GDT: Game 31: New York Islanders @ Phoenix Coyotes // 12 Dec 13 // 7pm AZ Time

[ck26]

15. NEW YORK ISLANDERS (9-18-5) @ 9. PHOENIX COYOTES (17-8-5)

Game 31 @ Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, AZ
PUCK DROP AT 1900 LOCAL

NEXT BEST THING TO A TICKET:
FOX SPORTS--ARIZONA
620 AM​

[fieldset=Team Stats]

STATS | ISLANDERS | COYOTES
LAST 10 | 1-7-2 | 4-4-2
POWER PLAY | 16.0% | 21.4%
PENALTY KILL | 71.3% | 76.8%
GOALS/GAME | 2.38 | 3.10
GOALS AGAINST/GAME | 3.41 | 3.07
FACE OFF WIN PERCENTAGE | 46.3% | 52.5%
SHOTS/GAME | 30.3 | 31.6
SHOTS AGAINST/GAME | 30.3 | 33.7

[/fieldset]
[fieldset=Lines]

NOTE: Lines are subject to change and are a complete guess until @azc_mclellan and @WhoeverTheIslandersBeatWriterIs set us straight. Final rosters are determined by each team's head coach, which goes without saying because that's kinda what he's there for.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

LEFT WING​

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CENTER​

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RIGHT WING​

26 Vanek​

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2009 hf Jesus(C)​

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21 Okposo (A)​

40 Grabner(A)​

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51 Nielsen​

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15 Clutterbuck​

12 Bailey​

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29 Nelson​

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13 McDonald​

17 Martin​

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53 Cizikas​

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36 Boulton​

Defense​

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Defense​

47 MacDonald(A)​

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14 Hickey​

3 Hamonic​

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44 de Haan​

55 Ness​

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37 Strait​

Goalie​

60 Poulin​

:coyotes PHOENIX COYOTES :coyotes

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

34 Tim Kennedy​

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11 Martin Hanzal (A)​

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17 Radim Vrbata​

36 Roberto Klinkhammer​

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63 Mike Ribeiro​

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18 David Moss​

24 Kyle Chipchura​

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50 Antoine Vermette(A)​

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89 Mikkel Boedker​

12 Paul Bissonnette​

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14 Jeff Halpern​

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29 Jordan Szwarz​

Defense​

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Defense​

23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson​

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4 Zbynek Michalek​

3 Keith Yandle (A)​

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5 Connor Murphy​

29 Michael Stone​

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6 David Schlemko​

The Goaler​

41 Pizza Commercial Goalie​

[/fieldset]

INJURIES-SCRATCHES-MISC

COYOTES​

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INJURY​

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STATUS​

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vs​

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ISLANDERS​

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INJURY​

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STATUS​

19 Saint Shane, Our Dear Leader​

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Out​

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Unknown​

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7 Carkner​

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Scratch​

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Per f=22 GDT​

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1 Die Andere Torwart, Thomas Greiss​

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Healthy​

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Bench​

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Visnovsky​

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Out​

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The "C" word​

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53 Derek Morris​

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Out​

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Family Issue​

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Playoff Hopes​

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Doubtful​

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9-18-5, dog ...​

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8 Gilbert Brule ​

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Healthy​

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Scratch​

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Mike Bossy​

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Out​

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Retired 26 years ago​

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2 David Rundblad​

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Healthy​

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Scratch​

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20 Nabokov​

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Backup​

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Goalie​

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28 Lauri Korpikoski​

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Doubtful​

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Upper body​

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18 Strome ​

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Not Enough​

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Practice​

AND NOW, FOR CK26'S PATENTED TACTICAL ANALYSIS …

1. MOUSTACHE ON AN ALTERNATE CAPTAIN
Bryan Trottier's Standard Duster vs Keith Yandle's Movember Effort
ADV NYI … 0-1

2. CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA LIGHTNING ROD
Bill O'Reilly (Levittown, NY) vs Don Imus (Kingman, AZ)
ADV PHX … 1-1

3. BETTER ICED TEA
Long Island Iced Tea vs AriZona Iced Tea
ADV NYI … 1-2

4. LOCAL BADASS
Middleweight champ Chris Weidman (Baldwin, NY) vs flyweight contender John Moraga (West Phoenix)
ADV NYI … 1-3

5. FULLY INTEGRATED INTO AMERICA AFTER …
Building the Brooklyn Bridge vs Winning the Mexican-American War
ADV PHX … 2-3

6. HOTTER CELEBRITY HOT CHICK FAN WHO HAD A SHORT ARC ON ENTOURAGE
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Jericho, NY) vs Samaire Armstrong (Sedona, AZ)
ADV PHX … 3-3

7. GOING TO WIN TONIGHT'S GAME
Isles vs Yotes
ADV PHX … 4-3
:coyotes​

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[0point1]

Awesome job ck. This should be a good game.

 

[doaner]

That was awesome! Go yotes!

 

[Summer Rose]

Great GDT!

 

[Plub]

Love the GDT. However, Isles are due for a win, and we have ****** luck. Isles win 300-1.

 

[zz]

Grabbed a pair of cheap tickets on black friday. I'm excited to attend this one!

 

[Summer Rose]

Going to miss this as I'm playing in Peoria instead.

Go Coyotes!

 

[TheLegend]

You did know that AriZona Iced Tea is HQ'd in Woodbury New York, right???

 

[TheLegend]

Love the GDT. However, Isles are due for a win, and we have ****** luck. Isles win 300-1.

They got their "win" against the Sharks last night.

 

[Summer Rose]

"win"

Right.

 

[Vip]

You did know that AriZona Iced Tea is HQ'd in Woodbury New York, right???

Yeah, Arizona tea was founded in New York. I did a school project on them once.

----

Anyways, I really hope we beat the piss out of these clowns. The last meeting we had against them was atrocious and embarrassing.

 

[RABBIT]

Gave my tickets to a girl at work. Been missing too many games due to work, might as well put some butts in the seats.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Fun fact: The Isles have won 9 of 32, and exactly 1 of those 9 by more than 2 goals. Guess who it was?

Here's to a little revenge tonight.

 

[Underdawg]

LOOOONNNNGGG time lurker, not tooo often of a poster.

Great GDT, and the better half and I are gonna be cheering from 106 tonite!
(Although, I am sad to see that Bossy won't be playing.)

Her first game this year.

This is one of those "first game back home from a long road trip", game. I hope the boys are well prepared.

Should be a good game!

Vrby with 2 tonight, and me with no voice tomorrow

Yotes 4 Isles 2

 

[Tom Polakis]

Looking forward to being there tonight. Last time I saw the Islanders in town, Doug Weight put up his 1000th point, and got a nice ovation for it.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=290102024

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Doug Weight earned the admiration of his teammates -- and opponents -- with a milestone pass.

Weight's second assist Friday night made him the eighth American-born player to reach the 1,000 points, but the New York Islanders lost 5-4 to the Phoenix Coyotes.

"It was unbelievable for the team to stand up and give me a hand and the crowd, too," Weight said. "The U.S. has a lot of U.S. hockey fans and me being an American it's nice to do it on this soil. It was a very nice hand I got and I appreciate it."

Weight, whose wife is from Phoenix, reached the mark in front of about 30 friends and family members.

 

[Riseonfire]

Anyways, I really hope we beat the piss out of these clowns. The last meeting we had against them was atrocious and embarrassing.

What happened last time...?

 

[awfulwaffle]

Hoping for a win. Corporate is in town, so my company got a set of seats. Even putting our company name on the jumbotron I hear! ALSTOM Grid. Taking my lady friend with me, so hopefully it's a good win. I am pretty sure a couple people here at the office it will be their first hockey game, gotta play well and win so they get hooked!

 

[Summer Rose]

What happened last time...?

We lost 6-1.

 

[Longwayfromhome]

Hoping Greiss starts and becomes the berlin wall in the net again.

 

[Grimes]

Hoping Greiss starts and becomes the berlin wall in the net again.

Would a "Berlin Wall" chant be a bit much?

 

[rt]

Excellent GDT. Well done.

This has all the makings of a complete disappointment for us. We are terrible in "should win" games. Spank EDM and then get our butts kicked by CGY? Makes no sense.

 

[Tom Polakis]

Notice that ck26's GDT shows the name "Strome" as the second line center. That's 2011 5th overall pick Ryan Strome, who will be playing his first NHL game. He's been lighting up the AHL.

http://theahl.com/islanders-recall-ahl-scoring-leader-strome-p189135

 

[Riseonfire]

We lost 6-1.

Oh.... well thats fine.

Seriously though, hope it's a good injury free game.



Also - Brian Strait will finally be playing in this game as well. No lines announced yet.

 

[ck26]

Notice that ck26's GDT shows the name "Strome" as the second line center. That's 2011 5th overall pick Ryan Strome, who will be playing his first NHL game. He's been lighting up the AHL.

http://theahl.com/islanders-recall-ahl-scoring-leader-strome-p189135

He's a Good!

Somehow he went in the top 5, but played the last 2 years in juniors, did a stint in the AHL and ISN'T a bust. Islanders thread suggests he won't play tonight, which is a shame ... I was hoping to see him. He's a Good.

 

[SniperHF]

he won't play tonight, which is a shame

We have had some run-ins with call ups who started hot this year, hopefully that doesn't happen again. I'm perfectly fine with him sitting out