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The Islanders and Rangers squared off with the Rangers riding a 9-1 hot streak. Many were slightly nervous as they came in from a tough road trip and took out each of the California teams. Others noted that the Rangers did this through a high P.D.O. and were do for Regression.
The fancy stats prevailed in the end as the Islanders dominated all three periods of play in route to a 3-0 shoot out over their nemeses.
The Corsi Tables
The Islanders
| # | Period One | Period Two | Period Three | Total | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CF | CA | CF% | CF REL% | CF | CA | CF% | CF REL% | CF | CA | CF% | CF REL% | CW | CA | CF% | CF REL% | ||||||
| 29 | 8.0 | 2.8 | 74.1% | 30.0% | 8.7 | 0.9 | 90.6% | 36.4% | 2.3 | 5.2 | 30.7% | -30.7% | 19.0 | 8.9 | 68.1% | 14.7% | |||||
| 86 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 78.7% | 34.1% | 8.6 | 0.8 | 91.5% | 37.3% | 1.2 | 5.3 | 18.5% | -44.3% | 16.8 | 8.0 | 67.7% | 13.8% | |||||
| 27 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 51.9% | .4% | 8.8 | 3.5 | 71.5% | 12.7% | 8.1 | 3.4 | 70.4% | 20.1% | 20.9 | 10.6 | 66.3% | 12.9% | |||||
| 18 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 57.3% | 7.2% | 6.8 | 3.3 | 67.3% | 6.3% | 7.0 | 3.5 | 66.7% | 14.4% | 18.9 | 10.6 | 64.1% | 9.7% | |||||
| 44 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 71.4% | 25.7% | 6.8 | 5.2 | 56.7% | -8.3% | 5.9 | 3.5 | 62.8% | 8.9% | 19.7 | 11.5 | 63.1% | 8.6% | |||||
| 40 | 8.0 | 2.8 | 74.1% | 30.0% | 9.6 | 0.9 | 91.4% | 38.5% | 0.0 | 7.8 | .0% | -68.7% | 17.6 | 11.5 | 60.5% | 5.0% | |||||
| 2 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 49.2% | -4.3% | 11.6 | 6.2 | 65.2% | 4.5% | 9.2 | 5.2 | 63.9% | 12.2% | 29.8 | 20.7 | 59.0% | 3.9% | |||||
| 3 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 68.1% | 22.6% | 9.8 | 7.0 | 58.3% | -7.1% | 5.8 | 6.1 | 48.7% | -10.0% | 23.5 | 16.8 | 58.3% | 2.4% | |||||
| 51 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 38.1% | -18.0% | 7.7 | 3.4 | 69.4% | 9.2% | 5.8 | 3.5 | 62.4% | 8.4% | 17.5 | 13.4 | 56.6% | .0% | |||||
| 55 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 44.6% | -13.5% | 10.5 | 6.1 | 63.3% | 1.1% | 9.3 | 5.3 | 63.7% | 12.0% | 28.9 | 22.7 | 56.0% | -1.1% | |||||
| 91 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 47.6% | -5.7% | 5.0 | 5.2 | 49.0% | -18.0% | 9.3 | 5.2 | 64.1% | 12.7% | 20.3 | 17.0 | 54.4% | -3.2% | |||||
| 14 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 47.2% | -6.0% | 7.7 | 3.4 | 69.4% | 9.2% | 8.2 | 9.7 | 45.8% | -17.6% | 20.9 | 18.7 | 52.8% | -5.7% | |||||
| 37 | 6.0 | 8.4 | 41.7% | -15.1% | 5.8 | 3.4 | 63.0% | .6% | 8.2 | 7.0 | 53.9% | -3.0% | 20.0 | 18.8 | 51.5% | -7.4% | |||||
| 17 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 45.3% | -7.9% | 5.0 | 4.4 | 53.2% | -12.1% | 5.8 | 5.4 | 51.8% | -5.6% | 14.7 | 14.5 | 50.3% | -8.2% | |||||
| 21 | 6.0 | 9.4 | 39.0% | -19.9% | 5.0 | 7.0 | 41.7% | -29.4% | 10.5 | 4.3 | 70.9% | 23.4% | 21.5 | 20.7 | 50.9% | -8.6% | |||||
| 12 | 6.0 | 9.4 | 39.0% | -19.9% | 4.0 | 7.9 | 33.6% | -40.5% | 9.3 | 1.7 | 84.5% | 38.9% | 19.3 | 19.0 | 50.4% | -9.0% | |||||
| 53 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 45.3% | -7.9% | 3.8 | 5.2 | 42.2% | -26.0% | 5.8 | 4.5 | 56.3% | .6% | 13.5 | 14.4 | 48.4% | -10.6% | |||||
| 15 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 41.2% | -13.5% | 5.6 | 4.3 | 56.6% | -7.9% | 4.6 | 5.4 | 46.0% | -13.0% | 14.2 | 15.4 | 48.0% | -11.4% | |||||
| Tm | 22.0 | 20.6 | 51.6% | 26.1 | 15.6 | 62.6% | 23.3 | 18.4 | 55.9% | 71.4 | 54.6 | 56.7% | |||||||||
| Player Data from War-On-Ice.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All data five on five and score adjusted. | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Rangers
| # | Period One | Period Two | Period Three | Total | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CF | CA | CF% | CF REL% | CF | CA | CF% | CF REL% | CF | CA | CF% | CF REL% | CW | CA | CF% | CF REL% | ||||||
| 10 | 10.3 | 6.0 | 63.2% | 24.0% | 3.5 | 2.9 | 54.7% | 20.4% | 8.7 | 3.9 | 69.0% | 35.7% | 22.5 | 12.8 | 63.7% | 28.3% | |||||
| 12 | 9.4 | 5.0 | 65.3% | 25.6% | 5.1 | 2.9 | 63.8% | 32.6% | 5.4 | 3.6 | 60.0% | 20.2% | 19.9 | 11.5 | 63.4% | 26.7% | |||||
| 28 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 57.3% | 14.6% | 6.0 | 2.9 | 67.4% | 38.1% | 2.6 | 3.5 | 42.6% | -1.8% | 18.0 | 13.4 | 57.3% | 18.6% | |||||
| 18 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 45.2% | -4.8% | 3.3 | 3.0 | 52.4% | 17.6% | 7.8 | 2.7 | 74.3% | 40.3% | 17.7 | 13.7 | 56.4% | 17.4% | |||||
| 19 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 41.2% | -8.5% | 1.7 | 0.9 | 65.4% | 29.8% | 8.9 | 7.8 | 53.3% | 15.3% | 13.4 | 12.7 | 51.3% | 10.1% | |||||
| 20 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 31.8% | -20.8% | 4.3 | 2.8 | 60.6% | 27.9% | 7.0 | 6.3 | 52.6% | 12.5% | 14.1 | 15.1 | 48.3% | 6.4% | |||||
| 22 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 40.2% | -11.3% | 5.1 | 8.6 | 37.2% | -.3% | 10.6 | 7.3 | 59.2% | 26.4% | 20.4 | 22.9 | 47.1% | 5.8% | |||||
| 27 | 10.3 | 9.0 | 53.4% | 9.2% | 8.8 | 10.8 | 44.9% | 14.1% | 5.2 | 10.5 | 33.1% | -17.6% | 24.3 | 30.3 | 44.5% | 2.1% | |||||
| 5 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 50.8% | 4.3% | 6.1 | 10.6 | 36.5% | -1.5% | 3.4 | 5.9 | 36.6% | -9.7% | 18.9 | 25.6 | 42.5% | -1.3% | |||||
| 8 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 52.4% | 5.7% | 4.3 | 6.8 | 38.7% | 1.8% | 4.4 | 10.2 | 30.1% | -21.5% | 15.3 | 23.0 | 39.9% | -4.9% | |||||
| 16 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 56.4% | 11.1% | 6.1 | 13.5 | 31.1% | -11.9% | 3.4 | 7.0 | 32.7% | -15.2% | 16.1 | 25.6 | 38.6% | -7.1% | |||||
| 26 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 21.3% | -34.1% | 4.3 | 9.6 | 30.9% | -9.7% | 7.8 | 6.2 | 55.7% | 17.4% | 14.0 | 22.8 | 38.0% | -7.5% | |||||
| 62 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 18.8% | -33.4% | 4.3 | 5.8 | 42.6% | 6.8% | 3.5 | 5.4 | 39.3% | -6.1% | 8.7 | 15.1 | 36.6% | -8.4% | |||||
| 36 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 56.4% | 11.1% | 4.4 | 12.5 | 26.0% | -19.1% | 1.7 | 7.1 | 19.3% | -31.4% | 12.7 | 24.7 | 34.0% | -13.3% | |||||
| 13 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 35.9% | -15.3% | 2.6 | 6.7 | 28.0% | -12.2% | 4.5 | 10.0 | 31.0% | -20.1% | 9.9 | 21.7 | 31.3% | -16.0% | |||||
| 17 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 43.0% | -6.7% | 3.5 | 13.5 | 20.6% | -28.4% | 5.4 | 10.1 | 34.8% | -14.8% | 12.6 | 28.5 | 30.7% | -18.8% | |||||
| 61 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 52.0% | 5.1% | 4.3 | 13.5 | 24.2% | -23.1% | 1.7 | 9.3 | 15.5% | -38.9% | 12.6 | 28.9 | 30.4% | -19.3% | |||||
| 21 | 1.9 | 6.1 | 23.8% | -30.3% | 0.0 | 2.8 | .0% | -40.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | 1.9 | 8.9 | 17.6% | -28.2% | |||||
| Tm | 20.6 | 22.0 | 48.4% | 15.6 | 26.1 | 37.4% | 18.4 | 23.3 | 44.1% | 54.6 | 71.4 | 43.3% | |||||||||
| Player Data from War-On-Ice.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All data five on five and score adjusted. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pretty much everyone on the Islanders played well with only two players in the negatives. While the teams played evenly in the first period, the Islanders carried possession and obviously the score board in the second. They didn't go into the shell like they normally do with their three goal lead and carried possession into the third for the victory.
The Rangers had some players that did decently and some that were just awful. While Henrik Lundqvist wasn't great, he wasn't atrociously horrible either. This loss mostly comes on the backs of the forwards, namely the skill players who were just completely outclassed by their Islanders counterparts.
Stars of the Game
First Star - Jaroslav Halak
This one is pretty much inarguable. Halak stopped everything he faced. It feels nice knowing that in a rivalry game against a team with one of the more renowned goalies in the league that there is a chance that he could be outplayed. This was just a fantastic performance by Halak in what is only the second Islanders shutout in Madison Square Garden and the first since Billy Smith did it back in 1975.
Second Star - Anders Lee
The second, third, and fourth stars are harder to argue, but this one is going to Lee. While Kulemin had better possession numbers than him, Lee lead his line in possession. He also lead the Islanders in shots and individual Corsi attempts, and was probably the best forward on the team.
Third Star - Nikolay Kulemin
Kulemin wasn't the top possession guy on his line, but he scored the second goal that lead to the team pulling away. Nielsen's goal did come short handed and might have required a bit more skill, but while Kulemin and Nelson drove their lines' possession, Nielsen was at the bottom of his, so Kulemin gets the nod.
Goats of the Game
First Goat - Derek Stepan
Stepan left the game due to injury in the second period and would not return. When he did play he was by far the worst Ranger on the ice. He finished the game with a paltry 17.6 percent Corsi for percentage and was out for a goal against in his limited minutes. He was also the worst on the team in relative Corsi.
Second Goat - John Moore
John Moore's performance left a lot to be desired and showed why he is on the third pairing. He was the worst defenseman in possession in this game with a 30.7 percent Corsi for percentage. He was one of many Rangers that didn't get a shot on net. While there are a lot of options here, John Moore is getting the nod.
Second Goat - Rick Nash
Nash was terrible in this game. He was the worst on his line and second worse in the game in possession. To make matters worse for the Rangers, his worst performance came in the third period when the team needed goals the most. He did lead the team in shots on goal and individual Corsi attempts which is why he got the nod over John Moore, but the puck mostly went the wrong way with him on the ice and he was out for two goals against.
That's what we have for today. Tune in next time for the next post game analysis!