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Game Preview: Penguins @ Islanders
NEW YORK ISLANDERS (10-6-3) VS. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (10-7-1)
7 PM | NASSAU COLISEUM
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The New York Islanders continue their four-game homestand as they open a back-to-back set against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. This weekend will mark the fifth and sixth meetings between the club this month. Through four matchups this season, the Islanders are 1-2-1 against the Penguins.
ISLANDERS NOTES:
• The Islanders dominant win over Boston featured a full-team effort as 11 different players made it onto the scoresheet and four different players (Pelech, Barzal, Lee and Nick Leddy) posted multi-point performances with two points each.
• Pelech and Beauvillier each scored their first goal of the season. Eberle and Pageau earned their eighth goal of the season while Pageau posted his second shorthanded goal of the year and his seventh tally in the last eight games. Wahlstrom registered his second goal of the season and the second goal of his young NHL career.
• Barzal's two-point (1G, 1A) performance extended his team-high scoring lead to 17 points (7G, 10A). Lee leads the Islanders in goals as he potted his ninth goal of the season (13 points).
• Casey Cizikas' secondary assist on Pelech's goal notched his 100th career assist, all of which have been produced as an Islander. Leddy's two assists increased his team lead to 11 assists this season (12 points). Varlamov's secondary assist on Barzal's goal marked his first assist as an Islander and the eighth assist the netminder has posted in his NHL career.
• With the win, Varlamov made his fourth-straight start and improved his record to 9-4-2. The Russian goaltender has a 2.06 GAA and a .928 SV%.
• Leo Komarov rejoined the lineup after being a healthy scratch on Monday against Buffalo. The winger took the place of Austin Czarnik and skated alongside Pageau and Wahlstrom to start.
• Cal Clutterbuck left the game after the first period and after only playing 3:07 TOI. The winger did not return for the start of the second period or for the remainder of the game. Trotz did not have an immediate update on Clutterbuck following the game. Clutterbuck also took a maintenance day on Friday and is considered day-to-day.
• Michael Dal Colle practiced with the Islanders on Friday and is a "possibility" to play over the weekend, per Trotz, though he did not specify which day, if either. Dal Colle has been sidelined since Jan. 16 with a lower-body injury.
• The Islanders have earned points in 10 of their last 12 games (7-2-3) and have posted a record of 6-0-2 against every team except Pittsburgh throughout that stretch.
• The Islanders have earned points through the first seven home games of the season, going 6-0-1 at Nassau Coliseum. Their 13 points at home are the most in the first seven games since the 1982-83 season, when they opened 7-0-0. The Islanders are the only team in the NHL without a regulation loss at home and can match the best eight-game start in franchise history with a win over Pittsburgh on Saturday.
• The Islanders are 7-1-1 when scoring first and are 3-5-2 when allowing the opening goal.
• This season, the Islanders are 1-0-1 in the front-half of back-to-back sets and are 1-0-1 in the second leg.
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PENGUINS NOTES:
• The loss to the Caps snapped a three-game winning streak for the Penguins, including two regulation wins over the Islanders on Feb. 18 and Feb. 20.
• Tanev scored his fifth goal of the season and his first shorthanded goal. The winger has totaled seven points (5G, 2A) through 18 games this season.
• With his seventh goal of the season, Guentzel overtook the Penguins goal-scoring lead and posted his team-high - tied with Sidney Crosby - 16th point through 18 games.
• Crosby's primary assist on Guentzel's goal marked his 16th point (6G, 10A) through 18 games of the season. The Penguins' captain is tied with his linemate Guentzel for the most points among the Pens.
• Kris Letang's secondary assist registered as his ninth assist of the season and extended his point streak to three games with four points (2G, 2A) during that span. The defenseman has posted 11 points (2G, 9A) through 17 games this season.
• Jarry made his sixth-straight start and his 13th start of the season in the loss. The 25-year-old has posted a record of 6-6-1 and has a 3.17 GAA and a .895 SV%.
• The Penguins were without Jason Zucker in their loss to Washington on Thursday. Zucker sustained a lower-body injury on Tuesday night against the Caps and was sent back to Pittsburgh for further evaluation. Following Thursday's loss, Sullivan did not have an update on Zucker's projected timeline for a return.
• On Tuesday, the Penguins claimed defenseman Mark Friedman off of waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers as announced by the team's newly appointed General Manager Ron Hextall. Friedman has not made his debut for the Penguins yet, but joined the team in Washington on Thursday.
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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 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 431 | 31 | 2.06 | 400 | .928 | 3 | 903 |
| Ilya Sorokin | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 11 | 2.74 | 94 | .895 | 1 | 242 |
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Tristan Jarry
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | OT | SA | GA | GAA | S | SV% | SO | MIN |
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| Casey DeSmith | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 17 | 2.84 | 131 | .885 | 0 | 359 |
| Tristan Jarry | 13 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 370 | 39 | 3.17 | 331 | .895 | 0 | 739 |
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Player Stats:
| Islanders | |||||||||||||||
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| Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | SHP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FO% |
| Mathew Barzal | 19 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 14.6 | 48.59 |
| Anders Lee | 19 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 14.3 | 50.47 |
| Jordan Eberle | 19 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 16.3 | 100 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 19 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 21.1 | 57.09 |
| Nick Leddy | 19 | 1 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Josh Bailey | 19 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 | 47.06 |
| Brock Nelson | 19 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 13.9 | 51.82 |
| Noah Dobson | 19 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 | 0 |
| Ryan Pulock | 19 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Cizikas | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 54.5 |
| Cal Clutterbuck | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | 0 |
| Adam Pelech | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Matt Martin | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 | 14.29 |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 | 50 |
| Scott Mayfield | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 | 0 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | 0 |
| Leo Komarov | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Michael Dal Colle | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Greene | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 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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| Penguins | |||||||||||||||
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| Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | SHP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FO% |
| Jake Guentzel | 18 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 15.2 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 18 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 12.5 | 56.59 |
| Bryan Rust | 18 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 9.2 | 50 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 18 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9.3 | 45.36 |
| Teddy Blueger | 18 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 | 52.17 |
| Kris Letang | 17 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 | 0 |
| Kasperi Kapanen | 15 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 0 |
| Brandon Tanev | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19.2 | 50 |
| Jason Zucker | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 | 28.57 |
| Jared McCann | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 | 35 |
| Cody Ceci | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | 0 |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | 0 |
| Zach Aston-Reese | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 20 |
| Mark Jankowski | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | 43.51 |
| Mike Matheson | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | 0 |
| John Marino | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Sceviour | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 | 55.56 |
| Chad Ruhwedel | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Pettersson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | 0 |
| Evan Rodrigues | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 60 |
| Sam Lafferty | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 55.88 |
| Drew O'Connor | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 50 |
| Brian Dumoulin | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Juuso Riikola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yannick Weber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Last Games Lineups:
| Islanders | ||
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| LW | C | RW |
 ANDERS LEE Goals: 9 Assists: 4 |  MATHEW BARZAL Goals: 7 Assists: 10 |  JORDAN EBERLE Goals: 8 Assists: 4 |
 ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER Goals: 1 Assists: 2 |  BROCK NELSON Goals: 5 Assists: 3 |  JOSH BAILEY Goals: 1 Assists: 8 |
 LEO KOMAROV Goals: 0 Assists: 2 |  JEAN-GABRIEL PAGEAU Goals: 8 Assists: 4 |  OLIVER WAHLSTROM Goals: 2 Assists: 2 |
 MATT MARTIN Goals: 2 Assists: 2 |  CASEY CIZIKAS Goals: 3 Assists: 3 |  CAL CLUTTERBUCK Goals: 1 Assists: 4 |
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| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense |
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 ADAM PELECH Goals: 1 Assists: 4 |  RYAN PULOCK Goals: 0 Assists: 8 |
 NICK LEDDY Goals: 1 Assists: 11 |  SCOTT MAYFIELD Goals: 1 Assists: 3 |
ANDY GREENE Goals: 0 Assists: 1 |  NOAH DOBSON Goals: 1 Assists: 7 |
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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 | Ques Sat (02/26/2021) | Dal Colle missed the last game with an undisclosed injury, and has been moved to the I.R. |
| Clutterbuck | RW | Undisclosed | Ques Sat (02/26/2021) | Clutterbuck excited the previous game with an undisclosed injury, and it has yet to be determined if he will be active Saturday versus the Penguins. |
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| Penguins | ||
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 JAKE GUENTZEL Goals: 7 Assists: 9 |  SIDNEY CROSBY Goals: 6 Assists: 10 |  KASPERI KAPANEN Goals: 3 Assists: 6 |
 ZACH ASTON-REESE Goals: 3 Assists: 1 |  EVGENI MALKIN Goals: 4 Assists: 7 |  BRYAN RUST Goals: 6 Assists: 9 |
 SAM LAFFERTY Goals: 0 Assists: 1 |  TEDDY BLUEGER Goals: 3 Assists 8 |  BRANDON TANEV Goals: 5 Assists 2 |
 DREW O'CONNOR Goals: 0 Assists: 1 |  MARK JANKOWSKI Goals: 1 Assists: 2 |  COLTON SCEVIOUR Goals: 2 Assists: 0 |
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 PIERRE-OLIVIER JOSEPH Goals: 1 Assists: 4 |  KRIS LETANG Goals: 2 Assists: 9 |
 MICHAEL MATHESON Goals: 1 Assists: 2 |  JOHN MARINO Goals: 0 Assists: 3 |
 MARCUS PETTERSSON Goals: 1 Assists: 0 |  CODY CECI Goals: 1 Assists: 4 |
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Current Team Injuries:
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| Player | POS | Injury | Status (Updated) | Notes |
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| Dumoulin | D | Lower Body | Out indefinitely(02/15/2021) | Dumoulin has been moved to the injured reserve list, and it remains to be seen if when he will return to action. |
| McCann | LW | Lower Body | Out indefinitely(02/11/2021) | McCann has landed on the injured reserve list due to a lower-body injury, and it is unknown when he will return to the ice. |
| Miletic | LW | Undisclosed | Out indefinitely(01/13/2021) | Miletic has been designated for the injured reserve list due to an unlisted injury, and there is no timetable for return. |
| Riikola | D | Upper Body | Out indefinitely(01/28/2021) | Riikola has wound up on the long-term injured reserve list due to an upper-body injury, and a timetable for recovery has yet to be established. |
| Rodrigues | LW | Lower Body | Out indefinitely(01/28/2021) | Rodrigues has been posted to the long-term injured reserve list with a lower body injury, and he will miss an undetermined length of time. |
| Zucker | LW | Undisclosed | Out indefinitely (02/25/2021) | Zucker has been assigned to the injured reserve list with a lower-body injury, and team officials have yet to provide an exact return date. |
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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 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 | .667 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 5-1-0 | 6-4-2 | 2-0 | 6-4-0 | L2 |
| 2 Washington | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 24 | .632 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 7-3-2 | 3-2-2 | 1-2 | 4-5-1 | W1 |
| 3 NY Islanders | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 23 | .605 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 6-0-1 | 4-6-2 | 0-1 | 7-2-1 | W2 |
| 4 Philadelphia | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 21 | .656 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 6-2-2 | 3-2-1 | 0-2 | 6-2-2 | W1 |
| 5 Pittsburgh | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 21 | .583 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 60 | -4 | 7-1-0 | 3-6-1 | 3-0 | 6-4-0 | L1 |
| 6 NY Rangers | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | .472 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 4-5-2 | 3-3-1 | 1-1 | 5-4-1 | W1 |
| 7 New Jersey | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | .533 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 44 | -3 | 2-4-1 | 5-2-1 | 0-2 | 4-5-1 | W1 |
| 8 Buffalo | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 15 | .441 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 51 | -7 | 2-5-2 | 4-3-1 | 2-1 | 3-5-2 | OT1 |
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