GDT: #42| New York Islanders @ New York Rangers | January 10th | 7:00 PM | F/W 4-3

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Islanders at Rangers



NEW YORK ISLANDERS (23-14-4) AT NEW YORK RANGERS (17-18-7)
7 PM | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
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SEASON SERIES: SERIES TIED 1-1-0

The home team has won each of the first two meetings between the Islanders and Rangers this season. The Islanders won the first meeting 7-5 at Barclays Center on Nov. 15, while the Rangers won the rematch 5-0 on Nov. 21.


ISLANDERS NOTES:

- The Islanders six-game winning streak was snapped on Tuesday night against Carolina. The Isles are looking to get back on track on Thursday.

- Thursday's game kicks off a home-and-home set against the Rangers, with the two teams meeting again on Saturday afternoon at Barclays Center. These are the final two meetings of the season between the crosstown rivals.

- The Islanders (50 points) are one point back of the Montreal Canadiens (51 points) for the second wild card berth, and one point back of the Columbus Blue Jackets (51 points) for third in the Metropolitan Division.

- Robin Lehner is currently on a career-high, seven-game winning streak. Lehner has allowed only 13 goals in his last 10 games (7-1-2, 1.34 GAA, .952 save percentage). UPDATE: Lehner will start on Thursday night.

- The Islanders power play is 1-for-9 over the team's past four games.

- Brock Nelson has six points (3G, 3A) in his last five games, including a three-point night on Tuesday vs Carolina.

- Mathew Barzal has 11 points (3G, 8A) in six career games vs the Rangers. Anthony Beauvillier has 12 points (6G, 6A) in eight games vs the Rangers.


RANGERS NOTES:

- The Rangers have lost four straight games by a combined score of 22-5. Overall the Rangers are 3-5-2 in their last 10 games.

- Mika Zibanejad leads the Rangers with 35 points (12G, 23A) in 42 games this season. Zibanejad and Kevin Hayes are tied for the team lead in assists (23).

- Henrik Lundqvist was pulled in each of his last two starts after allowing six and five goals, respectively. Lundqvist, the Rangers all-star representative, is 12-11-7 this season with a 3.04 GAA and a .909 SV%.

- The Rangers (41 points) are 10 points back of a playoff spot, while also trailing behind the Florida Panthers (41 points), Carolina Hurricanes (45 points) and the Islanders (50 points).

- The Rangers are 1-1-5 on home ice since the start of December.

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Starting Goalies



Robin Lehner







Lehner made 29 saves on 33 shots in the Islanders win in St. Louis last Saturday. The victory extended his winning streak to seven games, posting a 1.22 GAA, .959 SV% and one shutout during that stretch. Lehner will look to stay hot against the Rangers on Thursday—he allowed five goals on 27 shots in a 5-0 loss in New York on November 21st.

GOALIE STATS
PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Robin Lehner	21	11	6	3	2.18	1184:20	550	.927	2	43	593	0
Thomas Greiss	24	12	8	1	2.69	1270:00	608	.914	1	57	665	2
Christopher Gibson	1	0	0	0	3.00	20:00	6	.857	0	1	7	0

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Henrik Lundqvist






Lundqvist was pulled after allowing five goals on 32 shots in the Rangers loss in Arizona on Sunday. Lundqvist has been pulled in his last two starts while allowing a combined 11 goals on 50 shots (.780 SV%). Tonight he will look to get back on track against the Islanders—he was pulled after allowing five goals on 17 shots in a 7-5 los sin his first start against them.

GOALIE STATS
PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Henrik Lundqvist	31	12	11	7	3.04	1832:54	930	.909	0	93	1023	0
Alexandar Georgiev	14	5	7	0	3.33	720:18	350	.897	1	40	390	2

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Team Stats

Islanders​
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Mathew Barzal, C	41	12	26	38	-5	26	18:34	3	11	0	0	99	12.1
Josh Bailey, LW	41	8	23	31	10	13	17:28	2	8	1	0	69	11.6
Anders Lee, LW	41	15	16	31	14	35	17:27	7	4	0	0	110	13.6
Brock Nelson, C	41	15	14	29	14	14	18:04	0	1	1	0	86	17.4
Valtteri Filppula, C	39	9	10	19	6	4	14:08	0	0	1	0	34	26.5
Jordan Eberle, RW	37	8	10	18	-7	12	16:39	3	2	0	0	71	11.3
Ryan Pulock, D	41	3	15	18	0	8	22:38	1	2	0	0	90	3.3
Casey Cizikas, C	34	10	7	17	12	18	13:08	0	0	1	1	51	19.6
Anthony Beauvillier, LW	40	11	5	16	-3	4	15:04	1	0	0	0	80	13.8
Scott Mayfield, D	39	3	12	15	15	42	19:00	0	0	1	0	55	5.5
Leo Komarov, C	41	5	9	14	11	28	14:09	0	0	0	0	38	13.2
Nick Leddy, D	41	1	13	14	-2	12	21:59	0	8	0	0	51	2.0
Johnny Boychuk, D	40	3	7	10	5	9	18:22	1	2	0	1	98	3.1
Adam Pelech, D	38	3	5	8	9	10	17:20	0	0	0	0	47	6.4
Matt Martin, LW	30	5	3	8	4	25	10:45	0	0	0	0	27	18.5
Andrew Ladd, LW	14	3	4	7	3	10	13:50	0	0	0	1	21	14.3
Cal Clutterbuck, RW	37	2	5	7	-3	36	13:20	1	0	0	0	40	5.0
Tom Kuhnhackl, RW	19	3	3	6	1	6	12:44	0	0	0	1	16	18.8
Thomas Hickey, D	32	0	4	4	8	22	19:04	0	0	0	1	37	0.0
Ross Johnston, LW	11	0	3	3	2	21	7:14	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Devon Toews, D	7	2	1	3	7	0	17:40	0	0	0	0	18	11.1
Josh Ho-Sang, RW	10	1	1	2	2	6	14:31	0	0	0	0	10	10.0
Michael Dal Colle, LW	7	0	1	1	-1	2	9:56	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Tanner Fritz, C	4	0	1	1	-1	2	10:43	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Luca Sbisa, D	8	0	1	1	0	2	15:45	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Stephen Gionta, RW	5	0	0	0	-4	0	8:47	0	0	0	0	4	0.0

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Rangers​
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Mika Zibanejad, C	42	12	23	35	-15	30	19:36	4	8	2	0	119	10.1
Kevin Hayes, C	39	10	23	33	6	10	19:26	2	5	2	1	89	11.2
Chris Kreider, LW	42	20	12	32	0	30	16:54	7	3	0	0	115	17.4
Jimmy Vesey, LW	41	10	11	21	4	13	16:32	1	2	0	0	88	11.4
Neal Pionk, D	40	5	14	19	-5	22	22:53	2	10	0	0	75	6.7
Vladislav Namestnikov, C	38	4	11	15	-9	24	14:53	0	1	1	2	49	8.2
Mats Zuccarello, RW	29	4	11	15	-20	20	18:55	2	6	0	0	48	8.3
Jesper Fast, RW	37	6	9	15	-1	12	16:10	0	0	0	0	52	11.5
Brett Howden, C	41	4	10	14	-8	4	15:51	0	2	0	0	46	8.7
Filip Chytil, C	41	6	7	13	-11	6	14:02	1	2	0	0	71	8.5
Brady Skjei, D	39	3	10	13	-8	22	21:16	0	0	0	1	57	5.3
Pavel Buchnevich, LW	26	7	5	12	0	4	15:03	2	1	0	0	31	22.6
Kevin Shattenkirk, D	34	1	9	10	-7	0	18:23	1	1	0	0	64	1.6
Marc Staal, D	42	3	7	10	-3	18	19:38	0	0	0	0	45	6.7
Ryan Strome, C †	23	4	5	9	-6	13	13:42	1	0	0	0	20	20.0
Tony DeAngelo, D	26	2	7	9	-2	37	18:42	0	2	0	0	47	4.3
Brendan Smith, D	30	2	5	7	-7	42	16:50	0	0	0	0	26	7.7
Fredrik Claesson, D	24	2	2	4	2	7	17:36	0	0	0	1	29	6.9
Lias Andersson, C	21	1	3	4	-5	12	10:23	0	0	0	0	22	4.5
Boo Nieves, C	10	2	1	3	-2	2	9:41	0	0	0	0	9	22.2
Adam McQuaid, D	19	0	3	3	-1	15	17:05	0	0	0	1	4	0.0
Ryan Spooner, C †	16	1	1	2	-5	0	12:41	0	0	0	0	24	4.2
Cody McLeod, LW	22	1	0	1	-5	49	7:23	0	0	0	0	18	5.6
Matt Beleskey, LW	4	1	0	1	1	5	7:22	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Steven Fogarty, C	10	0	0	0	-1	0	7:46	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
Vinni Lettieri, C	16	0	0	0	-4	8	8:54	0	0	0	0	19	0.0
Tim Gettinger, LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	7:31	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

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Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE	W	L	OTL	PTS	GP	ROW	SOW	SOL	GF	GA	GD	HOME	AWAY	L10	STRK
Lightning	33	8	2	68	43	30	3	0	180	124	56	18-4-0	15-4-2	8-1-1	W1
Maple Leafs	27	13	2	56	42	27	0	0	152	117	35	13-8-1	14-5-1	6-3-1	L1
Capitals	26	12	4	56	42	23	3	1	149	124	25	13-6-2	13-6-2	6-3-1	W2
Bruins	25	14	4	54	43	24	1	0	126	110	16	16-5-0	9-9-4	8-2-0	W5
Penguins	24	13	6	54	43	23	1	2	152	123	29	13-8-2	11-5-4	9-1-0	W1
Sabres	23	14	6	52	43	20	3	1	125	121	4	14-5-3	9-9-3	4-5-1	W1
Blue Jackets	24	15	3	51	42	24	0	1	135	130	5	11-8-2	13-7-1	7-3-0	L1
Canadiens	23	16	5	51	44	21	2	0	134	135	-1	11-9-2	12-7-3	6-4-0	W1
Islanders	23	14	4	50	41	21	2	3	124	111	13	10-6-3	13-8-1	8-2-0	L1
Hurricanes	20	17	5	45	42	19	1	2	112	121	-9	11-7-4	9-10-1	6-4-0	W5
Panthers	17	17	7	41	41	15	2	3	131	147	-16	8-6-5	9-11-2	5-4-1	L3
Rangers	17	18	7	41	42	12	5	2	116	145	-29	11-5-5	6-13-2	3-5-2	L4
Devils	16	19	7	39	42	15	1	2	123	142	-19	11-4-4	5-15-3	5-5-0	L2
Red Wings	16	22	7	39	45	14	2	5	126	154	-28	9-12-4	7-10-3	2-6-2	L2
Flyers	15	22	6	36	43	13	2	0	119	156	-37	7-10-3	8-12-3	1-7-2	L8
Senators	15	23	5	35	43	15	0	0	136	172	-36	11-9-4	4-14-1	1-8-1	L8

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[MattMartin]

Last Game Lineups

Islanders
LW	C	RW
Goals: 11 Assists: 5	Goals: 12 Assists: 26	Goals: 8 Assists: 23
Goals: 15 Assists: 16	Goals: 15 Assists: 14	Goals: 8 Assists: 10
Goals: 0 Assists: 1	Goals: 9 Assists: 10	Goals: 5 Assists: 9
Goals: 5 Assists: 3	Goals: 10 Assists: 7	Goals: 2 Assists: 5

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
Goals: 1 Assists: 13	Goals: 3 Assists: 7
Goals: 3 Assists: 5	Goals: 3 Assists: 15
Goals: 2 Assists: 1	Goals: 3 Assists: 12

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CURRENT TEAM INJURIES

DATE	NAME	POS	DETAILS	STATUS
2018-12-18	Thomas Hickey	D	Hickey has been placed on injured reserve with an upper-body injury and it is unclear how much time he will need to heal.	Out indefinitely
2018-11-13	Andrew Ladd	LW	Ladd has been placed on injured reserve due to a right leg injury and will miss an undetermined length of time.	Out indefinitely

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Rangers
LW	C	RW
Goals: 20 Assists: 12	Goals: 12 Assists: 23	Goals: 6 Assists: 9
Goals: 4 Assists: 11	Goals: 4 Assists: 5	Goals: 6 Assists: 7
Goals: 10 Assists: 11	Goals: 4 Assists: 10	Goals: 4 Assists: 11
Goals: 1 Assists: 0	Goals: 2 Assists: 1	Goals: 7 Assists: 5

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
Goals: 3 Assists: 7	Goals: 5 Assists: 14
Goals: 3 Assists: 10	54​ ADAM MCQUAID Goals: 0 Assists: 3
Goals: 2 Assists: 2	Goals: 1 Assists: 9

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CURRENT TEAM INJURIES

DATE	NAME	POS	DETAILS	STATUS
2019-01-04	Kevin Hayes	C	Hayes sat out his third-straight game with an upper-body injury and it is uncertain if he will return to the lineup against the Islanders on Thursday.	Ques Thurs

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[doublechili]

We know Strome is going to score, right? The question is how many in the 2 games....

 

[Kevin27NYI]

Last two games were kinda shitty one way or another, looking forward to them focusing on our Stanley cup game to readjust the focus

 

[MattMartin]

Last two games were kinda ****ty one way or another, looking forward to them focusing on our Stanley cup game to readjust the focus

You mean their Stanley Cup game right?

 

[Bones45]

f*** THE RANGERS.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

You mean their Stanley Cup game right?

Ah I forget, our Stanley cup games are against TOR now and the Rangers now play Stanley cup games against us.

 

[Strummergas]

Ah I forget, our Stanley cup games are against TOR now and the Rangers now play Stanley cup games against us.

We're moving up the world!

 

[MJF]

We know Strome is going to score, right? The question is how many in the 2 games....

A hat trick at the Garden. Every time he scores he's gonna see Garth Snow's face behind Robin Lehner's mask. Then he's going to look into the camera after each goal and say "how do you like me now"

 

[sabremike]

Fun fact: do you know that if you know the Rangers suck you have to clap your hands?

 

[seafoam]

Just win baby.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Headed to the watch party meetup in Charlotte this weekend, of course the only nice jersey I own is a #18 Strome...

 

[Metnut]

Headed to the watch party meetup in Charlotte this weekend, of course the only nice jersey I own is a #18 Strome...

I'll be there too. Should be a big turnout given the way the team is playing.

 

[PK Cronin]

Headed to the watch party meetup in Charlotte this weekend, of course the only nice jersey I own is a #18 Strome...

Change it to a Beauvillier.

 

[seafoam]

Fun fact: do you know that if you know the Rangers suck you have to clap your hands?

 

[sabremike]

Change it to a Beauvillier.

Got this done at the game last night:

I Beaulieve!!!!!

 

[PK Cronin]

Got this done at the game last night:
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I Beaulieve!!!!!

Did you take the picture with a kaleidoscope filter on?

 

[ebergeist]

Hey Trotz! Wake up! Dal Colle <—> Kühnpanzer.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Change it to a Beauvillier.

Part of the reason I want to attend, hopefully someone has insight on where I can get a nameplate change....ya know, from prior recent experience.

 

[sabremike]

Did you take the picture with a kaleidoscope filter on?

The light from the window behind the pic messed it up.

 

[brachyrynchos]

This will be the Rangers 5th game in 9 days, and just finished a 3 game road trip. They're 0-4 in 2019 and have been outscored 22-5 so far, no reason why the Isles can't win this and Saturday's game.

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

I'm expecting a trouncing. Rags suck this year and Trotz has not really let this team sit on their hands for multiple games. After 2 consecutive shitty games, I think the good guys get up for this one and there is an offensive outburst.

 

[Thrasymachus]

This will be the Rangers 5th game in 9 days, and just finished a 3 game road trip. They're 0-4 in 2019 and have been outscored 22-5 so far, no reason why the Isles can't win this and Saturday's game.

they are gonna be hungry as hell for a W though

 

[ebergeist]

they are gonna be hungry as hell for a W though

So are the Isles.

 

[BelovedIsles]

Didn’t really think the Carolina game was shitty.

The one thing I’ve learned about Ranger games, the standings nor recent trends do not matter.

You know they are going to play hard. They dominated NYI 5-0 two months ago. That said, 3 out of 4 against a weaker team.