Post-Game Talk: #8| New York Islanders @ Columbus Blue Jackets | October 19th | 7:00 PM | F/OTW 3-2

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Islanders At Blue Jackets​

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (4-3-0) AT COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS (3-3-1)
7 PM | NATIONWIDE ARENA
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RADIO: 88.7FM | 103.9FM | 1050AM

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The Islanders close out a two-game road trip at Columbus' Nationwide Arena on Friday evening, their first multi-game trip of the season. The Isles are riding a three-game win streak, in which they've rallied from behind to win in all three games. With a win over Winnipeg on Thursday, the Isles are over NHL .500 for the first time this season.

The Blue Jackets are coming off of a 3-2 overtime loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, snapping a two-game winning streak. The Blue Jackets led 2-1 in the third period, but Chicago's Alex DeBrincat scored a power-play goal to send the game to overtime as Jonathan Toews sealed the Blackhawks victory with 46 seconds remaining in the extra period. Blue Jackets rookie goalie Elvis Merzlikins made 30 saves in his second NHL game.

Last season against the Blue Jackets, the Islanders went 3-1-0 against their Metropolitan Division rivals. Thomas Greiss had shutouts in two of the Isles games, while Columbus' sole win was a 4-0 blanking on March 26.


ISLANDERS NOTES:

- Mathew Barzal scored twice for the Islanders in a 3-1 win over Winnipeg on Thursday. Barzal is tied with Josh Bailey with a team-high six points (3G, 3A) through seven games played this season. In his three-year NHL career, the 22-year-old center has scored six times in six games against the Jets, the most against any team he's faced.

- Bailey scored on Winnipeg's empty net. Bailey has six points (3G, 3A) through seven games played this season.

- Semyon Varlamov made 32 saves to pick up his second win with the Islanders. This season, Varlamov has a 2.55 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage.

- Barzal's first goal came just 16 seconds into the Isles lone power play on Thursday. The Islanders PP is 4-for-12 (33.33%) on the season.

- The Islanders have had to battle their way to win the last three games, allowing the opening goal in all three contests. This season, the Isles have been outscored 8-3 in the first period. Their only even-strength goal in the first period came from Devon Toews in the home opener on Oct. 4.

- #Brocktober is in full effect, as Nelson has five points (3G, 2A) in seven games this season and has a career statline of 26-22-48 in 67 career October games. While Nelson didn't make his way onto the scoresheet last night, the Isles second line center continued to make crucial contributions. Nelson went 15-for-34 (54%) on faceoffs against the Jets, taking 54% of his team's draws.
- Oliver Wahlstrom played in his second NHL game with the absence of top line right-winger Jordan Eberle who is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury he sustained against the Panthers on Oct. 12.
- Casey Cizikas is on IR with a lower-body injury that he contracted in the Isles preseason finale against the New York Rangers.

- Matt Martin and Noah Dobson have been healthy scratches for the last three games.


BLUE JACKETS NOTES:

- The Blue Jackets return a fairly different lineup than the one that advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs last season. Two-time Vezina winner Sergei Bobrovsky signed with Florida, Artemi Panarin signed with the New York Rangers, Matt Duchene inked a deal with Nashville, Ryan Dzingel signed in Carolina.

- The Blue Jackets still retain a young, talented core in Seth Jones, Zach Werenski, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Cam Atkinson. Gustav Nyquist was Columbus' marquee offseason acquisition and is currently playing on their top line.

- The Blue Jackets are 3-3-0 to start the season and have six points.

- Joonas Korpisalo has gotten five of the Blue Jackets six starting nods to start the season. The 25-year-old Finn has a goals against average of 2.60 and a save percentage of .903 in that span.

- Pierre-Luc Dubois is tied with Alexander Wennberg a team-high four points in seven games played. Dubois (3G, 1A) scored the Blue Jackets first goal against Chicago on Friday night.

- Columbus' power play went 0-for-4 against Chicago and is ranked 23rd in the league with a conversion percentage of 13.6%. Columbus' PK unit is tanked 22nd in the league with a kill percentage of 73.9%.

- Forward Josh Anderson has missed five-straight games with an upper-body injury, but skated at practice on Thursday.

- Columbus returns home on Saturday to take on the Isles for their third set of back-to-backs this month.

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Possible Starting Goalies:


Thomas Greiss



Greiss will likely start Saturday in Columbus.

Greiss allowed two goals on 23 shots in the Islanders win over the Blues on Monday. Greiss and Semyon Varlamov continue to split starts and tonight is Greiss’ turn in the rotation. He has started the season 2-1-0 with a 2.28 GAA and .925 SV% in his first three starts and should be a great option against a Blue Jackets team that is in the bottom-5 in scoring and on the tail-end of a back-to-back.

Goalies
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Thomas Greiss	4	3	2	1	0	0	106	8	2.27	98	.925	0	211
Semyon Varlamov	4	4	2	2	0	0	117	9	2.55	108	.923	0	213

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Joonas Korpisalo

Goalies
Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	OT	SA	GA	GAA	S	Sv%	SO	MIN
Joonas Korpisalo	5	5	3	2	0	0	134	13	2.60	121	.903	0	300
Elvis Merzlikins	2	2	0	1	0	1	73	10	5.00	63	.863	0	121

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Player Stats:

Islanders
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Josh Bailey	7	3	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	9	33.3	75
Mathew Barzal	7	3	3	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	18	16.7	39.39
Brock Nelson	7	3	2	5	-2	10	1	2	0	0	1	0	22	13.6	46.72
Devon Toews	7	2	3	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	8	25	0
Anthony Beauvillier	7	2	2	4	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	12	16.7	75
Anders Lee	7	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16.7	45
Johnny Boychuk	6	1	2	3	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	0
Leo Komarov	7	0	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	17.86
Jordan Eberle	5	0	3	3	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
Matt Martin	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100	100
Derick Brassard	7	0	1	1	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	54.74
Scott Mayfield	7	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0
Adam Pelech	7	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0
Ryan Pulock	7	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
Michael Dal Colle	7	0	1	1	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100
Casey Cizikas	3	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	57.89
Noah Dobson	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Cal Clutterbuck	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
Nick Leddy	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
Tom Kuhnhackl	4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
Ross Johnston	3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100
Oliver Wahlstrom	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

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Blue Jackets
Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FO%
Pierre-Luc Dubois	7	3	1	4	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	13	23.1	44.44
Gustav Nyquist	7	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	50
Alexander Wennberg	7	1	3	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	54.81
Cam Atkinson	7	2	1	3	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	29	6.9	45.83
Zach Werenski	7	2	1	3	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12.5	0
Nick Foligno	7	1	2	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	20	5	54.55
Riley Nash	7	0	3	3	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	31.58
Seth Jones	7	0	3	3	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0
Oliver Bjorkstrand	7	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	10	0
Markus Nutivaara	6	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	0
Alexandre Texier	7	1	1	2	-1	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	10	10	20
Ryan Murray	7	0	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
Sonny Milano	5	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	25	0
Emil Bemstrom	7	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Jakob Lilja	7	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	100
David Savard	7	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
Boone Jenner	7	0	0	0	-6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	55.71
Vladislav Gavrikov	6	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
Josh Anderson	2	0	0	0	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
Scott Harrington	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Kukan	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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 Buffalo	8	6	1	1	13	5	30	18	+12	4-0-0	2-1-1	1-0	6-1-1	W1	Oct 17: BUF 3 - LAK 0	Oct 19 @ SJS
2 Pittsburgh	8	6	2	0	12	6	32	20	+12	4-2-0	2-0-0	0-0	6-2-0	W5	Oct 18: PIT 4 - DAL 2	Oct 19 vs VGK
3 Washington	9	5	2	2	12	5	31	28	+3	2-1-2	3-1-0	0-0	5-2-2	W2	Oct 18: WSH 5 - NYR 2	Oct 20 @ CHI
4 Carolina	9	6	3	0	12	5	30	25	+5	3-1-0	3-2-0	1-0	6-3-0	L2	Oct 18: CAR 2 - ANA 4	Oct 24 @ CBJ
5 Boston	7	5	1	1	11	5	19	14	+5	2-0-1	3-1-0	0-1	5-1-1	OT1	Oct 17: BOS 3 - TBL 4	Oct 19 @ TOR
6 Tampa Bay	7	4	2	1	9	3	27	21	+6	1-0-0	3-2-1	1-0	4-2-1	W2	Oct 17: TBL 4 - BOS 3	Oct 19 vs COL
7 Toronto	8	4	3	1	9	4	31	28	+3	2-2-1	2-1-0	0-1	4-3-1	L1	Oct 16: TOR 3 - WSH 4	Oct 19 vs BOS
8 NY Islanders	7	4	3	0	8	3	18	18	0	3-2-0	1-1-0	1-0	4-3-0	W3	Oct 17: NYI 3 - WPG 1	Oct 19 @ CBJ
9 Montréal	7	3	2	2	8	2	26	24	+2	2-2-0	1-0-2	1-1	3-2-2	W1	Oct 17: MTL 4 - MIN 0	Oct 19 @ STL
10 Columbus	7	3	3	1	7	3	16	23	-7	2-2-0	1-1-1	0-0	3-3-1	OT1	Oct 18: CBJ 2 - CHI 3	Oct 19 vs NYI
11 Florida	7	2	2	3	7	2	23	29	-6	1-1-1	1-1-2	0-2	2-2-3	OT1	Oct 18: FLA 4 - COL 5	Oct 19 @ NSH
12 Detroit	8	3	5	0	6	3	19	28	-9	1-2-0	2-3-0	0-0	3-5-0	L4	Oct 18: DET 1 - EDM 2	Oct 22 vs VAN
13 Philadelphia	5	2	2	1	5	2	14	15	-1	2-0-0	0-2-1	0-1	2-2-1	L2	Oct 16: PHI 3 - EDM 6	Oct 19 vs DAL
14 NY Rangers	5	2	3	0	4	2	15	19	-4	1-1-0	1-2-0	0-0	2-3-0	L3	Oct 18: NYR 2 - WSH 5	Oct 20 vs VAN
15 New Jersey	7	1	4	2	4	1	18	31	-13	1-1-2	0-3-0	0-2	1-4-2	W1	Oct 17: NJD 5 - NYR 2	Oct 19 vs VAN
16 Ottawa	6	1	4	1	3	1	14	22	-8	1-3-0	0-1-1	0-1	1-4-1	OT1	Oct 17: OTT 2 - VGK 3	Oct 19 @ ARI

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[MattMartin]

Lineups

Islanders
LW	C	RW
ANDERS LEE Goals: 2 Assists: 1	MATHEW BARZAL Goals: 3 Assists: 3	TOM KUHNHACKL Goals: 0 Assists: 0
ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER Goals: 2 Assists: 2	BROCK NELSON Goals: 3 Assists: 2	MICHAEL DAL COLLE Goals: 0 Assists: 1
JOSH BAILEY Goals: 3 Assists: 3	DERICK BRASSARD Goals: 0 Assists: 1	26​ OLIVER WAHLSTROM Goals: 0 Assists: 0
MATT MARTIN Goals: 1 Assists: 0	LEO KOMAROV Goals: 0 Assists: 3	CAL CLUTTERBUCK Goals: 0 Assists: 0

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
ADAM PELECH Goals: 0 Assists: 1	RYAN PULOCK Goals: 0 Assists: 1
DEVON TOEWS Goals: 2 Assists: 3	SCOTT MAYFIELD Goals: 0 Assists: 1
NICK LEDDY Goals: 0 Assists: 0	JOHNNY BOYCHUK Goals: 1 Assists: 2

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CURRENT TEAM INJURIES

DATE	NAME	POS	DETAILS	STATUS
2019-10-12	Jordan Eberle	RW	Eberle missed his second straight game due to a leg injury, and it is unknown if he will dress against the Blue Jackets on Saturday.	Ques Sat
2019-10-11	Casey Cizikas	C	Cizikas is on the injured reserve list due to an ankle injury, and it is uncertain if he will return to the lineup for Saturday's matchup against the Blue Jackets.	Ques Sat
2019-06-17	Andrew Ladd	LW	Ladd has been placed on the injured reserve list due to a torn ACL that ended his 2018-19 season, but he is likely to be activated toward the end of November.	Late Nov

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Blue Jackets
LW	C	RW
GUSTAV NYQUIST Goals: 1 Assists: 3	PIERRE-LUC DUBOIS Goals: 3 Assists: 1	CAM ATKINSON Goals: 2 Assists: 1
NICK FOLIGNO Goals: 1 Assists: 2	ALEXANDER WENNBERG Goals: 1 Assists: 3	OLIVER BJORKSTRAND Goals: 2 Assists: 1
ALEXANDRE TEXIER Goals: 1 Assists: 1	BOONE JENNER Goals: 0 Assists: 0	EMIL BEMSTROM Goals: 0 Assists: 1
SONNY MILANO Goals: 1 Assists: 0	RILEY NASH Goals: 0 Assists: 3	JAKOB LILJA Goals: 0 Assists: 1

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ZACH WERENSKI Goals: 2 Assists: 1	SETH JONES Goals: 0 Assists: 3
RYAN MURRAY Goals: 0 Assists: 2	MARKUS NUTIVAARA Goals: 2 Assists: 0
VLADISLAV GAVRIKOV Goals: 0 Assists: 0	DAVID SAVARD Goals: 0 Assists: 0

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CURRENT TEAM INJURIES

DATE	NAME	POS	DETAILS	STATUS
2019-10-07	Josh Anderson	RW	Anderson has been placed on injured reserve due to an upper-body injury, and it is unknown if he will return Friday against the Blackhawks.	Ques Sat
2019-09-25	Brandon Dubinsky	C	Dubinsky is on the injured reserve list due to a wrist injury. A timetable for return has yet to be established.	Out indefinitely

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Coyotes
Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 0
Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 0
Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 0
Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 0

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Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 0
Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 0
Goals: 0 Assists: 0	Goals: 0 Assists: 0

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[Metnut]

@CLB (second game of back to back for CLB) then home vs AZ, and @OTT.

Great opportunity to pick up 6 points and start to lay the foundation for another playoff run. 4 points is par and fine but picking up all 6 is doable and what we should be rooting for. Hopefully Cizikas and Eberle back for the AZ game.

 

[IslandersGER]

pretty hilarious fact those four RW last game have a total 1 pt in all games and Kühnhackl first liner makes me sick. Anyone mentioned a promising RW at Bridgeport? Oh wait, that goof is now wasting his talents off the ice.

 

[Skip To My Lou]

Gonna take a stab in the dark and say Dal Colle watches from the press box. Hardly saw him in the 3rd period against Winnipeg.

 

[KnishOfTheCrease]

Isles 9
Coats 1

 

[Finnislander]

Gonna take a stab in the dark and say Dal Colle watches from the press box. Hardly saw him in the 3rd period against Winnipeg.

Did he even play on the third? I hardly saw him in the first two either, other than that penalty.

Anyway. Lets keep this winning streak alive! As someone pointed out not the toughest schedule for next 3 games. Not to be taken lightly but 6 points is totally plausible. LGI!

 

[notDatsyuk]

pretty hilarious fact those four RW last game have a total 1 pt in all games and Kühnhackl first liner makes me sick. Anyone mentioned a promising RW at Bridgeport? Oh wait, that goof is now wasting his talents off the ice.

The RW who spent the last three games (all wins) as the 4C shares the team lead in assists.

 

[The Underboss]

2 more points would be nice!

 

[MJF]

Must win.

 

[Rengi]

Silence the f***in' cannon! A win would be great... LGI!

 

[Rengi]

It is again a great GDT ! Thank you for your awesome work, @MattMartin

 

[DonLou13]

I expect another Trotz like performance. Isles win 3-1 with some stellar defense against a tired columbus team.

Goals from Pulock, Barzy and Mr. OLLIE WALLIE WALHSTROM

 

[PK Cronin]

Debating going to this one or not, my mom got us tickets to see Dan Aykroyd play the Terminator soundtrack music on a penny whistle at 7pm.

 

[steveat]

Anyone know if Eberle might be a game time decision?

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Must win.

If you are a playoff contending team you cannot lose to a team that was as decimated as the Jackets were in the off-season.



but also kinda not

 

[Lame Lambert]

Must give up less goals than the other team

 

[Chardo]

It is again a great GDT ! Thank you for your awesome work, @MattMartin

Getting bored with it already. Same excellence every time.

 

[YearlyLottery]

From now on every October even if Nelson is not scoring they will find random stats to say how great of an October he is having.

 

[Lame Lambert]

Dal Colle has pictures of Barry

 

[Newsworthy]

I like Tom Kuhnackl also but he hasn't earned a first line upgrade.
And seeing MDC play top six minutes also questions what the heck is going on.

 

[PK Cronin]

I like Tom Kuhnackl also but he hasn't earned a first line upgrade.
And seeing MDC play top six minutes also questions what the heck is going on.

It's pretty obvious. Trotz likes a balanced lineup and wants to win 2-1. That's it.

 

[Bones45]

Debating going to this one or not, my mom got us tickets to see Dan Aykroyd play the Terminator soundtrack music on a penny whistle at 7pm.

Quite the conundrum

 

[Strait2thecup]

I’d switch the wings of the second and third line

 

[19 in a row]

Waiting to see the "free Dobson" posts but feel he will eventually get plenty of playing time as the season goes on. Hoping Matty Marts is hungry tonight, predicting a goal for him and Wahlstroms first.