Post-Game Talk: #53| New York Islanders @ New Jersey Devils | February 7th | 7:00 PM | F/SOW 2-1

[MattMartin]

Game Preview: Islanders at Devils


NEW YORK ISLANDERS (30-16-6) AT NEW JERSEY DEVILS (20-25-7)
7 PM | PRUDENTIAL CENTER
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SEASON SERIES: NYI LEADS 3-0-0

The Islanders have won all three meetings against the Devils this season and are looking for their first season series sweep since 2014-15. Thomas Greiss posted a 35-save shutouts on Nov. 3 in Brooklyn, Mathew Barzal scored the OT winner in a 4-3 win in Newark on Nov. 23 and Michael Dal Colle's first-career goal was the game-winner in a 4-1 victory on Jan. 17 on Long Island.



ISLANDERS NOTES:

- The Islanders are looking to get back on track after falling 3-1 to the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night, the Isles' first regulation loss since Jan. 12. The loss snapped the Islanders eight-game point streak (6-0-2), though the Isles' 16-4-2 record since Dec. 15 is still the league's best over that span.

- Head Coach Barry Trotz tinkered with his lines at Wednesday's practice in Newark, swapping Michael Dal Colle and Anthony Beauvillier. Dal Colle practiced with Mathew Barzal and Josh Bailey, while Beauvillier practiced with Valtteri Filppula and Leo Komarov.

- Trotz did not reveal a starter for Thursday's game. Thomas Greiss has played two of the Islanders three games against the Devils this season, stopping 74 of 77 shots in a pair of wins. Greiss is also riding a personal shutout streak of 146:48 after recording shutouts against Washington and Tampa Bay in each of his last two starts.

- The Islanders allowed the first goal on Tuesday for the first time since Jan. 10. Tuesday's 3-1 loss also marked the end of the Isles nine-game streak with allowing two regulation goals or fewer.

- Mathew Barzal has points in two straight games (1G, 1A) and in three of his last four games. Barzal leads the Islanders in assists (32) and points (47) this season.

- The Islanders (66 points) are first in the Metropolitan Division, two points ahead of the Washington Capitals (64 points) and four points ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins (62 points).



DEVILS NOTES:

- The Devils traded center Brian Boyle to the Nashville Predators on Wednesday in exchange for Nashville's 2019 second-round pick. Boyle had 19 points (13G, 6A) in 47 games for the Devils this season, matching his goal output from all of last season.
Boyle was a swiss-army knife for the Devils, averaging 1:59 SH/TOI GP, as well as 2:54 PP/TOI GP.

- New Jersey is coming off a 5-1 loss to the LA Kings on Tuesday. The Devils are 4-6-0 in their last 10 games.

- The Devils (47 points) are currently last in the Metro Division, 14 points back of the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second wild card berth.

- Reigning NHL MVP Taylor Hall has been out with a lower-body injury since Dec. 23. Hall has 37 points (11G, 26A) in 33 games this season.

- In Hall's absence, Kyle Palmieri has assumed the Devils' scoring lead with 40 points (23G, 17A) in 52 games. Palmieri also filled in for Hall at the NHL All-Star Weekend in San Jose.

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Starting Goalies

Thomas Greiss




Greiss was in the starter's crease at the Islanders morning skate.

Greiss stopped all 41 shots that he faced in the Islanders 1-0 shootout loss to the Lightning last Friday. Greiss has been outstanding as of late, going 2-0-1 while stopping 98 of the last 99 shots (.990 SV%) that he has faced. Greiss is also 2-0-0 with a 1.46 GAA, .961 SV% and one shutout in two games against the Devils this season, so he is a must-start tonight.

GOALIE STATISTICS
PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Robin Lehner	29	16	8	4	2.02	1666:51	762	.932	3	56	818	0
Thomas Greiss	27	14	8	2	2.39	1454:56	706	.924	3	58	764	2
Christopher Gibson	1	0	0	0	3.00	20:00	6	.857	0	1	7	0

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Cory Schneider





Schneider will start Thursday vs. the Islanders.

Schneider will be making his first NHL appearance since December 14th and comes in having gone 0-5-1 with a 4.66 GAA and .852 SV% in nine appearances this season. During his time with the Binghamton Devils (AHL), Schneider wasn’t much better, posting a 3.24 GAA and .881 SV% across eight games. He has simply lost the form that once made him one of the best goalies in the league and can’t be trusted until he finds it (if ever).

GOALIE STATISTICS
PLAYER	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO	TGA	TSA	PIM
Mackenzie Blackwood	13	6	4	0	2.37	658:11	327	.926	2	26	353	0
Keith Kinkaid	37	14	16	6	3.18	2095:16	958	.896	3	111	1069	0
Cory Schneider	9	0	5	1	4.66	373:19	167	.852	0	29	196	0

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Team Stats:

Islanders
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Mathew Barzal, C	52	15	32	47	-6	28	18:17	3	15	0	0	117	12.8
Josh Bailey, LW	52	11	27	38	13	13	17:11	2	9	1	0	83	13.3
Anders Lee, LW	52	18	19	37	14	41	17:12	8	5	0	0	136	13.2
Brock Nelson, C	52	17	16	33	15	18	18:07	1	3	1	0	105	16.2
Jordan Eberle, RW	48	12	12	24	-9	12	16:32	6	3	0	0	100	12.0
Ryan Pulock, D	52	3	19	22	8	12	22:23	1	2	0	0	109	2.8
Casey Cizikas, C	45	12	9	21	16	26	13:19	0	0	1	1	69	17.4
Valtteri Filppula, C	50	11	10	21	12	10	14:10	0	0	1	0	48	22.9
Anthony Beauvillier, LW	51	12	7	19	-3	6	15:12	1	1	0	0	105	11.4
Nick Leddy, D	52	1	17	18	0	14	21:59	0	10	0	0	69	1.4
Scott Mayfield, D	50	3	14	17	16	46	18:52	0	0	1	0	64	4.7
Leo Komarov, C	52	6	11	17	15	30	14:18	0	0	0	0	50	12.0
Cal Clutterbuck, RW	48	6	8	14	2	38	13:45	2	0	0	0	57	10.5
Johnny Boychuk, D	51	3	10	13	8	11	18:47	1	2	0	1	121	2.5
Adam Pelech, D	48	3	8	11	14	16	17:32	0	0	0	0	58	5.2
Matt Martin, LW	41	5	6	11	6	34	10:58	0	0	0	0	36	13.9
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
Devon Toews, D	18	3	2	5	8	0	17:46	0	0	0	0	32	9.4
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
Michael Dal Colle, LW	16	2	1	3	4	2	11:17	0	0	0	0	19	10.5
Josh Ho-Sang, RW	10	1	1	2	2	6	14:31	0	0	0	0	10	10.0
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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Devils
PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	ATOI	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	SOG	SPCT
Kyle Palmieri, RW	52	23	17	40	-2	36	18:11	9	6	0	0	169	13.6
Taylor Hall, LW	33	11	26	37	-6	16	19:41	1	11	0	0	113	9.7
Nico Hischier, C	48	16	20	36	2	8	17:59	3	4	0	0	105	15.2
Travis Zajac, C	50	12	19	31	-7	12	19:13	1	5	1	0	80	15.0
Blake Coleman, C	52	18	11	29	-1	32	16:15	1	0	2	1	151	11.9
Damon Severson, D	52	7	18	25	-17	36	21:14	2	5	0	1	93	7.5
Jesper Bratt, LW	38	4	17	21	-6	6	14:30	0	5	0	0	62	6.5
Marcus Johansson, C	40	8	12	20	-11	8	15:54	2	5	0	0	81	9.9
Brian Boyle, C	47	13	6	19	-13	22	13:49	6	2	1	1	81	16.0
Will Butcher, D	51	3	16	19	-2	4	19:15	1	10	0	0	73	4.1
Sami Vatanen, D	46	4	13	17	-15	20	21:44	3	2	0	0	102	3.9
Miles Wood, LW	49	5	12	17	-9	72	13:45	1	2	0	0	121	4.1
Andy Greene, D	52	3	12	15	-1	12	20:57	0	2	0	1	66	4.5
Pavel Zacha, C	47	9	5	14	-3	11	15:49	2	0	2	1	76	11.8
Brett Seney, LW	41	4	6	10	-12	25	10:25	0	1	0	0	39	10.3
Drew Stafford, RW	28	2	6	8	-3	4	10:44	0	0	0	0	33	6.1
Stefan Noesen, RW	27	2	5	7	-7	26	12:10	0	0	0	0	33	6.1
Mirco Mueller, D	35	0	7	7	-7	15	18:24	0	0	0	0	29	0.0
Ben Lovejoy, D	43	1	5	6	5	29	17:14	0	0	0	0	59	1.7
Jean-Sebastien Dea, C †	20	3	2	5	-1	6	10:44	0	0	0	0	27	11.1
Egor Yakovlev, D	14	2	3	5	-5	4	15:49	0	0	0	0	12	16.7
Joey Anderson, RW	11	1	1	2	-2	4	11:17	0	0	0	0	17	5.9
Kevin Rooney, C	13	1	1	2	-5	11	9:38	0	0	0	0	9	11.1
Steven Santini, D	18	0	2	2	-6	10	15:10	0	0	0	0	20	0.0
Blake Pietila, LW	7	0	1	1	-3	2	10:44	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kurtis Gabriel, RW	3	0	0	0	-2	2	7:06	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Eric Gryba, D	2	0	0	0	-1	2	12:38	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
John Quenneville, C	15	0	0	0	0	4	11:13	0	0	0	0	12	0.0
Michael McLeod, C	1	0	0	0	0	0	5:36	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Nathan Bastian, RW	1	0	0	0	-1	5	9:32	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

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Standings:

EASTERN CONFERENCE	W	L	OTL	PTS	GP	ROW	SOW	SOL	GF	GA	GD	HOME	AWAY	L10	STRK
Lightning	39	11	3	81	53	35	4	1	207	149	58	20-5-1	19-6-2	6-3-1	L1
Maple Leafs	33	17	3	69	53	33	0	0	190	150	40	17-11-1	16-6-2	5-4-1	W3
Islanders	30	16	6	66	52	28	2	5	152	128	24	15-7-4	15-9-2	6-2-2	L1
Canadiens	30	18	6	66	54	28	2	0	164	156	8	16-10-3	14-8-3	7-2-1	W2
Bruins	29	17	8	66	54	28	1	2	155	140	15	18-7-3	11-10-5	4-2-4	L1
Capitals	29	18	6	64	53	26	3	1	178	168	10	15-9-4	14-9-2	2-6-2	W1
Penguins	28	19	6	62	53	27	1	2	183	164	19	15-10-2	13-9-4	4-6-0	L2
Blue Jackets	29	20	3	61	52	29	0	1	169	162	7	14-11-2	15-9-1	5-5-0	W1
Sabres	26	20	6	58	52	22	4	1	153	160	-7	15-7-3	11-13-3	4-6-0	W1
Hurricanes	26	21	6	58	53	25	1	2	152	155	-3	14-9-4	12-12-2	6-3-1	W1
Flyers	24	23	6	54	53	22	2	0	153	177	-24	13-10-3	11-13-3	9-1-0	W8
Rangers	23	22	8	54	53	17	6	2	152	178	-26	14-8-6	9-14-2	6-3-1	W1
Panthers	21	22	8	50	51	19	2	4	158	178	-20	11-8-5	10-14-3	4-5-1	L1
Red Wings	21	25	7	49	53	19	2	5	150	174	-24	11-12-4	10-13-3	5-5-0	W3
Devils	20	25	7	47	52	19	1	2	153	178	-25	13-8-4	7-17-3	4-6-0	L1
Senators	19	29	5	43	53	19	0	0	163	199	-36	12-11-4	7-18-1	4-6-0	L5

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[MattMartin]

Probable Lineups

Islanders
LW	C	RW
Goals: 2 Assists: 1	Goals: 15 Assists: 32	Goals: 11 Assists: 27
Goals: 18 Assists: 19	Goals: 17 Assists: 16	Goals: 12 Assists: 12
Goals: 12 Assists: 7	Goals: 11 Assists: 10	Goals: 6 Assists: 11
Goals: 5 Assists: 6	Goals: 12 Assists: 9	Goals: 6 Assists: 8

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
Goals: 1 Assists: 17	Goals: 3 Assists: 10
Goals: 3 Assists: 8	Goals: 3 Assists: 19
Goals: 3 Assists: 2	Goals: 3 Assists: 14

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CURRENT TEAM INJURIES

DATE	NAME	POS	DETAILS	STATUS
2018-12-18	Thomas Hickey	D	Hickey has been placed on injured reserve with an upper-body injury and it is unclear how much time he will need to heal.	Out indefinitely
2018-11-13	Andrew Ladd	LW	Ladd has been placed on injured reserve due to a right leg injury and will miss an undetermined length of time.	Out indefinitely

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Devils
LW	C	RW
Goals: 8 Assists: 12	Goals: 16 Assists: 20	Goals: 23 Assists: 17
Goals: 5 Assists: 12	Goals: 12 Assists: 19	Goals: 18 Assists: 11
Goals: 4 Assists: 17	Goals: 9 Assists: 5	Goals: 2 Assists: 6
Goals: 4 Assists: 6	Goals: 1 Assists: 1	Goals: 0 Assists: 0

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DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
Goals: 3 Assists: 12	Goals: 7 Assists: 18
Goals: 0 Assists: 7	Goals: 3 Assists: 16
Goals: 2 Assists: 3	16 STEVEN SANTINI Goals: 0 Assists: 2

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CURRENT TEAM INJURIES

DATE	NAME	POS	DETAILS	STATUS
2019-01-28	Sami Vatanen	D	Vatanen has been designated for the injured reserve list with a concussion and team officials have yet to provide a set date for his return to the lineup.	Out indefinitely
2019-01-17	Ben Lovejoy	D	Lovejoy is on the injured reserve list with an upper-body injury but it is likely he will come off of the IR against the Islanders on Thursday.	Prob Thurs
2019-01-14	Stefan Noesen	RW	Noesen will miss an undetermined length of time while on the injured reserve list due to a lower-body injury.	Out indefinitely
2018-12-27	Taylor Hall	LW	Hall has been placed on the injured reserve list due to a lower-body injury and there is no timetable for recovery.	Out indefinitely
2018-11-21	Joey Anderson	RW	Anderson has landed on the injured reserve list due to a broken ankle and will miss an extended period of time.	Out indefinitely

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[Bones45]

EFF JERSEY, EFF THEIR NICE ARENA, and EFF PAULIE WALNUTS!!!

LGI!!!!!

 

[PROMputt]

Looking forward to see Dal Colle on the 1st line. Hopefully BT gives him a whole game and not just a couple of shifts before he switches back to the previous lineup.

 

[PK Cronin]

Looking forward to see Dal Colle on the 1st line. Hopefully BT gives him a whole game and not just a couple of shifts before he switches back to the previous lineup.

If they're being dominated early on, they need to swap. No sense in keeping them together if Dal Colle can't hang early on.

 

[Le Grec]

3-0 against the Devils so far this year, no reason to lose...

 

[notDatsyuk]

Didn't Beau play with Flip and Leo earlier in the season, and have a couple of good games?

I think the swap may be good for both of them.

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

Watch Beau actually pot one early on the 3rd line, that would be so Isles.

 

[PK Cronin]

Didn't Beau play with Flip and Leo earlier in the season, and have a couple of good games?

I think the swap may be good for both of them.

Yep. It got him to hustle a bit more, play more responsibly, and have the opportunity to have the puck a little bit more without feeling like he has to give it to someone else as quickly as possible. He needs more selfishness in his game offensively, and has to stop deferring to Barzal so much. Beauvillier is a very talented and skilled player, he has the ability to create on his own if he'd just take some chances.

 

[13th Floor]

Yep. It got him to hustle a bit more, play more responsibly, and have the opportunity to have the puck a little bit more without feeling like he has to give it to someone else as quickly as possible. He needs more selfishness in his game offensively, and has to stop deferring to Barzal so much. Beauvillier is a very talented and skilled player, he has the ability to create on his own if he'd just take some chances.

Exactly. Our 3rd line is like our pseudo-AHL stint. New addition from another team? Join our Fliporov line. Promotion from AHL? Fliporov. Back from injury and need conditioning? Fliporov. Struggling in a top 6 role? Fliporov.

 

[crasherino]

Thank god you're here, MattyMarts....I was afraid that Bones' budge GDT would rule the day. I started breaking out in hives. Pretty sure he was posting his favorite shots from his Shannon collection. It was getting awkward.

 

[Bones45]

Strummer often makes good points, but he made one in another thread which is closed, which needs to be repeated. Some people should read this constantly.


We aren't better because JT left.


We aren't better because JT left.


We are better because we now have a world class coach and team behind him who know what they are doing. No team, or fans in this case, in their right mind, would ever think an All Star player leaving a team is a good thing.

We aren't better because JT left. Sorry - had to say it again, cuz I know that some of you still, and may not ever.. get it.

If we didn't have Trotz and LL, and also lost JT, we would all be throwing rocks at each other to keep from jumping off a bridge.

And just in case this part was missed --- our goalies didn't somehow get miraculously better over the summer. Their #'s and play is fantastic, simply because the D in front of them, is doing their job, keeping people out of the paint. Do you think Brodeur would have had the same #'s behind a different defense?

Comon people.. THINK!!!!!

When you see Trotz or LL, please kiss their bald fuzzy heads -- its the least we can do. They arent playing or scoring, but they may as well be.

 

[MattMartin]

You know Schneider will beat us tonight, hasn't won a game in forever.

 

[Bones45]

Thank god you're here, MattyMarts....I was afraid that Bones' budge GDT would rule the day. I started breaking out in hives. Pretty sure he was posting his favorite shots from his Shannon collection. It was getting awkward.

LOL

Let the record show that a pic of Shannon was requested!!!

 

[Axel574]

Thank god you're here, MattyMarts....I was afraid that Bones' budge GDT would rule the day. I started breaking out in hives. Pretty sure he was posting his favorite shots from his Shannon collection. It was getting awkward.

Lol.. nicely done. I can't like so this post is my approval.

 

[BrockLobster]

You know Schneider will beat us tonight, hasn't won a game in forever.

Yea...this wont end well for us

 

[crasherino]

Yea...this wont end well for us

Its pretty much a guarantee. If I bet on sports, I'd put a whole lotta cheddar on the Devils on this one. We are due for a legit stinker. This feels like the one. Based on nothing. Call it a hunch....women's intuition, whatever.

 

[MattMartin]

Thank god you're here, MattyMarts....I was afraid that Bones' budge GDT would rule the day. I started breaking out in hives. Pretty sure he was posting his favorite shots from his Shannon collection. It was getting awkward.

I drove Bones to the train station after a meet up. Nice guy, wish he din't grab my ass so much.

 

[crasherino]

I drove Bones to the train station after a meet up. Nice guy, wish he din't grab my ass so much.

"Uhhh Bones.....its not that kind of parking lot."

 

[Big L]

A game they should get 2 points. I am nervous though. 1-1-2 last 4.

 

[KnishOfTheCrease]

Isles 9
Schmevils 1

 

[SI90]

You know Schneider will beat us tonight, hasn't won a game in forever.

Guy hasn’t won an nhl game since 2017. Tonight he’s going to stand on his head and shut us out.

 

[Riseonfire]

It's a shutout for Corey, or Knish is going to be thrilled.

Absolutely zero chance of in-between.

 

[Skip To My Lou]

I'm actually really excited to see Dal Colle with Barzy.

 

[Konk]

I'm actually really excited to see Dal Colle with Barzy.

So what would you change your username to if JHS gets moved? Dal Colle Clan?