Post-Game Talk: #60| Detroit Red Wings @ New York Islanders| February 21st | 8:00 PM | F/W 4-1

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Red Wings AT Islanders​

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NEW YORK ISLANDERS (33-20-6) VS DETROIT RED WINGS (15-43-4)
8 PM | NYCB LIVE | BUY TICKETS
JOHN TONELLI JERSEY RETIREMENT AT 6:30 PM
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The Islanders lost their fourth straight game in regulation as they wrapped up a Western Conference road trip with a 3-1 loss at Colorado on Wednesday night. Brock Nelson scored the Isles sole goal of the game after goaltender Semyon Varlamov was pulled during the waning minutes of regulation. Varlamov made 26 saves against his former club.

Detroit got in the win column with a 4-3 win over Montreal on Tuesday night after losing four-straight road games in regulation to Buffalo, New Jersey, Boston and Pittsburgh respectively. The Red Wings win was prompted by three unanswered third period goals, as Andreas Athanasiou scored twice, and Mike Green found the back of the net. Robby Fabbri put Detroit on the board early in the second period to round out the scoring, while Jonathan Bernier made 21 saves.

ISLES VS. RED WINGS:

The Isles have won both meetings of the season series over Detroit with a 4-1 decision on Dec. 2 and an 8-2 result on Jan. 14.

During the first meeting in early December, Jordan Eberle scored twice while Anders Lee and Anthony Beauvillier also found the back of the net. Varlamov made 30 saves. The Isles 8-2 rout in mid-January was powered by two goals from Brock Nelson and scoring also from Eberle, Josh Bailey, Lee, Noah Dobson, Beauvillier and Leo Komarov.






ISLES NOTES:

- The Isles have lost four straight games, all in regulation. It's the first time since Dec. 29, 2017- Jan. 5, 2018 (0-5-0) in which the Isles have lost four straight regulation games. The Isles were outscored 11-2 and allowed the first goal in all four games.

- Nelson leads the Isles in goals and found the back of the net for the 22nd time this season. Through 59 games, Nelson has 46 points, second only to Mathew Barzal.

- Mathew Barzal is atop the Islanders leaderboard in assists (31) and points (49). Barzal assisted on Nelson's goal. Against the Avalanche, the 22-year-old center recorded a career-high 24:59 time on ice, which was also the highest among forwards.

- Varlamov made 26 saves against his former club of eight seasons. Varlamov made his third-straight start between the pipes for the Isles, but his record dropped to 17-12-4. Varlamov has a goals against average of 2.55 and a save percentage of .918.

- Derick Brassard left the game in the first period after taking a deflected shot to the head. Brassard logged 2:01 time on ice and recorded one shot as he faced his former team. Head Coach Barry Trotz did not have an update on the center's status after the game. Brassard has suited up in all 59 games this season and has 29 points (10G, 19A).

- The Isles are 12-5-1 when they score at least one power-play goal and 21-15-5 when they do not. Against Colorado, the Isles power play went 0-for-3. Across the NHL, the Isles power play unit is ranked 22nd overall at 17.8%.

- The Isles penalty kill went 4-for-4 against Colorado and has killed off 13 straight penalties. In the NHL, the Isles PK unit is ranked 15th at 80.9%.

- The Isles dropped to fifth in the Metropolitan Division with 72 points and a record of 33-20-6. They are currently one point out of a playoff position, as they were leapfrogged by the Columbus Blue Jackets (73 points) on Thursday night. The Islanders hold three games in hand over the Blue Jackets.





RED WINGS NOTES:

- Athanasiou scored his ninth and 10th goals of the season and second game-winning goal. The winger has 24 points (10G, 14A) through 45 games played.

- Green found the back of the net for the third time this season. Through 47 games, the d-man has 10 points (3G, 7A).

- Fabbri scored his 13th goal of the season. Through 53 games, the center has 29 points (13G, 16A).

- Larkin registered two assists on the night. The center leads Detroit in assists (27) and points (42) through 62 games.

- Tyler Bertuzzi recorded one assist on the night and now has assists in back-to-back games. The winger leads the Red Wings with 18 goals. Bertuzzi is second on the Red Wings leaderboard in points (40) and assists (22) through 62 games.

- Bernier made his 33rd start of the season and improved his record to 13-17-2. Bernier has a goals against average of 2.89 and save percentage of .908%.

- Against Montreal, Detroit's power play went 0-for-3. The Red Wings power play is ranked 30th in the NHL at 14.4%.
- The Red Wings penalty kill went 1-for-3. In the NHL, Detroit's PK unit is 29th overall at 79.4%.

- Across the league, the Red Wings generate the fewest shots per game average at 27.3%, but against Montreal the Red Wings outshot the Canadiens 25-22.

- Detroit averages the fewest goals for per game with a nightly average of 2.02. the Red Wings average the most goals against across the NHL with an average of 3.73 goals allowed per game. The Red Wings are last in the NHL with 34 points this season.

- The Red Wings are without defenseman Danny DeKeyser, forward Filip Zadina and defenseman Filip Hronek. DeKeyser is out for the rest of the season with a back injury announced on Dec. 17. Zadina is still week-to-week after sustaining a lower-body injury against the Rangers on Jan. 31. Hronek won't play against the Islanders after taking a puck to the head against Pittsburgh on Sunday. Hronek leads Detroit's blueline with 29 points (9G, 20A) through 59 games.
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Possible Starting Goalies:



Jonathan Bernier

Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Jonathan Bernier	37	33	13	17	0	2	1,072	99	2.89	973	.908	1	2,057
Jimmy Howard	26	26	2	22	0	2	800	91	4.08	709	.886	0	1,340

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Semyon Varlamov

Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Semyon Varlamov	38	33	17	12	0	4	1,091	90	2.55	1,001	.918	2	2,118
Thomas Greiss	28	26	16	8	0	2	766	64	2.65	702	.916	0	1,451

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Player Stats:

Red Wings
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Dylan Larkin	62	15	27	42	-19	29	5	10	0	0	0	0	191	7.9	51.75
Tyler Bertuzzi	62	18	22	40	-22	18	3	12	0	0	1	0	111	16.2	80
Anthony Mantha	34	12	17	29	-8	28	4	7	0	0	3	0	113	10.6	37.5
Filip Hronek	59	9	20	29	-32	44	1	9	0	0	0	0	112	8	0
Robby Fabbri	44	12	16	28	-23	10	5	8	0	0	2	0	85	14.1	35.71
Andreas Athanasiou	45	10	14	24	-43	26	3	7	0	0	2	0	112	8.9	42.16
Valtteri Filppula	61	5	15	20	-39	22	0	4	1	1	0	0	57	8.8	44.55
Darren Helm	59	9	6	15	-1	35	0	0	1	2	0	0	86	10.5	57.69
Filip Zadina	28	8	7	15	-13	2	4	7	0	0	1	0	60	13.3	100
Madison Bowey	46	3	12	15	-11	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	61	4.9	0
Mike Green	47	3	7	10	-30	30	1	3	0	0	1	0	74	4.1	0
Luke Glendening	51	6	3	9	-21	10	0	0	1	1	1	0	72	8.3	57.62
Patrik Nemeth	56	1	7	8	-10	28	0	0	0	1	1	0	74	1.4	0
Frans Nielsen	51	3	4	7	-10	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	74	4.1	46.45
Trevor Daley	35	0	6	6	-20	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	32	0	0
Adam Erne	52	2	2	4	-21	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	59	3.4	59.38
Danny DeKeyser	8	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
Christoffer Ehn	49	1	2	3	-21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	3	42.11
Brendan Perlini	34	1	2	3	-16	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	2.4	0
Justin Abdelkader	43	0	3	3	-10	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	0	53.73
Alex Biega	40	0	2	2	-9	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	0	0
Jonathan Ericsson	11	0	0	0	-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0
Gustav Lindstrom	8	0	0	0	-7	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0

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Islanders
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Mathew Barzal	59	18	31	49	3	36	4	9	0	0	2	0	143	12.6	41.54
Brock Nelson	59	22	24	46	6	30	4	6	0	0	5	3	155	14.2	51.12
Anthony Beauvillier	59	18	19	37	-4	10	3	7	1	1	3	2	113	15.9	72.73
Josh Bailey	59	12	25	37	-13	10	2	9	1	1	2	0	78	15.4	51.8
Anders Lee	59	17	16	33	5	42	1	4	0	0	5	1	165	10.3	45.57
Jordan Eberle	49	10	21	31	-1	12	2	8	0	0	0	0	106	9.4	0
Ryan Pulock	59	7	23	30	11	14	2	7	0	0	3	1	134	5.2	0
Derick Brassard	59	10	19	29	3	16	3	9	0	0	1	0	105	9.5	55.1
Devon Toews	59	5	17	22	4	14	1	5	0	0	1	1	104	4.8	0
Nick Leddy	51	3	17	20	4	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	66	4.5	0
Casey Cizikas	48	10	4	14	12	41	0	0	3	5	1	0	67	14.9	53.49
Scott Mayfield	58	5	8	13	6	53	0	0	0	2	1	0	88	5.7	0
Leo Komarov	40	3	10	13	7	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	39	7.7	40.51
Johnny Boychuk	58	2	9	11	-9	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	84	2.4	0
Michael Dal Colle	45	4	6	10	-6	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	9.1	71.43
Adam Pelech	38	1	8	9	4	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	49	2	0
Matt Martin	47	5	3	8	3	40	0	0	0	0	2	0	44	11.4	33.33
Cal Clutterbuck	33	3	4	7	7	20	0	0	1	2	0	0	34	8.8	44.44
Tom Kuhnhackl	26	3	3	6	-4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	26	11.5	0
Noah Dobson	30	1	4	5	-3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	33	3	0
Ross Johnston	31	3	1	4	1	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	20	100
Kieffer Bellows	7	2	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	22.2	0
Andy Greene	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

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Standings:

Eastern	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK
1 Boston	61	38	11	12	88	33	38	201	147	+54	21-2-9	17-9-3	0-7	9-1-0	W4
2 Tampa Bay	61	40	16	5	85	32	38	218	164	+54	20-7-2	20-9-3	2-0	9-1-0	L1
3 Pittsburgh	59	37	16	6	80	26	34	196	158	+38	22-5-4	15-11-2	3-0	6-3-1	L1
4 Washington	60	37	17	6	80	28	34	211	184	+27	16-9-5	21-8-1	3-2	3-6-1	OT1
5 Philadelphia	61	34	20	7	75	24	29	202	181	+21	20-5-4	14-15-3	5-5	7-3-0	W2
6 Columbus	62	30	19	13	73	23	30	159	159	0	18-11-4	12-8-9	0-3	3-3-4	OT1
7 Carolina	59	34	21	4	72	24	29	193	164	+29	19-9-2	15-12-2	5-0	6-3-1	W1
8 NY Islanders	59	33	20	6	72	22	30	168	162	+6	18-7-4	15-13-2	3-2	4-5-1	L4
9 Toronto	62	32	22	8	72	24	31	217	204	+13	16-8-7	16-14-1	1-4	4-5-1	W1
10 Florida	61	32	23	6	70	27	29	214	207	+7	16-12-2	16-11-4	3-3	3-6-1	L1
11 NY Rangers	59	31	24	4	66	27	30	195	184	+11	16-13-2	15-11-2	1-2	7-3-0	W1
12 Montréal	63	28	27	8	64	17	24	191	195	-4	13-15-5	15-12-3	4-1	4-5-1	W1
13 Buffalo	60	27	25	8	62	20	26	175	190	-15	18-10-4	9-15-4	1-2	5-4-1	L1
14 New Jersey	60	23	27	10	56	17	19	164	208	-44	11-10-10	12-17-0	4-6	5-3-2	W1
15 Ottawa	61	21	29	11	53	16	21	164	209	-45	15-12-6	6-17-5	0-5	3-5-2	L1
16 Detroit	62	15	43	4	34	12	13	127	232	-105	10-18-2	5-25-2	2-1	3-7-0	W1

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[MattMartin]

Last Game Lineups​

Islanders
LW	C	RW
ANDERS LEE Goals: 17 Assists: 16	MATHEW BARZAL Goals: 18 Assists: 31	JORDAN EBERLE Goals: 10 Assists: 21
ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER Goals: 18 Assists: 19	BROCK NELSON Goals: 22 Assists: 24	LEO KOMAROV Goals: 3 Assists: 10
ANDREW LADD Goals: 0 Assists: 0	JOSH BAILEY Goals: 12 Assists: 25	MICHAEL DAL COLLE Goals: 4 Assists: 6
MATT MARTIN Goals: 5 Assists: 3	OTTO KOIVULA Goals: 0 Assists: 0	TOM KUHNHACKL Goals: 3 Assists: 3

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
ANDY GREENE #4 Goals: 0 Assists: 1	RYAN PULOCK Goals: 7 Assists: 23
NICK LEDDY Goals: 3 Assists: 17	JOHNNY BOYCHUK Goals: 2 Assists: 9
DEVON TOEWS Goals: 5 Assists: 17	SCOTT MAYFIELD Goals: 5 Assists: 8

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Current Team Injuries

Player	POS	Injury	Status (Updated)	Notes
Cal Clutterbuck	RW	Wrist	Out indefinitely (12/22/2019)	Clutterbuck is recovering from wrist surgery while on the injured reserve list, and there is currently no timetable set for return.
Adam Pelech	D	Achilles	Early May (01/04/2020)	Pelech is on the injured reserve list with an Achilles injury and is expected to miss at least four months.
Casey Cizikas	C	Leg	Mid March (02/12/2020)	Cizikas has landed on the injured reserve list due to a leg laceration, and he is expected to be sidelined for at least three to four weeks.
Derick Brassard	C	Upper Body	Out Fri(02/21/2020)	Brassard left the previous game with an upper-body injury, and he will not draw back into the lineup Friday versus the Red Wings.

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Red Wings
LW	C	RW
ROBBY FABBRI Goals: 12 Assists: 16	DYLAN LARKIN Goals: 15 Assists: 27	ANTHONY MANTHA Goals: 12 Assists: 17
TYLER BERTUZZI Goals: 18 Assists: 22	VALTTERI FILPPULA Goals: 5 Assists: 15	ANDREAS ATHANASIOU Goals: 10 Assists: 14
DARREN HELM Goals: 9 Assists: 6	FRANS NIELSEN Goals: 3 Assists: 4	LUKE GLENDENING Goals: 6 Assists: 3
ADAM ERNE Goals: 2 Assists: 2	CHRISTOFFER EHN Goals: 1 Assists: 2	BRENDAN PERLINI Goals: 1 Assists: 2

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PATRIK NEMETH Goals: 1 Assists: 7	ALEX BIEGA Goals: 0 Assists: 2
MADISON BOWEY Goals: 3 Assists: 12	MIKE GREEN Goals: 3 Assists: 7
TREVOR DALEY Goals: 0 Assists: 6	GUSTAV LINDSTROM #28 Goals: 0 Assists: 0

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CURRENT TEAM INJURIES.

Player	POS	Injury	Status (Updated)	Notes
Danny DeKeyser	D	Back	Out for season(12/17/2019)	DeKeyser has landed on injured reserve due to back surgery. He has suffered a setback in his recovery and is likely to miss the remainder of the 2019-20 season.
Johan Franzen	C	Concussion	Out for season(10/08/2019)	Frazen has hit the injured reserve list due to a concussion, and he will miss the entire 2019-20 season.
Filip Hronek	D	Head	Out indefinitely(02/20/2020)	Hronek has been designated for the injured reserve list with a head injury, and it is unknown when he will return to the fold.
Filip Zadina	RW	Lower Body	Mid March(02/19/2020)	Zadina is expected to out of the lineup for an additional two to three weeks while on the injured reserve list with a lower-body injury.
Henrik Zetterberg	C	Back	Out for season(10/08/2019)	Zetterberg has been added to the injured reserve list with a degenerative back condition that has effectively ended his career.

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[xECK29x]

Don’t f*** this up boys! MSG coverage starts at 6:30 tonight

 

[Big L]

Is it possible Trotz and Co. lose 5 in a row? I didn’t think 4 in a row was gonna happen, so what do I know.

 

[Finnislander]

4 - 1 win in the first game against Wings.
8 - 2 win in the second game.

I say we win 16 - 4.

 

[CREW99AW]

Is it possible Trotz and Co. lose 5 in a row? I didn’t think 4 in a row was gonna happen, so what do I know.

Hopefully the isles goal scorers, get back on track in this game.

Let's go isles

 

[brachyrynchos]

Is it too late for a can drive? All those attending the game, please bring a can of Red Bull for the players..preferably chilled..they could use it.
Isles 3- Wings 2.
Outskate, outwork, outhit, and outsore. Because this game matters.

 

[Hunn]

Official elimination game for Detroit:

 

[2ndGenIslander]

this is the defining game of the season in my mind. can't win tonight, don't deserve playoffs

 

[Kevin27NYI]

Not going to the game and have some plans but boy would it have been nice. JT night! Not the reason for 27 in my name (Peca) but very happy for this man to get his honor.

Heard there was a special on hot dogs and beer so get there early and enjoy the festivities.

 

[doublechili]

Playing a team they should beat if they put in the effort, on a night where they honor perhaps the hardest working Islander of all-time.

Sounds about right.

 

[SayItAintSoJohnny]

23 games left and the next two you have to put in the "must win" category....period.

No excuses, time to turn this thing around.

 

[Riseonfire]

Just f***ing win.


Hate that I'm back to that phrase.

 

[YearlyLottery]

This team just needs to f***ing win a game. If they drop this I start getting really worried.

 

[Big L]

23 games left and the next two you have to put in the "must win" category....period.

No excuses, time to turn this thing around.

Next three....

 

[Doshell Propivo]

Anyone remember Bobby Nystrom's jersey retirement night? The team laid an absolute egg. I remember they got harshly criticized for such an uninspired effort on a night when Nystrom was being honored. Hopefully that will not be the case tonight.

 

[BelovedIsles]

For all those 'must win' sarcastic posts, well, make it real today.

 

[Tres Peleches]

This team just needs to f*cking win a game. If they drop this I start getting really worried.

If they lose tonight in what should be a must-win amplified by the emotions of the banner raising ceremony against the worst team in the NHL by far, I will have lost faith in this group completely

 

[MJF]

 

[SCMURRAY]

 

[KnishOfTheCrease]

Isles 9
Wongs 1

 

[duster19]

dear lord. Maybe Brass shows up for game time and the scratch Leo.

 

[KnishOfTheCrease]

Now that’s a lineup that strikes fear into an opponent.

 

[Strummergas]

 

[SI90]