Post-Game Talk: #27| Vegas Golden Knights @ New York Islanders | December 5th | 7:00 PM | F/OTW 3-2

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Golden Knights AT Islanders​

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NEW YORK ISLANDERS (18-6-2) VS VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS (15-11-4)
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The Islanders return to the Nassau Coliseum for the first time since Nov. 13 to host the Vegas Golden Knights in the first meeting between the two clubs this season.

The Isles return home after wrapping up the second leg of a back-to-back set against Montreal on Tuesday night at Bell Centre. The fatigued Isles dropped a 4-2 decision, but still remain second in the Metropolitan Division with 38 points and a record of 18-6-2. Scott Mayfield and Mathew Barzal scored for the Isles while Thomas Greiss made 36 saves.

The Golden Knights wrap-up their Tri-State swing on Long Island after defeating both the Rangers and the Devils this week. The Golden Knights have won their last four games, most recently edging out New Jersey 4-3 on Tuesday during the second night of a back-to-back. Jonathan Marchessault scored a natural hat trick to propel Vegas to the victory while Malcolm Subban made 32 saves.

ISLES VS. GOLDEN KNIGHTS:

Last season, Vegas won both games against the Isles. The Golden Knights edged the Isles 3-2 on Dec. 2 at Barclays Center and defeated them 4-2 eight days later at T-Mobile Arena. Barzal had three points (1G, 2A) between the two games. William Karlsson scored in both meetings for Vegas.



ISLES NOTES:

- The loss to Montreal ended the Isles' season-opening eight game winning streak against Atlantic Division opponents and was their first regulation loss to an Eastern Conference team in the last 16 games (14-1-1).

- The Isles are 7-2-0 at NYCB Live Nassau Coliseum ice, where they have won six straight games. Overall, the Isles are on an 11-game home point streak (10-0-1).

- Barzal, who leads the Isles in goals (11), assists (13) and points (24), has four points (2G, 2A) in his last three games.

- Mayfield scored his fourth goal of the season on Tuesday, which ties a career-high, set last season. Mayfield's four goals also lead all Isles defensemen this season. In total, Mayfield has seven points (4G, 3A) through 26 games this season.

- Semyon Varlamov is the expected started against the Vegas Golden Knights since Head Coach Barry Trotz has continued to rotate goalies. Varlamov has a record of 8-3-2, a goals against average of 2.39 and a save percentage of .922.

- Varlamov has appeared in three straight games for the Islanders, relieving a dizzy Thomas Greiss on Saturday vs Columbus, making a regular start on Monday and taking the ice for the Islanders for 39 seconds while Greiss had a skate blade replaced on Tuesday.

- The Islanders are first team since the Sharks in 2006-07 to alternate starting goalies for each of the first 26 games of the season.

- Cal Clutterbuck left the game in the first period after receiving a cross check to the mouth. Clutterbuck did not return after his 2:02 total time on ice and Trotz did not have an immediate update after the game.

- Michael Dal Colle returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for two straight games. Dal Colle played on the wing of Jordan Eberle and Leo Komarov and logged 13:58.



GOLDEN KNIGHTS NOTES:

- Chandler Stephenson, who was just acquired by Vegas on Monday night from Washington, scored in his debut for the Golden Knights on Tuesday. Stephenson has five points (4G, 1A) through 25 games this season.

- Marchessault scored three goals during the span of nine minutes in the third period for his natural trick. Marchessault was scoreless through the previous eight games, up until scoring his hat trick against the Devils. Marchessault has 21 points (8G, 13A) through 30 games this season.

- Vegas' power play went 1-for-3 against the Devils and is ranked seventh in the NHL at 23.2%.

- Alex Tuch had a team-high three assists against New Jersey. Tuch is riding a three-game point streak with six points (3G, 3A) during that span. Through 13 games this season, the 23-year-old winger has eight points (4G, 4A).

- Reilly Smith had two assists against the Devils and leads Vegas in scoring with 12 goals and has 22 points through 30 games this season.

- Marc-Andre Fleury is the Golden Knights No. 1 goaltender, but has missed the past five-straight games for personal reasons after his father passed away last week. Fleury is reportedly expected to join the team ahead of facing the Isles and goaltender Garret Sparks was loaned to AHL Chicago on Wednesday. This season, Fleury has made 19 starts, has a record of 11-6-2, has a 2.54 GAA and a.919 SV%.

- Subban started all five games in Fleury's absence and won his last four starts. Subban has a record of 4-4-2, a save percentage of .909 and a goals against average of 2.86.

- Vegas improved to third in the Pacific Division with 34 points and a record of 15-11-4.

- Cody Eakin is week-to-week with an upper-body injury that he sustained last Friday against Arizona. The centerman has seven points (3G, 4A) through 24 games this season.

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Starting Goalies:


Malcolm Subban

Goalies
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Marc-Andre Fleury	20	19	11	6	0	2	605	49	2.54	556	.919	2	1,159
Malcolm Subban	10	10	4	4	0	2	297	27	2.86	270	.909	0	568
Garret Sparks	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	2	4.44	12	.857	0	28

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Semyon Varlamov

Goalies
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Thomas Greiss	14	13	10	3	0	0	403	28	2.18	375	.931	0	772
Semyon Varlamov	15	13	8	3	0	2	411	32	2.39	379	.922	1	806

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Player Stats:

Golden Knights
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Max Pacioretty	30	10	16	26	0	19	3	10	0	0	0	0	119	8.4	44
William Karlsson	30	8	17	25	7	14	2	5	1	4	1	0	68	11.8	54.88
Mark Stone	30	11	13	24	-5	11	5	10	0	1	1	0	79	13.9	33.33
Reilly Smith	30	12	10	22	6	4	1	3	2	3	2	0	70	17.1	22.22
Jonathan Marchessault	30	8	13	21	-4	10	3	8	0	0	2	0	104	7.7	44.83
Paul Stastny	30	8	4	12	-8	14	4	6	0	0	3	1	56	14.3	53.02
Shea Theodore	30	3	9	12	-1	10	0	5	0	0	0	0	73	4.1	0
Nate Schmidt	18	2	9	11	-2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	34	5.9	0
Cody Glass	30	4	6	10	-7	6	1	6	0	0	0	0	42	9.5	40.74
Alex Tuch	13	4	4	8	-3	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	28	14.3	30.77
William Carrier	30	3	4	7	1	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	44	6.8	71.43
Cody Eakin	24	3	4	7	-6	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	38	7.9	45.95
Tomas Nosek	27	4	2	6	2	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	39	10.3	53.81
Brayden McNabb	30	2	4	6	-1	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	29	6.9	0
Nick Holden	23	2	3	5	-6	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	34	5.9	0
Ryan Reaves	30	2	2	4	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	7.4	42.86
Nicolas Hague	22	0	4	4	1	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	23	0	0
Deryk Engelland	25	0	3	3	3	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	36	0	0
Jon Merrill	28	0	2	2	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0
Chandler Stephenson	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100	50

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Islanders
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Mathew Barzal	26	11	13	24	12	8	2	4	0	0	1	0	53	20.8	41.86
Brock Nelson	26	8	12	20	-2	14	2	4	0	0	4	3	83	9.6	52.12
Josh Bailey	26	7	11	18	-2	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	27	25.9	48.1
Anthony Beauvillier	26	9	8	17	7	6	2	4	1	1	1	0	53	17	83.33
Derick Brassard	26	7	10	17	2	8	1	4	0	0	1	0	47	14.9	51.49
Anders Lee	26	7	6	13	5	14	0	1	0	0	2	0	61	11.5	43.48
Ryan Pulock	26	3	10	13	-1	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	55	5.5	0
Devon Toews	26	2	9	11	7	8	0	2	0	0	1	1	46	4.3	0
Nick Leddy	21	2	9	11	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	25	8	0
Jordan Eberle	16	2	6	8	-2	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	33	6.1	0
Scott Mayfield	26	4	3	7	5	13	0	0	0	1	1	0	41	9.8	0
Casey Cizikas	21	4	3	7	6	16	0	0	1	2	1	0	33	12.1	57.99
Adam Pelech	26	1	6	7	1	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	32	3.1	0
Johnny Boychuk	25	1	6	7	2	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	35	2.9	0
Cal Clutterbuck	26	2	4	6	9	18	0	0	1	2	0	0	28	7.1	50
Leo Komarov	13	0	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	28.57
Matt Martin	14	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	16.7	33.33
Michael Dal Colle	23	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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Standings:

Eastern	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1 Washington	30	21	4	5	47	14	18	112	86	+26	8-2-4	13-2-1	3-2	7-2-1	W5
2 Boston	28	20	3	5	45	18	20	101	65	+36	12-0-4	8-3-1	0-4	9-0-1	W8
3 NY Islanders	26	18	6	2	38	12	16	77	63	+14	11-2-1	7-4-1	2-0	6-3-1	L1
4 Philadelphia	28	16	7	5	37	11	13	91	79	+12	9-1-4	7-6-1	3-5	6-2-2	W5
5 Pittsburgh	28	15	9	4	34	11	14	96	78	+18	11-3-2	4-6-2	1-0	5-3-2	W1
6 Carolina	28	16	11	1	33	11	15	88	78	+10	8-5-0	8-6-1	1-0	6-4-0	L1
7 Florida	27	13	9	5	31	8	10	96	97	-1	7-4-2	6-5-3	3-3	5-5-0	L1
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 Montréal	28	12	10	6	30	9	10	93	98	-5	7-6-3	5-4-3	2-1	2-5-3	W1
10 Toronto	30	13	13	4	30	9	12	95	101	-6	7-4-4	6-9-0	1-2	4-6-0	L2
11 Tampa Bay	25	13	9	3	29	10	12	91	81	+10	6-4-1	7-5-2	1-0	5-4-1	W1
12 NY Rangers	26	13	10	3	29	11	13	84	87	-3	8-5-2	5-5-1	0-1	5-4-1	L1
13 Columbus	27	11	12	4	26	7	11	68	84	-16	8-7-1	3-5-3	0-1	5-4-1	L2
14 Ottawa	29	12	16	1	25	10	12	76	91	-15	7-5-0	5-11-1	0-1	4-6-0	W1
15 New Jersey	27	9	14	4	22	7	8	69	101	-32	4-7-4	5-7-0	1-3	4-6-0	L3
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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Western	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1 St Louis	30	18	6	6	42	13	18	90	78	+12	8-3-3	10-3-3	0-3	6-3-1	L1
2 Edmonton	30	17	10	3	37	13	15	93	89	+4	7-4-2	10-6-1	2-1	5-4-1	L1
3 Colorado	27	17	8	2	36	14	17	100	76	+24	8-3-1	9-5-1	0-0	7-3-0	W4
4 Arizona	29	16	9	4	36	10	12	82	69	+13	7-6-1	9-3-3	4-2	5-3-2	W1
5 Winnipeg	28	17	10	1	35	11	15	82	77	+5	7-5-1	10-5-0	2-1	7-3-0	W1
6 Vegas	30	15	11	4	34	11	12	91	85	+6	7-5-3	8-6-1	3-0	6-3-1	W4
7 Dallas	29	15	11	3	33	12	14	76	73	+3	9-4-1	6-7-2	1-2	6-3-1	L1
8 Vancouver	29	14	11	4	32	11	11	97	86	+11	6-3-3	8-8-1	3-1	4-5-1	W1
9 San Jose	29	15	13	1	31	10	13	84	96	-12	9-7-0	6-6-1	2-0	7-3-0	L1
10 Minnesota	28	13	11	4	30	12	12	83	88	-5	7-1-2	6-10-2	1-0	7-0-3	W4
11 Calgary	29	13	12	4	30	7	10	73	86	-13	7-3-2	6-9-2	3-0	3-5-2	W2
12 Nashville	27	12	10	5	29	10	11	89	88	+1	7-5-4	5-5-1	1-2	3-5-2	OT1
13 Anaheim	28	12	12	4	28	11	12	75	84	-9	8-5-2	4-7-2	0-1	3-4-3	W1
14 Chicago	27	10	12	5	25	8	10	74	85	-11	7-7-2	3-5-3	0-3	4-5-1	L3
15 Los Angeles	29	11	16	2	24	8	11	73	96	-23	9-6-1	2-10-1	0-0	4-5-1	L2

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[MattMartin]

Last Games Lineups:​

Islanders
LW	C	RW
ANDERS LEE Goals: 7 Assists: 6	DERICK BRASSARD Goals: 7 Assists: 10	JORDAN EBERLE Goals: 2 Assists: 6
MICHAEL DAL COLLE Goals: 1 Assists: 2	MATHEW BARZAL Goals: 11 Assists: 13	JOSH BAILEY Goals: 7 Assists: 11
ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER Goals: 9 Assists: 8	BROCK NELSON Goals: 8 Assists: 12	LEO KOMAROV Goals: 0 Assists: 4
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: 10
DEVON TOEWS Goals: 2 Assists: 9	SCOTT MAYFIELD Goals: 4 Assists: 3
NICK LEDDY Goals: 2 Assists: 9	JOHNNY BOYCHUK Goals: 1 Assists: 6

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Golden Knights
LW	C	RW
JONATHAN MARCHESSAULT Goals: 8 Assists: 13	WILLIAM KARLSSON Goals: 8 Assists: 17	REILLY SMITH Goals: 12 Assists: 10
MAX PACIORETTY Goals: 10 Assists: 16	PAUL STASTNY Goals: 8 Assists: 4	MARK STONE Goals: 11 Assists: 13
WILL CARRIER Goals: 3 Assists: 4	CODY GLASS Goals: 4 Assists: 6	ALEX TUCH Goals: 4 Assists: 4
TOMAS NOSEK Goals: 4 Assists: 2	CHANDLER STEPHENSON Goals: 1 Assists: 0	RYAN REAVES Goals: 2 Assists: 2

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BRAYDEN MCNABB Goals: 2 Assists: 4	NATE SCHMIDT Goals: 2 Assists: 9
NICOLAS HAGUE Goals: 0 Assists: 4	SHEA THEODORE Goals: 3 Assists: 9
JON MERRILL Goals: 0 Assists: 2	DERYK ENGELLAND Goals: 0 Assists: 3

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Player	POS	Injury	Status (Updated)
Cody Eakin	C	Head	Out indefinitely(12/01/2019)	Eakin sustained an injury to his head. He will likely need a prolonged period to recover.
Marc-Andre Fleury	G	Personal	Ques Thurs(12/03/2019)	Fleury is away from the team due to a death in the family, and it is unclear if he will rejoin the lineup Thursday versus the Islanders.

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[Lame Lambert]

Is that picture of Subban from chel?

 

[Kevin27NYI]

Want to see Ross in for this one just to see how he does vs Reaves.

A win would be nice here, back home and reset and get another streak going.

 

[Strummergas]

Let's go!

 

[CREW99AW]

Looking for the isles to bounce back, from that crappy effort in Montreal.

Let's go Isles

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Is that picture of Subban from chel?

Must win.

 

[Lame Lambert]

Must win.

MUST beat chel Subban

 

[MJF]

Malcom Subban is the second worst goalie in the NHL after Louis Domingue. How about we send a lot of rubber his way.

 

[PK Cronin]

Stay out of the box.

 

[Riseonfire]

Anyone needing tickets for tonight? 240 row 8 attack goal line, 2 seats on the aisle. DM me if intrested

 

[scottywiper]

Malcom Subban is the second worst goalie in the NHL after Louis Domingue. How about we send a lot of rubber his way.

Nek minnit...stands on his head...

 

[IslesCLT]

Stay out of the box.

That's NOT what she said

 

[crasherino]

Any update on Clutterbuck? If he's out, I wonder if RJ gets the start so he can have a legit heavyweight tilt with Reaves. It may be one of his few opportunities in his career to actually fight someone on his level. Who knows how long he'll be around and there are only about 3-4 guys like this even around anymore....or maybe just these two - can't really think of anyone else right now.

 

[PK Cronin]

Any update on Clutterbuck? If he's out, I wonder if RJ gets the start so he can have a legit heavyweight tilt with Reaves. It may be one of his few opportunities in his career to actually fight someone on his level. Who knows how long he'll be around and there are only about 3-4 guys like this even around anymore....or maybe just these two - can't really think of anyone else right now.

Here's a list of guys with the most fights this year if that helps at all. Lucic, Reaves, Wilson, Deslauriers maybe...Not a whole lot there. Cizikas makes the list with two though!

NHL Fighting Majors Leaders for the 2019-2020 Regular Season

 

[crasherino]

Here's a list of guys with the most fights this year if that helps at all. Lucic, Reaves, Wilson, Deslauriers maybe...Not a whole lot there. Cizikas makes the list with two though!

NHL Fighting Majors Leaders for the 2019-2020 Regular Season

Funny - I did the same thing when trying to figure out who's out there and couldn't believe that Cizikas is on that list.

Lucic I guess is a true heavyweight but fighting is not necessarily his first priority. Wilson is the closest thing to a heavyweight that we have now but 10 years ago he wouldn't be. As far as true heavyweights (as we looked at it in years past) - it really is RJ and Reaves. Deslauriers fights (I think I recall him taking down Mayfield pretty good when he was on Buffalo) but I wouldn't call him a heavyweight.

Edit - I just noticed that the Forum on hockeyfights is now closed. That's too bad. I never posted there but I would always go to the "You see them brawl?" link to see the most recent fights. I guess the fact that I haven't been in a while (or never posted) shows why they closed it.

 

[xIsle]

I don't know what to think of these lines. Are these the ones we'll see tonight? I have the impression that this is the last chance of Dal Colle. If he does not produce with Barzal and Bailey, I think he will be replaced by Kuhnhackl (who will of course be alongside Barzal).

Interesting nevertheless to see Brassard at center. Maybe he will be better this time at this position. Not sure to appreciate Komorov alongside Nelson and Beauvillier, but we never know, it may work.

 

[crasherino]

I don't know what to think of these lines. Are these the ones we'll see tonight? I have the impression that this is the last chance of Dal Colle. If he does not produce with Barzal and Bailey, I think he will be replaced by Kuhnhackl (who will of course be alongside Barzal).

Interesting nevertheless to see Brassard at center. Maybe he will be better this time at this position. Not sure to appreciate Komorov alongside Nelson and Beauvillier, but we never know, it may work.

I'm in favor of putting Brassard back at Center - at least to try. Perhaps his early season struggles (or slow start) wasn't a function of playing Center but more of getting acclimated with his teammates, getting comfortable all around. The guy has played too long in this league to all of a sudden not be able to play Center - his primary position - but excel at wing. Being that we have an abundance of wingers and are in desperate need of a Center, why not try the guy who we brought in for that position at that actual position? We can still have him on the half-boards on the PP where he's been playing.

 

[MJF]

Any update on Clutterbuck? If he's out, I wonder if RJ gets the start so he can have a legit heavyweight tilt with Reaves. It may be one of his few opportunities in his career to actually fight someone on his level. Who knows how long he'll be around and there are only about 3-4 guys like this even around anymore....or maybe just these two - can't really think of anyone else right now.

I think Johnston would dress tonight no matter what because of Reaves.

 

[xIsle]

I think Johnston would dress tonight no matter what because of Reaves.

Maybe. He was rotating this morning with Dal Colle on a line with Barzal and Bailey. Johnston-Barzal-Bailey for tonight? I doubt it but it may be that this morning skate has nothing to do with tonight's game line-up.

 

[xECK29x]

I don't know what to think of these lines. Are these the ones we'll see tonight? I have the impression that this is the last chance of Dal Colle. If he does not produce with Barzal and Bailey, I think he will be replaced by Kuhnhackl (who will of course be alongside Barzal).

Interesting nevertheless to see Brassard at center. Maybe he will be better this time at this position. Not sure to appreciate Komorov alongside Nelson and Beauvillier, but we never know, it may work.

That's uhhh some lineup

 

[PK Cronin]

That's uhhh some lineup

I'm intrigued. It's pretty balanced. If anyone can get Dal Colle or Johnston on the score sheet it's Barzal.

 

[xIsle]

I think Johnston would dress tonight no matter what because of Reaves.

According to Andrew Gross, Johnston is likely a healthy scratch for tonight.

 

[MJF]

Maybe. He was rotating this morning with Dal Colle on a line with Barzal and Bailey. Johnston-Barzal-Bailey for tonight? I doubt it but it may be that this morning skate has nothing to do with tonight's game line-up.

I'll be shocked if we end tonight's game with those same lines in tact.

 

[MJF]

According to Andrew Gross, Johnston is likely a healthy scratch for tonight.

That's a shame.