Post-Game Talk: #53 |New York Islanders @ Buffalo Sabres | May 4th | 7:00 | F/SOL 4-3

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Islanders @ Sabres
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Possible Starting Goalies:





Ilya Sorokin

Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	SV%	SO	MIN
Semyon Varlamov	34	33	19	10	0	4	968	68	2.02	900	.930	7	2,019
Ilya Sorokin	19	19	12	6	0	1	497	41	2.19	456	.918	3	1,126

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Dustin Tokarski

Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	SV%	SO	MIN
Michael Houser	1	1	1	0	0	0	36	2	2.00	34	.944	0	60
Linus Ullmark	20	20	9	6	0	3	591	49	2.63	542	.917	0	1,118
Carter Hutton	13	12	1	10	0	1	341	39	3.47	302	.886	0	675
Dustin Tokarski	13	10	2	8	0	2	447	43	3.54	404	.904	0	730
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	4	4	1	3	0	0	149	14	3.88	135	.906	0	217

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Player Stats:

Islanders
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Mathew Barzal	52	15	26	41	15	46	1	7	0	0	1	0	129	11.6	43.36
Josh Bailey	50	8	25	33	11	4	0	9	0	0	1	0	74	10.8	43.75
Jordan Eberle	52	15	17	32	9	14	1	5	0	0	2	0	120	12.5	42.86
Brock Nelson	52	16	13	29	-5	12	6	8	0	0	3	0	111	14.4	49.09
Nick Leddy	52	2	27	29	2	6	1	9	0	0	1	1	68	2.9	0
Jean-Gabriel Pageau	50	14	14	28	9	10	5	8	2	2	3	0	77	18.2	56.99
Anthony Beauvillier	43	13	11	24	12	12	3	4	0	0	5	2	98	13.3	28.57
Anders Lee	27	12	7	19	11	12	3	4	0	0	3	0	80	15	49.22
Oliver Wahlstrom	40	11	7	18	1	21	3	8	0	0	1	0	81	13.6	45.45
Ryan Pulock	52	1	14	15	10	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	112	0.9	0
Casey Cizikas	52	7	7	14	-2	25	0	0	0	0	3	0	67	10.4	53.24
Noah Dobson	42	3	11	14	3	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	62	4.8	0
Scott Mayfield	52	2	12	14	2	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	2.7	0
Adam Pelech	52	4	9	13	10	18	0	0	1	2	0	0	78	5.1	0
Matt Martin	52	6	5	11	-2	36	1	2	0	0	0	0	66	9.1	25
Cal Clutterbuck	47	3	6	9	-7	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	47	6.4	0
Leo Komarov	31	1	5	6	7	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	26	3.8	40
Andy Greene	52	1	4	5	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	2.2	0
Michael Dal Colle	25	1	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0
Kieffer Bellows	14	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	15.8	50
Kyle Palmieri	13	1	2	3	-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	21	4.8	66.67
Travis Zajac	10	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	55.71
Sebastian Aho	3	1	1	2	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	0
Thomas Hickey	5	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ross Johnston	9	0	0	0	-3	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	25
Austin Czarnik	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	58.33
Braydon Coburn	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

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Sabres
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Sam Reinhart	51	25	15	40	-26	10	10	16	0	0	5	0	123	20.3	46.98
Victor Olofsson	53	13	17	30	-22	4	7	15	0	0	0	0	121	10.7	50
Rasmus Dahlin	53	5	18	23	-37	26	1	11	0	0	0	0	111	4.5	0
Casey Mittelstadt	38	10	11	21	-9	10	3	6	1	2	2	0	55	18.2	49.62
Jack Eichel	21	2	16	18	-9	6	1	9	0	0	1	0	61	3.3	49.74
Rasmus Ristolainen	46	4	12	16	-14	34	1	6	0	0	0	0	69	5.8	0
Dylan Cozens	38	4	9	13	-11	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	59	6.8	47.15
Kyle Okposo	35	2	11	13	-1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	45	4.4	54.17
Tage Thompson	35	7	5	12	-4	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	90	7.8	25
Jeff Skinner	50	6	6	12	-10	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	106	5.7	46.67
Riley Sheahan	50	4	8	12	-9	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	39	10.3	51.48
Rasmus Asplund	25	7	4	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	31	22.6	37.5
Colin Miller	45	4	6	10	-18	27	1	4	0	0	0	0	60	6.7	0
Jacob Bryson	35	1	8	9	1	12	0	1	0	2	0	0	23	4.3	0
Henri Jokiharju	43	3	5	8	-11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	6.1	0
Tobias Rieder	44	5	2	7	-9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	7.9	12.5
Arttu Ruotsalainen	14	5	1	6	-4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	20.8	33.33
Cody Eakin	45	2	4	6	-9	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	5.7	54.23
Anders Bjork	12	1	3	4	-3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	7.7	0
Jake McCabe	13	1	2	3	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7	0
Steven Fogarty	9	1	2	3	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	58.33
Matt Irwin	24	0	2	2	-10	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson	9	0	2	2	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
William Borgen	10	0	0	0	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
Drake Caggiula	8	0	0	0	-7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	100
Brandon Davidson	6	0	0	0	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
Jean-Sebastien Dea	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

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Standings:

MassMutual East	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1 x-Washington	52	33	14	5	71	.683	27	30	181	155	+26	15-7-3	18-7-2	3-2	6-3-1	W1
2 x-Pittsburgh	53	34	16	3	71	.670	26	31	180	149	+31	20-4-2	14-12-1	3-1	7-3-0	L1
3 x-Boston	51	31	14	6	68	.667	24	27	153	123	+30	16-6-3	15-8-3	4-2	8-2-0	W4
4 x-NY Islanders	52	31	16	5	67	.644	23	27	145	118	+27	20-3-3	11-13-2	4-2	4-5-1	L1
5 NY Rangers	53	26	21	6	58	.547	23	25	170	145	+25	14-10-3	12-11-3	1-2	5-5-0	L3
6 Philadelphia	52	23	22	7	53	.510	15	20	151	188	-37	11-11-4	12-11-3	3-4	4-5-1	W1
7 New Jersey	52	17	28	7	41	.394	14	17	136	181	-45	6-18-3	11-10-4	0-5	3-6-1	L1
8 Buffalo	53	14	32	7	35	.330	11	11	130	187	-57	7-16-4	7-16-3	3-3	3-7-0	W1

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Possible Lineups:

Islanders
LW	C	RW
LEO KOMAROV Goals: 1 Assists: 5	MATHEW BARZAL Goals: 15 Assists: 26	JORDAN EBERLE Goals: 15 Assists: 17
ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER Goals: 13 Assists: 11	BROCK NELSON Goals: 16 Assists: 13	JOSH BAILEY Goals: 8 Assists: 25
KYLE PALMIERI Goals: 1 Assists: 2	JEAN-GABRIEL PAGEAU Goals: 14 Assists: 14	OLIVER WAHLSTROM Goals: 11 Assists: 7
MATT MARTIN Goals: 6 Assists: 5	CASEY CIZIKAS Goals: 7 Assists: 7	CAL CLUTTERBUCK Goals: 3 Assists: 6

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
ADAM PELECH Goals: 4 Assists: 9	RYAN PULOCK Goals: 1 Assists: 14
NICK LEDDY Goals: 2 Assists: 27	SCOTT MAYFIELD Goals: 2 Assists: 12
NOAH DOBSON Goals: 3 Assists: 11	ANDY GREENE Goals: 1 Assists: 4

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Current Team Injuries:

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Player	POS	Injury	Status (Updated)	Notes
Lee	LW	Knee	Out for season (03/17/2021)	Lee has been shifted to the long-term injured reserve after surgery to repair a torn ACL, and he is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season.
Johnston	LW	Undisclosed	Out indefinitely (04/11/2021)	Johnston has been shuttled to the injured reserve list with an undetermined injury, and he will miss an extended period.

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Sabres
JEFF SKINNER Goals: 6 Assists: 6	SAM REINHART Goals: 25 Assists: 15	VICTOR OLOFSSON Goals: 13 Assists: 17
RASMUS ASPLUND Goals: 7 Assists: 4	CASEY MITTELSTADT Goals: 10 Assists: 11	TAGE THOMPSON Goals: 7 Assists: 5
ANDERS BJORK Goals: 1 Assists: 3	DYLAN COZENS Goals: 4 Assists 9	ARTTU RUOTSALAINEN Goals: 5 Assists 1
RILEY SHEAHAN Goals: 4 Assists: 8	CODY EAKIN Goals: 2 Assists: 4	DRAKE CAGGIULA Goals: 0 Assists: 0

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MATTIAS SAMUELSSON Goals: 0 Assists: 2	RASMUS RISTOLAINEN Goals: 4 Assists: 12
RASMUS DAHLIN Goals: 5 Assists: 18	HENRI JOKIHARJU Goals: 3 Assists: 5
JACOB BRYSON Goals: 1 Assists: 8	WILLIAM BORGEN Goals: 0 Assists: 0

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Current Team Injuries.
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Player	POS	Injury	Status (Updated)	Notes
Tokarski	G	Undisclosed	Ques Tues (05/03/2021)	Tokarski sat out of the previous contest with an undisclosed issue, and it is up in the air if he will be available for Tuesday's clash with the Islanders.
Eichel	C	Neck	out for season (04/14/2021)	Eichel has been placed on the injured reserve list with a herniated disc in his neck, and he will miss the remainder of the season.
Girgensons	LW	Hamstring	out for season (01/06/2021)	Girgensons has been posted to the injured reserve list after undergoing surgery to repair a hamstring injury, and he is expected to miss the entire 2020-21 season.
Hutton	G	Lower Body	Mid May (05/01/2021)	Hutton is sidelined due to a lower-body injury, and he is expected to be out of lineup until the middle of May.
Luukkonen	G	Lower Body	Ques Mon (05/01/2021)	Luukkonen exited the last contest with a lower-body injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be available for Monday's game versus the Islanders.
McCabe	D	Knee	out for season (02/23/2021)	McCabe has wound up on the injured reserve list with injuries to his ACL and MCL in his right knee. He will miss the remainder of the 2020-21 season.
Okposo	RW	Face	out for season (04/17/2021)	Okposo exited the last game with a broken bone in his cheek, and he will miss the remainder of the season.
Ullmark	G	Lower Body	Out indefinitely (04/28/2021)	Ullmark it out of the lineup due to a lower-body injury, and it is unknown when he will return to the ice.

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May the 4th be with us!!


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[scottywiper]

Dancing with their sisters at this point.

 

[Strummergas]

Glad we don't have to live with the stink of last night's game too long. Let's Go!

 

[buud]

blast them! that's what their management wants anyway.

6-1 for the good guys!

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Time for Sorokin to light them up tonight

 

[Bones45]

Id put $500 on a victory for us tonight.

 

[Satan'sIsland81]

So last night nhl debut and first victory. Tonight first shutout for Houser ?

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

If they play anything like they did last night, they deserve to lose again.

Rangers hangover, poor excuse. Roll into the playoffs with some pride.

They skated like they want to fall face first into the post season.

 

[Big L]

Dear islanders,

Please don’t embarrass yourselves tonight.

thanks,

big l

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I would be surprised if the Isles do not play well tonight, Sabres showed some fight last night, give them some credit. They did not lie down. Better not take them lightly. Would like to see some new faces in tonight too, it's all about prepping for the playoffs right now. Don't care about home ice or not. It's not like arenas are full to capacity.

 

[Bones45]

Dear islanders,

Please don’t embarrass yourselves tonight.

thanks,

big l

Tasteful -- not my style, but I like it.

 

[mm11]

perhaps Barry sits Barzal for a "breather" Kid will stew all night and come back determined for the playoffs...

 

[Zeeker]

I don’t care where we finish, I hope we get the Caps in the first round

 

[The Winter Soldier]

perhaps Barry sits Barzal for a "breather" Kid will stew all night and come back determined for the playoffs...

If Pageau is ready to go, I would not be against this. It may do some good for Barzal to view a game from up top. A reset can be a positive thing. It also gives The Isles a chance to see what Zajac can do at Center. Something I want to see since wing is not his position, and maybe he can be an option for the playoffs there if the Isles hit on some good line combos.

 

[mm11]

If Pageau is ready to go, I would not be against this. It may do some good for Barzal to view a game from up top. A reset can be a positive thing. It also gives The Isles a chance to see what Zajac can do at Center. Something I want to see since wing is not his position, and maybe he can be an option for the playoffs there if the Isles hit on some good line combos.

I was under the assumption Pageau is good to go. I would even sit the 4th line.....get these guys fresh for next week. Dress MDC, Bellows, and whomever.....Gun it out with the Sabres and Devs the next few games....

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I was under the assumption Pageau is good to go. I would even sit the 4th line.....get these guys fresh for next week. Dress MDC, Bellows, and whomever.....Gun it out with the Sabres and Devs the next few games....

I checked, he may go tonight. Interesting read of Barzal with and without Lee. He's got to find a way to be better without Lee. He's a driver, he has the talent to do it. Knowing him, he will.
Stats courtesy of Natural Stat Trick

CF%	SF%	GF%	SCF%	HDCF%	HDGF%
Barzal with Lee	56.13	58.86	67.65	57.37	64.39	71.43
Barzal	50.94	54.97	58.82	52.94	60.61	66.67

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[mm11]

I checked, he may go tonight. Interesting read of Barzal with and without Lee. He's got to find a way to be better without Lee. He's a driver, he has the talent to do it. Knowing him, he will.
Stats courtesy of Natural Stat Trick

CF%	SF%	GF%	SCF%	HDCF%	HDGF%
Barzal with Lee	56.13	58.86	67.65	57.37	64.39	71.43
Barzal	50.94	54.97	58.82	52.94	60.61	66.67

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cool stats...Barry and staff need to work on #13 just alittle this week. Kid is a gamer and always steps up. These stats may annoy Barzy and do the trick

 

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[13th Floor]

Do I really want to watch this one?

 

[YesCubed]

I checked, he may go tonight. Interesting read of Barzal with and without Lee. He's got to find a way to be better without Lee. He's a driver, he has the talent to do it. Knowing him, he will.
Stats courtesy of Natural Stat Trick

CF%	SF%	GF%	SCF%	HDCF%	HDGF%
Barzal with Lee	56.13	58.86	67.65	57.37	64.39	71.43
Barzal	50.94	54.97	58.82	52.94	60.61	66.67

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the effect of playing with a legitimate first line player and then replacing him with a guy who belongs in the ahl

 

[IslesNorway]

Need to bounce back and show them

 

[notDatsyuk]

I checked, he may go tonight. Interesting read of Barzal with and without Lee. He's got to find a way to be better without Lee. He's a driver, he has the talent to do it. Knowing him, he will.
Stats courtesy of Natural Stat Trick

CF%	SF%	GF%	SCF%	HDCF%	HDGF%
Barzal with Lee	56.13	58.86	67.65	57.37	64.39	71.43
Barzal	50.94	54.97	58.82	52.94	60.61	66.67

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I must be doing something wrong. I went to that site and selected Barzal and Komarov. I got:
CF% 53.16
SF% 58.07
GF% 76.92
SCF% 55.94
HDCF% 66.04
HDGF% 77.78

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I must be doing something wrong. I went to that site and selected Barzal and Komarov. I got:
CF% 53.16
SF% 58.07
GF% 76.92
SCF% 55.94
HDCF% 66.04
HDGF% 77.78

I will take your research as accurate. Barzal does look better with Komarov, the stats back that up. I actually copied the stats from a Isles Blog. I think the stats they used are for all left wingers that played with Barzal. Which means off the top of my head, Zajac, Bellows, Bailey, amongst others. By no means did I post them to paint Komarov has been ineffective with playing with Barzal. He has been the best fit since Lee went down.

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

Houser is feeling good after last night.

Put lots of shots on him early, dim that glow a little bit.

A non-eventful first 30 minutes could get this guy channeling Hasek.

 

[Bones45]

@MattMartin you have any bar spots for a playoff meet up?