5--on--5 Stories - Lighthouse Hockey
Islanders 5-on-5: Here be monsters
Scotty Bowman is often attributed with saying that your team's special teams percentages should add up to at least 100 if you want to be doing okay. The Islanders, at 18.7% + 80.8%, are close to 100 (99.5), but they are decidedly not doing okay. Admittedly, this "formula" is a rather old-school,...
On the road again, without ammo
Thank goodness the Islanders power play has been almost average (where would it be without Mark Streit?!): the Islanders are currently the worst 5-on-5 team by a country mile (that's .55 GF/GA at 5-on-5 as of this posting). The Islanders have four players with 6 goals or more -- and one of them is...
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