NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:

LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Tues., Jan. 3, 2023 Win NYI 6 at VAN 2 Raty, Pageau (2),
Barzal, Lee, Cizikas
Sorokin (24/26)
Aatu Raty scored his second career NHL goal in the second period, then Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored twice to help the New York Islanders defeat the Vancouver Canucks, 6-2, Tuesday night at Rogers Arena. Anders Lee recorded his 14th goal of the season, Ross Johnston and Matt Martin each tallied assists, and Ilya Sorokin made his seventh straight start, turning away 24 shots, as the Islanders earned their first victory of the 2023 calendar year.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 2 Cory Schneider has been returned on loan to Bridgeport. Semyon Varlamov has been activated off the team’s IR list.

Dec. 30 Simon Holmstrom is day to day with a lower body injury and is on IR (retroactive to 12/23/22). Oliver Wahlstrom is out indefinitely with a lower body injury is on IR (retroactive to 12/27/22).

Dec. 23 Kyle Palmieri (Dec. 16) and Semyon Varlamov (Dec. 17) have both been placed on IR, retroactive to their dates. Aatu Raty and Parker Wotherspoon have been recalled from loan (Bridgeport).

INJURIES GAMES MISSED

3 Adam Pelech Dec. 9 –

10 Simon Holmstrom Dec. 23 –

12 Josh Bailey Nov. 29

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

18 Anthony Beauvillier Dec. 10 – Dec. 13

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

25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 – Oct. 20

26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13, Dec. 29 –

40 Semyon Varlamov Dec. 19 – Jan. 1

Man Games Lost: 64

RECENT RESULTS
Tuesday, Jan. 3 at Vancouver W (6-2)
Sunday, Jan. 1 at Seattle L (4-1)
Thursday, Dec. 29 vs. Columbus W (2-1)
Tuesday, Dec. 27 vs. Pittsburgh W (5-1)
Friday, Dec. 23 vs. Florida W (5-1)

SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION RESULT/TIME
Nov. 23, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 3-0 W
Jan. 5, 2023 Rogers Place (Edmonton, AB) 9:00pm

UPCOMING GAMES
Jan. 6 at Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome (Calgary, AB) 9:00pm
Jan. 10 vs. Dallas UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Jan. 12 vs. Minnesota UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Jan. 14 vs. Montreal UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:00pm
Jan. 16 vs. Washington UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm

LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST EDMONTON:
Nov. 23, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) Win (3-0)
Feb. 11, 2022 Rogers Place (Edmonton, AB) Loss (3-1)
Jan. 1, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) OT Win (3-2)
Oct. 8, 2019 Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, NY) Loss (5-2)
Feb. 21, 2019 Rogers Place (Edmonton, AB) OT Loss (4-3)

vs. THE OILERS:
2022-23 1-0-0
Last five games: 2-2-1
Franchise History 33-30-14-5
NYI Home 24-8-9-2
NYI Away 9-22-5-3

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders visit the Edmonton Oilers in the second and final matchup between the two clubs this season. These teams last met at UBS Arena on November 23, when Sebastian Aho scored a goal and Ilya Sorokin turned away a career-high 49 saves, to help the Islanders earn a 3-0 victory. Tonight’s game is the third in a fourgame road trip for the Islanders, and is the first game of their eighth back-to-back series of the season. The Islanders look to earn their seventh win against a Pacific Division opponent tonight, after they improved to 6-1-0
against Pacific teams with a 6-2 win on Tuesday in Vancouver. They enter tonight’s matchup with a 10-7-1 record against Western Conference teams. The Islanders last visited the Oilers at Rogers Place on February 11, 2022, a 3-1 decision in Edmonton’s favor. Josh Bailey, Anthony Beavillier, and Ryan Pulock each found the scoresheet in the loss. The Islanders have visited Rogers Place just four times since the beginning of the 2016-17 season, with a 1-1-2 record in Edmonton since then.

ON THE ROAD
January 1 to 6 is the second Islanders trip of four games or longer in less than a month. The Islanders are 10-9-2 as the away team so far this season. Tuesday night in Vancouver, the Islanders collected their first win in four road games with a 6-2 win over the Canucks. It was their tenth road win of the season in their 21st matchup, the halfway point of their road schedule this season. Islanders forward Mathew Barzal leads the team in points scored on the road, with 24. Six of his ten goals have been scored as a member of the visiting team.

EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:

EDMONTON OILERS VS. NEW YORK ISLANDERS
7:00 p.m. MT at Rogers Place
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
20-17-2 – 42 PTS RECORD 22-15-2 – 46 PTS
Div. – 5th
Conference – 8th
RANK Div. – 5th
Conference – 8th
1st –32.1% (45/140) POWER PLAY 25th – 19.0% (22/116) 27th – 72.9% (102/140) PENALTY KILL 10th – 81.2% (95/117)
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. N.Y. ISLANDERS GP RECORD HOME (39) AWAY (43) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. ISLANDERS 82 35-31-14-2 25-9-5-0 10-22-9-2 271 273
OILERS vs. ISLANDERS – 2022-23 1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0 3

QUICK FACTS
Thursday’s game will mark Edmonton’s second and final meeting against the Islanders this season and the lone game in Edmonton.

The last time these teams met was on November 23rd on Long Island, with the Islanders winning 3-0.

Connor McDavid leads the team lead with 13 career points against the Islanders and Evander Kane and Cody Ceci have appeared in a team leading 29 career games against the Islanders.

2022 IN THE BOOKS
Connor McDavid finished the 2022 calendar year with the most points in the NHL with 143 and also tied Auston Matthews for the league’s most goals, recording 57 in 2022.

POINT STREAKING

• Connor McDavid’s season/career high 17-game point streak where he posted 37 points (16G, 21A) ended on Dec. 31 vs. Winnipeg.
• Connor McDavid became the first player in 2022-23 to reach 30 goals and joined elite company in the past 25 years by reaching the mark in 35 or fewer games.

GOALS BY PERIOD
The Oilers rank 3rd in the NHL in goals for in the second period with 51. They also rank tied for 4th in the league in third period goals with 51.

LAST 10 GAMES vs. N.Y. ISLANDERS
Record: 6-3-1
GF: 25 GA: 26
2022-23 11/23/22 @ NYI 3-0 L
2021-22 2/11/22 @ EDM 3-1 W
2021-22 1/1/22 @ NYI 3-2 L (OT)
2019-20 10/8/19 @ NYI 5-2 W
2018-19 2/21/19 @ EDM 4-3 W (OT)
2018-19 2/16/19 @ NYI 2-5 L
2017-18 3/8/18 @ EDM 2-1 W (SO)
2017-18 11/7/17 @ NYI 2-1 W (OT)
2016-17 3/7/17 @ EDM 1-4 L
2016-17 11/5/16 @ NYI 4-3 W (SO)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 15 F Brad Malone placed on waivers
Dec. 16 F Brad Malone cleared waivers and loaned to Bakersfield (AHL)
D Markus Niemelainen recalled from Bakersfield

OILERS IN JANUARY
Overall – 536 GP, 251-208-52-25 – 579 PTS
2021-22 –1 GP, 0-1-0 – 0 PTS
2020-21 – 10 GP, 4-4-2 – 10 PTS