New York Islanders at Carolina Hurricanes [Game 20]

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Radio	Network		Arena		Network	Radio
88.7 FM WRHU	MSG+		PNC Arena		FSCR	99.9 FM WCMC
League	Value		Metric		Value	League
8th	63.2%		Points Percentage		55.6%	14th
29th	9.68%		Net Power Play Percentage		11.67%	27th
17th	77.05%		Net Penalty Kill Percentage		77.50%	16th
26th	86.73%		Combined Special Teams Percentage		89.17%	25th
3rd	3.74		Goals for per Game (All Situations)		2.94	19th
22nd	3.26		Goals against per Game (All Situations)		2.83	11th
16th	.05		Penalty +/- per Game (All Situations)		1.11	1st
14th	50.14%		Shot Attempt Percentage (5V5 Score Adjusted)		55.55%	1st
20th	48.40%		Scoring Chance Percentage (5V5 Score Adjusted)		54.87%	2nd
5th	102.11%		P.D.O. (5V5)		99.77%	22nd
3rd	10.17%		Shooting Percentage (5V5)		7.65%	17th
18th	91.93%		Save Percentage (5V5)		92.12%	15th
Data from Hockey-Reference.com and Natural Stat Trick
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The New York Islanders have traveled from Tampa, Florida to Raleigh, North Carolina where they'll take on the Carolina Hurricanes for the second time this week. The two last squared off on Thursday at Barclays Center in a chaotic battle that saw three lead changes during the course of the game. They'll look to pull out tonight's victory with a little less antacid usage required.

The Islanders downed the Tampa Bay Lightning last night by a score of six to four aided by an empty net goal to seal the contest. It was a relatively convincing victory for the Islanders (most fans could have done without the shell at the end) as they toppled the best team in the N.H.L. A win tonight would give them the points lead in the metropolitan division, something they didn't have throughout the entire 2016-2017 season.

The lineups for tonight's game are the same as they were for last night's victory against Tampa Bay. Jaroslav Halak will step between the pipes replacing Thomas Greiss, a sensible maneuver since goalies shouldn't play in back to back games. Scott Darling was in net last night for the Hurricanes, so Cam Ward gets the nod in net for the Hurricanes.

The puck drops at 5:05 P.M. E.S.T. tonight. The New Jersey Devils are off tonight meaning the Islanders get the sole claim to MSG+. Brendan Burke and Butch Goring will have the call.

As pointed out on Twitter dot com, the Islanders are undefeated since there's been a song in the game thread, so... here's a song!

New York Islanders Lineup

Carolina Hurricanes Lineup