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League | Value | Metric | Value | League | ||
14th | 57.9% | Points Percentage | 52.7% | 20th | ||
16th | 15.50% | Net Power Play Percentage | 13.82% | 25th | ||
30th | 78.26% | Net Penalty Kill Percentage | 86.67% | 7th | ||
25th | 93.76% | Combined Special Teams Percentage | 100.48% | 15th | ||
2nd | 3.55 | Goals for per Game (All Situations) | 3.16 | 8th | ||
30th | 3.50 | Goals against per Game (All Situations) | 3.22 | 26th | ||
7th | .37 | Penalty +/- per Game (All Situations) | .46 | 4th | ||
20th | 48.97% | Shot Attempt Percentage (5V5 Score Adjusted) | 47.90% | 24th | ||
25th | 47.63% | Scoring Chance Percentage (5V5 Score Adjusted) | 47.98% | 20th | ||
7th | 101.08% | P.D.O. (5V5) | 100.26% | 15th | ||
2nd | 9.44% | Shooting Percentage (5V5) | 8.48% | 9th | ||
28th | 91.63% | Save Percentage (5V5) | 91.78% | 25th | ||
Data from Hockey-Reference.com and Natural Stat Trick | ||||||
The Enemies' Lair | ||||||
Mile High Hockey |
The calendar year is about to and as a new NHL career begins for the New York Islanders. After seeing enough of Dennis Seidenberg in their last contest, Doug Weight has opted to start Sebastian Aho (who will consistently be tagged as the one from the Carolina Hurricanes apparently) for his first career start. He'll be on the third pairing for tonight's contest.
The opponents for tonight's contest will be the sneakily similar Colorado Avalanche. Both teams have seen their issues with puck possession, but high P.D.O.'s lead by above average shooting percentages to go along with favorable penalty differentials have helped them remain afloat this this season. The Islanders perform slightly better in the scoring chance and shooting percentage categories while the Avalanche have better special teams and have performed better overall in puck possession.
The Islanders caught a break in their last contest against the Avalanche when Blake Comeau went down with an injury at the same time Matt Duchene was traded away to the Ottawa Senators which left Colorado two forwards down. The Islanders were rumored candidates to land Duchene, but it appears as though they may have lucked out as Duchene has disappeared in Ottawa. With that being said, Colorado has performed better since ditching Duchene and the Islanders are not in position to take this Avalanche team lightly.
The Islanders will have changes to their forward corps to go along with the aforementioned defensive swap. Alan Quine and Anthony Beauvillier are back in for the Islanders at the expense of Shane Prince and Steve Bernier as they try to find any combination that will work on the third line. The play of the third line has been anything but good this season and is a big reason why the Islanders are hanging onto a playoff position despite the terrific play of the top two lines.
Jaroslav Halak gets the start tonight. He'll square off against Jonathan Bernier for the Avalanche. Puck drop is at 8:05 P.M. E.S.T. and can be found on MSG+.
New York Islanders Lineup
Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anders Lee | John Tavares | Josh Bailey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Ladd | Mathew Barzal | Jordan Eberle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brock Nelson | Alan Quine | Anthony Beauvillier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jason Chimera | Casey Cizikas | Cal Clutterbuck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Left Defence | Right Defense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nick Leddy | Ryan Pulock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adam Pelech | Scott Mayfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Hickey | Sebastian Aho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goalies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jaroslav Halak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Greiss |
Colorado Avalanche Lineup
Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gabriel Landeskog | Nathan MacKinnon | Mikko Rantanen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sven Andrighetto | Alexander Kerfoot | Nail Yakupov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colin Wilson | Tyson Jost | Gabriel Bourque | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matt Nieto | Carl Soderberg | Blake Comeau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Left Defence | Right Defense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nikita Zadorov | Erik Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Patrik Nemeth | Mark Barberio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samuel Girard | Anton Lindholm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goalies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jonathan Bernier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Semyon Varlamov |
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