NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:
LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL Oct. 26, 2023 vs. Ottawa Win NYI 3 vs. OTT 2 Horvat, Clutterbuck, Dobson Sorokin (45/47)
Islanders forward Bo Horvat opened the score and defenseman Noah Dobson recorded the go-ahead goal in the third period as the New York Islanders defeated the Ottawa Senators, 3-2, Thursday night at UBS Arena. Ilya Sorokin turned aside 45 of 47 shots faced, while Kyle Palmieri and Casey Cizikas tallied assists to help the Islanders improve to 1-0-0 in their three-game season series with the Senators.
THE ISLANDERS VS. COLUMBUS
LAST FIVE MEETINGS (4-0-1)
Mar. 24, 2023 Nationwide Arena L/OT (5-4)
Dec, 29, 2022 UBS Arena W (2-1)
Nov. 25, 2022 Nationwide Arena W (3-2)
Nov. 12, 2022 UBS Arena W/OT (4-3)
Mar. 31, 2022 UBS Arena W (5-2)
THE ISLANDERS VS. COLUMBUS
2022-23 3-0-1
Franchise History 25-16-1-8
NYI Home 16-4-0-4
NYI Away 9-12-1-4
RECENT RESULTS
Oct. 26 vs. Ottawa W (3-2)
Oct. 24 vs. Colorado L (7-4)
Oct. 21 at Buffalo L (3-1)
Oct. 20 vs. New Jersey L/OT (5-4)
Oct. 17 vs. Arizona W (1-0)
TEAM NOTES TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders visit the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first of three matchups between the two clubs this season. The last time these teams met was March 24, 2023, when Kyle Palmieri scored a goal and recorded an assist to help the Islanders collect a point in overtime. The Islanders captured at least one point in each of their four meetings with Columbus in the 2022-23 campaign (3-0-1). They will look to earn their first win of the season against a Metropolitan Division opponent and first road win of the 2023-24 season tonight. They enter tonight’s matchup with points in their last eight straight games against the Blue Jackets, earning a 6-0-2 record against them since October 21, 2021. They have won their season series against Columbus four the last four consecutive seasons (teams did not meet in 2020-21 due to COVID-shortened schedule).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS NOTES:
Oct. 28, 2023 Game No. 8 (3-2-2, 8 pts.) vs. New York Islanders (3-2-1, 7 pts.),
Nationwide Arena Home Game No. 6 (2-2-1, 5 pts.)
The Blue Jackets Press Box website, which includes game notes, stats, releases and video/audio clips as well as the 2023-24 Media Guide can be accessed at bluejackets.com/pressbox. Follow @BlueJacketsPR on Twitter for comprehensive information and updates on the team.
THE LAST GAME: OCT. 26, 2023 – CBJ 3 at MTL 4 (OT)
CBJ Goal Scorers: Roslovic (2), PP – Bemstrom (2), PP – Bemstrom (3)
MTL Goal Scorers: Suzuki (1), PP – Matheson (2), PP – Monahan (3), OT – Caufield (4)
Goalies: CBJ – Merzlikins (25/29; 64:17);
MTL – Montembeault (33/36; 64:17)
CBJ PP: 2/4; PK: 3/5 |
Shots: CBJ: 36 / MTL: 29 3 Stars: 1. Caufield, MTL; 2. Suzuki, MTL; 3. Roslovic, CBJ
Noteworthy: CBJ moved to 3-2-2 in their 1st 7 contests of the season… CBJ led 2-0 after the 1st and 3-2 after the 2nd but MTL scored 7:48 into the 3rd to tie the game and then again with 43 seconds left in overtime to win… Voronkov notched his 1st career point (assist) in his NHL debut… Provorov registered his team-leading 6th assist of the campaign, setting a new career high with assists in 4-straight games (0-4-4)… Roslovic registered his 10th career effort of at least 3 points (1-2-3)… Bemstrom scored 2 PPG, notching his 2nd career multi-goal game.
OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT
Tarasov (knee); Placed on Injured/Non-Roster (Oct. 9); Week-to-Week (7 Games)
Laine (upper body); Placed on Injured Reserve (Retro to Oct. 20); Day-to-Day (3 games)
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 20
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 25 Activated Chinakhov off Injured/Non-Roster and loaned to Cleveland (AHL)
TONIGHT’S GAME BROADCAST INFO 7pm ET |
Bally Sports Ohio/Bally Sports+/Bally Sports App | 105.7 FM
AGAINST THE ISLANDERS
2023-24 Series: 0-0-0 (0-0-0 vs. NYI)
2022-23 Series: 1-2-1 (1-1-0 vs. NYI)
All-Time Series: 24-18-1-7 (16-5-1-4 vs. NYI)
Last 10 (Overall | Home): 3-6-1 | 6-3-1
All-Time GF/GA: 146/141
All-Time SF/SA: 1,631/1,555
All-Time PP: 39-of-169
All-Time PK: 116-of-139
THE LAST GAME VS. NYI: MAR. 24, 2023 – CBJ 5 vs. NYI 4 (OT)
CBJ Goal Scorers: PP – Gaudreau (18), Foudy (6), Johnson (15), Robinson (10), OT/PP – Jenner (25) NYI Goal Scorers: Parise (20), Nelson (31), Palmieri (13), PP – Nelson (32) Goalies: CBJ – Hutchinson (34/38); 60:40); NYI – Sorokin (22/27; 60:40) CBJ PP: 2/4; PK: 0/1 | Shots: CBJ: 27 / NYI: 38 3 Stars: 1. Jenner, CBJ; 2. Johnson, CBJ; 3. Nelson, NYI
Noteworthy: CBJ earned 12th comeback victory of the season, trailing 1-0 after the 1st period and 2-1 in the 2nd period… Jenner tallied his 11th multi-point game of the season (1-1-2), including scoring his 1st career OT goal… McKown registered an assist in his NHL debut… Gaudreau notched his team-leading 18th multi-point game of the campaign (1-1-2)… Roslovic recorded his 6th multi-assist/8th multi-point effort of the season with 2 assists… Hutchinson recorded his 1st win as a Blue Jacket.
SEASON SERIES LEFT: Dec. 7 at NYI… Apr. 4 at CBJ
BLUE JACKETS’ BUSY WEEK The Blue Jackets stretched their points streak to four-straight (2-0-2) after collecting a point in a 4-3 overtime loss at Montreal on Thursday. The club kicked off the stretch in sweeping its first back-to-back set of the season last week, earning a 3-1 win over Calgary on Oct. 20 and 5-4 overtime win at Minnesota on Oct. 21. The team also earned a point in a 3-2 OT loss to Anaheim on Tuesday. The club plays four games in seven days from Oct. 24-30, with two at home (Oct. 24 vs. ANA and Oct. 28 vs. NYI) and two on the road (Oct. 26 at MTL and Oct. 30 at DAL). Thursday’s game against the Canadiens kicked off a stretch of four of the next five and seven of nine against Eastern Conference teams.
