Post-Game Talk: #29| New York Islanders @ Tampa Bay Lightning | December 9th | 7:00 PM | F/W 5-1

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Islanders AT Lightning​

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (19-7-2) AT TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (14-10-3)
7 PM | AMALIE ARENA
WATCH: MSG+ | MSG GO
LISTEN: 88.7 FM | 103.9 FM | 1050 AM​

The Islanders opened up their three-game road trip with a 3-1 loss at Dallas on Saturday night. Mathew Barzal scored the Isles sole goal of the game but the Islanders could not climb out of a 3-0 hole. Thomas Greiss made 34 saves in the loss.

Tampa is coming off of an electric 7-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. The LIghtning scored twice on the power play with both goals coming from captain Steven Stamkos. Tampa also got goals from Tyler Johnson, Alex KIllorn, Victor Hedman and Carter Verhaeghe. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 37 saves.

ISLES VS. LIGHTNING:

The Islanders claimed the first meeting of the season with the Lightning 5-2 on Nov. 1 at NYCB Live. Barzal, Ryan Pulock, Josh Bailey, Anders Lee and Derick Brassard scored even-strength goals for the Isles while Greiss made 33 saves.


ISLES NOTES:

- Barzal scored his 12th goal of the season as he tipped in Devon Toews' shot from the point in the third period. Barzal leads the Isles in goals, assists (13) and points (25) through 28 games this season. The 22-year-old center has five points (3G, 2A) in his last five games.
- Toews assisted on Barzal's goal to record his 10th helper of the season. Toews' assist snapped an eight-game drought without a point. Through 28 games this season, the blueliner has 12 points (2G, 10A) and is plus-seven.

- Scott Mayfield also assisted on Barzal's goal and recorded his fifth helper of the season. Through 28 games, Mayfield has nine points and is tied with his career-high of four goals. The blueliner is riding a three-game point streak with three points on one goal and two assists in that span.

- Greiss suited up in his 177th game for the Islanders to surpass Glenn Healy and tie himself with Jaroslav Halak for sixth place on the Isles list of games played for netminders. Greiss has a record of 10-4-0 this season, a 2.24 goals against average and a .930 save percentage.

- Ross Johnston returned to the lineup for second-consecutive games and played in his 14th game of the season. Johnston logged 12:39 time on ice, had a team-high of nine hits and fired one shot on net.

- The Isles penalty kill went 0-for-2 against the Stars. The Isles PK is ranked 15th in the NHL at 81.6%.

- The Isles power play went 0-for-1 against Dallas. The Isles power-play unit is ranked 19th at 18.2%. The Isles have had the fewest power play opportunities across the NHL at 66. The Anaheim Ducks are the next team with the fewest chances on the man advantage at 74.

- The Islanders are ranked second in the NHL for blocks. The Isles have blocked 479 shots this season. Adam Pelech leads the team in blocks with 67.

- The Isles are third in the NHL for hits with 840. Cal Clutterbuck is the hits leader among the Isles with 98 and leads by a margin of 20, where Matt Martin has registered the second-highest amount of hits with 78.

- The Isles are tied with St. Louis for first in the League for overtime goals with five. Brock Nelson has scored three of the five overtime goals.

- Nick Leddy left the game with a lower-body injury during the final two minutes of action after he was tripped up in a race for the puck with Dallas' Esa Lindell. Head Coach Barry Trotz did not have an immediate update following the game.



TAMPA NOTES:


- Stamkos scored his eighth and ninth goals of the season and had one assist on the night. Through 24 games this season, Stamkos has 25 points and leads Tampa in power play goals with six.

- Johnson scored his seventh goal of the season. Through 27 games this year, Johnson has 14 points. In the past four games, Johnson has four points (2G, 2A).

- Killorn registered a team-high of four points against San Jose. Killorn scored his eighth goal of the season and dished out three helpers. The winger is riding a three-game point streak and three-game goal streak with six points on three goals and three assists in that span. Through 25 games this season, Killorn has 22 points (8G, 14A).

- Hedman scored his seventh goal of the season and posted a three-point outing. Hedman is riding a five-game point streak and three-game goal streak with seven points (3G, 4A) in that span. Through 25 games this season, Hedman has the second-most points among the team and the highest among defenseman with 27 points (7G, 20A).

- It was an off-night for Nikita Kucherov who went pointless against San Jose and had his seven-game point streak snapped. Kucherov had 13 points (4G, 9A) during his seven-game point streak. Kucherov leads the Lighting in goals (10), assists (21) and points (31) through 26 games this season.

- Verhaeghe scored his first NHL goal against the Sharks and had two assists. The 24-year-old center has played 17-career games for the Lightning, all played this season. Verhaeghe has four points (1G, 3A) this season and on his career.

- Vasilevskiy made his 20th start of the season and improved his record to 11-8-1. The 2019 Vezina Trophy recipient has a 2.91 goals against average and a .907 save percentage.

- The Lightning's power play went 2-for-4 against San Jose. Tampa's power play is ranked second across the NHL at 30.0% and have scored the third-highest amount of power-play goals in the League with 27.

- Tampa averages the most goals for per game in the NHL at 3.74 and have scored the fifth highest in the league with 101 through 27 games.

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Possible Starting Goalies:


Semyon Varlamov

Goalies
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Thomas Greiss	15	14	10	4	0	0	440	31	2.24	409	.930	0	830
Semyon Varlamov	16	14	9	3	0	2	444	34	2.35	410	.923	1	869

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Curtis McElhinney

Goalies
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Andrei Vasilevskiy	20	20	11	8	0	1	624	58	2.91	566	.907	0	1,196
Curtis McElhinney	7	7	3	2	0	2	260	24	3.42	236	.908	0	422

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Player Stats:

Islanders
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Mathew Barzal	28	12	13	25	13	14	2	4	0	0	1	0	59	20.3	41.92
Brock Nelson	28	9	12	21	-3	14	2	4	0	0	4	3	89	10.1	52.58
Josh Bailey	28	7	12	19	-1	4	1	4	0	0	1	0	27	25.9	51.14
Anthony Beauvillier	28	9	9	18	6	6	2	4	1	1	1	0	55	16.4	83.33
Derick Brassard	28	7	10	17	2	8	1	4	0	0	1	0	49	14.3	52.26
Anders Lee	28	7	7	14	5	14	0	2	0	0	2	0	66	10.6	43.06
Ryan Pulock	28	4	10	14	0	4	1	4	0	0	2	1	62	6.5	0
Devon Toews	28	2	10	12	7	8	0	2	0	0	1	1	50	4	0
Nick Leddy	23	2	9	11	5	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	27	7.4	0
Scott Mayfield	28	4	5	9	5	13	0	0	0	1	1	0	46	8.7	0
Jordan Eberle	18	2	6	8	-2	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	38	5.3	0
Casey Cizikas	23	4	3	7	6	16	0	0	1	2	1	0	36	11.1	56.4
Cal Clutterbuck	28	3	4	7	9	18	0	0	1	2	0	0	31	9.7	50
Adam Pelech	28	1	6	7	2	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	37	2.7	0
Johnny Boychuk	27	1	6	7	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	41	2.4	0
Leo Komarov	15	0	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0	28.57
Matt Martin	16	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	14	1	0	1	1	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	100
Tom Kuhnhackl	6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0

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Lightning
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Nikita Kucherov	26	10	21	31	6	16	2	12	0	0	1	1	70	14.3	0
Victor Hedman	25	7	20	27	0	17	3	15	0	0	1	0	59	11.9	0
Steven Stamkos	24	9	16	25	-9	4	6	11	0	0	2	0	73	12.3	59.81
Alex Killorn	25	8	14	22	4	10	4	8	0	0	1	0	51	15.7	33.33
Brayden Point	24	10	11	21	5	5	4	5	0	0	2	0	51	19.6	50.3
Kevin Shattenkirk	27	5	16	21	11	12	1	6	0	0	0	0	63	7.9	0
Anthony Cirelli	26	6	13	19	2	14	1	3	0	1	0	0	42	14.3	47.24
Ondrej Palat	27	9	7	16	9	12	2	4	1	1	2	0	62	14.5	25
Mikhail Sergachev	27	4	12	16	8	26	2	5	0	0	0	0	46	8.7	0
Yanni Gourde	27	6	9	15	3	21	1	5	0	0	3	0	48	12.5	53.47
Tyler Johnson	27	7	7	14	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	55	12.7	47.54
Pat Maroon	25	5	6	11	2	31	1	2	0	0	0	0	41	12.2	80
Cedric Paquette	19	3	6	9	-1	18	0	0	1	1	0	0	28	10.7	51.06
Ryan McDonagh	27	1	8	9	1	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	30	3.3	0
Mathieu Joseph	27	4	3	7	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	14.8	28.57
Carter Verhaeghe	17	1	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	4.8	48.28
Erik Cernak	24	2	1	3	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	4.3	0
Jan Rutta	11	0	3	3	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Braydon Coburn	17	1	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	4.8	0
Luke Schenn	12	1	0	1	-5	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	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	30	20	4	6	46	18	20	105	73	+32	12-1-5	8-3-1	0-4	8-1-1	L1
3 NY Islanders	28	19	7	2	40	12	17	81	68	+13	12-2-1	7-5-1	2-0	5-4-1	L1
4 Philadelphia	30	17	8	5	39	12	14	96	85	+11	10-2-4	7-6-1	3-5	7-2-1	W1
5 Pittsburgh	30	17	9	4	38	13	16	103	81	+22	12-3-2	5-6-2	1-0	6-2-2	W3
6 Carolina	30	18	11	1	37	12	16	97	82	+15	10-5-0	8-6-1	2-0	6-4-0	W2
7 Florida	29	15	9	5	35	10	12	105	99	+6	9-4-2	6-5-3	3-3	6-4-0	W2
8 Buffalo	31	14	11	6	34	10	13	96	95	+1	8-3-3	6-8-3	1-1	4-3-3	W1
9 NY Rangers	29	15	11	3	33	13	15	93	91	+2	8-6-2	7-5-1	0-1	6-3-1	W1
10 Montréal	30	13	11	6	32	10	11	97	102	-5	7-7-3	6-4-3	2-1	2-6-2	W1
11 Toronto	31	14	13	4	32	10	13	100	103	-3	7-4-4	7-9-0	1-2	5-5-0	W1
12 Tampa Bay	27	14	10	3	31	11	13	102	87	+15	7-5-1	7-5-2	1-0	5-4-1	W1
13 Columbus	29	11	14	4	26	7	11	71	91	-20	8-8-1	3-6-3	0-1	4-6-0	L4
14 Ottawa	30	12	17	1	25	10	12	79	95	-16	7-5-0	5-12-1	0-1	4-6-0	L1
15 New Jersey	29	9	15	5	23	7	8	74	109	-35	4-7-5	5-8-0	1-4	2-7-1	L1
16 Detroit	31	7	21	3	17	6	7	66	124	-58	4-11-1	3-10-2	0-1	0-9-1	L9

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[MattMartin]

Last Games Lineups​

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: 12 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: 10	SCOTT MAYFIELD Goals: 4 Assists: 5
NOAH DOBSON Goals: 0 Assists: 2	JOHNNY BOYCHUK Goals: 1 Assists: 6

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Current Team Injuries.

Player	POS	Injury	Status (Updated)	Notes
Nick Leddy	D	Leg	Ques Mon(12/07/2019)	Leddy left the previous game with a left leg injury, and it is unknown if he will be available versus the Lightning on Monday.

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Lightning
CARTER VERHAEGHE Goals: 1 Assists: 3​	STEVEN STAMKOS Goals: 9 Assists: 16​	TYLER JOHNSON Goals: 7 Assists: 7​
ONDREJ PALAT Goals: 9 Assists: 7	BRAYDEN POINT Goals: 10 Assists: 11	NIKITA KUCHEROV Goals: 10 Assists: 21
ALEX KILLORN Goals: 8 Assists: 14	ANTHONY CIRELLI Goals: 6 Assists: 13	MATHIEU JOSEPH Goals: 4 Assists: 3
YANNI GOURDE Goals: 6 Assists: 9	CEDRIC PAQUETTE Goals: 3 Assists: 6	PATRICK MAROON Goals: 5 Assists: 6

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VICTOR HEDMAN Goals: 7 Assists: 20	KEVIN SHATTENKIRK Goals: 5 Assists: 16
RYAN MCDONAGH Goals: 1 Assists: 8	ERIK CERNAK Goals: 2 Assists: 1
MIKHAIL SERGACHEV Goals: 4 Assists: 12	JAN RUTTA Goals: 0 Assists: 3

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Current Team Injuries.

Player	POS	Injury	Status (Updated)	Notes
Braydon Coburn	D	Lower Body	Out indefinitely(11/30/2019)	Coburn is dealing with a lower-body injury. A timetable for return has yet to be established.

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[Kevin27NYI]

Wanna see Lees line get going this game

 

[Strait2thecup]

Wanna see Lees line get going this game

I want to see that line not be a line this game. Not working

 

[Strummergas]

Let's Go!

 

[Big L]

Seems like Tampa is finally getting their shit together this season. Bad timing to play them at their house. Gonna take a huge consistent effort to pull out a W on the road tonight.

 

[crasherino]

Seems like Tampa is finally getting their **** together this season. Bad timing to play them at their house. Gonna take a huge consistent effort to pull out a W on the road tonight.

Yeah, with us stumbling and them getting their house in order, I don't like the looks of this one. Would be nice if we stole one here. Panthers are playing decent hockey too so it doesn't get any easier.

Will be interesting to see what lines are rolled out in the morning skate. I'd say Ross will probably come off Barzy's line, but I'm not sure what the great alternative is, TBH.

Its pretty much a foregone conclusion that Carter Verhaege is going to score the GWG, right?

 

[BelovedIsles]

Important game; team has been inconsistent, don’t want them to continue the trend. Teams creeping up.

‘MUST WIN’ in before the trite...ok I’ll stop...for now.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

I want to see that line not be a line this game. Not working

Yes, fair enough. They need to get going together or separate.

 

[PK Cronin]

Get two points, I don't care how.

 

[CREW99AW]

Isles, stay out if the penalty box. Please.

 

[crasherino]

Just saw that Tyler Johnson is out and Curtis Mc (I never spell his name right) was the first goalie off the ice for TBL. I'd say that's a good thing but we scored 4 goals in 3 games against him last year in the playoffs so not sure that's a bonus for us.

 

[Doshell Propivo]

Get two points, I don't care how.

You have to win. No other way.

 

[MattMartin]

DAA520​

 

[Riseonfire]

f*** Kucherov. That guy is a piece of shit.

I hope he doesn't get hurt, but is run through the glass tonight and decides to spend the rest of the game on the bench for safety.

4-2 good guys.

 

[MattMartin]

delete

 

[BrockLobster]

I got a bad feeling about this

 

[Kevin27NYI]

**** Kucherov. That guy is a piece of ****.

I hope he doesn't get hurt, but is run through the glass tonight and decides to spend the rest of the game on the bench for safety.

4-2 good guys.

Why?

 

[MattMartin]

 

[xIsle]

I don't mind Dal Colle replacing Komarov. There is probably a little more offensive potential with MDC than with Komarov.

And I saw that too:

Looks like Dobson could be used on PP1?

 

[Big L]

I don't mind Dal Colle replacing Komarov. There is probably a little more offensive potential with MDC than with Komarov.

And I saw that too:

Looks like Dobson could be used on PP1?

Will it help them score a goal, or just help the pretty passing display?

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

I don't mind Dal Colle replacing Komarov. There is probably a little more offensive potential with MDC than with Komarov.

And I saw that too:

Looks like Dobson could be used on PP1?

There is definitely more potential, but will that translate to better results? So far MDC has not actualized his potential and has yet to establish himself as an offensive threat, in any form.

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

That Tampa 4th line has been awfully productive. Their depth and finishers could embarrass us tonight especially with Varlamov in net - any passengers tonight and were toast...hope Trotz knows this

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Important game; team has been inconsistent, don’t want them to continue the trend. Teams creeping up.

‘MUST WIN’ in before the trite...ok I’ll stop...for now.

Must win.

 

[Riseonfire]

Why?

He's just been a little bitch of a player for years now. He's the new Kris Letang. Very skilled, but when things doesn't go his way, he starts slashing and being a prick. He's been quoted as saying he wishes he could play the Islanders all the time because of how easy we were to play against. That plus him playing like a little bitch puts him in my top 5 least favorite players.

He also got into it with Mayfield last year too before running to the Bench.