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| 57 | NY ISLANDERS | -200 | Ov 5.5,+100 | -200 | Ov 5.5,+100 | | 58 | BUFFALO | +170 | Un 5.5,-120 | +170 | Un 5.5,-120 |
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| All Games | 23-11-0 | +12.5 | 23-11 | +12.5 | 16-18 | 3.1 | 32.7 | 2.8 | 27.8 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 10-7-0 | +5.1 | 10-7 | +5.1 | 8-9 | 2.7 | 29.9 | 3.1 | 29.3 | | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +2.9 | 4-1 | +2.9 | 0-5 | 2.4 | 38.4 | 1.8 | 22.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 34 | 105 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 1112 | 9.4% | 121 | 22 | 18.2% | 167 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 17 | 46 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 509 | 9.0% | 59 | 8 | 13.6% | 73 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 6.2% | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | 18 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 94 | 27 | 32 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 946 | 9.9% | 96 | 26 | 27.1% | 174 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 52 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 498 | 10.4% | 50 | 14 | 28.0% | 98 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 8.0% | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | 16 |
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| JAROSLAV HALAK (All Games) | 24 | 24 | 664 | 610 | 91.9% | 2 | 18-6 | +11.3 | 18-6-0 | +10 | 10-14 | | JAROSLAV HALAK (Road Games) | 10 | 10 | 297 | 274 | 92.3% | 0 | 7-3 | +4.6 | 7-3-0 | +4 | 4-6 | | JAROSLAV HALAK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 92 | 86 | 93.5% | 0 | 4-0 | +4.3 | 4-0-0 | +4 | 0-4 | | BRENT JOHNSON (All Games) | 11 | 10 | 279 | 242 | 86.7% | 1 | 5-5 | +1.2 | 5-5-0 | +2 | 6-4 | | BRENT JOHNSON (Road Games) | 7 | 7 | 198 | 172 | 86.9% | 1 | 3-4 | +0.6 | 3-4-0 | +1 | 4-3 | | CHAD JOHNSON (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | CHAD JOHNSON (Road Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | KEVIN POULIN (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | KEVIN POULIN (Road Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 |
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| All Games | 13-22-0 | +2.3 | 13-22 | +2.3 | 16-13 | 2.0 | 23.5 | 3.3 | 35.7 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 9-10-0 | +4.9 | 9-10 | +4.9 | 8-8 | 2.2 | 24.1 | 2.7 | 34.9 | | Last 5 Games | 1-4-0 | -2.7 | 1-4 | -2.7 | 5-0 | 2.6 | 26.8 | 4.8 | 33.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 35 | 69 | 14 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 823 | 8.4% | 98 | 9 | 9.2% | 118 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 19 | 41 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 457 | 9.0% | 59 | 6 | 10.2% | 72 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 9.7% | 14 | 3 | 21.4% | 23 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 115 | 24 | 40 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 1250 | 9.2% | 122 | 29 | 23.8% | 205 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 51 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 664 | 7.7% | 63 | 9 | 14.3% | 89 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 24 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 168 | 14.3% | 19 | 7 | 36.8% | 45 |
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| JHONAS ENROTH (All Games) | 23 | 22 | 796 | 726 | 91.2% | 4 | 9-13 | +2.8 | 9-13-0 | +4 | 10-9 | | JHONAS ENROTH (Home Games) | 14 | 13 | 453 | 417 | 92.1% | 1 | 6-7 | +2.2 | 6-7-0 | +2 | 5-7 | | JHONAS ENROTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 120 | 105 | 87.5% | 0 | 2-2 | +0.5 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 4-0 | | MATT HACKETT (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | MATT HACKETT (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (All Games) | 13 | 13 | 451 | 410 | 90.9% | 1 | 4-9 | -0.5 | 4-9-0 | 0 | 6-4 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Home Games) | 6 | 6 | 210 | 197 | 93.8% | 0 | 3-3 | +2.8 | 3-3-0 | +3 | 3-1 | | MICHAL NEUVIRTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 122 | 108 | 88.5% | 0 | 1-3 | -1 | 1-3-0 | -1 | 2-0 |
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| 12/2/2014 | OTTAWA | 3-2 | W | 0, -185 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 12/4/2014 | at OTTAWA | 2-1 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 12/6/2014 | ST LOUIS | 4-6 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 12/9/2014 | at MINNESOTA | 4-5 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 12/11/2014 | at ST LOUIS | 3-6 | L | 0, +140 | L | 5.5 ov | O | | 12/13/2014 | CHICAGO | 3-2 | W | 0, +110 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 12/15/2014 | NEW JERSEY | 3-2 | W | 0, -205 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 12/19/2014 | at DETROIT | 2-1 | W | 0, +120 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 12/20/2014 | TAMPA BAY | 3-1 | W | 0, -135 | W | 6 un | U | | 12/23/2014 | MONTREAL | 1-3 | L | 0, -135 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 12/27/2014 | at BUFFALO | | | 12/29/2014 | WASHINGTON | | | 12/31/2014 | at WINNIPEG | | | 1/2/2015 | at CALGARY | | | 1/4/2015 | at EDMONTON | | | 1/6/2015 | at VANCOUVER | |
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| 12/2/2014 | TAMPA BAY | 2-1 | W | 0, +170 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 12/4/2014 | at TAMPA BAY | 0-5 | L | 0, +285 | L | 5 ov | P | | 12/6/2014 | at FLORIDA | 2-3 | L | 0, +165 | L | 5 un | P | | 12/9/2014 | LOS ANGELES | 1-0 | W | 0, +180 | W | 5 un | U | | 12/11/2014 | CALGARY | 4-3 | W | 0, +145 | W | 5 ov | O | | 12/13/2014 | FLORIDA | 4-3 | W | 0, +120 | W | 5 un | O | | 12/15/2014 | OTTAWA | 5-4 | W | 0, +130 | W | 5 ov | O | | 12/16/2014 | at WINNIPEG | 1-5 | L | 0, +200 | L | 5 ov | O | | 12/20/2014 | COLORADO | 1-5 | L | 0, +115 | L | 5 ov | O | | 12/21/2014 | at BOSTON | 3-4 | L | 0, +265 | L | 5 un | O | | 12/23/2014 | at DETROIT | 3-6 | L | 0, +260 | L | 5 ov | O | | 12/27/2014 | NY ISLANDERS | | | 12/29/2014 | at OTTAWA | | | 12/31/2014 | TAMPA BAY | | | 1/2/2015 | FLORIDA | | | 1/3/2015 | at NY RANGERS | | | 1/6/2015 | at NEW JERSEY | |
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| |  | 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. | | BUFFALO: LAST SEASON: 21-51-10, 52 points. Missed the playoffs by finishing 16th in the Eastern Conference.
COACH: Ted Nolan, 4th season with Sabres (including 1995-97), 90-98-28; 6th overall in NHL.
ADDED: RW Brian Gionta, LW Matt Moulson, C Sam Reinhart, D Josh Gorges, D Andrej Meszaros, C Cody McCormick, D Andre Benoit.
LOST: LW Ville Leino, D Christian Ehrhoff, D Henrik Tallinder, RW Matt D'Agostini, LW John Scott, C Zenon Konopka.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Reinhart. Selected with the No. 2 pick in the draft in June, the son of former NHLer Paul Reinhart is being given every opportunity to crack the season-opening lineup before his 19th birthday on Nov. 6. He was a play-making forward during three-plus seasons in the Western Hockey League, and is being counted upon to add immediate offense to a team that scored a post-NHL-expansion-era low 150 goals.
OUTLOOK: The Sabres can't be much worse after setting a franchise record for losses during a tumultuous season in which they changed their coach and general manager, and purged much of their veteran core, including trading goalie Ryan Miller. They've added veteran leadership (Gionta and Gorges) to complement their youth movement. And yet, the Sabres have too many questions marks - particularly in net, where Jhonas Enroth and Michal Neuvirth are competing for the starting job - to consider them playoff contenders. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (NY ISLANDERS-BUFFALO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Islanders-Sabres Preview* ==========================
By JOHN KOSIK STATS Editor
New York (23-11-0) at Buffalo (13-19-3), 7:00 p.m. EDT
Jaroslav Halak was rewarded for his outstanding play with a night off before the Christmas break and the New York Islanders' win streak was promptly halted at four.
Halak will be back in net Saturday night when the Islanders visit the Buffalo Sabres, who have returned to their early-season losing ways following a monthlong surge.
After starting every game during the win streak and allowing six goals on 92 shots, Halak was rested Tuesday in favor of backup Chad Johnson, who made 18 saves while losing his third straight start, 3-1 to Montreal.
Johnson won four of his first five starts with a 2.96 goals-against average, but he's dropped four of five since behind a 4.16 GAA - making it abundantly clear that New York (23-11-0) needs Halak to remain healthy for the remainder of the season.
"It's frustrating," said Johnson. "You play to win hockey games. We were right there. It just didn't happen. You've just got to regroup and keep working."
Halak is 18-6-0 with three shutouts, a 2.24 GAA and .919 save percentage, and the Islanders have been unable to counter offensively when he isn't at his best. New York is 4-5 when he's allowed at least three goals and 14-1 when he's given up two or less.
Kyle Okposo scored and the Islanders outshot the Canadiens 14-3 in the first period, but they allowed three goals on 18 shots in the second and third. New York put the puck on net 15 times in the final period, but goalie Carey Price got it done for Montreal.
"I thought we ran out of gas," Okposo told the team's website. "We looked like a tired team tonight. We didn't have that same jump in the offensive zone we usually do."
Despite the loss, the Islanders will come out of the break still tied with Chicago and Anaheim for the most victories in the NHL, though they trail first-place Pittsburgh by three points in the Metropolitan Division.
New York would certainly like to make some noise coming out of the holiday hiatus the same way it did last season with seven wins in the first nine games after Dec. 25, but the Islanders play eight of their next nine on the road. They've lost four of seven away games and their power play has gone 2 for 27 over the previous nine.
"We can't forget what we've done here in the past, and what's made us good," New York defenseman Travis Hamonic said.
Buffalo (13-19-3) appeared to be recovering from 15 losses in its first 18 games during a 10-3-0 stretch from Nov. 15-Dec. 15, but the Sabres dropped their final four games heading into the break - three of them on the road.
After allowing 29 total goals during those solid four weeks, Buffalo has given up 20 just in the last four games, including a 6-3 loss at Detroit on Tuesday that matched a season worst for goals allowed.
The Sabres took a 3-2 lead into the third but gave up four goals in a single period for the third time. All three of their penalties in the third ended with Detroit goals.
"Playing a good team, you have to play smart with a two-goal lead," coach Ted Nolan said. "We took a stupid penalty and the rest is history."
The upside is that most of the success from Nov. 15-Dec. 15 came in Buffalo, where the Sabres have won eight of their last ten.
This marks the first meeting this season between these clubs.
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| | Last Updated: 4/19/2024 12:53:12 PM EST. |
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