NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Nov. 3, 2022 Win NYI 5 at STL 2 Palmieri, Nelson,
Bailey, Lee, Pageau
Sorokin (32/34)

The Islanders began the second frame trailing by a goal, then Kyle Palmieri, Brock Nelson, Josh Bailey and Anders Lee responded with four goals to help the New York Islanders defeat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Thursday night at Enterprise Center. Ilya Sorokin collected his fourth straight win as he turned away 32 of 34 shots faced, Noah Dobson recorded his second multi-assist game of 2022-23, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored his first goal of the season as the Islanders captured their fifth straight victory.

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Today, the New York Islanders visit the Detroit Red Wings in the first of three matchups between the two clubs this season. The last time these teams met was March 24, when four Islanders recorded multi-point games in a 5-2 win at UBS Arena. Today’s game is the final matchup of a three-game road trip for the Islanders, while the Red Wings are on the front-end of a back-to-back and visit the NY Rangers tomorrow. The Islanders enter today’s contest with five straight wins since last Wednesday, and look to capture their first win of the season against an Atlantic Division opponent.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 28 Robin Salo has been recalled from the Bridgeport Islanders (AHL).
Oct. 21 Robin Salo has been assigned to Bridgeport. Sebastian Aho has been activated off IR.

INJURIES GAMES MISSED

15 Cal Clutterbuck Oct. 13 vs. FLA

25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 vs. FLA – Oct. 20 vs. NJD

26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13 vs. FLA

Man Games Lost: 6

vs. THE RED WINGS:
2021-22 1-1-1
Last 5 meetings 3-1-1
Franchise History 59-52-6-4
NYI Home 33-21-4-3
NYI Away 26-31-2-1

ACTIVE NYI LEADERS
2021-22 Anders Lee (1g, 3a), Mathew Barzal (4a)
Points Z. Parise (25), J. Bailey (22) B. Nelson & A. Lee (20)
Goals Z. Parise & B. Nelson (12), A. Lee & J. Bailey (9)
Assists M. Barzal (18), J. Bailey & Z. Parise (13)

SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION TIME (ET) TV
Nov. 5, 2022 Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, Mich.) 1:00PM MSG
Jan. 27, 2023 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:00PM MSG
Mar. 4, 2023 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 12:30PM MSG

LAST FIVE MEETINGS VS. DETROIT
March 24, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) Win (5-2)
Dec. 14, 2021 Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, Mich.) Loss (2-1)
Dec. 4, 2021 Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, Mich.) OT Loss (4-3)
Feb. 21, 2020 Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, NY) Win (4-1)
Jan. 14, 2020 Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, NY) Win (8-2)

VISITING THE RED WINGS
Last season, the Islanders visited Little Caesars Arena twice in ten days, between Dec. 4 and Dec. 14. The Islanders collected a point in an OT loss on December 4, and fell to the Red Wings 2-1 in regulation on December 14. Since 2018, the Islanders are 8-2-1 vs. the Red Wings. The last time these teams met was March 24, 2022 at UBS Arena, when Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier and Brock Nelson each recorded multi-point games in a 5-2 victory on home ice. Today’s matchup is the first of three meetings between the two clubs this season. Zach Parise leads active Islanders in career points against Detroit, tallying 25 (12g, 13a) in 24 games. Parise and Brock Nelson are tied for the team-lead in goals (12). Mathew Barzal has tallied 18 assists in just 11 career games against Detroit, leading the Islanders. His 18 assists against Detroit are second only to the Rangers (22) in assists he has recorded against a single opponent. The Islanders enter today’s game looking to capture their first win of the season vs. an Atlantic Division opponent: The Atlantic is the only division in which the Islanders have not yet earned a win so far this season.

FIVE STRAIGHT
The Islanders enter today’s game with five straight wins since last Wednesday, Oct. 26. It is the first time they have recorded five consecutive wins since March 2, 2021. Last season, their longest win streak was four games. The Islanders have outscored their opponents 22-10 since last Wednesday. The New Jersey Devils are the only other Metropolitan team to record wins in five straight so far this season. The Islanders are one of three Metropolitan teams to have captured wins in their last three straight road games (Carolina, New Jersey).

OUTSCORING THE OPPOSITION
They have been most productive in the third period, having outscored opponents 12-3 in the third in their last five games, and 12 of the last 22 Islander goals (since Wednesday, Oct. 26) have been scored in the third period. The Islanders have found the back of the net in the third frame in each of their first 11 games of the season (7-4-0), for a total of 20 third-period tallies. Thursday night was the fourth straight game in which the Islanders recorded an empty-net goal. The Islanders matched a single-game season high as they recorded four goals in the second period on Thursday in St. Louis. The Islanders are 6-2-0 when they find the back of the net in the middle frame, and have outscored opponents 16-11 in the second period this season.

GOALTENDING
Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov has posted a 7-6-0 record including a .925 SV% and 2.26 GAA in 13 starts against the Red Wings. Amongst active goaltenders who have seen Detroit more than 10 times, only three have posted a better save percentage (Bobrovsky, Allen, Price). Saturday night was Varlamov’s 50th win as an Islander, as he becomes the 12th goalie in franchise history to record 50 wins with the club. Ilya Sorokin earned his fourth consecutive win on Thursday night vs. the Blues. Sorokin and New Jersey’s Vitek Vanecek (four) are the only Metropolitan Division netminders with active win streaks. Sorokin has made 127 saves on 132 shots in his last four games, allowing just five goals since Oct. 26 3000 Today’s game is Alternate Governor, General Manager and President of Hockey Operations Lou Lamoriello’s 3,000th game as a general manager (including playoffs).

BLUELINERS
Through 11 games, Islanders blueliners have recorded 26 points, and their nine goals so far this season leads the NHL. Defensemen Noah Dobson (2) and Alexander Romanov (1) added three assists on Thursday in St. Louis. An Islanders defensman has found the scoresheet in nine of eleven games so far this season. Ryan Pulock has recorded a plus-3 rating in three different contests this season, including twice in the last five games. He leads the Islanders with a +9 rating. Adam Pelech set a new single-game season high amongst Islanders skaters on Thursday as he skated 24:30 TOI (his highest TOI since Dec. 19, 2021). Pelech has recorded two multi-point games through eleven games this season. Last year,
Pelech needed 64 games tow record two multi-point outings. Scott Mayfield and Robin Salo each recorded their first career multi-goal games on Oct. 15. It was the first time since January 1993 that two Islanders defensemen have recorded multi-goal outings in the same contest. Robin Salo’s +4 rating on October 15 was a career-high and matched the Islanders’ single-game high set last season by Brock Nelson (Nov. 4 vs. MTL). He is the first Islander defenseman since Denis Potvin (most recently in 1982) to record two goals and record a +4 rating in the same game.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

• Josh Bailey scored his third goal of the season on Thursday and has found the scoresheet in four of his last five games
• Anders Lee enters today’s game with a four-game point streak (2g, 3a since Oct. 28) and the team-lead in goals (6) and power play goals (3)
• Jean-Gabriel Pageau found the back of the net for the first time this season on Thursday night
• Kyle Palmieri is one of nine Islanders with three or more goals through 11 games this season

DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:

LAST GAME
RED WINGS 3 vs. WASHINGTON 1 (11/3/22)
1ST PERIOD: No scoring
2ND PERIOD: WSH Ovechkin (Kuznetsov) 7:11-EV; DET Raymond (Kubalík, Perron) 14:58-PP
3RD PERIOD: DET Copp (Erne, Larkin) 16:10-EV; DET Larkin (Copp, Rasmussen) 19:32-EN
SHOTS: DET 26 (9-9-8) / WSH 34 (9-15-10)
GOALIES: DET Husso (W, 33-34) / WSH Kuemper (L, 23-25)
PP: DET 1-3 / WSH 0-4

MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Robby Fabbri – lower body (10 / Oct. 10)
Tyler Bertuzzi – upper body (8 / Oct. 15)
Jakub Vrána – personal (8 / Oct. 17)
Oskar Sundqvist – upper body (4 / Oct. 27)
Total Man Games Lost: 32
Individual Man Games Lost: Michael Rasmussen (2)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
11/5 – Recalled forward Austin Czarnik from Grand Rapids
11/2 – Reassigned goaltender Victor Brattström to Grand Rapids from Toledo (ECHL) … Reassigned goaltender Sebastian Cossa
from Grand Rapids to Toledo (ECHL)

TODAY’S GAME
RED WINGS vs. ISLANDERS / 1:00 P.M. EDT / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TODAY: 122nd all-time meeting, 61st in Detroit … First of three games this season, only game at Little Caesars Arena ALL-TIME vs. NYI: 56-54-6-5 / HOME: 32-24-2-2 / LAST 10: 3-5-2 / IN 2021-22: 2-1-0 / THIS SEASON: 0-0-0 DET top scorers vs. NYI: Dylan Larkin (4-11-15 in 18 GP), David Perron (5-5-10 in 18 GP), Moritz Seider (1-1-2 in 3 GP), Pius Suter (1-1-2 in 3 GP), Filip Zadina (0-2-2 in 4 GP) NYI top scorers vs. DET: Zach Parise (12-13-25 in 24 GP), Josh Bailey (9-13-22 in 27 GP), Anders Lee (9-11-20 in 21 GP), Brock Nelson (12-8-20 in 23 GP), Mathew Barzal (1-18-19 in 11 GP), Kyle Palmieri (8-8-16 in 24 GP), Ryan Pulock (3-6-9 in 10 GP), Anthony Beauvillier (4-3-7 in 14 GP), Oliver Wahlstrom (3-0-3 in 3 GP), Noah Dobson (1-2-3 in 4 GP), Ross Johnston (0-1-1 in 2 GP)

UPCOMING GAMES
Sunday, Nov. 6: RED WINGS at RANGERS / 5:00 p.m. EST / Madison Square Garden / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Tuesday, Nov. 8: RED WINGS vs. CANADIENS / 7:00 p.m. EST / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Thursday, Nov. 10: RED WINGS vs. RANGERS / 7:00 p.m. EST / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Detroit Red Wings: Media Notes

LAST TIME OUT
Nov. 3 vs. Washington – 3-1 W
Detroit earned a 3-1 victory over Washington to improve to 5-3-2 overall and 4-1-1 inside Little Caesars Arena … The result marked Detroit’s first victory over Washington on home ice since a 3-2 shootout win on Feb. 18, 2017 … The result was also Detroit’s first win in regulation against Washington, home or away, since clinching a 1-0 victory on Nov. 10, 2015 at Joe Louis Arena … Andrew Copp scored what proved to be the game-winning goal with 3:50 left in regulation, marking his first goal in a Detroit jersey … Copp later added an assist for his first multi-point game with the Red Wings … Dylan Larkin recorded an empty-net goal and an assist to extend his point streak to three-straight games (2-3-5 in 3 GP) … Larkin paces the Red Wings in goals (6) and points (13) in 10 games to begin the 2022-23 season … Larkin’s goal was the 153rd of his NHL career, passing Ray Sheppard for sole possession of 23rd place on the franchise’s all-time list … With two points, Larkin (153-218-371 in 514 GP) passed Johan Franzén (187-183-370 in 602 GP) for 22nd place on the franchise’s all-time points list … Ville Husso made a season-high 33 saves to improve to 4-1-1 with a 2.17 goals-against average and a 0.934 save percentage in six appearances to begin the 2022-23 season … Lucas Raymond scored a power play goal to put Detroit on the board, giving him three goals in his last three games … It marked Raymond’s second power play goal of the season, tying Larkin and David Perron for the team lead in that category … Dominik Kubalík recorded the primary Assist on Raymond’s power play goal, giving him 12 points (4-8-12) in 10 games to start the 2022-23 campaign … Kubalík also leads the Red Wings with six power play points (1-5-6) … David Perron also tallied an assist on Raymond’s power play goal … Perron is two assists shy of 400 for his NHL career … Adam Erne logged the primary assist on Copp’s game-winning goal, giving him six points (2-4-6) in eight games since Oct. 17 vs. Los Angeles … Michael Rasmussen picked up an assist on Larkin’s goal and has six points (1-5-6) in eight contests.

HOW THEY GOT THEIR WINGS
Drafted (11): Tyler Bertuzzi (IR, 58th overall/2013), Dylan Larkin (15th overall/2014), Filip Hronek (53rd overall/2016), Michael Rasmussen (9th overall/2017), Gustav Lindström (38th overall/2017), Filip Zadina (6th overall/2018), Joe Veleno (30th overall/2018), Moritz Seider (6th overall/2019), Givani Smith (46th overall/2016), Elmer Söderblom (159th overall/2019), Lucas Raymond (4th overall/2020)

Free Agency (9): Jordan Oesterle (July 2021), Pius Suter (July 2021), Ben Chiarot (July 2022), Andrew Copp (July 2022), Robert Hägg (July 2022), Dominik Kubalík (July 2022), Matt Luff (July 2022), Olli Määttä (July 2022), David Perron (July 2022) Trade (6): Adam Erne (August 2019), Robby Fabbri (IR, November 2019), Jakub Vrána (April 2021), Alex Nedeljkovic (July 2021), Oskar Sundqvist (March 2022), Ville Husso (July 2022)

EARLY RETURNS
Detroit forwards Andrew Copp, Dominik Kubalík and David Perron, and defensemen Ben Chiarot, Robert Hägg and Olli Määttä have made an immediate impact to begin the 2022-23 season. The six players, all signed as free agents by the Red Wings in July, have combined for 34 points (13-21-34) through the first 10 games of the campaign.

• Ben Chiarot recorded a goal and an assist on Oct. 15 at New Jersey.
• Andrew Copp scored the game-winning goal and collected an assist on Nov. 3 vs. Washington. He tallied an assist in his Red Wings debut on Oct. 14 vs. Montreal.
• Robert Hägg ranks among the team leaders with 26 hits (2nd) and 15 blocks (3rd). He picked up an assist on Oct. 21 at Chicago and Oct. 25 vs. New Jersey.
• Dominik Kubalík ranks second on the Red Wings with 12 points (4-8-12) through 10 games. He recorded multiple points in four-consecutive games from Oct. 17-25, including a power play goal and two assists on Oct. 23 vs. Anaheim.
• Olli Määttä is tied for the team lead among defensemen with six points (2-4-6) in 10 games. He began the season with a four-game point streak from Oct. 14-21, becoming the first Red Wings defenseman to record a point in each of the first four-plus games of the season since Brian Rafalski in 2008-09 (1-8-9 in 7 GP).
• David Perron has totaled seven points (5-2-7) in 10 games. He paces the Red Wings with two game-winning goals and a 22.7 shooting percentage. The 16-year NHL veteran picked up two goals and an assist on Oct. 17 vs. Los Angeles.

ALFIE GETS THE CALL

• Daniel Alfredsson was elected to Hockey Hall of Fame Honored Membership in the Player Category on June 27.
• Played the final season of his 18-year NHL career in Detroit, tying for the team lead in scoring with 49 points (18-31-49) in 68 games during the 2013-14 campaign.
• Won a gold medal with Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, alongside five Detroit skaters: Tomas Holmström, Niklas Kronwall, Nicklas Lidström, Mikael Samuelsson and Henrik Zetterberg.
• Will be formally inducted on Nov. 14 with Herb Carnegie (Builder), Roberto Luongo, Riikka Sallinen, Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin.

BIG VILLE STYLE
Detroit acquired goaltender Ville Husso from St. Louis in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (Aleksanteri Kaskimäki) on July 8 and subsequently signed him to a three-year contract extension with an average annual value of $4.75 million.

• Holds a 4-1-1 record with a 2.17 goals-against average, a 0.934 save percentage and one shutout in six starts.
• Has allowed one goal or fewer in four of his six starts.
• Stopped all 29 shots he faced in his Red Wings debut, becoming the second goalie in franchise history to post a shutout in his team debut, joining Dave Gatherum who did so on Oct. 11, 1953 vs. Toronto.

MAKING A POINT

• The 2022-23 season is the first in the NHL’s expansion era (since 1967-68) that the Red Wings were the last team to suffer a regulation loss, with the last such occurrence coming in 1962-63 when Detroit started 8-0-2 (the 2 designating ties) before its first defeat on Nov. 8, 1962 against Montreal.
• Detroit opened the season with a five-game point streak (3-0-2) for the eighth time in franchise history and just the fourth time in the NHL’s expansion era (see full list below):

SEASON RECORD GP POSTSEASON RESULT
2022-23 3-0-2 5 TBD
2011-12 5-0-0 5 Lost in Western Conference Quarterfinals (NSH)
1997-98 5-0-1 6 Won Stanley Cup (WSH)
1972-73 6-0-0 6 Did not qualify
1962-63 8-0-2 10 Lost in Stanley Cup Final (TOR)
1959-60 5-0-1 6 Lost in NHL Semifinals (TOR)
1956-57 5-0-2 7 Lost in NHL Semifinals (BOS)
1948-49 4-0-1 5 Lost in Stanley Cup Final (TOR)

CZECH MATE

• Dominik Kubalík logged four-straight multi-point games from Oct. 17-25 (3-6-9 in 4 GP). The last Detroit skater with five-consecutive multi-point outings was Johan Franzén from March 15-24, 2009 (4-7-11 in 5 GP)
• Recorded eight points (3-5-8) through his first five games with Detroit. The last skater to record more points through their first five career contests with the franchise was Paul Coffey (2-8-10 in 5 GP) in 1992-93.
• Over the past 10 years, only three players recorded more points through their first five contests with any NHL club: John Tavares (6-4-
  10 with Toronto in 2018-19), Matt Duchene (2-7-9 with Nashville in 2019-20) and Zach Parise (5-4-9 with Minnesota in 2012-13).

LOVE TO ‘C’ IT

• Dylan Larkin enters his third season as Detroit’s captain and eighth NHL campaign. He was named the 37th captain in franchise history on Jan. 13, 2021, becoming the first Michigander and native metro Detroiter to wear the ‘C’ for the Red Wings, assuming a captaincy that had been vacant for two seasons following the end of Henrik Zetterberg’s career in 2017-18 due to injury.
• Leads the Red Wings in goals (6) and points (13) through 10 games to begin the 2022-23 campaign.
• With an empty-net goal and an assist, he boosted his career totals to 371 points (153-218-371 in 514 GP), passing Johan Franzén (187-183-370 in 602 GP) for 22nd on the franchise’s all-time points list (see list below):

1. Vyacheslav Kozlov – 415 career points with Detroit
2. Igor Larionov – 392
3. Dylan Larkin – 371
4. Johan Franzén – 370
5. Marcel Dionne – 366
6. Shawn Burr – 362

CAPTAIN CLUTCH

• Dylan Larkin opened the scoring with a power play goal on Oct. 23 vs. Anaheim, marking his 150th career goal in his 509th game with the Red Wings. Among players to debut with the franchise, only four skaters have reached the 150-goal mark in fewer games over the past 25 years: Henrik Zetterberg (350 GP on March 25, 2008), Vyacheslav Kozlov (440 GP on Feb. 21, 1999), Johan Franzen (472 GP on April 7, 2012) and Pavel Datsyuk (477 GP on Dec. 20, 2008).
• Tallied his 153rd career NHL goal on Nov. 3 vs. Washington, passing Ray Sheppard for sole possession of 23rd place on the franchise’s all-time list (see list on next page):

1. Mickey Redmond – 177 career goals with Detroit
2. Red Kelly – 162
3. Kris Draper – 158
4. Dylan Larkin – 153
5. Ray Sheppard – 152
6. Bruce MacGregor – 151

FIL THE THRILL

• Filip Hronek picked up an assist in his 250th career NHL game on Oct. 23 vs. Anaheim.
• Tied a career high with an assist in four-straight games from Oct. 15-23 (0-4-4 in 4 GP), matching his assist streaks from March 31-April 6, 2019 (1-4-5 in 4 GP) and March 9-16, 2021 (0-7-7 in 4 GP).
• Also recorded his 100th career NHL assist on Dylan Larkin’s power play goal on Oct. 21 at Chicago.
• Among defensemen, Hronek needed the fifth-fewest games from the start of his NHL career to reach 100 assists with the Red Wings (see list below):

Reed Larson – 185 games to reach the 100-assist mark with Detroit
Nicklas Lidström – 194
Yves Racine – 222
Niklas Kronwall – 248
Filip Hronek – 249
Willie Huber – 258

ELMER’S GLUE

• Elmer Söderblom scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in his NHL debut on Oct. 14 vs. Montreal.
• Became the fourth Red Wings player in the past 10 years to score in their NHL debut, joining Dennis Cholowski (Oct. 4, 2018), Dylan Larkin (Oct. 9, 2015) and Brian Lashoff (Jan. 21, 2013).
• Also the fifth player in franchise history to score in their first career NHL game and have it stand as the game-winning goal, joining Steve Martinson (Oct. 9, 1987), Mark Osborne (Oct. 6, 1981), Connie Brown (Jan. 26, 1939) and Carl Liscombe (Nov. 25, 1937).

A MOUNTAIN OF A MAN

• Standing at 6-foot-8, Elmer Söderblom is the tallest player in Red Wings history. The previous mark of 6-foot-6 was held by forward Michael Rasmussen (2018-19; 2020-present), defensemen Yip Foster (1933-35) and Uwe Krupp (1998-99; 2001-02), and goaltender Magnus Hellberg (2021-22).
• Weighing in at 246 pounds, Söderblom is also the heaviest player in franchise history, surpassing Krupp (240 pounds), along with forward Stu Grimson (239 pounds, 1994-97) and defenseman Derian Hatcher (235 pounds, 2003-04).
• Originally selected by the Red Wings in the sixth round (159th overall) of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Söderblom joins a list of notable

European late-round picks to suit up for the team:
Jonathan Ericsson, 291st overall, 2002
Tomas Holmström, 257th overall, 1994
Vladimir Konstantinov, 221st overall, 1989
Henrik Zetterberg, 210th overall, 1999
Pavel Datsyuk, 171th overall, 1998
Elmer Söderblom, 159th overall, 2019

GRAND OPENING

• Detroit began the 2022-23 season with a 3-0 victory over Montreal on Oct. 14, marking the Red Wings’ first shutout victory in a home
  opener since a 4-0 decision on Oct. 9, 2015 vs. Toronto.
• In all, the Red Wings are 53-32-9-2 all-time in home openers, and 3-1-2 at Little Caesars Arena.
• Head coach Derek Lalonde became the fourth-straight bench boss to win his Red Wings debut, joining Dave Lewis (Oct. 10, 2002 at
  San Jose), Mike Babcock (Oct. 5, 2005 vs. St. Louis) and Jeff Blashill (Oct. 9, 2015 vs. Toronto).
• Elmer Söderblom scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in his NHL debut with 17:27 left in the third period.
• Ville Husso stopped all 29 shots he faced in his Red Wings debut, becoming the second goalie in Red Wings history to post a
  shutout in his team debut, joining Dave Gatherum who did so on Oct. 11, 1953 vs. Toronto.
• Michael Rasmussen and Olli Määttä tallied empty-net goals 13 seconds apart to wrap up the contest.
• Oskar Sundqvist matched a career high with two assists, marking his first multi-assist game in a Detroit jersey.
• Andrew Copp also dished out an assist in his first Red Wings appearance.