Goalie Shutouts in New York Islanders History

Some fun from The Skinny at the Islanders official site:

Anders Nilsson is the first Islanders goaltender to record a shutout for his first NHL win. He is the youngest Islanders goaltender since Roberto Luongo to record a shutout and the first NHL goalie to record his first NHL game [sic, win] by shutout since Al Montoya did so for Phoenix on April 1, 2009.

Later in that post: "Of the 44 goalies in Islanders history, Nilsson is the 25th to record at least one shutout."

He just needs one more to tie the legendary Yann Danis. You now what that means: Time to surf history.

Actually, one more bit of trivia from that post before we dig into the full list: It's reported as only the seventh 1-0 home win in Islanders history. You'll have to click through to see the others with dates, but they hint at them:

The three winningest goalies in Isles history each own one of them; the other four were won by the only three Swedish netminders to ever start a game for the team.

Hail to the Swedes!

Islanders Goalies with Shutouts

Here's the full list of Islanders goaltenders who have put up shutouts. Nilsson et al have some catching up to do, but hey, one great year and you can be in Hrudey or Healy country:

*Data incomplete for the old-timers, obviously

Does it seem like 44 goalies is a small number of total goalies for a franchise in its 40th year? I'd have expected it to be larger -- and would expect Nilsson to be more than the 25th goalie to record an Islanders shutout.

But I guess that's what having stability like Chico Resch and Billy Smith in the nets will do.

The '90s were a constant turnstile of goalies coming in and out, and Bossy knows the seasons since 2008 haven't been much different. That's how you end up with Nilsson, Biron, McDonald, Montoya, Roloson, Danis and Nabokov all making that list.

Despited his limited action in recent years, Rick DiPietro also belongs on that recent post-2008 list. His last shutout was Nov. 26, 2010. Against the Devils, of course.