Post-Game Talk: #26| New York Islanders @ Montreal Canadiens | December 3rd | 7:00 PM | F/L 4-2

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Islanders AT Canadiens​

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (18-5-2) AT MONTREAL CANADIENS (11-10-6)
7 PM | CENTRE BELL
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The New York Islanders bring a two-game winning streak into la belle province, as they get set to take on the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.
The Isles are fresh off a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night and a 2-0 shutout over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. Suddenly, the Isles 0-2-1 California trip feels approximately 3,000 miles away.

To extend their streak, the Isles will have to go through a hungry Canadiens team, who are currently embroiled in an eight-game winless streak (0-5-3).

ISLES VS CANADIENS:

Tuesday marks the first meeting between the teams this season. The Isles went 1-1-1 against the Canadiens last season, losing 4-3 in a shootout in Brooklyn on Nov. 5, winning 2-1 at Nassau Coliseum on March 14 and losing 4-0 in Montreal on March 21.
The Isles are 1-3-1 in their last five games vs the Canadiens and have dropped the last two at the Bell Centre.



ISLES NOTES:

- The Isles toppled the Red Wings in the first half of their back-to-back set. Jordan Eberle scored twice, while Anders Lee and Anthony Beauvillier found the back of the net. Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves in the win.

- Eberle scored his first goal of the season on Monday night, potting a power-play goal off a rebound at the side of the net. Eberle's goal snapped a 14-game drought to start the season.
"It's all about confidence," Head Coach Barry Trotz said of Eberle. "Getting a couple of goals today is great for his confidence and we know how good of a player he is and how he can help us."

- Lee is riding a two-game scoring streak after snapping an 11-game goal drought on Saturday night. The Islanders' captain has 13 points (7G, 6A) in 25 games this season.

- Ryan Pulock recorded three assists in Monday's win. Pulock now leads Islanders defensemen with 13 points (3G, 10A) in 25 games.

- With the win, the Islanders picked up their 18th win of the season, which ties the club record (1978-79) for most wins in the first 25 games.

- The Islanders are 14-0-1 in their last 15 games against the Eastern Conference and have won eight straight against the Atlantic Division.

- Thomas Greiss will start in goal for the Islanders on Tuesday night. Greiss last started on Saturday night, but pulled himself from the game after experiencing dizziness 14 minutes in. While Semyon Varlamov finished Saturday's game, Greiss was the goalie of record, as he left the game with the Islanders up 1-0. Greiss is good to go, per Head Coach Barry Trotz. This season Greiss is 10-2-0 with a 2.10 GAA and a .931 SV%.

- Tuesday's game will also mark the 26th straight game the Islanders have alternated goalies to start the season, a franchise record.

- The Islanders are wrapping up a back-to-back set on Tuesday, while the Canadiens are rested. They are 1-0-0 in games where they played the night before and their opponents did not.



CANADIENS NOTES:

- The Canadiens are on an eight-game winless streak and are 0-5-3 over that span. Montreal's last win came on Nov. 15 in a 5-2 victory over Washington.

- Most recently, the Canadiens suffered a 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins. Joel Armia scored the Habs lone goal, but the Bruins rallied for three unanswered in the third period.

- Tomas Tatar leads the Canadiens in assists (15) and points (24) this season. Brendan Gallagher and Armia lead the Habs with 10 goals apiece.

- The Canadiens recalled goaltender Cayden Primeau and forward Matthew Peca from the AHL's Laval Rocket on Monday afternoon. Keith Kinkaid was placed on waivers in a corresponding move.

- Carey Price is 10-9-3 this season for the Canadiens, with a 3.18 GAA, a .898 SV% and one shutout. Price has never finished a season with a save percentage below .900 in his 12-year career. Price is 0-5-1 in his last six starts.

- Defenseman Victor Mete suffered an ankle injury on Saturday and will be out at least two weeks.

- Jonathan Drouin has been out since Nov. 15 with a wrist injury. Drouin had 15 points (7G, 8A) in 19 games prior to getting hurt.

- Montreal has the NHL's 30th-ranked penalty kill going 60-for-82 this season.

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Possible Starting Goalies:


Thomas Greiss

Goalies
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Thomas Greiss	13	12	10	2	0	0	364	25	2.10	339	.931	0	714
Semyon Varlamov	14	13	8	3	0	2	411	32	2.39	379	.922	1	805

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Carey Price

Goalies
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Carey Price	22	22	10	9	0	3	668	68	3.18	600	.898	1	1,283
Keith Kinkaid	6	5	1	1	0	3	192	24	4.24	168	.875	0	340

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Player Stats:

Islanders
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Mathew Barzal	25	10	13	23	13	8	2	4	0	0	1	0	52	19.2	41.26
Brock Nelson	25	8	12	20	-1	14	2	4	0	0	4	3	78	10.3	51.76
Anthony Beauvillier	25	9	8	17	8	6	2	4	1	1	1	0	53	17	83.33
Derick Brassard	25	7	10	17	3	8	1	4	0	0	1	0	44	15.9	51.13
Josh Bailey	25	7	10	17	-1	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	26	26.9	48.65
Anders Lee	25	7	6	13	7	14	0	1	0	0	2	0	60	11.7	44.12
Ryan Pulock	25	3	9	12	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	53	5.7	0
Devon Toews	25	2	9	11	8	8	0	2	0	0	1	1	46	4.3	0
Nick Leddy	20	2	8	10	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	25	8	0
Casey Cizikas	20	4	3	7	6	16	0	0	1	2	1	0	32	12.5	57.19
Jordan Eberle	15	2	5	7	-3	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	32	6.3	0
Adam Pelech	25	1	6	7	3	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	31	3.2	0
Johnny Boychuk	24	1	6	7	2	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	34	2.9	0
Scott Mayfield	25	3	3	6	5	13	0	0	0	1	1	0	38	7.9	0
Cal Clutterbuck	25	2	4	6	9	18	0	0	1	2	0	0	27	7.4	50
Leo Komarov	12	0	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	20
Matt Martin	13	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	18.2	33.33
Michael Dal Colle	22	1	2	3	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	75
Noah Dobson	7	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
Ross Johnston	12	1	0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	100
Tom Kuhnhackl	6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
Otto Koivula	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	30.77

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Canadiens
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Tomas Tatar	27	9	15	24	-4	22	3	5	0	0	0	0	72	12.5	33.33
Shea Weber	27	8	13	21	6	14	2	5	0	0	2	0	82	9.8	0
Brendan Gallagher	27	10	9	19	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	100	10	45.45
Phillip Danault	27	6	13	19	5	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	38	15.8	53.7
Max Domi	27	6	11	17	2	12	1	6	0	0	1	1	67	9	45.62
Joel Armia	25	10	5	15	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	81	12.3	0
Jonathan Drouin	19	7	8	15	4	6	1	4	0	0	1	0	44	15.9	33.33
Jeff Petry	27	2	12	14	-3	12	2	5	0	0	0	0	54	3.7	0
Nick Suzuki	27	6	7	13	-3	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	42	14.3	49.68
Artturi Lehkonen	27	6	6	12	4	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	55	10.9	50
Ben Chiarot	27	3	7	10	4	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	57	5.3	0
Victor Mete	26	3	5	8	6	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	34	8.8	0
Nick Cousins	21	2	5	7	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	38	5.3	42.11
Nate Thompson	27	1	6	7	-2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	3.6	55.39
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	20	3	2	5	-5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	29	10.3	43.48
Jordan Weal	19	3	1	4	-5	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	35	8.6	54.35
Paul Byron	19	1	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	0
Mike Reilly	11	0	4	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0
Brett Kulak	16	0	2	2	-7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0
Cale Fleury	21	1	0	1	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	4.5	0
Charles Hudon	8	0	1	1	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
Christian Folin	5	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gustav Olofsson	2	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

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Standings:

Eastern	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1 Boston	27	19	3	5	43	17	19	99	65	+34	11-0-4	8-3-1	0-4	8-0-2	W7
2 Washington	28	19	4	5	43	12	16	104	83	+21	8-2-4	11-2-1	3-2	6-2-2	W3
3 NY Islanders	25	18	5	2	38	12	16	75	59	+16	11-2-1	7-3-1	2-0	7-2-1	W2
4 Philadelphia	27	15	7	5	35	10	12	85	78	+7	8-1-4	7-6-1	3-5	5-2-3	W4
5 Carolina	27	16	10	1	33	11	15	88	76	+12	8-5-0	8-5-1	1-0	7-3-0	W1
6 Pittsburgh	27	14	9	4	32	10	13	93	78	+15	10-3-2	4-6-2	1-0	4-3-3	L2
7 Florida	26	13	8	5	31	8	10	94	93	+1	7-3-2	6-5-3	3-3	6-4-0	W1
8 Buffalo	28	13	10	5	31	10	12	85	83	+2	8-3-3	5-7-2	1-1	4-4-2	W1
9 Toronto	28	13	11	4	30	9	12	93	92	+1	7-3-4	6-8-0	1-2	4-6-0	W1
10 NY Rangers	26	13	10	3	29	11	13	84	87	-3	8-5-2	5-5-1	0-1	5-4-1	L1
11 Montréal	27	11	10	6	28	8	9	89	96	-7	6-6-3	5-4-3	2-1	2-5-3	L1
12 Tampa Bay	24	12	9	3	27	10	11	88	79	+9	6-4-1	6-5-2	1-0	5-4-1	L1
13 Columbus	26	11	11	4	26	7	11	66	80	-14	8-6-1	3-5-3	0-1	5-4-1	L1
14 Ottawa	27	11	15	1	23	9	11	69	84	-15	7-5-0	4-10-1	0-1	5-5-0	L4
15 New Jersey	26	9	13	4	22	7	8	66	97	-31	4-6-4	5-7-0	1-3	4-6-0	L2
16 Detroit	30	7	20	3	17	6	7	63	119	-56	4-10-1	3-10-2	0-1	0-8-2	L8

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[MattMartin]

Last Games Lineups:​

Islanders
LW	C	RW
ANDERS LEE Goals: 7 Assists: 6	MATHEW BARZAL Goals: 10 Assists: 13	JOSH BAILEY Goals: 7 Assists: 10
ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER Goals: 9 Assists: 8	BROCK NELSON Goals: 8 Assists: 12	DERICK BRASSARD Goals: 7 Assists: 10
LEO KOMAROV Goals: 0 Assists: 4	OTTO KOIVULA Goals: 0 Assists: 0	JORDAN EBERLE Goals: 2 Assists: 5
MATT MARTIN Goals: 2 Assists: 1	CASEY CIZIKAS Goals: 4 Assists: 3	CAL CLUTTERBUCK Goals: 2 Assists: 4

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
ADAM PELECH Goals: 1 Assists: 6	RYAN PULOCK Goals: 3 Assists: 9
DEVON TOEWS Goals: 2 Assists: 9	SCOTT MAYFIELD Goals: 3 Assists: 3
NICK LEDDY Goals: 2 Assists: 8	JOHNNY BOYCHUK Goals: 1 Assists: 6

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Red Wings
LW	C	RW
TOMAS TATAR Goals: 9 Assists: 15	PHILLIP DANAULT Goals: 6 Assists: 13	BRENDAN GALLAGHER Goals: 10 Assists: 9
NICK COUSINS Goals: 2 Assists: 5	MAX DOMI Goals: 6 Assists: 11	NICK SUZUKI Goals: 6 Assists: 7
ARTTURI LEHKONEN Goals: 6 Assists: 6	JESPERI KOTKANIEMI Goals: 3 Assists: 2	JOEL ARMIA Goals: 10 Assists: 5
CHARLES HUDON Goals: 0 Assists: 1	NATE THOMPSON Goals: 1 Assists: 6	JORDAN WEAL Goals: 3 Assists: 1

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BEN CHIAROT Goals: 3 Assists: 7	SHEA WEBER Goals: 8 Assists: 13
BRETT KULAK Goals: 0 Assists: 2	JEFF PETRY Goals: 2 Assists: 12
GUSTAV OLOFSSON Goals: 0 Assists: 0	CALE FLEURY Goals: 1 Assists: 0

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Player	POS	Injury	Status (Updated)
Paul Byron	LW	Knee	Mid Dec(12/01/2019)	Byron has been designated for the injured reserve list and will be sidelined for until at least the middle of December while recovering from knee surgery.
Jonathan Drouin	LW	Wrist	Mid Jan(12/01/2019)	Drouin is on injured reserve as he recovers from surgery to repair torn ligaments in his left wrist. He is expected to miss up to eight weeks.
Victor Mete	D	Ankle	Mid Dec(12/02/2019)	Mete has been placed on the injured reserve list with an ankle injury, and he will need at lest two weeks to recover.

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[buud]

- With the win, the Islanders picked up their 18th win of the season, which ties the club record (1978-79) for most wins in the first 25 games.

 

[beach]

The Isles had better be ready tonight. The Habs may be on an 0-8 run, but can smoke any team at any time.

 

[buud]

The Isles had better be ready tonight. The Habs may be on an 0-8 run, but can smoke any team at any time.

yes, the Bell Center can be a factor, and Carey Price. tough grounds, for sure...

gotta treat it like a play off game, because it will be like one. if the Habs score, the fans will go crazy. if we score, the fans will go crazy.

it's just going to be crazy, from any angle.

 

[Strummergas]

Let's Go!

 

[Kevin27NYI]

Greiss needs to be big, hopefully we get some power play opps

 

[MichaelK]

Canadiens cut Keith Kinkaid and called up Cayden Primeau

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Must win.

 

[Lame Lambert]

Must win.

 

[CREW99AW]

Greiss needs to be big, hopefully we get some power play opps

Take advantage of that weak Habs PK.

Let's go Isles

 

[saintunspecified]

If NYI make this a boring game (stay out of the box, limit transition opportunities against), they have the advantage. I dunno if it's true, but I feel like Gallagher absolutely kills us.

 

[leeroggy]

And, of course, another game that has no national broadcast in the U.S.

Maybe if we go on another big streak and are 32-4-4 maybe we'll get a Saturday afternoon broadcast against the Black Hawks . . .

 

[MJF]

I hate us playing at Bell Centre. I'm having visions of Joel Armia having a big game tonight.

I love going to games there, to watch other teams.

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

 

[mm11]

Look for our two line drivers to play great tonight. AB and Barzal. Jump on the early, LGI...

 

[IslesCLT]

And, of course, another game that has no national broadcast in the U.S.

Maybe if we go on another big streak and are 32-4-4 maybe we'll get a Saturday afternoon broadcast against the Black Hawks . . .

Funny you say that, the game on the 19th against Boston just got moved to NBCSN with Burke calling it.

 

[xECK29x]

I'd like another boring win please

 

[Lame Lambert]

I'd like another boring win please

Sabres won 7-1. We can’t compete with that much fun.

 

[MJF]

Sabres won 7-1. We can’t compete with that much fun.

The Canandiens have Carey Price. The Devils have Domingue/Blackwood. We aren’t going to have any fun tonight. If we’re lucky we’ll have a nut hugger.

 

[Shot of Bailey]

Mtl gives us fits...they have tremendous speed and enough grit to cause us issues. They are desperate and dangerous. Crazy, but this is the one of the only teams I actually worry about playing. Let's go Isles...make it 3 in a row!!!

 

[WangMustGo]

Id like to see Trotz rotate Dobson in tonight. Give Leddy or Boychuk a maintenance day. Im expecting Beau to have a big night, he seems to thrive on Montreal.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

Id like to see Trotz rotate Dobson in tonight. Give Leddy or Boychuk a maintenance day. Im expecting Beau to have a big night, he seems to thrive on Montreal.

Problem is Dobson really can only go for Leddy or Toews when you consider special teams.

 

[PWJunior]

Problem is Dobson really can only go for Leddy or Toews when you consider special teams.

Ideally Dobson should be playing his natural RD spot when in the lineup and so he should be spelling Boychuk like when on B2B's like tonight.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

Ideally Dobson should be playing his natural RD spot when in the lineup and so he should be spelling Boychuk like when on B2B's like tonight.

I'd be a little more liberal personally with putting him in, but that's me. I think Dobson for Trotz is more in line to take Leddy or Toews being that they play so little PK, and that's how Dobson has been used thus far.

There's been some games I've wanted Mayfield out but recognize that the guy just played almost 6 minutes last night PKing and Dobson isn't going to be able to replace that.