisclosed | Day - Day (02/20/2021) | Dal Colle missed the last game with an undisclosed injury, and has been moved to the I.R. |
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BRAD MARCHAND Goals: 9 Assists: 11 | PATRICE BERGERON Goals: 7 Assists: 12 | DAVID PASTRNAK Goals: 9 Assists: 5 |
NICK RITCHIE Goals: 6 Assists: 7 | CHARLIE COYLE Goals: 3 Assists: 2 | CRAIG SMITH Goals: 3 Assists: 4 |
JAKE DEBRUSK Goals: 1 Assists: 2 | JACK STUDNICKA Goals: 1 Assists 1 | ANDERS BJORK Goals: 1 Assists 2 |
TRENT FREDERIC Goals: 1 Assists: 1 | SEAN KURALY Goals: 2 Assists: 1 | CHRIS WAGNER Goals: 2 Assists: 1 |
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URHO VAAKANAINEN Goals: 0 Assists: 1 | CHARLIE MCAVOY Goals: 2 Assists: 11 |
JAKUB ZBORIL Goals: 0 Assists: 2 | BRANDON CARLO Goals: 2 Assists: 1 |
JOHN MOORE Goals: 0 Assists: 2 | CONNOR CLIFTON Goals: 0 Assists: 2 |
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Current Team Injuries:
Player | POS | Injury | Status (Updated) | Notes |
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Grzelcyk | D | Lower Body | Out indefinitely (02/21/2021) | Grzelcyk has been shifted to the injured reserve with a lower-body injury, and it is unknown how long he will be debilitated. |
Kase | RW | Upper Body | Out indefinitely (01/19/2021) | Kase has been sent to the injured reserve list with an upper-body injury, and there is not timetable for recovery. |
Krejci | C | Lower Body | Ques Thurs (02/21/2021) | Krejci missed the last contest with a lower-body injury, and it has yet to be established if he will suit up for Thursday's game versus the Islanders. |
Lauzon | D | Upper Body | Late March (02/24/2021) | Lauzon is sidelined with a left hand fracture, and he will miss at least four weeks of action. |
Miller | D | Knee | Out Thurs (02/24/2021) | Miller was held out of the previous game due to a knee injury, and he will not be available for Thursday's tilt versus the Islanders. |
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