NHL Preview: Detroit Red Wings (21-18-8) at New York Islanders (23-22-5)

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DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:

LAST GAME
RED WINGS 4 at MONTREAL 3 OT (1/26/23)
1ST PERIOD: DET Rasmussen (unassisted) 3:54-EV; MTL Pezzetta (Harvey-Pinard, Belzile) 5:54-EV
2ND PERIOD: DET Berggren (Larkin, Seider) 3:56-PP; MTL Harvey-Pinard (Dach, Savard) 6:57-SH; DET Sundqvist (Kubalík, Seider) 13:30-EV; MTL Harvey-Pinard (Pezzetta, Belzile) 18:39-EV
3RD PERIOD: No scoring
OT: DET Fabbri (Rasmussen, Seider) 2:36-EV
SHOTS: DET 42 (10-17-11-4) / MTL 23 (5-10-6-2)
GOALIES: DET Husso (W, 20-23) / MTL Allen (OTL, 38-42)
PP: DET 1-2 / MTL 0-2

MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Filip Zadina – lower body (36 / Nov. 5)
Total Man Games Lost: 222
Individual Man Games Lost: Robby Fabbri (35), Jakub Vrána (33), Matt Luff (32), Tyler Bertuzzi (31), Robert Hägg (15), Elmer Söderblom (13), Gustav Lindström (11), Oskar Sundqvist (7), Olli Määttä (4), Ville Husso (2), Michael Rasmussen (2), Dylan Larkin (1)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
1/24 – Activated forward Matt Luff from injured reserve and assigned him to Grand Rapids
1/18 – Acquired forward Jasper Weatherby from San Jose in exchange for forward Kyle Criscuolo
1/16 – Assigned goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic to Grand Rapids … Activated defenseman Robert Hägg from injured reserve

TONIGHT’S GAME
RED WINGS at ISLANDERS / 7:00 P.M. EST / UBS Arena / TV: ESPN / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 123rd all-time meeting, 62nd at New York … Second of three games this season, first of two at New York
ALL-TIME vs. NYI: 57-54-6-5 / AWAY: 24-30-4-3 / LAST 10: 4-5-1 / IN 2021-22: 2-1-0 / THIS SEASON: 1-0-0
DET top scorers vs. NYI: Dylan Larkin (4-12-16 in 19 GP), David Perron (5-5-10 in 19 GP), Tyler Bertuzzi (0-5-5 in 10 GP), Dominik Kubalík (2-1-3 in 4 GP), Pius Suter (2-1-3 in 4 GP), Moritz Seider (1-2-3 in 4 GP), Lucas Raymond (1-1-2 in 4 GP) NYI top scorers vs. DET: Zach Parise (12-13-25 in 25 GP), Josh Bailey (9-13-22 in 28 GP), Anders Lee (9-11-20 in 22 GP), Brock Nelson (12-8-20 in 24 GP), Mathew Barzal (1-18-19 in 12 GP), Kyle Palmieri (8-8-16 in 25 GP), Ryan Pulock (3-6-9 in 11 GP), Noah Dobson (1-2-3 in 5 GP), Ross Johnston (0-1-1 in 2 GP)

DET/NYI CONNECTIONS: The Red Wings are 3-1-0 in their last four games against the Islanders since Dec. 4, 2021 … Detroit
forward Oskar Sundqvist scored his first career NHL goal with Pittsburgh on April 2, 2016 against the New York Islanders

UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EST)
Tuesday, Feb. 7: RED WINGS vs. OILERS / 7:30 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: ESPN+, Hulu / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Thursday, Feb. 9: RED WINGS vs. FLAMES / 7:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Saturday, Feb. 11: RED WINGS vs. CANUCKS / 12:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
LAST TIME OUT
Jan. 26 at Montreal – 4-3 W
Detroit earned a 4-3 overtime win at Montreal to improve to 21-18-8 overall and 9-8-5 on the road … Detroit is 3-1-1 over its last five
games, with each of those contests decided by a single goal … In total, the Red Wings are 7-5-8 in one-goal games this season, and
22-6-18 since the beginning of the 2021-22 campaign … The Red Wings won back-to-back games in overtime for the first time since
Nov. 17, 2018 at New Jersey and Nov. 21, 2018 vs. Boston … Detroit is 2-0-1 against Montreal this season, outshooting the Canadiens
by a 125-85 margin … The Red Wings are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games against the Canadiens dating back to Oct. 10, 2019 … The
result also marked Detroit’s first win at Bell Centre since Dec. 14, 2019 … Detroit has scored three-or-more goals in eight of its last nine
contests … Robby Fabbri scored his first career overtime goal with 2:24 left in the extra session … Fabbri tied Lucas Raymond for
the team lead with his third game-winning goal of the season … Fabbri also netted the GWG in consecutive games on Jan. 10 vs.
Winnipeg and Jan. 12 vs. Toronto … Fabbri has five points (4-1-5), a plus-three rating and a 22.2 shooting percentage in 11 games
since returning from injury … Moritz Seider recorded three assists for his fifth multi-point game of the season … Seider became the
first defenseman in Red Wings history with a trio of three-assist games at age 21 or younger … Additionally, Seider is one of seven
active defensemen with three-or-more three-assist games at age 21 or younger, joining Quinn Hughes (6 GP), Erik Karlsson (5 GP),
Drew Doughty (4 GP), Rasmus Ristolainen (3 GP), Tyler Myers (3 GP) and Erik Johnson (3 GP) … Seider notched his 13th career
multi-point game, tying Chiasson for the second-most by a Red Wings defenseman at age 21 or younger and one shy of Nicklas
Lidström (14 GP) for the franchise record … Seider has totaled 11 points (1-10-11) in his last nine games since Jan. 10 vs. Winnipeg
… Michael Rasmussen finished with a goal and an assist for his second-straight multi-point game and third in his last six appearances
… Rasmussen has five multi-point games this season … Rasmussen has scored in back-to-back games for the first time this season,
and also tallied the primary assist on each of Detroit’s last two overtime goals … In all, Rasmussen has seven points (2-5-7) in six
games since Jan. 16 at Colorado … Jonatan Berggren scored on the power play for his eighth goal of the season … Berggren tied
Filip Hronek and David Perron for fourth place among Detroit skaters with his third power play goal of the campaign … Oskar
Sundqvist gave Detroit a 3-2 lead with his seventh goal of the season … Skating in his 550th career NHL game, Dylan Larkin
registered the primary assist on Berggren’s power play goal … Larkin has 10 points (2-8-10) in nine games since Jan. 10 vs.
Winnipeg … Larkin continues to pace the Red Wings in assists (28), points (43) and shots (144) in 46 games … Dominik Kubalík
recorded his 150th career NHL point with the primary assist on Sundqvist’s goal … Kubalík ranks second among Detroit skaters with
34 points (14-20-34) through 47 games … The Red Wings have potted the opening goal in three-straight road games … Detroit is 13-5-
7 this season when scoring first, and 5-1-5 when doing so on the road … The Red Wings are 12-7-4 this season when outshooting its
opponent, and 5-1-2 when doing so on the road … Detroit is 19-3-5 this season when leading or tied after two periods, and 8-0-5 when
doing so on the road … Detroit is a perfect 6-for-6 on the penalty kill over its last five contests.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Wednesday, Jan. 26 Loss OTT 2 vs. NYI 1 Nelson Varlamov (36/38)
Brock Nelson brought the Islanders within a goal of the Ottawa Senators after Shane Pinto and Claude Giroux each
scored, but the New York Islanders fell to the Senators 2-1 on Wednesday night at Canadian Tire Centre. Semyon
Varlamov turned aside 36 of 38 shots for the Islanders, while Kyle Palmieri and Sebastian Aho each tallied assists for the
second straight game, but they fell to 1-1-0 in their three-game season series against the Senators.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
DATE LOCATION RESULT/TIME
Nov. 5, 2022 Little Caesars Arena L (3-0)
Jan. 27, 2023 UBS Arena 7:00pm
Mar. 4, 2023 UBS Arena 12:30pm
Jan. 23 Cal Clutterbuck has been placed on IR (upper body). Samuel Bolduc has been recalled from loan (Bridgeport). Hudson Fasching has been placed on IR (lower body). Dennis Cholowski has been returned on loan to Bridgeport. Kyle Palmieri and Adam Pelech have been activated off the team’s IR.
Jan. 21 Cal Clutterbuck is out indefinitely with an upper body injury. Aatu Raty has been recalled from loan (Bridgeport).
Jan. 19 William Dufour has been returned on loan to Bridgeport. Hudson Fasching is day to day with a lower body injury

INJURIES GAMES MISSED

3 Adam Pelech Dec. 9 – Jan. 21

10 Simon Holmstrom Dec. 23 – Jan. 6

12 Josh Bailey Nov. 29

13 Mathew Barzal Jan. 6

15 Cal Clutterbuck Oct. 13, Nov. 8, Dec. 2- Dec. 6, Dec. 17 – Jan. 3, Jan. 21 –

18 Anthony Beauvillier Dec. 10 – Dec. 13

20 Hudson Fasching Jan. 19 –

21 Kyle Palmieri Nov. 23 – Dec. 13, Dec. 17 – Jan. 21

25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 – Oct. 20

26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13, Dec. 29 –

40 Semyon Varlamov Dec. 19 – Jan. 1

Man Games Lost: 105

RECENT RESULTS
Wednesday, Jan. 26 at Ottawa L (2-1)
Monday, Jan. 23 at Toronto L (5-2)
Saturday, Jan. 21 vs. Carolina L (5-2)
Thursday, Jan. 19 at Buffalo L/OT (3-2)
Wednesday, Jan. 18 vs. Boston L (4-1)

SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION RESULT/TIME
Nov. 5, 2022 Little Caesars Arena L (3-0)
Jan. 27, 2023 UBS Arena 7:00pm
Mar. 4, 2023 UBS Arena 12:30pm

UPCOMING GAMES
Jan. 28 vs. Vegas UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Feb. 6 at Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, PA) 7:00pm
Feb. 7 vs. Seattle UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Feb. 9 vs. Vancouver UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Feb. 11 at Montreal Bell Centre (Montreal, QC) 12:30pm

LAST FIVE MEETINGS VS. DETROIT:
Nov. 5, 2022 Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, MI) Loss (3-0)
March 24, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) Win (5-2)
Dec. 14, 2021 Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, MI) Loss (2-1)
Dec. 4, 2021 Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, MI) OT Loss (4-3)
Feb. 21, 2020 Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, NY) Win (4-1)

vs. THE RED WINGS:
2022-23 0-1-0
Last five games: 2-2-1
Franchise History 59-53-6-4
NYI Home 33-21-4-3
NYI Away 26-32-2-1

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders host the Detroit Red Wings in the second of three matchups between the two clubs this season. The last time these teams met was November 5, 2022, in Detroit, when the Islanders registered 24 shots on goal but were blanked by the Red Wings in a 3-0 decision. The Red Wings last visited the Islanders on March 24, 2022, when four Islanders recorded multi-point contests in a 5-2 Islander victory. Tonight’s matchup is the eighth consecutive Eastern Conference opponent the Islanders have played since January 14 against Montreal. The Islanders will look to snap a six-game winless streak, and enter tonight’s matchup with a 13-12-3 record against Eastern Conference opponents and a 4-3-2 record against Atlantic Division foes since November 14. The Islanders have won each of their last four home matchups against the Red Wings, and they have collected points in six of their last seven home matchups against Detroit, dating back to the 2016-17 season. Tonight, the Islanders begin their tenth of 15 back-to-back series they will play this season, as they host the Vegas Golden Knights tomorrow night at 7:30pm. It is the only time this season that the Islanders will play both ends of a back-to-back on home ice. They enter tonight’s matchup 4-5-0 on the front end of back-to-back games.

PENALTY KILL
The Islanders have killed 26 of their last 27 home-ice penalties. The Islanders enter tonight’s matchup 90.3% on the penalty kill at home, leading the NHL. Since December 4, they are 96.3% on the penalty kill at UBS Arena, allowing just one power play goal in their last 11 home games. Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield leads the Islanders and is fifth in the NHL in shorthanded time on ice this season. He has skated 153:33 on the penalty kill in 50 games this season.