GDT: #43| New York Rangers @ New York Islanders | January 12th | 1:00 PM | F/L 2-1

[MattMartin]

When the New York Islanders and New York Rangers split a pair of high-scoring games in November, it appeared both teams might stay in contention for postseason spots in the Eastern Conference.

Nearly two months later, the Islanders are ascending while the Rangers are dealing with a significant tailspin and falling way behind in the playoff race.

On Saturday afternoon, the teams will get together for the last time this season and for the last time at Brooklyn's Barclays Center when then Rangers visit the Islanders in the back end of a home-and-home set.

On Nov. 15, Anthony Beauvillier recorded a hat trick in the Islanders' 7-5 win in Brooklyn and six days later the Rangers scored three times in the first period of a 5-0 home win. After the second meeting, the Islanders were 10-8-2 while the Rangers were 12-8-2.

Since then, the Islanders (24-14-4) are 14-6-2 in their last 22 games while the Rangers (17-19-7) are 5-11-5 in their last 21 contests.

The Islanders also are 7-1 in their last eight games after Josh Bailey scored the game-winning goal on their only shot of the third period with 86 seconds left against the Rangers on Thursday.

The Rangers are on a five-game losing streak and during their longest skid of the season, they are getting outscored 26-8. The skid began with lopsided losses to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche and Arizona Coyotes before close losses to the Vegas Golden Knights and Islanders.

Thursday's loss was the second time in this skid the Rangers outshot their opponent and it occurred after a 17-1 advantage in the third period. New York also allowed two power-play goals to the Islanders and have allowed eight goals in 21 chances with the man advantage during the skid.

While Bailey's game-winner was only his third goal since the mid-November meetings with the Rangers, Mathew Barzal has 11 goals since then, including eight tallies in his last seven games.
Chris Kreider leads the Rangers with 20 goals but has gone a season-high six straight games without a goal. Mika Zibanejad leads the Rangers with 35 points but since getting four assists two weeks ago in Nashville, he has one point in his last six contests.

The Rangers also may be without Kevin Hayes. Hayes is second on the Rangers with 33 points but has missed the last four games without an upper-body injury, though he participated in the morning skate on Thursday.

Thursday's outcome also continued the Islanders dominance of the rivalry in recent seasons and they will be facing the Rangers in a place they have never lost.

Since the Islanders began playing games in Brooklyn in 2015-16, they are 13-2 in 15 meetings with the Rangers and 7-0 in Brooklyn with six wins coming in regulation. During the last 15 meetings, the Islanders have outscored the Rangers 54-37.

Henrik Lundqvist, who has been pulled twice during New York's skid, is 0-6-1 in his last seven games against the Islanders. He also is 1-11-2 in his last 14 games against the Islanders since the start of the 2014-15 season.

Robin Lehner is expected to start for the Islanders. He made 16 of his 27 saves in the third period Thursday and is on a career-high eight-game winning streak since a 3-2 loss to Vegas on Dec. 12.

Saturday is the first of six remaining home games for the Islanders in Brooklyn. Their final game at the home of the Brooklyn Nets is Feb. 16 against the Edmonton Oilers.

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Possible Starting Goalies:



Robin Lehner

Goalie Stats
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Robin Lehner	22	20	12	6	0	3	623	46	2.22	577	.926	2	1,245
Thomas Greiss	24	22	12	8	0	1	665	57	2.69	608	.914	1	1,270

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Henrik Lundqvist

Goalie Stats
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Henrik Lundqvist	32	32	12	12	0	7	1,043	97	3.08	946	.907	0	1,892
Alexandar Georgiev	14	11	5	7	0	0	390	40	3.33	350	.897	1	721

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Team Stats

Islanders
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Mathew Barzal, C	42	13	28	41	-5	26	18:33	3	13	0	0	101	12.9
Anders Lee, LW	42	16	17	33	13	35	17:24	8	5	0	0	111	14.4
Josh Bailey, LW	42	9	23	32	11	13	17:28	2	8	1	0	71	12.7
Brock Nelson, C	42	15	14	29	13	14	18:04	0	1	1	0	89	16.9
Jordan Eberle, RW	38	9	10	19	-8	12	16:36	4	2	0	0	73	12.3
Valtteri Filppula, C	40	9	10	19	6	4	14:09	0	0	1	0	35	25.7
Ryan Pulock, D	42	3	15	18	0	8	22:37	1	2	0	0	92	3.3
Casey Cizikas, C	35	10	7	17	13	18	13:10	0	0	1	1	51	19.6
Anthony Beauvillier, LW	41	11	5	16	-3	4	15:06	1	0	0	0	84	13.1
Nick Leddy, D	42	1	14	15	-1	12	21:59	0	9	0	0	51	2.0
Scott Mayfield, D	40	3	12	15	14	42	19:02	0	0	1	0	56	5.4
Leo Komarov, C	42	5	9	14	11	30	14:11	0	0	0	0	38	13.2
Johnny Boychuk, D	41	3	9	12	7	9	18:24	1	2	0	1	99	3.0
Adam Pelech, D	39	3	5	8	8	12	17:18	0	0	0	0	47	6.4
Cal Clutterbuck, RW	38	2	6	8	-2	36	13:19	1	0	0	0	41	4.9
Matt Martin, LW	31	5	3	8	4	32	10:42	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
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	12	0	3	3	2	23	7:17	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Devon Toews, D	8	2	1	3	6	0	17:36	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	43	12	23	35	-15	30	19:40	4	8	2	0	125	9.6
Kevin Hayes, C	39	10	23	33	6	10	19:26	2	5	2	1	89	11.2
Chris Kreider, LW	43	20	12	32	0	30	16:57	7	3	0	0	117	17.1
Jimmy Vesey, LW	42	10	12	22	3	15	16:27	1	3	0	0	89	11.2
Neal Pionk, D	41	5	15	20	-5	22	22:46	2	10	0	0	77	6.5
Jesper Fast, RW	38	7	9	16	0	12	16:09	0	0	0	0	54	13.0
Mats Zuccarello, RW	30	4	11	15	-20	20	18:58	2	6	0	0	49	8.2
Vladislav Namestnikov, C	39	4	11	15	-10	26	14:55	0	1	1	2	50	8.0
Brett Howden, C	42	4	10	14	-9	4	15:48	0	2	0	0	47	8.5
Filip Chytil, C	42	6	8	14	-11	6	14:03	1	3	0	0	71	8.5
Brady Skjei, D	40	3	10	13	-9	22	21:13	0	0	0	1	58	5.2
Pavel Buchnevich, LW	27	7	6	13	1	4	14:52	2	1	0	0	33	21.2
Kevin Shattenkirk, D	35	2	9	11	-6	0	18:33	1	1	0	0	70	2.9
Ryan Strome, C †	24	5	5	10	-5	13	13:51	2	0	0	0	22	22.7
Marc Staal, D	43	3	7	10	-3	20	19:33	0	0	0	0	45	6.7
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	25	2	3	5	3	7	17:42	0	0	0	1	30	6.7
Lias Andersson, C	21	1	3	4	-5	12	10:23	0	0	0	0	22	4.5
Boo Nieves, C	11	2	1	3	-2	2	9:35	0	0	0	0	10	20.0
Adam McQuaid, D	20	0	3	3	-2	15	17:09	0	0	0	1	5	0.0
Ryan Spooner, C †	16	1	1	2	-5	0	12:41	0	0	0	0	24	4.2
Cody McLeod, LW	23	1	0	1	-5	56	7:24	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	34	8	2	70	44	31	3	0	183	125	58	19-4-0	15-4-2	9-1-0	W2
Maple Leafs	28	13	2	58	43	28	0	0	156	119	37	13-8-1	15-5-1	7-3-0	W1
Capitals	27	12	4	58	43	24	3	1	153	126	27	13-6-2	14-6-2	7-2-1	W3
Penguins	25	13	6	56	44	24	1	2	159	127	32	13-8-2	12-5-4	9-1-0	W2
Bruins	25	15	4	54	44	24	1	0	128	114	14	16-6-0	9-9-4	7-3-0	L1
Blue Jackets	25	15	3	53	43	25	0	1	139	133	6	12-8-2	13-7-1	7-3-0	W1
Islanders	24	14	4	52	42	22	2	3	128	114	14	10-6-3	14-8-1	8-2-0	W1
Sabres	23	15	6	52	44	20	3	1	128	125	3	14-5-3	9-10-3	3-6-1	L1
Canadiens	23	17	5	51	45	21	2	0	135	139	-4	11-9-2	12-8-3	6-4-0	L1
Hurricanes	21	18	5	47	44	20	1	2	117	127	-10	12-7-4	9-11-1	7-3-0	W1
Panthers	17	18	8	42	43	15	2	4	137	155	-18	8-6-5	9-12-3	4-4-2	L5
Rangers	17	19	7	41	43	12	5	2	119	149	-30	11-6-5	6-13-2	2-6-2	L5
Devils	16	20	7	39	43	15	1	2	125	146	-21	11-5-4	5-15-3	5-5-0	L3
Senators	17	23	5	39	45	17	0	0	142	174	-32	11-9-4	6-14-1	2-7-1	W2
Red Wings	16	23	7	39	46	14	2	5	128	158	-30	9-12-4	7-11-3	1-7-2	L3
Flyers	16	22	6	38	44	14	2	0	121	157	-36	8-10-3	8-12-3	2-6-2	W1

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[MattMartin]

Last Game Lineups

Islanders
LW	C	RW
Goals: 11 Assists: 5	Goals: 13 Assists: 28	Goals: 9 Assists: 23
Goals: 16 Assists: 17	Goals: 15 Assists: 14	Goals: 9 Assists: 10
Goals: 0 Assists: 3	Goals: 9 Assists: 10	Goals: 5 Assists: 9
Goals: 5 Assists: 3	Goals: 10 Assists: 7	Goals: 2 Assists: 6

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
Goals: 1 Assists: 14	Goals: 3 Assists: 9
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: 7 Assists: 9
Goals: 4 Assists: 11	Goals: 5 Assists: 5	Goals: 6 Assists: 8
Goals: 10 Assists: 12	Goals: 4 Assists: 10	Goals: 4 Assists: 11
Goals: 1 Assists: 0	Goals: 2 Assists: 1	Goals: 7 Assists: 6

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
Goals: 3 Assists: 7	Goals: 5 Assists: 15
Goals: 3 Assists: 10	54​ ADAM MCQUAID Goals: 0 Assists: 3
Goals: 2 Assists: 3	Goals: 2 Assists: 9

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CURRENT TEAM INJURIES

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

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[Big L]

Getting the GDTs off the ground seems like a pain in the ass. Doing this every game... Godspeed, @MattMartin !

 

[Big L]

I hope the isles learn from that 3rd period on Thursday, and come out flying for a full 60 minutes and lay the wood on ‘em. A total domination game. Overall though just get the 2 points, don’t care how.

LGI!

 

[Jester9881]

I have a feeling you see Georgiev(sp?) today... just a hunch. He shut the Islanders out the only time he faced them.

 

[Islanders4Cups]

Isles need to snap out of the funk they are in over the last 3 games.

 

[brachyrynchos]

Anders Lee has a 4 game point streak (2-4-6) and has an assist in each of those games.
Isles are 6-0-2 at home when they are outshot, 4-6-1 when they have more shots. (For the season: 5-9-1 when they outshoot their opponent, 19-4-3 when outshot.

Vesey (2a) and Fast (2g) are on a 2 game point streak.

Isles win this one with a better effort. Keep the legs moving....draw some penalties and create scoring chances.

 

[Finnislander]

Hopefully Barzal keeps his 2PPG pace against the Rags. Our team better be ready, Im sure Rangers dont want to lose second Stanley cup in three nights.

I have a feeling we wont see Hank today, even though he played well for him last meeting. Didnt even get pulled, allstar performance.

I love these afternoon games, so I can watch it live at home, nice 8PM puck drop for me.

 

[CREW99AW]

I hope the isles learn from that 3rd period on Thursday, and come out flying for a full 60 minutes and lay the wood on ‘em. A total domination game. Overall though just get the 2 points, don’t care how.

LGI!

I thought we would get the 60 minute effort in the last Ranger game ( after Trotz's tough practice).

I want to see MDC pot one. Get the goal scoring monkey off his back.

Let's go Isles

 

[crashthenet]

We be a good day for Pelech to get some rest.

 

[PK Cronin]

We be a good day for Pelech to get some rest.

I'd run him back out there since Hickey isn't ready yet. Give him the ability to right his wrongs from last game.

The Isles need to put this Rags team away early. Just crush them in the opening fifteen minutes and make them not want to play the remainder of the game. Not interested in another debacle like Thursday night, and would prefer to keep the goon factor low if possible.

 

[MJF]

We be a good day for Pelech to get some rest.

And dress Sbisa in place of him? No thank you.

I agree that Pelech has not been good but Luca Sbisa would not be an upgrade.

 

[MJF]

I'd run him back out there since Hickey isn't ready yet. Give him the ability to right his wrongs from last game.

The Isles need to put this Rags team away early. Just crush them in the opening fifteen minutes and make them not want to play the remainder of the game. Not interested in another debacle like Thursday night, and would prefer to keep the goon factor low if possible.

The Rangers wouldn't. If they continue to dress McLeod and McQuaid then Trotz will be forced to have Matt Martin and Ross Johnston in the same lineup.

 

[Bones45]

Rangers can suck a bag of dicks. p***yes... all of em...and their fans.

 

[PK Cronin]

The Rangers wouldn't. If they continue to dress McLeod and McQuaid then Trotz will be forced to have Matt Martin and Ross Johnston in the same lineup.

I'm okay dressing those two, just hope the game gets to a point where they're rather go home than break a hand (again).

 

[Chardo]

I have a feeling we wont see Hank today, even though he played well for him last meeting. Didnt even get pulled, allstar performance.

Yeah, a stellar third period from Hank. Not a single save.

He was rather ordinary the rest of the game too.

 

[19 in a row]

first of a back to back. Saw Eric Hornick mention that we are 9-1 in back to backs this year. 5-0 on the back end.. Is that possible? Crazy.

Gotta get a better effort today. Need these two points and looking for a convincing win... Let's right the ship.. TBL tomorrow.


Edit: I checked our schedule, and yes 9-1 in our 5 back to backs this year including the last one ending in a 4-0 vs Tor

 

[Hunn]

EC Top-8 are playing each other (except Pit and us). We can gain a lot with a win today.

 

[19 in a row]

Pens staying hot, damnit.. They were trailing 3-0 after 1 when I went to bed last night, woke up to find out they won 7-4..

 

[MJF]

first of a back to back. Saw Eric Hornick mention that we are 9-1 in back to backs this year. 5-0 on the back end.. Is that possible? Crazy.

Gotta get a better effort today. Need these two points and looking for a convincing win... Let's right the ship.. TBL tomorrow.


Edit: I checked our schedule, and yes 9-1 in our 5 back to backs this year including the last one ending in a 4-0 vs Tor

Never doubt Eric Hornick. The guy is a statistical savant.

 

[MJF]

Pens are hot, damnit.. They were trailing 3-0 after 1 when I went to bed last night, woke up to find out they won 7-4..

Yeah. The Ducks are a hot mess. I think that was their 10th straight loss.

 

[Chardo]

Never doubt Eric Hornick. The guy is a statistical savant.

Actuaries rock.
Well, sort of.

 

[Joedoggy]

Frankly i cannot see the Rangers with the same approach to this game...will they turn nasty?...they have the ability.

They may or at least are better off sending their 4th line after the top lines a bit....the more they lessen the 4th line matches the better off the rags are....Our 4th line can play against any one...Not so sure theirs can but this is a avenue they may take.

The less Drama they try against our bottom 6 with their 4th line the better off they are. They may rattle out top lines forcing Trots to sub players on the top lines for protection of sort, the better way to word it is have Physical players sub for the meek in the top lines.

Look for a raucous crowd ..if tempers get the better of the rags ...it will be a Pittsburg game of the past. Don't really need that with the Islanders being in Playoff position vs a team that is not.

 

[BMOK33]

first of a back to back. Saw Eric Hornick mention that we are 9-1 in back to backs this year. 5-0 on the back end.. Is that possible? Crazy.

Gotta get a better effort today. Need these two points and looking for a convincing win... Let's right the ship.. TBL tomorrow.


Edit: I checked our schedule, and yes 9-1 in our 5 back to backs this year including the last one ending in a 4-0 vs Tor

They also have an advantage tomorrow with Tampa playing 6 hours later and having to travel

 

[BarzyClub]

I’m thinking Greiss in today and have Lehner go against the Lightning to give us the best chance to win both these games.