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Game Preview: Islanders vs Lightning
NEW YORK ISLANDERS (24-15-4) VS TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (35-8-2)
7 PM | BARCLAYS CENTER | BUY TICKETS
WATCH: MSG+ | MSG GO | NHL.TV
LISTEN: 88.7FM WRHU | 103.9FM LI NEWS | RADIO.COM/ISLANDERS
SEASON SERIES: NYI TRAIL 0-1-0
The New York Islanders suffered a 4-2 defeat on Nov. 8 against the Tampa Bay Lightning and trail 0-1-0 in the season series. Josh Bailey netted both goals - his fourth and fifth of the season - in the road loss, but the Isles gave up the go-ahead goal with 1:26 to play in the third period.
The two remaining games in the season series will be home games for the Islanders. All three matchups this season will have been at three different arenas (Amalie Arena, Barclays Center, and NYCB LIVE/Nassau Coliseum).
ISLANDERS NOTES
- The Islanders have lost six of their last seven meetings with the Lightning. New York's last win against Tampa Bay was a 5-3 road win on Nov. 18, 2017. New York is 1-3-0 in four career matchups against the Lightning at Barclays Center.
- After riding a six-game winning streak, New York has now lost two of its last three contests. The Isles are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games.
- Sunday's game marks the second leg of a home back-to-back set for the Islanders. The Islanders are 5-0-0 on the second night of back-to-backs this season.
- Josh Bailey has recorded 19 points (7G, 12A) in 30-career games against Tampa. Bailey tallied an assist in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Rangers.
- The Islanders played their last two games against the crosstown New York Rangers, splitting the home-and-home set at one. Both teams concluded the season series at 2-2-0.
- Thomas Greiss is expected to start in goal for the Islanders as Barry Trotz splits his goalies on the back-to-back set. Greiss last played on Tuesday vs Carolina and is looking for his first win since Dec. 17, though the Isles goalie has only made three starts since.
- Nick Leddy has collected one assist in five of his last seven games.
- Jordan Eberle is one goal shy of 200 career goals.
- New York (52 points) is fourth in the Metropolitan Division behind the third-place Columbus Blue Jackets (55 points). The Islanders currently have the second wild card berth in the Eastern Conference.
*The Islanders will try to accomplish something on Sunday that no ever Metropolitan Division was able to do in the first half of the season -- earn a win over the NHL's top team.*
LIGHTNING NOTES
- The Tampa Bay Lightning lead the NHL with 35 wins and 72 points - 10 more points than the Western-Conference leading Calgary Flames.
- The Lightning are on a roll, having won 10 of their last 11 games and 18 of their last 20.
- This is the second game of a road back-to-back for Tampa Bay. The Lightning defeated the Buffalo Sabres by a 5-3 margin on Saturday night.
- Nikita Kucherov leads the NHL with 74 points (22G, 52A). Brayden Point is sixth in the NHL with 61 points - and leads the Lightning with 29 goals - while Steven Stamkos is tied for 17th with with 51 points.
- Stamkos has registered at least one point in eight of his last nine games against the Islanders. Stamkos has 14 points (4G, 10A) in that span for the Lightning.
- On Jan. 11, the Lightning acquired D Jan Rutta and a 2019 seventh-round pick from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for D Slater Koekkoek and a 2019 fifth-round pick.
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Probable Starting Goalies
Andrei Vasilevskiy
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NEW YORK ISLANDERS (24-15-4) VS TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (35-8-2)
7 PM | BARCLAYS CENTER | BUY TICKETS
WATCH: MSG+ | MSG GO | NHL.TV
LISTEN: 88.7FM WRHU | 103.9FM LI NEWS | RADIO.COM/ISLANDERS
SEASON SERIES: NYI TRAIL 0-1-0
The New York Islanders suffered a 4-2 defeat on Nov. 8 against the Tampa Bay Lightning and trail 0-1-0 in the season series. Josh Bailey netted both goals - his fourth and fifth of the season - in the road loss, but the Isles gave up the go-ahead goal with 1:26 to play in the third period.
The two remaining games in the season series will be home games for the Islanders. All three matchups this season will have been at three different arenas (Amalie Arena, Barclays Center, and NYCB LIVE/Nassau Coliseum).
ISLANDERS NOTES
- The Islanders have lost six of their last seven meetings with the Lightning. New York's last win against Tampa Bay was a 5-3 road win on Nov. 18, 2017. New York is 1-3-0 in four career matchups against the Lightning at Barclays Center.
- After riding a six-game winning streak, New York has now lost two of its last three contests. The Isles are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games.
- Sunday's game marks the second leg of a home back-to-back set for the Islanders. The Islanders are 5-0-0 on the second night of back-to-backs this season.
- Josh Bailey has recorded 19 points (7G, 12A) in 30-career games against Tampa. Bailey tallied an assist in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Rangers.
- The Islanders played their last two games against the crosstown New York Rangers, splitting the home-and-home set at one. Both teams concluded the season series at 2-2-0.
- Thomas Greiss is expected to start in goal for the Islanders as Barry Trotz splits his goalies on the back-to-back set. Greiss last played on Tuesday vs Carolina and is looking for his first win since Dec. 17, though the Isles goalie has only made three starts since.
- Nick Leddy has collected one assist in five of his last seven games.
- Jordan Eberle is one goal shy of 200 career goals.
- New York (52 points) is fourth in the Metropolitan Division behind the third-place Columbus Blue Jackets (55 points). The Islanders currently have the second wild card berth in the Eastern Conference.
*The Islanders will try to accomplish something on Sunday that no ever Metropolitan Division was able to do in the first half of the season -- earn a win over the NHL's top team.*
LIGHTNING NOTES
- The Tampa Bay Lightning lead the NHL with 35 wins and 72 points - 10 more points than the Western-Conference leading Calgary Flames.
- The Lightning are on a roll, having won 10 of their last 11 games and 18 of their last 20.
- This is the second game of a road back-to-back for Tampa Bay. The Lightning defeated the Buffalo Sabres by a 5-3 margin on Saturday night.
- Nikita Kucherov leads the NHL with 74 points (22G, 52A). Brayden Point is sixth in the NHL with 61 points - and leads the Lightning with 29 goals - while Steven Stamkos is tied for 17th with with 51 points.
- Stamkos has registered at least one point in eight of his last nine games against the Islanders. Stamkos has 14 points (4G, 10A) in that span for the Lightning.
- On Jan. 11, the Lightning acquired D Jan Rutta and a 2019 seventh-round pick from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for D Slater Koekkoek and a 2019 fifth-round pick.
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Probable Starting Goalies
Andrei Vasilevskiy
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Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | OT | SA | GA | GAA | S | Sv% | SO | MIN |
Andrei Vasilevskiy | 24 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 797 | 60 | 2.49 | 737 | .925 | 2 | 1,448 |
Louis Domingue | 20 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 629 | 60 | 2.99 | 569 | .905 | 0 | 1,204 |
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Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | OT | SA | GA | GAA | S | Sv% | SO | MIN |
Robin Lehner | 23 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 649 | 48 | 2.21 | 601 | .926 | 2 | 1,304 |
Thomas Greiss | 24 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 665 | 57 | 2.69 | 608 | .914 | 1 | 1,270 |
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PLAYER | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ATOI | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | SOG | SPCT |
Mathew Barzal, C | 43 | 13 | 28 | 41 | -5 | 26 | 18:34 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 12.5 |
Josh Bailey, LW | 43 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 13 | 17:30 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 12.5 |
Anders Lee, LW | 43 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 12 | 35 | 17:28 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 13.9 |
Brock Nelson, C | 43 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 18:07 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 16.3 |
Ryan Pulock, D | 43 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 22:39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 3.2 |
Jordan Eberle, RW | 39 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 12 | 16:36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 12.0 |
Valtteri Filppula, C | 41 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 14:06 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 25.7 |
Casey Cizikas, C | 36 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 13:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 19.6 |
Anthony Beauvillier, LW | 42 | 12 | 5 | 17 | -2 | 4 | 15:08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 13.8 |
Nick Leddy, D | 43 | 1 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 12 | 22:00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1.9 |
Scott Mayfield, D | 41 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 18:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 5.4 |
Leo Komarov, C | 43 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 30 | 14:09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 12.8 |
Johnny Boychuk, D | 42 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 18:24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 3.0 |
Adam Pelech, D | 39 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 17:18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6.4 |
Cal Clutterbuck, RW | 39 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 36 | 13:20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 |
Matt Martin, LW | 32 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 10:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17.9 |
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 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
Devon Toews, D | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 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 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:28 | 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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PLAYER | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ATOI | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | SOG | SPCT |
Nikita Kucherov, RW | 45 | 22 | 53 | 75 | 15 | 22 | 19:08 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 17.5 |
Brayden Point, C | 45 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 19 | 16 | 18:26 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 24.6 |
Steven Stamkos, C | 45 | 24 | 27 | 51 | -1 | 22 | 17:51 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 18.0 |
Tyler Johnson, C | 44 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 16 | 16:35 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 18.6 |
Victor Hedman, D | 38 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 26 | 22:33 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 5.6 |
Yanni Gourde, LW | 45 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 38 | 16:34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 13.6 |
J.T. Miller, C | 39 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 15:04 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 11.9 |
Ryan McDonagh, D | 45 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 21:55 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 5.8 |
Alex Killorn, C | 45 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 13 | 22 | 15:16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 10.6 |
Ondrej Palat, LW | 29 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 15:06 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 12.8 |
Anthony Cirelli, C | 45 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 14:35 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 12.2 |
Mikhail Sergachev, D | 42 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 17:44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1.4 |
Mathieu Joseph, RW | 38 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 11:42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 18.3 |
Adam Erne, LW | 31 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 10:54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 14.6 |
Ryan Callahan, RW | 37 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 11:30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 9.8 |
Dan Girardi, D | 43 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 17:31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 6.1 |
Anton Stralman, D | 27 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 21:23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
Braydon Coburn, D | 42 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 16:22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 4.1 |
Cedric Paquette, C | 44 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 50 | 11:40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 15.4 |
Erik Cernak, D | 25 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 18:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 |
Danick Martel, C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
Slater Koekkoek, D | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
Cory Conacher, LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
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Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE | W | L | OTL | PTS | GP | ROW | SOW | SOL | GF | GA | GD | HOME | AWAY | L10 | STRK |
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Lightning | 35 | 8 | 2 | 72 | 45 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 188 | 128 | 60 | 19-4-0 | 16-4-2 | 9-1-0 | W3 |
Capitals | 27 | 12 | 5 | 59 | 44 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 154 | 128 | 26 | 13-6-3 | 14-6-2 | 6-2-2 | L1 |
Maple Leafs | 28 | 14 | 2 | 58 | 44 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 122 | 36 | 13-9-1 | 15-5-1 | 6-4-0 | L1 |
Bruins | 26 | 15 | 4 | 56 | 45 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 116 | 15 | 16-6-0 | 10-9-4 | 7-3-0 | W1 |
Penguins | 25 | 14 | 6 | 56 | 45 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 161 | 132 | 29 | 13-8-2 | 12-6-4 | 8-2-0 | L1 |
Blue Jackets | 26 | 15 | 3 | 55 | 44 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 134 | 7 | 12-8-2 | 14-7-1 | 7-3-0 | W2 |
Canadiens | 24 | 17 | 5 | 53 | 46 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 138 | 139 | -1 | 12-9-2 | 12-8-3 | 6-4-0 | W1 |
Islanders | 24 | 15 | 4 | 52 | 43 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 129 | 116 | 13 | 10-7-3 | 14-8-1 | 7-3-0 | L1 |
Sabres | 23 | 16 | 6 | 52 | 45 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 131 | 130 | 1 | 14-6-3 | 9-10-3 | 3-6-1 | L2 |
Hurricanes | 21 | 18 | 5 | 47 | 44 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 117 | 127 | -10 | 12-7-4 | 9-11-1 | 7-3-0 | W1 |
Rangers | 18 | 19 | 7 | 43 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 121 | 150 | -29 | 11-6-5 | 7-13-2 | 3-5-2 | W1 |
Panthers | 17 | 18 | 8 | 42 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 137 | 155 | -18 | 8-6-5 | 9-12-3 | 4-4-2 | L5 |
Devils | 17 | 20 | 7 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 128 | 148 | -20 | 12-5-4 | 5-15-3 | 5-5-0 | W1 |
Red Wings | 17 | 23 | 7 | 41 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 133 | 160 | -27 | 9-12-4 | 8-11-3 | 2-6-2 | W1 |
Senators | 17 | 24 | 5 | 39 | 46 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 178 | -35 | 11-9-4 | 6-15-1 | 2-7-1 | L1 |
Flyers | 16 | 23 | 6 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 160 | -37 | 8-10-3 | 8-13-3 | 1-7-2 | L1 |
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