Post-Game Talk: #72| New York Islanders @ Minnesota Wild | March 17th | 6:00 PM | F/OTW 3-2

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Islanders AT Wild​

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (41-23-7) AT MINNESOTA WILD (34-30-8)
6 PM | XCEL ENERGY CENTER
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SEASON SERIES: NYI LEADS 1-0-0

The Islanders beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Feb. 10. Devon Toews scored the eventual winner at 2:01 of the second period, while Thomas Greiss made 26 saves in the win. The Islanders have lost two straight games in Minnesota, both by 6-4 margins.


ISLANDERS NOTES:

- The Islanders play the second half of a back-to-back set on Sunday after falling 2-1 to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday afternoon in Michigan. The Islanders are 9-1-1 in the second half of back-to-backs this season.

- Saturday's loss to Detroit certainly wasn't for a lack of chances. The Islanders outshot the Red Wings 42-22, but a tremendous 41-save performance was the difference. Andreas Athanasiou scored both Detroit goals, while Anders Lee scored the lone goal for the Islanders.

- With a goal on Saturday, Lee extended his scoring streak to three games, matching his second longest streak of the season. Lee scored in four straight games from Nov. 29 - Dec. 6. Lee leads the Islanders with 26 goals this season.

- Casey Cizikas (lower body) was a late scratch for Saturday's game, taking warmups before leaving the ice with a strain. Cizikas is a possibility for Sunday's game, per Head Coach Barry Trotz.

- Johnny Boychuk (upper body) is also available for Sunday's game, after missing three straight contests after absorbing a hit from Philadelphia Flyers winger Jake Voracek on March 9. Boychuk was available for Saturday's game, per Trotz, but did not play, as Trotz did not want to disrupt his current d corps.

- Robin Lehner could also return to action on Sunday. Lehner suffered an upper-body injury on March 5, missing three games before returning to the lineup to back up Thomas Greiss on March 14. Lehner has backed up in two straight games, but Trotz hinted that the goalie would likely start one of the Isles two games over the weekend.

- The Islanders power play is now 0-for-24 over the past 11 games.


WILD NOTES:

- Like the Islanders, the Wild are playing the second night of a back-to-back set. Minnesota beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Saturday night at home. Ryan Donato scored a pair of goals in the win, as the Wild snapped a three-game losing streak.

- The Wild are 15-15-6 at home this season, is a little out of character for the Wild, who are generally good in the State of Hockey. Last season the Wild were 27-6-8 at home, with the fewest regulation home losses in the NHL.

- Minnesota (76 points) is one point back of the Arizona Coyotes (77 points) for the second Wild Card seed in the Western Conference. Arizona holds a game in hand, making Sunday's game a must-win for the Wild.

- Minnesota forward Jason Zucker has 10 points (7G, 3A) in his last 12 games.

- Zach Parise leads the Wild in goals (24) and points (56). Ryan Suter leads the team in assist (37).

- Devan Dubnyk started Saturday's win for the Wild and there's a chance the workhorse could play Sunday as well. Dubnyk played both games of Minnesota's back-to-backs on March 7-8, Feb. 21-22 and Feb. 9-10.

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Probable Starting Goalies:


Robin Lehner



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Goalie stats
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Robin Lehner	38	36	20	11	0	5	1,081	79	2.19	1,002	.927	4	2,165
Thomas Greiss	39	35	21	12	0	2	1,067	77	2.22	990	.928	5	2,083

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Devan Dubnyk

Goalie Stats
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Devan Dubnyk	60	59	28	24	0	6	1,675	149	2.60	1,526	.911	2	3,442
Alex Stalock	18	13	6	6	0	2	427	45	3.05	382	.895	0	885

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Team Stats:

Islanders
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Mathew Barzal	71	17	39	56	-10	42	3	18	0	0	3	1	160	10.6	40.95
Josh Bailey	71	14	36	50	8	19	2	13	1	1	3	1	111	12.6	52.33
Anders Lee	71	26	20	46	15	56	8	13	0	0	5	0	191	13.6	51.16
Brock Nelson	71	21	24	45	17	24	2	6	1	1	2	0	152	13.8	48.85
Ryan Pulock	71	8	25	33	21	20	3	8	0	0	3	1	151	5.3	0
Casey Cizikas	63	19	11	30	26	34	0	0	2	3	3	0	97	19.6	49.76
Jordan Eberle	67	13	17	30	-10	17	6	11	0	0	3	0	137	9.5	33.33
Valtteri Filppula	69	15	14	29	17	16	0	0	1	1	3	1	75	20.0	49.11
Anthony Beauvillier	70	16	8	24	-1	8	1	2	0	0	3	0	141	11.3	44
Nick Leddy	71	3	21	24	-2	18	0	10	0	0	0	0	97	3.1	0
Leo Komarov	71	6	16	22	18	38	0	0	0	0	1	0	66	9.1	42.52
Cal Clutterbuck	62	8	13	21	8	44	3	3	0	1	2	0	78	10.3	46.43
Scott Mayfield	68	4	14	18	18	64	0	0	1	1	0	0	84	4.8	0
Adam Pelech	67	5	12	17	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	90	5.6	0
Johnny Boychuk	67	3	14	17	5	21	1	3	0	1	1	0	149	2	0
Devon Toews	37	5	9	14	6	2	1	3	0	0	2	1	57	8.8	0
Matt Martin	56	5	8	13	8	36	0	0	0	0	1	0	49	10.2	42.86
Andrew Ladd	21	3	7	10	2	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	29	10.3	40
Tom Kuhnhackl	30	4	5	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	15.4	0
Michael Dal Colle	23	2	3	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	23	8.7	0
Ross Johnston	17	1	3	4	3	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	0
Thomas Hickey	36	0	4	4	8	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	39	0	0
Luca Sbisa	9	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0

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Wild
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Zach Parise	70	24	32	56	-5	26	8	14	0	2	4	0	217	11.1	27.27
Eric Staal	71	20	28	48	0	30	5	11	0	1	6	0	193	10.4	51.11
Ryan Suter	72	7	37	44	3	37	3	13	1	2	2	0	120	5.8	100
Jared Spurgeon	72	13	27	40	9	18	3	8	0	1	0	0	135	9.6	100
Jason Zucker	71	21	18	39	-2	26	7	12	0	0	5	1	193	10.9	14.29
Mikko Koivu	48	8	21	29	-2	22	2	12	0	1	0	0	89	9	54.59
Matt Dumba	32	12	10	22	-5	21	6	12	0	0	1	0	93	12.9	0
Jordan Greenway	71	11	11	22	-6	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	95	11.6	39.47
Marcus Foligno	72	6	12	18	-2	51	0	1	0	1	0	0	78	7.7	48
Jonas Brodin	72	4	13	17	-12	28	0	1	1	1	2	0	96	4.2	0
Eric Fehr	62	7	8	15	-7	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	59	11.9	52.5
Luke Kunin	39	5	10	15	1	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	65	7.7	44.09
Joel Eriksson Ek	53	6	7	13	-5	18	0	0	0	0	2	0	100	6	45.78
Ryan Donato	12	4	7	11	6	4	0	3	0	0	1	1	34	11.8	28.57
J.T. Brown	47	3	4	7	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	6.4	26.67
Nick Seeler	64	2	4	6	-6	53	0	0	0	0	1	0	65	3.1	0
Pontus Aberg	18	1	5	6	-2	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	22	4.5	0
Brad Hunt	19	3	2	5	-4	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	27	11.1	0
Greg Pateryn	70	0	5	5	-8	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	90	0	0
Kevin Fiala	9	2	1	3	-3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	11.1	0
Victor Rask	13	1	1	2	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	46.67
Anthony Bitetto	14	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0

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Standings:

Eastern	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK	Last Game	Next Game
1 x-Tampa Bay	72	55	13	4	114	49	283	190	+93	30-6-2	25-7-2	6-1	8-2-0	W4	Mar 16: TBL 6 - WSH 3	Mar 18 vs ARI
2 Boston	72	43	20	9	95	41	216	185	+31	28-7-3	15-13-6	2-3	7-3-0	W1	Mar 16: BOS 2 - CBJ 1	Mar 19 @ NYI
3 Toronto	72	43	24	5	91	43	259	216	+43	22-14-1	21-10-4	0-0	5-4-1	L1	Mar 16: TOR 2 - OTT 6	Mar 19 @ NSH
4 Washington	72	42	23	7	91	38	248	225	+23	21-9-5	21-14-2	4-1	8-2-0	L1	Mar 16: WSH 3 - TBL 6	Mar 19 @ NJD
5 NY Islanders	71	41	23	7	89	37	203	171	+32	22-11-4	19-12-3	4-5	5-5-0	L1	Mar 16: NYI 1 - DET 2	Mar 17 @ MIN
6 Pittsburgh	72	39	24	9	87	38	248	218	+30	21-13-2	18-11-7	1-2	7-2-1	L1	Mar 16: PIT 1 - STL 5	Mar 17 vs PHI
7 Carolina	71	39	25	7	85	38	212	196	+16	19-11-4	20-14-3	1-2	7-2-1	W1	Mar 16: CAR 4 - BUF 2	Mar 19 vs PIT
8 Columbus	72	40	28	4	84	39	220	210	+10	20-16-2	20-12-2	1-1	5-4-1	OT1	Mar 16: CBJ 1 - BOS 2	Mar 19 @ CGY
9 Montréal	72	37	28	7	81	35	212	212	0	20-12-4	17-16-3	2-0	4-6-0	L2	Mar 16: MTL 0 - CHI 2	Mar 19 @ PHI
10 Philadelphia	71	34	29	8	76	32	220	240	-20	18-14-4	16-15-4	2-1	6-3-1	L2	Mar 15: PHI 6 - TOR 7	Mar 17 @ PIT
11 Florida	71	32	27	12	76	29	232	239	-7	18-12-6	14-15-6	3-6	4-2-4	W4	Mar 16: FLA 4 - LAK 3	Mar 17 @ ANA
12 Buffalo	71	30	32	9	69	26	196	230	-34	19-12-4	11-20-5	4-3	1-8-1	L4	Mar 16: BUF 2 - CAR 4	Mar 17 vs STL
13 NY Rangers	72	28	31	13	69	22	202	241	-39	17-11-8	11-20-5	6-4	1-5-4	L3	Mar 16: NYR 2 - MIN 5	Mar 19 vs DET
14 New Jersey	72	27	36	9	63	25	204	246	-42	17-12-6	10-24-3	2-4	3-6-1	W2	Mar 15: NJD 3 - VAN 2	Mar 17 @ COL
15 Detroit	72	25	37	10	60	22	195	247	-52	14-18-5	11-19-5	3-5	2-7-1	W1	Mar 16: DET 2 - NYI 1	Mar 19 @ NYR
16 Ottawa	72	25	41	6	56	25	213	263	-50	16-16-4	9-25-2	0-1	3-6-1	W2	Mar 16: OTT 6 - TOR 2	Mar 20 @ VAN

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Western	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	STRK	Last Game	Next Game
1 Calgary	72	44	21	7	95	44	256	206	+50	23-7-5	21-14-2	0-4	5-5-0	L1	Mar 16: CGY 1 - WPG 2	Mar 19 vs CBJ
2 San Jose	72	43	21	8	94	43	258	222	+36	23-7-5	20-14-3	0-3	7-3-0	L2	Mar 16: SJS 2 - NSH 4	Mar 18 vs VGK
3 Winnipeg	71	42	25	4	88	40	243	211	+32	24-9-4	18-16-0	2-1	5-5-0	W2	Mar 16: WPG 2 - CGY 1	Mar 18 @ LAK
4 Nashville	73	41	27	5	87	37	219	195	+24	22-13-1	19-14-4	4-1	5-5-0	W2	Mar 16: NSH 4 - SJS 2	Mar 19 vs TOR
5 Vegas	71	39	27	5	83	36	214	197	+17	21-10-4	18-17-1	3-2	7-2-1	W1	Mar 15: VGK 2 - DAL 1	Mar 17 vs EDM
6 St. Louis	71	37	27	7	81	36	204	194	+10	17-15-2	20-12-5	1-1	4-4-2	W1	Mar 16: STL 5 - PIT 1	Mar 17 @ BUF
7 Dallas	71	37	29	5	79	37	179	175	+4	21-12-2	16-17-3	0-0	7-3-0	L1	Mar 15: DAL 1 - VGK 2	Mar 17 vs VAN
8 Arizona	72	36	30	6	78	32	195	200	-5	18-15-4	18-15-2	4-1	7-2-1	OT1	Mar 16: ARI 2 - EDM 3	Mar 18 @ TBL
9 Minnesota	72	34	30	8	76	33	197	211	-14	15-15-6	19-15-2	1-4	5-3-2	W1	Mar 16: MIN 5 - NYR 2	Mar 17 vs NYI
10 Chicago	71	32	30	9	73	30	241	260	-19	16-13-6	16-17-3	2-1	6-4-0	W5	Mar 16: CHI 2 - MTL 0	Mar 18 vs VAN
11 Colorado	71	30	29	12	72	29	226	223	+3	15-14-6	15-15-6	1-1	4-5-1	L2	Mar 15: COL 3 - ANA 5	Mar 17 vs NJD
12 Edmonton	71	32	32	7	71	29	201	231	-30	16-17-2	16-15-5	3-2	6-3-1	W1	Mar 16: EDM 3 - ARI 2	Mar 17 @ VGK
13 Vancouver	71	29	32	10	68	26	193	221	-28	16-13-5	13-19-5	3-5	3-5-2	OT1	Mar 15: VAN 2 - NJD 3	Mar 17 @ DAL
14 Anaheim	73	29	35	9	67	26	170	225	-55	15-13-8	14-22-1	3-2	5-5-0	W1	Mar 15: ANA 5 - COL 3	Mar 17 vs FLA
15 Los Angeles	71	25	38	8	58	23	168	227	-59	13-19-3	12-19-5	2-3	2-6-2	L2	Mar 16: LAK 3 - FLA 4	Mar 18 vs WPG

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[MattMartin]

Possible Lineups.

Islanders
LW	C	RW
ANDERS LEE Goals: 26 Assists: 20	MATHEW BARZAL Goals: 17 Assists: 39	JORDAN EBERLE Goals: 13 Assists: 17
ANDREW LADD Goals: 3 Assists: 7	BROCK NELSON Goals: 21 Assists: 24	ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER Goals: 16 Assists: 8
TOM KUHNHACKL Goals: 4 Assists: 5	VALTTERI FILPPULA Goals: 15 Assists: 14	JOSH BAILEY Goals: 14 Assists: 36
MATT MARTIN Goals: 5 Assists: 8	LEO KOMAROV Goals: 6 Assists: 16	CAL CLUTTERBUCK Goals: 8 Assists: 13

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
NICK LEDDY Goals: 3 Assists: 21	SCOTT MAYFIELD Goals: 4 Assists: 14
ADAM PELECH Goals: 5 Assists: 12	RYAN PULOCK Goals: 8 Assists: 25
THOMAS HICKEY Goals: 0 Assists: 4	DEVON TOEWS Goals: 5 Assists: 9

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CURRENT TEAM INJURIES

DATE	NAME	POS	DETAILS	STATUS
2019-03-16	Casey Cizikas	C	Cizikas missed the last game with a lower-body injury, leaving his status for Sunday's contest versus the Wild uncertain.	Out Sun
2019-03-10	Johnny Boychuk	D	Boychuk has been absent from the lineup during the previous three games as he is going through the league-mandated concussion protocol and it is unknown if he will be available Sunday against the Wild.	Ques Sun

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Wild
LW	C	RW
ZACH PARISE Goals: 24 Assists: 32	ERIC STAAL Goals: 20 Assists: 28	JASON ZUCKER Goals: 21 Assists: 18
JORDAN GREENWAY Goals: 11 Assists: 11	LUKE KUNIN Goals: 5 Assists: 10	KEVIN FIALA Goals: 2 Assists: 1
RYAN DONATO Goals: 4 Assists: 7	VICTOR RASK Goals: 1 Assists: 1	PONTUS ABERG Goals: 1 Assists: 5
MARCUS FOLIGNO Goals: 6 Assists: 12	ERIC FEHR Goals: 7 Assists: 8	J.T. BROWN Goals: 3 Assists: 4

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RYAN SUTER Goals: 7 Assists: 37	JARED SPURGEON Goals: 13 Assists: 27
JONAS BRODIN Goals: 4 Assists: 13	GREG PATERYN Goals: 0 Assists: 5
NICK SEELER Goals: 2 Assists: 4	BRAD HUNT Goals: 3 Assists: 2

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CURRENT TEAM INJURIES

DATE	NAME	POS	DETAILS	STATUS
2019-03-13	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	Eriksson is saddled by a lower-body injury and is expected to miss at least one week of action.	Late March
2019-02-05	Mikko Koivu	C	Koivu has been placed on injured reserve due to a torn ACL and meniscus in his right knee. He has been shut down for the remainder of the season.	out for season
2018-12-15	Matt Dumba	D	Dumba is on the injured reserve list and is in danger of missing the remainder of the season after having surgery to repair a torn pectoral muscle.	Out indefinitely

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[Le Grec]

They got a break with Was, Pitt, and MTL losing, they need to capitalize today.
Let's hope Boychuk and Zeek are good to go...

 

[Big L]

Time to improve the back-to-back record. Minny battling for their playoff lives. Won’t be an easy game.

LGI

 

[Big L]

Lehner back today? Hope he can jump right back in playing at the level he was at before. Last time he got hurt it took a while to get back in to form.

 

[Lame Lambert]

Get Zeeker back in

 

[Edenjung]

Just win guys, not just for us but for the Yotes too.

 

[islesfan186]

Dubnyk or Stalock today?

 

[MJF]

Just win.

 

[PK Cronin]

Dubnyk or Stalock today?

Dubnyk played yesterday, so probably Stalock.

 

[MetsJetsIsles22]

let's get back on point today. we still control our destiny. a nice little run here creating some breathing room would be fantastic

 

[Lame Lambert]

Dubnyk played yesterday, so probably Stalock.

Automatic loss

 

[MattMartin]

Dubnyk played yesterday, so probably Stalock.

Last time we played them I thought the same thing but they went Dubnyk back to back. This game is even more important so expect Dubnyk again.

The reason I remember was because I was saying it looked like Greiss VS Stalock in a battle of old San Jose back ups.

 

[Words Of Wisdom]

Yesterday was such an opportunity. Win today and we’re tied for first again. Let’s keep that perspective on things. Isles looked good yesterday and deserved to win. LGI.

 

[Finnislander]

Playoff teams dont lose to non-playoff teams. Looks like automatic win.

 

[Thrasymachus]

Playoff teams dont lose to non-playoff teams. Looks like automatic win.

Tell that to yesterday's islanders

 

[Instant]

Playoff teams dont lose to non-playoff teams. Looks like automatic win.

No, no, no, you don't UNDERSTAND! It's a MUST WIN game! If they don't, the whole world is going to END!

 

[islesfan186]

Tell that to yesterday's islanders

We lost to a goalie who had an incredible game, not to a non playoff team that outplayed us. that's how I view it at least
We've won game we should have lost because of goaltending. It happens

 

[Finnislander]

No, no, no, you don't UNDERSTAND! It's a MUST WIN game! If they don't, the whole world is going to END!

I thought the world ended yesterday? I really hope this afterworld doesnt end today. I kinda like it here.

 

[Instant]

I thought the world ended yesterday? I really hope this afterworld doesnt end today. I kinda like it here.

Well then it's gonna end twice! I can't stress it enough, it's a MUST WIN GAME!

 

[Finnislander]

Well then it's gonna end twice! I can't stress it enough, it's a MUST WIN GAME!

If the world end twice, making it:
-world + -world, does it equal to world again? So it might be better to lose this one?

 

[Skip To My Lou]

I'm still bent over yesterday's loss. Especially with Washington and Pittsburgh losing. Gotta win this one.

 

[Instant]

If the world end twice, making it:
-world + -world, does it equal to world again? So it might be better to lose this one?

I'd say it's more like the world ends, we land back in a different reality, then they lose, the different reality ends and we're in another one... And so on and so on.

 

[CREW99AW]

Let's go Isles.
A win in regulation

 

[Tyler Durden]

Is Lehner going in net?