Post-Game Talk: #28| New York Islanders @ Dallas Stars | December 7th | 9:00 PM | F/L 3-1

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Islanders AT Stars​

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NEW YORK ISLANDERS (19-6-2) AT DALLAS STARS (16-11-3)
9 PM | AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER
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After a rousing 3-2 OT win over the Vegas on Thursday, the New York Islanders are embarking on a tough three-game road trip through Texas and Florida, starting on Saturday night against the Dallas Stars.

The Islanders and Stars own the distinction of being two teams who have posted lengthy point streaks early this season. The Islanders franchise-record 17-game point streak was the longest in the NHL this season, while the Stars rattled of a 12-game point streak of their own from Oct. 29 to Nov. 25.

Each team has a chance to begin a new streak, as both teams are coming in off a win in their previous game.

ISLES VS. STARS:

The Isles split their season series with the Stars last season, with the road team taking each contest.
The Islanders rallied from a 1-0 deficit to take a 3-1 decision against the Stars on Dec. 23 at American Airlines Center. Anders Lee scored on the power play while Casey Cizikas and Leo Komarov also found the back of the net. Devon Toews made his NHL debut in the contest.

Dallas beat the Islanders 6-2 on Nov. 18, 2018 at Barclays Center. The Radulov-Benn-Seguin line combined for three goals and nine points in the win.

The Islanders are 4-2-1 in their last seven trips to Dallas.



ISLES NOTES:

- The Isles returned to NYCB Live Nassau Coliseum for the first time since Nov. 13 on Thursday and defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime. Cal Clutterbuck and Brock Nelson scored in regulation, while Ryan Pulock potted the overtime-winner on a power play with 1:40 remaining. Semyon Varlamov turned away 31 shots to claim his ninth win of the season.

- Clutterbuck scored his third goal of the season. Clutterbuck suffered a cross check to the mouth against Montreal on Tuesday night and did not return after the first period, but said he felt better ahead of Thursday's game against Vegas. Clutterbuck logged 12:31 time on ice, threw five hits, and had one shot.

- Nelson scored his ninth goal of the season. Nelson has 21 points through 27 games this season and is second on the Isles leaderboard in goals and points behind Mathew Barzal who has a team-high 24 points (11G, 13A).

- Pulock scored his fourth goal of the season and second game-winning goal. The overtime conversion was Pulock's second OT marker of his career. Through 27 games this season, Pulock leads all Isles blueliners with 14 points (4G, 10A).

- The power-play goal in overtime was just the 16th in Isles history and first since Josh Bailey did so against Carolina during Coach Trotz's first game as Islander head coach on Oct. 4, 2018.

- Josh Bailey assisted on Pulock's OT goal and advanced his point streak to four games (0G, 5A). In the process, Bailey passed Bob Bourne for 10th place on the all-time Isles assist list. Bailey has 19 points (7G, 12A) through 27 games this season.

- Varlamov improved his record to 9-3-2. Varlamov has a goals against average of 2.35 and a save percentage of .923.

- The Islanders are first team since the Sharks in 2006-07 to alternate starting goalies for each of the first 27 games of the season. Thomas Greiss has split the pipes with Varlamov. Greiss has a record 10-3-0, a 2.18 goals against average and a save percentage of .931.

- The Isles are 5-2-0 in overtime this season - or as Trotz says, comfortable in uncomfortable situations.

- The Isles have won seven-straight games at the Coliseum and are 8-2-0 overall at the Coli this season.

- Tom Kuhnhackl was placed on LTIR on Thursday, as he is recovering from a lower-body injury that he sustained on Oct. 25 against Ottawa. Kuhnhackl will join the Bridgeport Sound Tigers for games on Dec. 6 against Utica on Dec. 7 against Syracuse.

- Otto Koivula was returned to Bridgeport on Friday. Koivula was recalled on Nov. 12 and appeared in six games - including his NHL debut on Nov. 16 - during his recall.
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STARS NOTES:

- The Stars open a four-game homestand against the Islanders on Saturday night. Dallas is coming off of a 3-2 overtime win over Winnipeg on Thursday. Jamie Benn and Denis Gurianov scored in regulation, while Joe Pavelski scored the overtime winner on the power play at 2:02. Ben Bishop made 36 saves.

- Benn scored his sixth goal of the season. Through 30 games this season, Benn has 15 points (6G, 9A).

- Gurianov scored his fifth goal of the season. Through 25 games this season Gurianov has nine points (5G, 4A).

- Pavelski scored his sixth goal of the season to break a nine-game scoreless drought. The goal was his second game-winning goal of the season. Through 30 games with his new club, Pavelski has 13 points. Pavelski played the previous 13 seasons with the San Jose Sharks.

- Miro Heiskanen recorded two assists against Winnipeg. Through 30 games this season, the sophomore blueliner has 20 points (7G, 13A). Heiskanen has three points (1G, 2A) in his last two games.

- Tyler Seguin recorded two assists against Winnipeg. Seguin leads the Stars in assists (17) and points (23) through 30 games played.

- Bishop earned his 10th win of the season to improve his record to 10-6-2. Bishop, who was nominated for the Vezina Trophy last year, has a goals against average of 2.19 and a save percentage of .929.

- Stars forward Alexander Radulov was scratched for Thursday's win. Radulov has 15 points (8G, 7A) in 29 games this season.

- After winning seven games straight, the Stars fell into a four-game skid, up until edging Winnipeg in OT on Thursday. The Stars are ranked fourth in the Central Division with 35 points, just won point behind Winnipeg (36) and have posted a record of 16-11-3.


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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	14	13	10	3	0	0	403	28	2.18	375	.931	0	772
Semyon Varlamov	16	14	9	3	0	2	444	34	2.35	410	.923	1	869

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Ben Bishop

Goalies
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Ben Bishop	20	20	10	6	0	2	579	41	2.19	538	.929	0	1,125
Anton Khudobin	12	10	6	5	0	1	348	27	2.39	321	.922	0	678

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Player Stats:

Islanders
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Mathew Barzal	27	11	13	24	12	10	2	4	0	0	1	0	56	19.6	42.6
Brock Nelson	27	9	12	21	-3	14	2	4	0	0	4	3	86	10.5	52.35
Josh Bailey	27	7	12	19	-2	4	1	4	0	0	1	0	27	25.9	50
Anthony Beauvillier	27	9	9	18	6	6	2	4	1	1	1	0	55	16.4	83.33
Derick Brassard	27	7	10	17	2	8	1	4	0	0	1	0	47	14.9	51.75
Anders Lee	27	7	7	14	5	14	0	2	0	0	2	0	63	11.1	44.29
Ryan Pulock	27	4	10	14	0	4	1	4	0	0	2	1	58	6.9	0
Devon Toews	27	2	9	11	7	8	0	2	0	0	1	1	46	4.3	0
Nick Leddy	22	2	9	11	5	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	26	7.7	0
Scott Mayfield	27	4	4	8	5	13	0	0	0	1	1	0	42	9.5	0
Jordan Eberle	17	2	6	8	-2	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	37	5.4	0
Casey Cizikas	22	4	3	7	7	16	0	0	1	2	1	0	36	11.1	57.4
Cal Clutterbuck	27	3	4	7	10	18	0	0	1	2	0	0	29	10.3	50
Adam Pelech	27	1	6	7	2	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	34	2.9	0
Johnny Boychuk	26	1	6	7	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	38	2.6	0
Leo Komarov	14	0	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	28.57
Matt Martin	15	2	1	3	3	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	13	1	0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	100
Tom Kuhnhackl	6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0

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Stars
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Tyler Seguin	30	6	17	23	2	14	0	5	0	0	2	1	109	5.5	57.96
Miro Heiskanen	30	7	13	20	8	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	75	9.3	0
Alexander Radulov	29	8	7	15	7	30	3	4	0	0	1	0	77	10.4	25
Jamie Benn	30	6	9	15	-2	10	3	5	0	0	3	1	72	8.3	59.34
Roope Hintz	23	11	2	13	-1	4	1	3	1	1	1	0	46	23.9	45.31
Joe Pavelski	30	6	7	13	-1	16	3	5	0	0	2	1	59	10.2	52.65
Radek Faksa	30	6	6	12	-5	14	1	1	0	0	1	0	54	11.1	48.98
Mattias Janmark	25	3	7	10	2	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	26	11.5	56.25
Corey Perry	23	3	7	10	3	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	30	10	100
Denis Gurianov	25	5	4	9	3	9	1	3	0	0	2	0	58	8.6	0
Jason Dickinson	26	4	5	9	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	32	12.5	47.46
John Klingberg	24	2	7	9	-11	14	1	5	0	0	0	0	52	3.8	0
Esa Lindell	30	2	6	8	8	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	40	5	0
Taylor Fedun	21	1	7	8	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	3.3	0
Blake Comeau	16	3	2	5	-3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	11.1	54.55
Justin Dowling	21	3	1	4	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	13	44.29
Jamie Oleksiak	30	0	4	4	-2	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	0
Andrew Cogliano	29	0	4	4	-1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	41.18
Andrej Sekera	26	0	3	3	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0
Roman Polak	11	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	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 Washington	31	22	4	5	49	15	19	115	88	+27	8-2-4	14-2-1	3-2	8-1-1	W6
2 Boston	29	20	3	6	46	18	20	104	69	+35	12-0-5	8-3-1	0-4	8-0-2	OT1
3 NY Islanders	27	19	6	2	40	12	17	80	65	+15	12-2-1	7-4-1	2-0	6-3-1	W1
4 Philadelphia	29	16	8	5	37	11	13	92	82	+10	9-2-4	7-6-1	3-5	6-2-2	L1
5 Pittsburgh	29	16	9	4	36	12	15	98	78	+20	12-3-2	4-6-2	1-0	6-2-2	W2
6 Carolina	29	17	11	1	35	11	15	91	80	+11	9-5-0	8-6-1	2-0	6-4-0	W1
7 Montréal	30	13	11	6	32	10	11	97	102	-5	7-7-3	6-4-3	2-1	2-6-2	W1
8 Florida	27	13	9	5	31	8	10	96	97	-1	7-4-2	6-5-3	3-3	5-5-0	L1
9 NY Rangers	28	14	11	3	31	12	14	88	91	-3	8-6-2	6-5-1	0-1	6-3-1	L1
10 Buffalo	29	13	11	5	31	10	12	88	87	+1	8-3-3	5-8-2	1-1	3-5-2	L1
11 Toronto	30	13	13	4	30	9	12	95	101	-6	7-4-4	6-9-0	1-2	4-6-0	L2
12 Tampa Bay	26	13	10	3	29	10	12	95	86	+9	6-5-1	7-5-2	1-0	4-5-1	L1
13 Columbus	28	11	13	4	26	7	11	70	87	-17	8-8-1	3-5-3	0-1	5-5-0	L3
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	28	9	14	5	23	7	8	70	103	-33	4-7-5	5-7-0	1-4	3-6-1	OT1
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	31	18	10	3	39	14	16	95	90	+5	8-4-2	10-6-1	2-1	5-4-1	W1
3 Colorado	28	18	8	2	38	15	18	103	78	+25	8-3-1	10-5-1	0-0	7-3-0	W5
4 Arizona	31	17	10	4	38	11	13	85	72	+13	7-6-1	10-4-3	4-2	5-3-2	L1
5 Winnipeg	29	17	10	2	36	11	15	84	80	+4	7-5-1	10-5-1	2-1	7-2-1	OT1
6 Dallas	30	16	11	3	35	12	15	79	75	+4	10-4-1	6-7-2	1-2	6-3-1	W1
7 Vegas	31	15	11	5	35	11	12	93	88	+5	7-5-3	8-6-2	3-0	6-2-2	OT1
8 Minnesota	29	14	11	4	32	13	13	88	92	-4	7-1-2	7-10-2	1-0	7-0-3	W5
9 Vancouver	29	14	11	4	32	11	11	97	86	+11	6-3-3	8-8-1	3-1	4-5-1	W1
10 San Jose	30	15	13	2	32	10	13	86	99	-13	9-7-0	6-6-2	2-1	6-3-1	OT1
11 Calgary	30	14	12	4	32	8	11	77	89	-12	8-3-2	6-9-2	3-0	4-5-1	W3
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 Chicago	29	12	12	5	29	8	11	80	89	-9	7-7-2	5-5-3	1-3	4-5-1	W2
14 Anaheim	29	12	13	4	28	11	12	77	87	-10	8-6-2	4-7-2	0-1	3-5-2	L1
15 Los Angeles	30	11	17	2	24	8	11	74	98	-24	9-6-1	2-11-1	0-0	3-6-1	L3

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[MattMartin]

Last Games Lineups​

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Islanders
LW	C	RW
ANDERS LEE Goals: 7 Assists: 7	DERICK BRASSARD Goals: 7 Assists: 10	JORDAN EBERLE Goals: 2 Assists: 6
ROSS JOHNSTON Goals: 1 Assists: 0	MATHEW BARZAL Goals: 11 Assists: 13	JOSH BAILEY Goals: 7 Assists: 12
ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER Goals: 9 Assists: 9	BROCK NELSON Goals: 9 Assists: 12	LEO KOMAROV Goals: 0 Assists: 4
MATT MARTIN Goals: 2 Assists: 1	CASEY CIZIKAS Goals: 4 Assists: 3	CAL CLUTTERBUCK Goals: 3 Assists: 4

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
ADAM PELECH Goals: 1 Assists: 6	RYAN PULOCK Goals: 4 Assists: 10
DEVON TOEWS Goals: 2 Assists: 9	SCOTT MAYFIELD Goals: 4 Assists: 4
NICK LEDDY Goals: 2 Assists: 9	JOHNNY BOYCHUK Goals: 1 Assists: 6

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No Current Team Injuries.

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Stars
LW	C	RW
JAMIE BENN Goals: 6 Assists: 9	JUSTIN DOWLING Goals: 3 Assists: 1	TYLER SEGUIN Goals: 6 Assists: 17
MATTIAS JANMARK Goals: 3 Assists: 7	ROOPE HINTZ Goals: 11 Assists: 2	JOE PAVELSKI Goals: 6 Assists: 7
ANDREW COGLIANO Goals: 0 Assists: 4	RADEK FAKSA Goals: 6 Assists: 6	BLAKE COMEAU Goals: 3 Assists: 2
DENIS GURIANOV Goals: 5 Assists: 4	JASON DICKINSON Goals: 4 Assists: 5	COREY PERRY Goals: 3 Assists: 7

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ESA LINDELL Goals: 2 Assists: 6	MIRO HEISKANEN Goals: 7 Assists: 13
ANDREJ SEKERA Goals: 0 Assists: 3	JOHN KLINGBERG Goals: 2 Assists: 7
JAMIE OLEKSIAK Goals: 0 Assists: 4	ROMAN POLAK Goals: 0 Assists: 2

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Current Team Injuries:

Player	POS	Injury	Status (Updated)	Notes
Martin Hanzal	C	Back	Out for season(10/02/2019)	Hanzal has been placed on injured reserve with a back injury, and he is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season.
Stephen Johns	D	Head	Out indefinitely(10/01/2019)	Johns is recovering from post traumatic headaches that kept him out of the 2018-2019 season, and he has wound up on injured reserve for an undetermined length of time.

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[norwegianislander]

This is one of the few games, maybe Boston to, where I fear we have no chance in their building. Prove me wrong, Isles!!!!!

 

[KnishOfTheCrease]

Isles 9
Starbucks 1

 

[majormet]

I think we battle to a 3-2 OT win, goals by Eberle, Nelson and Toews.. OT winner by Nelson

 

[Big L]

Two very similar teams. Both is goals scored and goals allowed. Gonna be some tough sledding, a low scoring affair IMO

 

[13th Floor]

I think we battled to a 3-2 OT win, goals by Eberle, Nelson and Toews.. OT winner by Nelson

You posting this from the future but not quite sure?

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

I had no idea Blake Comeau was still in the league.

 

[majormet]

You posting this from the future but not quite sure?

damn I made it past tense ugh

 

[majormet]

I had no idea Blake Comeau was still in the league.

When the Isles waived him a few years back you would never have thought that as the ball drops into 2020, he would be in the league still

 

[CREW99AW]

Two very similar teams. Both is goals scored and goals allowed. Gonna be some tough sledding, a low scoring affair IMO

I would like to start off this road trip with a win.
The darn Caps keep on winning.

Let's go Isles

 

[Bones45]

Really need this game to start soon. Recuperating from flu. Tired and bored.

 

[Quickdraw2828]

Really need this game to start soon. Recuperating from flu. Tired and bored.

You could watch the Leafs hopefully get smoked in St.Louis at 7 then watch Isles at 9.

 

[SI90]

Just win.

 

[IslesCLT]

I’m already ripped, so I apologize for any off-color comments in advance.

but either way, LGI!!!

 

[Bones45]

Is there a pregame tonight? Should I kick my son off Fort Night?

 

[chico19341]

let's go, boys!

 

[Bones45]

I’m already ripped, so I apologize for any off-color comments in advance.

but either way, LGI!!!

Someone needs to keep this place entertained!

 

[SI90]

Yuck to this camera angle.

camera man sitting in the 100’s

 

[scottywiper]

Leo don't score

 

[SI90]

Damn Barzal with a great look. He’s gotta bury that.

PP incoming. Can’t lose The special teams battle. Let’s capitalize

 

[benedictTavares]

NOOOOOOOO

not the power play

 

[bigtim1988]

Nice jump so far....let’s get 1 early

 

[Big L]

Oh yay

 

[SI90]

Decent looking PP. great keep in by Barzal.