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53 | PHILADELPHIA | +130 | Ov 6,-110 | +145 | Ov 6,-110 | 54 | NY ISLANDERS | -150 | Un 6,-110 | -165 | Un 6,-110 |
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All Games | 8-11-0 | -3.2 | 8-11 | -3.2 | 11-7 | 3.0 | 31.8 | 3.2 | 32.4 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 2-6-0 | -2.8 | 2-6 | -2.8 | 4-4 | 2.4 | 30.7 | 3.5 | 31.0 | Last 5 Games | 1-4-0 | -4 | 1-4 | -4 | 3-2 | 2.4 | 32.6 | 3.4 | 30.2 | vs. Division | 2-3-0 | -1.3 | 2-3 | -1.3 | 4-1 | 3.2 | 33.4 | 3.4 | 29.0 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 19 | 57 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 604 | 9.4% | 68 | 16 | 23.5% | 107 | Team Stats (Road Games) | 8 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 246 | 7.7% | 29 | 3 | 10.3% | 36 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 7.4% | 19 | 5 | 26.3% | 24 | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 5 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 9.6% | 18 | 5 | 27.8% | 30 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 60 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 616 | 9.7% | 64 | 18 | 28.1% | 107 | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 248 | 11.3% | 27 | 12 | 44.4% | 54 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 11.3% | 19 | 9 | 47.4% | 33 | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 11.7% | 16 | 5 | 31.2% | 31 |
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RAY EMERY (All Games) | 8 | 7 | 234 | 210 | 89.7% | 0 | 3-4 | -0.2 | 3-4-0 | 0 | 5-1 | RAY EMERY (Road Games) | 4 | 3 | 90 | 76 | 84.4% | 0 | 1-2 | -0.1 | 1-2-0 | 0 | 3-0 | RAY EMERY (vs. Division) | 1 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 88.0% | 0 | 1-0 | +1.9 | 1-0-0 | +2 | 1-0 | RAY EMERY (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 129 | 114 | 88.4% | 0 | 1-3 | -2 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 2-1 | STEVE MASON (All Games) | 12 | 12 | 381 | 348 | 91.3% | 2 | 5-7 | -2.9 | 5-7-0 | -3 | 6-6 | STEVE MASON (Road Games) | 5 | 5 | 158 | 144 | 91.1% | 2 | 1-4 | -2.8 | 1-4-0 | -3 | 1-4 | STEVE MASON (vs. Division) | 4 | 4 | 119 | 106 | 89.1% | 1 | 1-3 | -3.2 | 1-3-0 | -3 | 3-1 | STEVE MASON (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 133 | 122 | 91.7% | 1 | 2-2 | -1 | 2-2-0 | -1 | 3-1 |
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All Games | 14-6-0 | +8.8 | 14-6 | +8.8 | 12-8 | 3.4 | 32.8 | 2.8 | 29.0 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 6-2-0 | +2.9 | 6-2 | +2.9 | 7-1 | 4.4 | 34.9 | 2.9 | 26.5 | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +3.7 | 4-1 | +3.7 | 4-1 | 4.0 | 33.4 | 3.0 | 30.4 | vs. Division | 5-1-0 | +4.8 | 5-1 | +4.8 | 4-2 | 4.2 | 31.5 | 2.8 | 31.2 |
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Team Stats (All Games) | 20 | 68 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 656 | 10.4% | 77 | 15 | 19.5% | 108 | Team Stats (Home Games) | 8 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 279 | 12.5% | 34 | 9 | 26.5% | 56 | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 167 | 12.0% | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 31 | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 6 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 189 | 13.2% | 22 | 6 | 27.3% | 41 | Stats Against (All Games) | | 57 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 581 | 9.8% | 61 | 15 | 24.6% | 104 | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 10.8% | 25 | 6 | 24.0% | 40 | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 9.9% | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | 29 | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 187 | 9.1% | 17 | 6 | 35.3% | 30 |
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JAROSLAV HALAK (All Games) | 13 | 13 | 378 | 347 | 91.8% | 1 | 9-4 | +4.2 | 9-4-0 | +3 | 8-5 | JAROSLAV HALAK (Home Games) | 6 | 6 | 152 | 137 | 90.1% | 1 | 4-2 | +0.9 | 4-2-0 | +1 | 5-1 | JAROSLAV HALAK (vs. Division) | 4 | 4 | 132 | 123 | 93.2% | 0 | 3-1 | +2.2 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 2-2 | JAROSLAV HALAK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 114 | 108 | 94.7% | 1 | 4-0 | +4.1 | 4-0-0 | +4 | 3-1 | BRENT JOHNSON (All Games) | 8 | 7 | 202 | 177 | 87.6% | 1 | 5-2 | +4.6 | 5-2-0 | +5 | 4-3 | BRENT JOHNSON (Home Games) | 3 | 2 | 60 | 52 | 86.7% | 0 | 2-0 | +2 | 2-0-0 | +2 | 2-0 | BRENT JOHNSON (vs. Division) | 2 | 2 | 54 | 47 | 87.0% | 0 | 2-0 | +2.6 | 2-0-0 | +3 | 2-0 | CHAD JOHNSON (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | CHAD JOHNSON (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | CHAD JOHNSON (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 |
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| Average power rating of opponents played: PHILADELPHIA 3.14, NY ISLANDERS 3.16 |
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10/28/2014 | LOS ANGELES | 3-2 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5 ov | P | 10/30/2014 | at TAMPA BAY | 3-4 | L | 0, +145 | L | 6 un | O | 11/1/2014 | at FLORIDA | 1-2 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5.5 un | U | 11/4/2014 | EDMONTON | 4-1 | W | 0, -180 | W | 5.5 ov | U | 11/6/2014 | FLORIDA | 4-1 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5.5 un | U | 11/8/2014 | COLORADO | 4-3 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5.5 ov | O | 11/14/2014 | COLUMBUS | 3-4 | L | 0, -205 | L | 6 un | O | 11/15/2014 | at MONTREAL | 3-6 | L | 0, +145 | L | 5.5 un | O | 11/19/2014 | at NY RANGERS | 0-2 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5.5 ov | U | 11/20/2014 | MINNESOTA | 2-3 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5.5 un | U | 11/22/2014 | COLUMBUS | 4-2 | W | 0, -180 | W | 5.5 ov | O | 11/24/2014 | at NY ISLANDERS | | 11/26/2014 | at DETROIT | | 11/28/2014 | NY RANGERS | | 11/29/2014 | at NY RANGERS | | 12/2/2014 | at SAN JOSE | | 12/3/2014 | at ANAHEIM | |
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10/28/2014 | WINNIPEG | 3-4 | L | 0, -170 | L | 5.5 ov | O | 10/30/2014 | at COLORADO | 0-5 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5.5 ev | U | 11/1/2014 | at SAN JOSE | 1-3 | L | 0, +145 | L | 5.5 ov | U | 11/5/2014 | at ANAHEIM | 3-2 | W | 0, +125 | W | 5.5 ov | U | 11/6/2014 | at LOS ANGELES | 2-1 | W | 0, +155 | W | 5 ov | U | 11/8/2014 | at ARIZONA | 1-0 | W | 0, -120 | W | 6 un | U | 11/11/2014 | COLORADO | 6-0 | W | 0, -135 | W | 5.5 ov | O | 11/14/2014 | at FLORIDA | 4-3 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5.5 un | O | 11/15/2014 | at TAMPA BAY | 2-5 | L | 0, +150 | L | 6 un | O | 11/18/2014 | TAMPA BAY | 5-2 | W | 0, -145 | W | 6 ov | O | 11/21/2014 | at PITTSBURGH | 5-4 | W | 0, +160 | W | 5.5 ov | O | 11/22/2014 | PITTSBURGH | 4-1 | W | 0, +110 | W | 5.5 ov | U | 11/24/2014 | PHILADELPHIA | | 11/26/2014 | WASHINGTON | | 11/28/2014 | at WASHINGTON | | 11/29/2014 | NEW JERSEY | | 12/2/2014 | OTTAWA | | 12/4/2014 | at OTTAWA | |
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| | | PHILADELPHIA: LAST SEASON: 42-30-10, 94 points. Finished 3rd in Metropolitan Division. Sixth in Eastern Conference. Lost to New York Rangers in first round of playoffs.
COACH: Craig Berube, 2nd season with Flyers (42-27-10); 2nd overall in NHL.
ADDED: C R.J. Umberger, LW Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, D Michael Del Zotto
LOST: LW Scott Hartnell, RW Steve Downie, LW Tye McGinn, C Kris Newbury, D Erik Gustafsson, D Bruno Gervais
PLAYER TO WATCH: Flyers center Claude Giroux. Back earlier than expected from an unspecified lower-body injury, Giroux needs to be in top form if the Flyers expect to play deep into the postseason. Giroux was selected last season as a Hart Trophy finalist, the league's MVP award. He matched a career high with 28 goals and finished third in the NHL scoring race (86 points).
OUTLOOK: The Flyers need Steve Mason to play again like a true No. 1 goalie and for Giroux to play like an MVP candidate for the Flyers to have a shot at ending their Stanley Cup drought. The Flyers are 0 for the Cup since they won consecutive Cups in 1974 and 1975 and seemed poised to build a dynasty. Only the Toronto Maple Leafs (1966-67) have suffered longer than any other team that was won at least one Stanley Cup. | | NY ISLANDERS: LAST SEASON: 34-37-11, 79 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing eighth in Metropolitan Division and 14th in Eastern Conference.
COACH: Jack Capuano, fifth season with Islanders (118-120-39).
ADDED: G Jaroslav Halak, G Chad Johnson, C Cory Conacher, RW Jack Skille, LW Harry Zolnierczyk, C Mikhail Grabovski, LW Nikolai Kulemin.
LOST: G Evgeni Nabokov, D Radek Martinek.
PLAYER TO WATCH: John Tavares. The 24-year-old star center with the C on his sweater is back after missing New York's final 22 games last season due to a knee injury sustained while playing for Canada in the Olympics. He was second on the team with 66 points - including 24 goals - despite playing in only 59 games. The Islanders have made the playoffs only once (2013) since he was selected with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 draft.
OUTLOOK: This will be a year of nostalgia for the Islanders as they play their final season at the Nassau Coliseum - their home since joining the NHL in 1972 where four straight Stanley Cup champions were built from 1980-83. They will move to Brooklyn's Barclays Center next season. Since 2004, the Islanders have reached the playoffs just twice (2007 and 2013) and were eliminated in the first round both times. The task doesn't get any easier in the eight-team Metropolitan Division with perennial powerhouse Pittsburgh and the rival New York Rangers, who reached the Stanley Cup finals last season. Halak will shoulder a lot of the burden, along with Tavares, as he replaces veteran Evgeni Nabokov in goal. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (PHILADELPHIA-NY ISLANDERS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Flyers-Islanders Preview* ==========================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Senior Writer
Philadelphia (8-9-2) at New York (14-6-0), 7:00 p.m. EDT
John Tavares hasn't had much to celebrate since the New York Islanders made him the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2009, gaining a reputation as the best player on a bad team.
He has plenty to be excited about now.
The Islanders seek their fourth straight victory when they host the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.
Tavares led the club in points in each of his first four years before suffering a significant knee injury during the Olympics and sitting out the final 22 games of 2013-14 while New York missed the playoffs for the fourth time in his five seasons.
The Islanders (14-6-0), though, are off to their best 20-game start since opening 14-5 with one tie in 1987-88. They've won eight of nine after Tavares had a goal and an assist - giving him a team-high 20 points - in a 4-1 win Saturday that gave New York a sweep of a home-and-home set against Pittsburgh.
"We've got a talented hockey club and everyone is committed to doing the right things," Tavares said. "We just have a confident bunch, we're poised and we're playing very tenacious."
The Islanders have improved to 6-2-0 at home with a three-game winning streak at Nassau Coliseum and are tied with the Penguins atop the Metropolitan Division.
"We're a group that really pulls for each other," said winger Matt Martin, who scored in each game against Pittsburgh. "We came out to see where we're at (compared to the league's top teams). There's still a long ways to go, but it's a good step."
One of the most important additions this offseason was the signing of Jaroslav Halak, who has won six straight starts with a 1.31 goals-against average and two shutouts after making 27 stops Saturday.
He'll likely be in net against the Flyers, who had lost four straight before beating Columbus 4-2 on Saturday. Jakub Voracek and Claude Giroux had two assists apiece for Philadelphia (8-9-2), which will play seven of its next eight on the road.
The Flyers are 2-6-0 and have lost four straight away from home.
"Any time you finish a home game before a big road trip you want to make sure that you leave a little bit confident in your game," Giroux said. "It was one of our best games in the past five, six games."
The victory came three nights after general manager Ron Hextall entered the locker room following a 2-0 road loss to the New York Rangers and could be heard shouting at the team through closed doors.
"Any time your GM calls out every single player on the team, it's going to light a fire under your butt," said Wayne Simmonds, who scored his eighth goal. "We had a good response."
Voracek is hoping the Flyers can build off the win as they hit the road. Their only home game between now and Dec. 11 is Friday against the Rangers.
"It's going to be a very tough schedule," Voracek said. "We were very good picking up some points on the road (last season). Hopefully we're going to do it this year."
Steve Mason made 20 saves against the Blue Jackets and is 4-2-0 with a 2.20 GAA in his last six. He allowed four goals through 34 minutes before being pulled the last time he faced the Islanders on Jan. 18, though the Flyers rallied for a 6-4 win.
New York ended a four-game losing streak to Philadelphia with a 4-3 shootout victory two days later.
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| Last Updated: 3/28/2024 11:11:19 PM EST. |
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